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sc94597 on 24 April 2015
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BraLoD said:
sc94597 said:

So you think the PS3 will have a longer life-span than the PS2? The PS2 lived from 2000 until 2013. The PS3 would have to live until 2019 to have the same life-span. By that time the PS5 should be out, and the PS4 should have priced the PS3 out of the market. If the PS3 sold an average of 3.5 million/year for the next four years it would still only sell 14 million life-time, falling 1.6 million short of Wii. 

Do you think PS3's sales can increase? Why exactly?


It's definitely more likely to me than the Wii U increase sales to a point where it reach 25M.

I expect the PS3 to keep sales for a good while, with sone spikes of increase with price cuts, as one should happen this E3.

Well the Wii U has the advantage of not being as saturated in the standard markets (Wii U is experiencing YoY growth for 2015, while the PS3 is experiencing YoY decline for 2015), and like the PS3, has opportunities for many more price-cuts. Plus it's not a 10 year old console.  I don't think it will reach 25 million, but the same arguments you have for the PS3 having a chance also apply to Wii U. They both are selling at almost the same numbers right now, and they both have the same gap to close to reach these objectives. The Wii U's sales are increasing (for how long - we don't know), while the PS3's are decreasing. So unless you think the PS3 will live significantly longer than the Wii U and also maintain its current sales level for four more years, at least, it's just as improbable.