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hello271 said:
FunKrusher said:
It's good that the Ps3 is covering some ground.

But they have a ways to go. I don't know how it is in others being that I live in the US. But quite honestly the next gen system of choice seems to be the 360 here and of course the Wii.

If you go into a chain store like Best Buy or Walmart the space for 360 and Wii generally seems to take up more floor space than Ps3. Sure the 360 has the biggest library's. But to me that's very telling and it's the truth. At least in Philadelphia, USA.

At the Hollywood video store chain I rent from in my neighborhood as well as the Blockbusters. First when you walk into the game rental section theres'a bout 3 rows of 360 games (with their mutliplatform titles outweighing the Ps3's in sheer volume). the Wii has about 2.5 rows. and the ps3 has 1, single isle.

This is in TWO MAJOR CHAIN VIDEO STORES downtown, center city in one of AMERICAS LARGEST cities. I think that's very, very telling.

Most kids I've talked to in local stores (gamecrazy, ebgames, etc.) mainly talk about 360 and Wii with Ps3 being talked about by the diehards.

These are just my observations and I don't intend them to be indicative of what the rest of the world has going on. But just some things of noticed.


It's good that the PS3 is covering ground.

I don't how how it is in others being that I live in the US, but quite honestly here PS3s have been selling boatloads more ever since around November, at least in Los Angeles, USA.

At the Fry's Electronics store I go to, the first thing you go into there's a special PS3 display with a huge flat-screen TV and leather armchairs, on top of the PS3 demos in the video games section. The XBOX 360s were hidden in the back. Wii's were nowhere to be found. At the Circuit City I went to, the PS3 section and the XBOX 360 section were about the same size, and again, no Wii's could be found.

This is TWO MAJOR CHAIN ELECTRONICS STORES in one of AMERICA'S LARGEST cities. Oh, it's also two and a half times the size of Philadelphia. I think that's very, very telling.

Most people I've seen/talked to (the adults, the ones who actually buy the systems) seem to like the PS3 for its blu-ray capabilities. A lot of them only buy an XBOX because their kid wants Halo, and although they are interested in the Wii it's very hard to find.

But you know, ANECDOTES FTW.


yeah well I live in philadelphia and as i stated i don't know how the ps3 sells else where. nor dor i care to argue about it on a msg board.

great you live in LA, great adults like the Ps3, great adults buy there kids 360s, and the wii is sold out. all great points. i'm willing to bet that latin cuisine sells a lot better in La than in philadelphia being that there's a huge latin demographic and as you've stated LA is 2xs the size of PHILADELPHIA. i'm willing to bet that plastic surgery, day spas, convertible cars,  and shorts probably sell a bit better there as well being that's it's southern california and the weather is fairly nice most of the time.  follow where I'm going yet? i'm making it painfully obvious.

the point being? there is no point. for every it's not selling here or it is selling here in my region, THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE 7 million sold. Period. But you've clarified for us all that a lot of those numbers are clearly coming fromthe US 1st or 2nd largest city.  But clearly that's not helping it's numbers in it's 5th or 6th largets city or in a lot of areas inbetween.

but yeah you know COMMON SENSE FTW

 



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