HikenNoAce said:
Raze said:
HikenNoAce said:
Raze said:
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Not at all. 16.5M PS3s + PS2s sold in FY2012. Also, 45% of PS3 sales occur in the last quarter so during the holiday season. In other words, it is foolish to consider the current weekly sales to be the same as the weekly average over a year.
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I already took holiday sales into account with my numbers. I am talking about the GAP between Wii and PS3 sales, not the total sales. If the current ratio holds on as is, then the PS3 is expected to sell 100k more units than the Wii per week, roughly about. Just because there's a holiday, it doesn't mean only one console's numbers increase, every console's numbers increase. You aren't taking into account that the Wii is still selling too.The ratio is 5:1 in PS3's favor. So even if the PS3 sells 1m units next holiday, the Wii will be in the range of 200k, leaving the gap of 800k units recovered by the PS3, Tack that on to 4-6m units sold through the rest of the year for PS3 vs 1-2m Wii's sold in the same timeframe, you're still looking at a yearly gap recovery of 7m units or so.
The gap between the two will be somewhat consistent for the remainder of this year at the very least (as the Wii is dirt cheap now, and few people are even aware the Wii U exists yet). Even without the Wii selling another unit, it'd still take close to 3 years for the PS3 to catch up.
The reality is, it'd take an act of God for the PS3 to outsell the Wii, LtD. The numbers are against the PS3, and numbers don't lie. I know you want to wave your Sony banner all high and mighty, but you're likely going to have to wait till next gen to hoist it again, as the PS4 doesn't really have much competition at all.
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Well, check your maths again. Over the last fiscal year, the PS3 reduced the gap at the rate of 220,000 per week.
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The price of gas used to be $1.50/gallon too. There's no point living in the past. Numbers dwindle over time. The current numbers for 2013 show the PS3 selling at the rate I mentioned prior. Nothing at this stage is going to make the PS3 (or any other console) outperform previous years, short of a MAJOR price slash, and I'm talking like $125 PS3s, which won't happen.
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And once again, you ignore that 45% of PS3 sales occur during the holiday season. Good job, dude.
Also, what makes you think that the price will never drop that low?
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And once again, you ignore that the numbers I stated INCLUDE the increase during the holidays, even though I've already stated that twice.
Why won't the price drop that low? Simply because of the lack of profit for Sony in doing such. At this stage of the game, they're pushing efforts on the PS4, their upcoming flagship. Surpassing the Wii doesn't come with a money bonus, so they're not going to take a further financial hit just to boost their numbers. Come E3 2014, the Wii/PS3/360 gen will slow down to a point that will barely register in LTD sales/market share. It's merely the reality of the way the industry works. Games will come out for them still, but the sales will be nominal, at best.
