Leetgeek said:
Falkano said:
Personally i do agree the PS3 has now just taken a mortal blow but not because of Netflix.
Japan doesn't matter this gen because the PS3 isn't selling there neither is the 360.
But in NA this will probably spark the end of the PS3. I would expect July NPD to be a very bad month for it.
The reason is simple. There are few reasons now for people to pay double to play the same games. There are fewer reasons now to buy a PS3. And in NA the gap is 7m and increasing if VGC sales are true. There are no games on the horizon for the PS3 that make you think i'd better rush out and get it. Where as the 360's numbers just keep increasing. The Fallout 3 download thing shows this. It is very much like what happened to Gamecube which i must remind people actually sold 21m units, double almost what the PS3 has.
Europe is a place that is neck and neck so again i can imagine FFXIII will spur on sales on a cheaper machine. I'm from UK and more people play 360 here. I know that FFXIII going multi-platform here will lose Sony a lot of consoles sold.
As someone else pointed out Sony are winning in Worldwide sales per week. But that number is around 20k a week, 100k max a month. That is tiny. And looking at the figures you see that the PS3 figures are actually decreasing. All it takes is something big to rock the boat which further decreases PS3 sales and increases 360 sales and once again the PS3 is on the back foot. The problem for Sony is then what is on the horizon to re-shift the trend in their favour? At this point in time not much. Tommorow will be vital for PS3, if they come out with few new exclusives and talk of games years away like the previous 2 E3's then that will probably be it. If you watch last e3's your see they delivered on only one of their titles. The rest got delayed. So they are under massive pressure now, they have to give people a reason to part with £300 for a console, they have to give a reason to pay more then a 360 and Wii combined. Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 are not enough. |
Sorry dude PS3 has outsold 360 by over a million plus units this year and yes it has outsold the 360 in NA this year as well.
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PS3 sales in NA this year = 1.68m
http://vgchartz.com/hwtable.php?cons%5B%5D=PS3®%5B%5D=America&start=39453&end=39628
360 sales in NA this year = 1.69m
http://vgchartz.com/hwtable.php?cons%5B%5D=X360®%5B%5D=America&start=39453&end=39628
so 360 has sold more. A console that is a year older is outselling a new one.
PS3 sales in the world this year = 4.9m
http://vgchartz.com/hwtable.php?cons%5B%5D=PS3®%5B%5D=Total&start=39453&end=39628
360 sales in the world this year = 3.7m
http://vgchartz.com/hwtable.php?cons%5B%5D=X360®%5B%5D=Total&start=39453&end=39628
So the PS3 has sold more worldwide this year. But those sales haven't been in NA. And in europe PS3 sales are on the decline. So as i said it is like with the Gamecube. They need to re-spark sales/interest in the PS3. It needs something with the same impact today has had for 360 where everyone is flooding forums talking about it. They need to start shifting games as right now there software sales are reading like a horror show.
