| MikeB said: @ kowenicki Selective memory again. What MOST people actually said was that the 13m shipment figure was impossible UNLESS there was a price cut/slim about to hit. This was true... and therefore most observers here were correct. If the slim/price cut hadn't happened then they wouldn't have got anywhere near the 13m. Of course people talked about a potential price cut, it was also in the VGChartz analysis speculation in response to the announcement. But IMO a real daring prediction is when you foresee something without there being such clear hints. Just try to be rational and realistic, try to estimate probabilities. Attitude amongst some here on VGChartz when I made that prediction: Troll: "Oh hi Mike, how is you 140 million LTD for PS3 sales going?" MikeB: "Still on track with my anticipations of doing ~10 million sales per year, hopefully a cheaper slimline product gets released this year so it can do my anticipated ~15 million on average sales per year. Let's wait for 2016 before coming to conclusions, ok? BTW, I said I expected going beyond 100 million should be no problem assuming Sony's 10 year lifecycle. If somebody would have said in the first half of 1997 the Playstation 1 would sell over 100 million, maybe people would have frowned as well (was only about 14 million shipped taking equal timeframes). So let's not get pre-emptively childish and off topic, ok?" Troll: "So even though its currently tracking well below what it was last year you still won't concede." BTW, the PS3 sold more than 10 million for Sony's fiscal year as was later reported. The PS3 slim was launched on the 1st of September 2009. So again, let's wait for Sony's 2016 FY results before coming to conclusions and take cheapshots, ok? The funny thing is the people who try to make fun of me, were often also the ones who asked me to provide a prediction... |
We expected a more realistic sales prediction. You provided us with a Crazzyman sales prediction that is virtually impossible to obtain. Do you know by setting very high sales expection you are setting yourself up for a huge downfall? Your sales predictions crash and burn and we just rub your nose in it and remind you that you were wrong. You failed to provide a reasonable explanation on how the PS3 will achieve the 15 million sales average or the 140 million sales targets. You just put up high sales numbers. You expect all of us to accept your sales predictions and remain silent like a mouse. Those sales predictions you seriously believe in them. PS3 10 year life cycle based on what exactly? You take everything Sony says as gospel. It is just Sony PR marketing spin talk.
BTW: Who are you accusing of being a troll? The critics shoot you down and pull you up on your ridiculous sales prediction. You accuse them of being trolls. I do not accept these sales!!!
