PS3 made the greatest comeback ever.

[platformmaster918]

J_Allard said:

platformmaster918 said:

I don't get what's so hard to understand or what you think is a reach.  As I've mentioned I'm comparing marketshare in the different regions when I say PS3's worst region is US.  Of course it sells more in the US the US has a larger population.  Of course there are flaws when comparing handhelds to consoles such as Japan liking handhelds a lot more and thus the 3DS sells more there than any home console in any region.  I'm just saying it's not great when you're getting outsold by a product that is years older and $80 more expensive in that products worst (as in worst marketshare and mindshare, trust me I live in the US and PS3 isn't too strong here) region.

Also considering people like Gabe Newell were saying PS3 should be discontinued and that it was being outsold by 360 in 08 I think there really was that much hate.  $599 was huge and turned a great many people away.

Also also the thread exists because the comeback is inevitable at this point.  Why not be pre-emptive about it?  Now the only real question as far as this "comback" goes is whether or not PS3 can pass Wii eventually.

Not surprised that you don't really get it. What does marketshare difference between Japan and US matter when you're directly comparing the US sales of the PS3 and 3DS? You're typing up a lot of stuff to explain how different the two territories are.. shouldn't that be your first clue as to what a silly remark it was to make? I mean, surely you can come up with something better than that to discredit the 3DS. Also, the 3DS actually outsold the PS3 in 2012 in the US according to the site we're on. Which makes the remark not only laughably misleading, but factually incorrect. Seems the 3DS will now be outselling PS3 in its best and worst territories :(

360 did outsell the PS3 in 2008. But not in 2007.. 2009.. or 2010. or 2011.. etc etc. Again, align the launches and PS3 was selling better from the start. This is something Sony guys are real quick to point out in sales debates... yet now it seems the PS3 was a massive underdog on its way to being buried for eternity next thousands of copies of ET lol.

I'm just looking at week to week sales.  I'm sure 3DS did better during the holidays.  Look obviously 3DS is going to win a marketshare to marketshare battle considering it has only 1 competitor compared to PS3's 2 competitors.  I still don't see how selling less than PS3 in PS3's worst region marketshare wise can be considered good sales with all the things I mentioned.  PS3 is old and dominated in that market by its competition (well not Wii anymore) while 3DS is dominating handheld marketshare, relatively new, and cheaper yet it sells significantly less than PS3 most weeks.  It's more of a sign of general handheld decline in the US but it's still not good.  Japan is kinda the opposite where handhelds are strong and home consoles are weak.  Also PS3 is still a comeback considering that 2 years into its life and 3 years into 360's it didn't look like it would ever pass or would take forever to do so.  360 managed to get Kinect to catch on and give it a secondary boost, but PS3 has definitely come back.  If it passes Wii will that be enough for you?  Also how do you consider 3DS a comeback when it was never behind or selling that horribly yet PS3 isn't?