NA Sale UP!!! Terrible PS3 sales!!

[steverhcp02]

Squilliam said:

steverhcp02 said:

Squilliam said:
Hey I guess that means that my prediction that the Xbox360 sales will exceed PS3 sales from July until the end of the year (Average) might come true after all.

A 30-60k boost from a pricecut in North America is all thats required to do it now.

i dont understand your logic....are you talking WW or in NA? if NA, thats not a bold prediction at all...if WW id say youre out of your mind. MGS4 has global appeal and is being bundled across the world on a simaltaneous release.....the PS3 will most likely outsell the 360 by 100k per week worldwide after this week for the rest of the summer if the bundle is replenished. IMO. Your looking at, hopefully a consistant 20k in Japan for a while on average, a constant 40 or 50k in "others" and likely a good 40k in the states....again, depending on the bundle availability.

Yep I was talking world wide. But quarter 3 so most of the boost from MGS4 would be last quarters' news anyway.

I just took into account simple things like the refresh thats going to be bigger than the Falcon one in terms of cost savings, because A the GPU + heatsink are big and expensive and B they have to set aside FAR less money for repair and C they are shrinking every chip inside the machine at the same time. So a price cut would make sense really, the market seems to be saturating at that price level and the economic situation in the states is actually helping the Xbox360 as consumers are much more price concious now than the were 6 months ago.

Furthermore console sales are low, especially for the HD consoles in the states... All it takes is for one of the consoles to take off and leave the other behind because worldwide they are closer now than they ever were at any point in this year. Im just picking that it will be the Xbox to pick up in sales with a price cut.

 

 hmmm, thats decent enough. However, clearly a price cut will be the largest factor...not games or exclusives or anything, so its plausible....but m only problem is basing an entire prediction or logic based on a not even rumored price cut at this point.

MGS4 is probably the "biggest" game for the PS3 until FF13 simply because it appeals to all 3 major markets......we should see a hardware boost all over the world, combined with the bundle for new owners on the fence. This is why i believe if sony can replenish the bundles theres no chance the 360 will be close to th ePS3 the rest of the gear.....that is unless MSFT bundles GoW2 and adds a $50 price drop across the board and lowers the core to $199.