PS3's first year almost the same as 360's first year

[white devil]

Devilstation said:

white devil said:

rudyrsr8 said:
Sony is doing better than M$ since their price point was a lot higher. The main problem is that PS2 was massive and PS3 isnt also the fact of if Sony follows 360 numbers they will always remain a year behind 360.

Well, it's a 2 faced argument. The 360 would have sold a couple hundred thousand more systems in that first year if they didn't have that massive shortage in the beginning. I remember that finding a 360 was almost impossible in America until March of 2006, and they didn't have nearly enough systems for launch (360s were going for $1500 on Ebay that first Christmas season, I remember seeing that and thinking "damn, I need to scalp me a few PS3s". Good thing I didn't).

 

If I remember rightly, PS3 had huge production problems due to shortages of blu-ray diodes. That was the reason Europe did not did not see a November '06 launch.

 

As for it being a 'Good Thing' you didnt buy a PS3...hmm wernt they selling for $10,000 on ebay?

Check the Link: http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9663795-1.html

 That's nice, but it sure as hell wasn't common. I don't know if you're from America, or were here around the time of the PS3 launch, but the shortage was like 2 weeks long. After that, you could find a PS3 fairly easily, whereas the Xbox 360 after launch was damn near impossible to find, and you had to be one lucky SOB to get a Wii. There simply was very little demand for the PS3 post launch, it was not a supply issue in America.

 Seriously, Sony was made fun of ALOT over here for trying to say that low sales was because of a lack of supply. Here's one example:

 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/02/10

 As for the PS3 ebay thing, great, a few dumbasses misread the market. Guess what, PS3 ebay prices fell like a rock very quickly.