Famitsu hardware results in, PS3 big drop

[johnsobas]

DMeisterJ said:

NJ5 said:

DMeisterJ said:
The PS3s last hope in Japan is a Slim-line model. Look at the wonders it did for the PSP and DS in Japan.

Take note Sony. Slimline something, and the Japanese people will snatch it up.

Any idea if it works for consoles too? Did it boost the PS2 a lot? I'm not asking it rhetorically, I honestly never looked at the data from that perspective.

Any changes in hardware (even new colors) result in a temporary boost due to people buying the new versions and selling or giving away their used consoles, but what we're looking for is the possibility of a sustained boost. Nothing else matters, one-time boosts are irrelevant.

In any case, unless a Slimline PS3 came soon, by that time the Wii would already have cemented its position as THE current-gen console in Japan.

 

Well, the PS2 was selling well always anyway, so the slimline wasn't really neccessary for sales.

But if the Slimline PS3 is accepted the way the DS Lite and the PSP Slim were, it'll be some good sustained sales for the system. I predict that the PS3/Wii will end up like the DS/PSP with the PS3 selling much better later in it's lifetime, because of the Slim-line model, if Sony doesn't release it in the near future.

come on now you're comparing a slim version of a handheld to one of a console.  You don't carry around your console all the time so it matter far less.  We saw a moderate short term increase in PS2 sales with the slim in Japan, but in the large scheme of things it was nothing.