| CrazzyMan said: @Stever89, so I doubt there was too much of a supply problem you must be kidding, right? =)Oct and Nov are only 1 month apart. durign that month they could produce more consoles and sell more, because of high demand on Christmas time. =)So.. statement "PS3 is doing in Europe better then Wii or PS2" - That sounds fair, right? =)) We can ignore this data if you wish. Why? because It's not entirely fair? So if you can ignore this data, why you can`t ignore other not entirely fair data? No it's not, So, WHY you used THAT data in your first post in this thread? =)Maybe not entirely. So, you can`t say: yes, it`s fair! =) ? That was the point. You can't use price as a determining factor YES, i CAN. Till price didn`t reach mass market level, it`s determinating factor for MANY people. |
No I wasn't kidding. There were 250,000 PS3 in Japan at launch, and it took 5 weeks for the PS3 to sell 250,000 in Japan, so I doubt there was a supply problem, unless they were only making 10 units a week. Even Nintendo was making roughly 250,000 a week and they were making for 3 regions. I can hardly believe Sony wasn't making as many as 50,000 a week for just Japan, meaning by the time those 5 weeks were up that it took to sell the original 250,000 units, they already had another 250,000, if not way more. At 10 weeks it had sold 500,000+ units, so I can hardly believe there was THAT much of a supply problem, considering Nintendo was making only 1.2 million units a month for 3 regions, and Sony was probably making at least 3/4 that (800,000) for two regions. If they were making any less than that... well damn.
In one month I'd assume they could probably make a million PS3s, and it's not like there has been supply problems in Japan, even during Christmas, especially since the PS2 was the more supply constrained console, and it had an extra month anyway. So I don't see the point?
The part about PS3 doing better in Europe than the 360 and Wii was a joke, because it was you who thought the comparison wasn't fair, and so since anything that seems to favor the PS3 has to be "wrong," I thought we would just "ignore" the data. You're completely taking my words out of context.
The same goes for the "Maybe not entirely," that data only really helps the PS3, and when you correct for holiday periods and such, you can make accurate sales trends using aligned launches. Also, I used "Total Others" data and I even said you had to kind of move the line back to show the "true" launch of the PS3 in the Others region. Also, above I did use Europe to make the point a lot clearer. That's why I said "no it's not, that's why I used Europe [in the lasted posts]." Also, stop taking my words out of context.
I can agree with you on the price point, it's just that Sony launched the PS3 at too high of a price point. That was their mistake, thinking the PS3 would sell on brand alone and without games. I'm sure that's the last we'll see of high priced consoles. The mere fact that it cost more shouldn't give it a handicap in a way, because that's it's price. That's the way it is. Yes, when it reaches mass market levels, it'll have that appeal, but I fear by then the Wii and 360 will have taken much of that market away, except for those who get every console once the price is cheap enough, which is obviously not very many, as only 20+ million people bought the GameCube and Xbox.
