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Rath on 26 January 2008
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Username2324 said:
ikilledkenny said:
There is no chance that it will reach 100 million. It might even finish behind the 360. It will not get over 65 million in a best-case scenario. That would be the strongest finish a non-winning console has ever had. I don't understand why people are predicting such huge growth.

Evidence?

@Brawl

Technically speaking the PS2 and PS3 are on the same team, they are brothers, so if the PS2 had so much success theres a large chance many of those PS2 owners will want to enter the HD age, and go from their PS2 to a PS3, so if anything the PS3 should do much better than the PS2, as that is the current trend (PS1 < PS2 < PS3).

You, and most others, dont seem to realize that the PS3 has 3 things going for it.
1. Large PS2 fan base.
2. Blu-ray.
3. (soon to be/beginning to come true) Best looking games

PS3 seems to have had the toughest first year out of any console(highest price, poor game line-up, competition), and it still made it through with identical sales to the PS2/360's first years. So why do people think it'd be so hard for it to get to 100 million when it should start taking off with mass adoption by PS2 owners.


 Because it is quite frankly getting whooped by the Wii.

 What the PS3 fanbase is currently largely consistent of is PS2 hardcores. What it will never be consistent of is the PS2 casuals. The people who bought GTA in large quantities, the 10-25 year old guys who have a moderate interest in consoles but would never ever think of joining a forum dedicated to them. Those guys have no loyalty, they don't understand why they should. The PS2 casual crowd will go for whatever is popular and currently it simply isn't the PS3.

 

Also if you have managed to make it this far without comprehending that the PS3's sales are not comparable to the PS2s sales in the first year you probably never will.