| unknown_soul89 said: Okay seriously people saying the ps3 will never outsell the 360 need to do some fact checking, the 360 has been out for a year longer, so if ps3 is on the market for the same amount of time as the 360 it will outsell it (selling about 9.5 mil on average a year with about a 3.5 mil gab) and ps3 sells about 1 million more consoles a year then the 360 does, actually lets be more specific then that 38.1/4= 9.525 million a year 41.7/5=8.34 million a year 9.525-8.34= 1.185 million difference a year 41.7-38.1=3.6 million 3.6/1.185=3.037 years until the ps3 outsells the 360, assuming they both stay on the market |
We really can't assume anything. Sony fans seem to assume the PS3 would dominate from the very beginning based on PS2's dominance alone. I've always heard many comments that PS3 would sell longer ( last longer ) from the same Sony fans. The PS2 went up against Nintendo's first DVD based console ( which had little developer support at the time) and against MS's 1st console ever. The PS2 was in a unique situation because it was the right time, the right momentum and I loved that console. Everyone did. I honestly feel if MS comes out with a new console in 2 years and Sony doesn't they would be very foolish. In fact I know Sony will make sure that this time they don't make the mistake of delaying and will be ready. Honestly, both the PS3, XB360 technologically are far lacking. Yes games are still coming, but if anyone here does any reading in just a short year or so smartphones will be coming out that will equal the power of current gaming consoles. What Sony needs to do next time is not delay ( even if you aregue the reason was good they did ), have strong developer support ( this means also using a language that is easy to write for - cheaper and shorter game development time - and folks harder to program doesn't equate to the myth of stronger hardware) and keeping the price low to the gaming masses. PS2 was in the perfect scenario, which comes rarely. It was the right hardware, at the right time, the best back then. And even when PS3 came out, the library was so huge and they could drop the price to 125 bucks and people who never previosly owned consoles bought a PS2.
