| selnor said: Good to see PS3 sales increase over christmas. I expect them to drop to last throughout the year again though. However, Look at the game attachment sales on this site. Gaming wise for Sony this is serious trouble. Call of Duty 4 has sold 4.3 mill on 360 and only 2.6 mill on PS3. Uncharted has only sold a measily 1 mill. Ratchet and Clank 750,000 The orange box is also dire on PS3. My point is I take an educated guess that 30% of PS3's are sold purely for the Bluray films. It's the cheapest way to view Bluray. And these people arent interested in the games side. This poses a big problem for Sony. Developers will be reluctant to bring everything to the console. And with these attachment rates so far behind 360, Microsofts machine remains firm favourite for devs first choice. And for that matter It's definately the gamers system. It's a shame because the PS2 was so good. Hell I still play mine now. Another problem Sony have is that the porn industry is and will always be exclusive to HDdvd because Sony turned them down(same thing happened in betamax era). So HDdvd will never fade away because of the porn industry. Where Sony go from here I dont know? |
Firstly I think the PS3 will actually outsell the 360 total for 08'. Huge exclusives, blu-ray gaining ground, possibly another price cut, strength in Japan and Europe.
1 million is not measly. (Also The game will probably reach 1.5-2.0 million lifetime.)
Although I agree that a percentage of PS3's are being bought as Blu-ray players, I think 30% is far too high a figure. My guess is the figure is about 3-4%. This is just a guess however, as is your own figure.
PS3 software is doing fine. In Europe in particular it's doing great.
About the porn part:
"Sony dismissed the claims, saying it has no control over the licensing of Blu-ray, and has no problem with the adult industry using the format. "There's no prohibition against adult content," Lisa Gephardt, a spokeswoman for Sony Corp. of America, said. "We don't tell people how they can use the licenses they get from the Blu-ray Disc Association."
"Big-time porn studio Vivid has announced its first Blu-ray porn movie"
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/01/17/blu-ray-loves-porn-after-all
