postofficebuddy said:
Allfreedom99 said:
Forgot about the Tales of Xillia release in Japan this week. That will give a boost, but to be honest I personally highly doubt PS3 sales will reach 250,000 for next weeks WW sales figures. I don't see any other software releases pushing hardware much in Americas or Europe. Therefore I think sales of PS3s will drop slightly in those regions. The price cut effect I think will ware off just a bit in those regions, but not by a lot. I would say Xillia may boost PS3 sales in Japan, but not by such a huge margin that PS3 sales hit 250,000 world wide. At most I personally think PS3 sales will be around 200,000 next week. Even with Xillia releasing I think WW PS3 sales will be around 195,000 but no more than 200,000. And yes I could be completely wrong, but this is just my own personal intuition.
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You're entitled to your opinion but I'm quite confident in my statement. History tells us that Japan, more than pretty much any other region, goes batshit over limited edition consoles. Just look at the boost that the white PS3 gave.
http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=40783®=Japan&date=40391
And that was just a new color that didn't even come with any games.
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Valid point and good assumption on the history aspect. I agree there will be a boost in Japan. I just don't see any boost in Europe or Americas yet for this next week of WW numbers. After that I do agree that everything will start going up. Even with a boost in Japan I still don't see PS3 hardware hitting 250,000 WW like you stated this next week when we see the Xillia, and Resistance 3 effect.
That said and you pointing out the history of limited consoles in Japan, I will change my initial intuition. I will say somewhere above 200,000 but I doubt it will go above 210,000. Maybe it will, but I just simply don't see the 250,000 figure you pointed out. If it does I will gladly say you were right, and that I am completely shocked.
