| Menago KF said: @ Munkeh111 There can be no long term boost if the following requirements aren't met: 1) Sony dishes out more AAA games that people really want, thus creating a long term sales for the ps3 2)The 80GB sku is reinstated in the US for good. The OP showed us that these special edition bundles were more than 50% of overall US sales, which implies that it's much more in demand than the 40 GB sku. 3) Sony finally concedes to a price drop. 400$ is still a lot....although maybe not as much as it used to be, but still. |
1) Sony started slower and later, so it's trying timing releases and other commercial moves precisely to maximize effect. The fact that a stealth game, not exactly the most popular of genres, is selling so well despite also the HW base smaller than the competitors' will help a lot Sony to obtain titles in the future. In this optics, whatever HW sales boost MGS4 will give will help even more.
2) NA users eagerly awaited it, I wonder if Sony has plans about Europe and 80GB versions with BC. Sony, although doing well here, is really underestimating the appeal BC would have in EU too.
3) A price drop now would do little more than MGS4 can, we're approaching summer, a dead season for items to be used indoor, but it will help a lot more to restart sales at full speed after summer, so I would expect it, if it's really imminent, then, not now, and carefully timed taking into account major titles releases.
On a sidenote: WiiFit has come back in "Others" top five, momentum for good games can last much longer than expected (well, I agree with Wii fans that predict a huge sales surge for WiiFit for Xmas too, but I guess that given the current average appeal, even once exhausted its momentum, MGS 4 will keep on selling to a respectable share of new PS3 buyers, as a "classic must have").
