PS2 2001 sales numbers vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =)

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CrazzyMan I can not thank you enough for creating this thread, and actually sticking to it. I have casualy browsed this thread every week, but tonight I took a deeper look at it, and anyone that thinks the PS3 will sell less this year than the PS2 did in 2001 is blind. There is way to many massive events happening for the PS3 this year to even consider it falling short of the PS2's 01 performance.

April-May-June

In this time period Sony is going to Kill the sales of PS2 during 01. They will start off selling like crazy in Others due to the release of GT5P bundle, and the US should already start seeing a small pick up for the people getting on board for GT5P, and GTA4. Half way through April GT5P is going to release along sid the DualShock3 in the US, which will put the GT medium core crowed into a buying frinzy. Also at that point there will be a PSN update, rumor has it it will launch on the 15th and include at least a Video Download service.

note: Many have shown disgust at my belief that the PSN getting a Video store will help the PS3 a lot since it has done little for the 360. However, if you ask people even in the semi hardcore community about Video Market Place they have no clue what you are talking about. I think that Sony will not let this happen with the PSN video service. Sony will push it hard and make sure the consumer is well aware that PS3 gives them the option to take in Blu-ray, while having the flexability to download HD content if you so desire.

Now after all of that we will only be 2 weeks away from GTA4, which will deffinatly continue the momentum in the US and EU. Going into May they have a title that many believe has fallin off the table in the form of Haze. Now that could very well be the case, but with very little esle to offer in May I would not be suprised to see a decnet push behind the title and some acceptable sales. On the hardcore side they have Gamers day which will be going on around this time. In Japan they will have Golden week at the beging of May, which although yes the PS2 benefited from it, I see much bigger gains for the PS3 during this time. Roilling into June Sony has what could be the biggest game of the year on the platform. I think it can not be taken lightly the effect a worldwide launch of MGS4 will have. It would not be beyond belief to see 150k japan, 200k US, and 250k Others the launch week, and I think that game is going to have very nice legs.

So over the next 4 months I think PS3 will easly sell 1.5 times what PS2 did in the same stretch in 01. There are still a lot of factors that could see an even greater performance. If they cut the price before GTA4 the I could see them selling 2 times what PS2 did in 01. There is also Blu-ray 2.0 which will being pushed hard buy all of the retailers, movie studios, and electronic giants. If you don't think people will be informed about PS3's ability to do this plus PSN you are kidding yourself. Many don't want to believe it, but If you take a real look at the martket, Sony is in the drivers seat right now. They have the power to make things happen, with them having the ability to pull in profits at the moment from PS2 and PSP sales, they can drop the Price of the PS3 whenever they feel like it. A 299 PS3 at this point in the game could completly change the landscape of this generation. We all know that profits come from games and it is ok to loose on consoles, so with GT5P, GTA4, and MGS4 all coming out in the first Quater they should still be able to pull a profit even after a PS3 price cut of 100 dollars;