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thismeintiel on 17 October 2010
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darthdevidem01 said:
haxxiy said:
darthdevidem01 said:
KillerMan said:

Pretty horrible numbers all around. Whole market is way way down. X360 barely up yoy, PS3, DS, PSP and Wii way down. These numbers are horrible even compared to same week during 2007. Fortunately we get next year 3DS and PSP2 which should ensure that industry will be growing next year again. 2008 is still the best year gaming market has seen.

TROFLMAO

Some of you people need to seriously see what the Gamecube and Xbox did last gen weekly

Not to mention how when Gamecube And Xbox uset to get most NPD's between 180K - 230K was seen as "very good"

The console market is doing brilliantly compared to the past

people forget 1 year ago PS3 had a price cut and got slim and Wii had a price cut too

hence the massive YOY decline for consoles.


I'm sorry , but you must be seeing the whole thing through rose-tinted glasses if you think everything is alright and probably that this gen will last until 2014. It won't - and if the massive decline we are experiencing right now isn't clear enough yet, just wait until February or so.

Maybe good sales could go on a little longer with PS3 at $199, but we'll see at least two new plaftforms next year and the remaining ones just twelve months later at most.

Did you read my post?

I think your the one seeing this through pink tinted glasses

Let me break it down:

1. This generation isn't IMMUNE to decline......yet we have 1 console in its 5th year on the market up YOY......that is virtually unheard of especially considering this console is in 2nd place, not even 1st place.

2. The reason for Wii's YOY decline is obvious, its games library. That issue of a drought has caught up to the Wii, and now one year ago it had a price cut.....so the YOY decline looks even worse......but again IT HAD A PRICE CUT 1 YEAR AGO....of course YOY will look worse.

3. You know the reason for PS3's YOY decline, I won't even bother saying why.

4. Now the consoles in points 2 and 3 are both in their 4th year (so past what is usually the peak year which takes place in a consoles 3rd year in its life)......and one of them isn't even at Mass Market price point showing future potential.

You keep going on about Massive Decline....well that is expected, I would be surprised if PS3 wasn't at a massive decline in terms of YOY sales.

Sorry to break it to you but this generations isn't doomed, I really don't know how people came to this conclusion. 

Not only that, but last gen there were 191 mil consoles shipped between the 3 major consoles.  This also includes PS2's continuing sales to date.  So far this gen, as of the last financial reports, there has been 154 consoles shipped.  By the end of the year they may even be close to reaching that 191 mil mark, and there are still a good 1-2 years left in this gen.

And you also have to consider that ALL the major consoles have shipped at least 40 mil consoles by now, the first time that has ever happened within a gen.  Hell, last gen XBox and Gamecube didn't even reach 25 mil.  Also, by the end of this gen it is very likely all consoles will reach and pass the 50 mil mark.  The SNES, the leader of its gen, wasn't even able to reach the 50 mil mark.  The console market is very much alive.