DonFerrari on 20 January 2015
IFireflyl said:
DanneSandin said:
IFireflyl said:
DanneSandin said:
Here: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=151051&page=1#1 It's quite apparent PS3 never were far behind X360 and didn't make a huge comeback. That come back is a myth. Their only good markets are US and UK, you can't compete on those two markets alone. And remember that MS wants to earn money from XB1, and they can't make all that much from it right now
And I think you'll find that Protendo will have quite some interesting things to say about this.
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You're obviously not reading the same numbers as I am. The Xbox 360 launched in November 2005. The PS3 launched in November 2006. If you think that there wasn't a huge gap in sales in that year then I can't help you. You're on the VGChartz website. Just look it up. In the first two months alone Xbox 360 sold over 1 million units. I didn't even bother totalling the next 9-10 months of 360's sold, and where PS3 sold 0 consoles.
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Obviously I am. Its quite clear that PS3 started to outsell X360 (with aligned launches) from early on. This means it was just a matter of time before PS3 caught up with X360, and I believe that was in... 2011? 2012? Little by little Sony chipped away the lead MS had built up with their head start. Its all there in the charts.
anyways, if you reply again, can you please trim the quote tree? Im on my phone now and cant myself
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No they did not. PS3 launched in November of 2006. They sold 394,937 consoles in November. They sold 857,103 consoles in December. The Xbox 360 (which was already ahead by a few million units before November of 2006) sold 849,098 consoles in November. They sold 2,046,655 consoles in December. The 360 had been selling for a year. When the PS3 launched people still didn't want it like they wanted the Xbox 360. Be that price, games, etc the PS3 was nowhere near the 360 in terms of sales for the beginning, even if we don't look at the year of sales the 360 did before the PS3 even came out. The PS3 was not a failure, but it had the same thing happen to it that the Xbox One did... lower starting sales. That doesn't mean failure.
MadCowMan said:
kowenicki said:
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How so??? Many said ps3 was a failure because it lost market share to 360 in some territories..... Forums are ridiculous because some say things you don't like to hear??? I doubt MS saw them losing everywhere to PS4 by this much so soon....and I doubt that is what they want, so I don't think it is that cut and dry.
MS did not enter this market to still be in the red and to get dominated by Sony, and comparisons to 360 are laughable at best in a much more front loaded generation.
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This is a ridiculous question for the very example you gave. The console is selling well. Not as well as PS3, but that doesn't make it a failure. As you said in your example, the PS3 didn't sell as well as the 360 when it came out. That didn't make it a failure. This thread is for children who haven't learned what it takes for a business or product to succeed or fail.
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Now align the sales and you will see a different story... that PS3 was never behind X360 when you align sales.
