Report: GameStop discontinuing PSP games at smallest stores

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SWORDF1SH said:

They are down massively because of the massive fall of wii. 3rd party support is disappearin fast on the wii. The same fate won't happen to th the PS3 because in fact 3rd party support is getting stronger by year. We did a study on this. http://www.ps-analog.com/news/articles/games
The PS store is thriving http://www.ps-analog.com/news/articles/digital-downloads-vs-retail-the-rise-of-digital-downloads
My point is the PS3 platform is getting stronger and stronger. Please don't bring NPD numbers into this when we are talking about something much broader. 1 month of NPD numbers and youre predicting the decline of PS3.

And no it won't directly compete with 720, wii U and PS4. It will affect the sales yes but still will sell well. The PS2 sold well even with the PS3 wii and 360 on the market. What do you base your predictions on? You make up your own trends. Look at history. PSP wont make the 10 year mark is almost certain. I keep agreeing with you. But that was F**ked from the start. PS3 is not struggling with hardware, software, exclusive and 3rd party support. I don't know how you predict stuff when history is there in your face.

But hey everybody, PS3 sold less in one month in NA that another month. PS3 is doomed!!!

Just looking at my PS3 box. It doesn't mention Slim on it. I don't think it's ever been officailly called the Slim. I don't think it even did it's it's officail press release. If i can remember correctly it was called the new ps3 model. Could be wrong. Either way. slim or not. It will become very cheap on arrival of the PS4 and will still s ell well for years after the PS4 releases. History tells us this. Not your made up trends

No where have I predicted the decline of the PS3 or said it's doomed. I haven't even said it won't reach 10 years. In fact I didn't even mention the PS3 in my first couple of posts, you did. I then stated it would possibly reach 10 years. Again living up to the Doogle name. As I have constantly said it can possibly reach 10 years but that 10 years is going to be a stretch for the PS3. Just because the PS1 and PS2 did it it doesn't mean that magically it is set in stone that the PS3 will. 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-PlayStation-160GB-Slim-Console/dp/B005EL3ACK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337195850&sr=8-1 SLIM, gaming sites announced it as the slim, on wikipedia the section is labelled PS3 Slim etc etc. It is the slim. Although I nicely see you just pretended to have not noticed the reasons why further slim revisions will be difficult, I guess you will just ignore any points where you are wrong? 

I mean some of your logic is just bordering on insane. You say Wii is suffering lower sales because 3rd parties have stopped supporting it, but that this won't happen with the PS3 and it is simply going to get more 3rd parties every year.... really? You honestly think that once the Wii U, PS4 and 720 are out that the PS3 will get more support? You seem to think that because the PS2 kept selling well once next gen was out that of course the PS3 will. Sales wise the PS3 is no-where near close to what the PS2 was. The PS2 was an industry leading juggernaut. The PS3 is fighting for second place. 

My made up trends of actual sales figures vs your trend of.... doogle logic. Yes the wiis decline has contributed, but the numbers still show that the PS3 is down YoY as well. Lets see from the numbers I can find 2011 Jan-April NPD PS3 is 1239k, Jan-April 2012 NPD PS3 is 1072k. Although I should clarify that for 2012 the Jan numbers are not available, simply that Wii+PS3 were 281k, so I very generously estimated PS3 at 200k. Again not saying those are bad sales, the ps3 is doing great. However you statement that it shows no signs of giving up coupled that it just had it's two best years implies you think it has yet to peak. We are coming up the the next gen, all this generations consoles are bound to see sales start to dip.

Although I now see you write for a PS3 fan site so I guess that explains that.