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thismeintiel on 02 January 2014
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Dark_Feanor said:
thismeintiel said:
Dark_Feanor said:

Taged for the future.

Sales have fallen 50% in 2013, "only" 7mi sold, they can fell even more in 2014 with the next generation.

What games people buy PS3 for? What feature the PS3 has the next generation consoles don´t?

And how can it open a 9mi gap in the next 4 years if in the last 4 years never reached more than 2mi advantage (accordingly to VGChartz).??? 

50%?  What crazy numbers are you looking at?  According to VGC, 360 is down 47% without the final week of sales and PS3 is down 32%.  When all the numbers are in, the 360 will probably be down 40%-45%, while the PS3 will be down 25%-30%.  Next year will probably see similar drops, maybe slightly lower given a price cut.  And as you can see, the 360 is dropping quite a bit faster than the PS3, so the gap will only continue to increase.

Edit:  Also, what are you talking about 4 years for?  The PS3 just passed the 360 earlier this year.  In just several months following that, it has opened a 1M+ between it and the 360.  Given that the 360's sales are going to slow much faster than the PS3's WW, a 5M-10M gap is definitely not out of the question.


25% drop? Sorry, you are delusional if you look only at the PS2 case. 

It was a completely different case from today. Look at your avatar, Sony released God of War 1 and 2 when the 360 and PS3 were out. Do you think Uncharted 4 will be released on the PS4. They have already admited GT6 was a mistake.

And, I think you belive the PS4 is the perfect console, don´t you? So, why any one would buy a PS3 two years from now when they can buy a PS4 that is a much better console?

Just look at the Wii/WiiU situation.

Other thing I noticed, people here overstimate the effect of price cut.

You realize I said 25%-30%, right?  Granted, it will be closer to 30%.  Still, far from your made up 50%.  Care to explain where that came from?  And can you give the link where Sony called GT6 a mistake? 

Not sure what my thoughts on the PS4 have to do with PS3 sales, but whatever.  The reason that the PS3 will continue to sell, just like PS2 sold when the PS3 dropped to $399, is because not everyone is willing to drop $399 on a console.  A lot of people wait for it to drop to $299 or even $199, especially in developing nations.

And the Wii's sales started to drop incredibly before the Wii U's release, and was actually outselling the Wii U for awhile there, so that point is moot.