Global HW -- 22 September, 2012

[Alby_da_Wolf]

fillet said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:
Wow, an old console like XB360 still has a lot of life inside, look at what Borderlands 2 did.
PS3 decent, considering that is the week immediately before Super Slim launch.
Vita ouch! But LBPV launch was after the week ending 22 September, let's whait and see what it will do to sales.
Wii and PSP on the sunset boulevard, but they should still be able to have their last good Xmas. DS instead won't, the price difference with 3DS is too small to support the older declining portable, unless they do crazy offers for BF and Xmas.

1. LBPV has been available for about 10 days or so now on a mass scale.

2. VIta is doing as bad as it possibly could be, it's advertised like crazy in the UK. Massive amounts of money are being spent on TV ads.

3. PS3 is exactly the same age as the Xbox 360 so don't be so condecending and shares the same games except for exclusives - as if you didn't know.

4. Further nonsense - The super slim is seen as a downgrade by the public so sales will not be down because of it - Furthermore very few people except on gaming forums even knew the PS3 superslim was real.

 

Dissapointing that I need to clean up some facts on the post of a long time member like yourself who I believe knew otherwise on all points.

1. Ooops! I misread North America LBPV release as WW. Anyway it should do more good than bad there, because as long as it's so expensive and they don't bundle at least a memory card, only big SW launches can support Vita sales outside of the Xmas season.

2. Yes, as I wrote, until it's so expensive, without even the essential bundled for its price, only SW launches can support its sales.

3. PS3 is one year younger than XB360.

4. This argument is quite weak, you are mixing street and official prices. PS3 Slim is offered at the current price with a higher official suggested price, that starts from $249 or 249€. The new Super Slim starts from 229€ for the 12GB in EU, while elsewhere the current Super Slim entry level model is bundled with a game and has a bigger hard disk, so it isn't directly comparable, but surely offers additional value that is worth more than the $20 official price increase. Now, regarding the EU 12GB, it's obvious that after the first weeks, when it will be sellable at full price for the novelty value, street price should drop. Elsewhere, once the supplies of the older entry level model will run out, obviously Sony will have to do something, maybe introduce a new entry level model without bundled games.

Disappointing that to correct me on one wrong point and to add another that isn't as definitive as you pretend, you made so many mistakes.