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Diomedes1976 on 09 May 2008
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Well ,if MS themselves claim a 5 million worlwide lead then I think we can put to a rest the 6.35 figure.

With a 5 million lead and the PS3 outselling it by 50K regularly its 100 weeks until it passes it.Thats 200k montly and 25 months until it passes the 360.But its clear the maths dont go like that.The holiday sales are like at least 33% of all the year sales and there it could eat a lot of terrain.Lets not forget about games as MGSIV ,FFXIII,White Knight Story ,Little Big Planet and even Socom Confrontation those will spoil the sales.

In any case Sony should do something to make things faster.MS has significantly cut the 360 price in Europe and is dead in Japan.Providing that the US sales are now nearly equal now that PS3 is banking in Blu Ray winning the format war Sony must absolutely destroy MS in those other markets to shorten the gap fast enough.To catch up fast PS3 needs absolutely the Japan market and selling there at least 35K units weekly.Its clear something is happening there.The console is selling even worse that it did last year at the higher price point and with arguable a lot more games released of japanese liking(Disgaea 3,DMC4,Yakuza3,Valkyrie of Battlefield,Everybodys Golf,Dynasty Warriors,PES2008,GT5P).But the console had good sales from november to debut february.Precisely while there was 60Gb and 20Gb around.

For me what Sony must do is:

1)Release the 80Gb in Japan and Europe.That will improve the sales big time.I know lots of people that are holding back only because they think or hope a BC version will be launched.
2)Drop the price in US and Europe.
3)If in Japan the sales continue to be low even with the 80gb out then they should make faster the transition to the PS-Three or PS3-Lite.A sales surge is to be expected if they do that ,as the bulkiness and great weight of the current pS3 is something the japanese definitively dont like at all.


As for Ms ,there isnt too much they can do but they can still drop the price in US and they should eliminate the Live fees.But MS as themselves said is in here because the online gaming market and the prospects of benefit it they foretold for it ...so they wont eliminate those fees ever its their market approach and wouldnt see any point keeping in the market if it wasnt for this.