| TheSource said: It needs to be asked. I just wrote my analysis for this week's American data..and I can't help but wonder how much lower PS3 can get before starting to pick up again in late summer/fall. If it kept declining at this rate (3-4k) in the Americas for another 6 weeks (it won't) sales would be 0. Sales in Japan and Europe will in all likelihood be down this week as well. I'm thinking 8k Japan, 18k Europe/Others, and the 17k already posted for the Americas - a grand total of 43,000 for the entire week - the lowest sales of any current console (Wii,360,PS3) to date. Sales under 35,000/week are terrifying to me, but I think PS3 may dip into that zone and live to tell about it. Think of it this way - even Gamecube - which is not even produced anymore - probably does 5 or 6k per week - PS3 should do at least 10x that at all times - regardless of what it costs.
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There is no way it will decrease at the same rate as it has been. I think whats happening right now is those folks who really wanted the PS3, finally saved enough to get 1 which increased the sales for the 1st 6 months (how sad is that if you think about it?). Now the PS3 is facing partial consumers who really have no alegiance to any console. This is probably what we are seeing. In other words, they launch hype period is probably over and the numbers are finally leveling off to normal.
All this can of course change if there is another hype period from a game or something but how much of an impact a game can make is hard to estimate. We will easily be able to see it once it happens. We know Halo will sell 360s but no one knows how many. If we see a steap increase in consoles sales that month then we will have an idea.
