stewacide on 05 March 2007
mrstickball said:
This is how I believe Sony sees it -
2006 - 1.5m units sold (horrible, everyone cries the world falls down)
2007 - 8.0m units sold (still pretty bad, world is falling down for Sony, Sony doomed total)
2008 - 11.0m units sold (price drops happen, Sony gets FFXIII out there, people start buying the PS3 as it's a little cheaper and worldwide)
2009 - 14.0m units sold (PS3 hits $350-$400 for higher end model, good Sony software. Starts improving marketshare vs. Wii and 360)
2010 - 15.0m units sold (PS3 hits its "stride" still under what the 360 and Wii has done, but reaches $250-$300 with people still buying it. Next-gen systems announced, Nintendo out with Wii 2 shortly.
2011 - 11.0m units sold (Next-Wii launches. Sony still doesn't have a solution to it, delays announcing next-gen succuessor. Bad sales maybe? says press)
2012 - 7.5m units sold (PS4 announced, or agreement with MS on a join project)
2013 - 5.0m units sold (PS4 launches, PS3 continues to sell well at $150 or so with decent bit of titles)
2014+ 5.0m units sold - Sony finally calls 8 year PS3 dead.
Total sales: 78m units sold. Good vs. Wii/360? Yes. But it crawls to #1 after Wii + Wii 2 have already sold 90m units.
I really like this. Nice. If the PS3 does hit the #1 spot "this gen" it will be a slow crawl, and due in significant part to Nintendo and perhaps Microsoft launching their next systems much sooner.
