Famitsu hardware results in, PS3 big drop

[DMeisterJ]

johnsobas said:

DMeisterJ said:

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.

 

Exactly what I said, it was a small increase in sales, but because the PS2 was selling fine as is, the increase wouldn't have been huge.  But the PS3 is a huge machine.  And Japanese people like smaller things. 

I'm not saying the Slim-line is the end-all be-all, I'm just saying that it will definitely help out sales.