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Was Leo-J right about the PS3 price-cut effect?

Yes, PS3 got back in the game on sept 09 158 47.88%
 
No, PS3 is still being outsold by Wii 26 7.88%
 
No, As long as its still ... 38 11.52%
 
Yes, PS3 has great sales and games now 82 24.85%
 
There was a price cut? 10 3.03%
 
Wii/PS3/Xbox 360 = D00M3D! 16 4.85%
 
Total:330
mr_capello on 27 March 2010
Demotruk said:
thismeintiel said:

From Wikipedia: A comeback is the return of a person (or in this case a company/console) of public interest, a style or fashion in the mid-point of media interest.

Did the PS3 return to the public interest or did it just continue to fade away, as it was doing before the pricecut? Of course it was a comeback. Those who say it are just biased. Was the 360 pricecut in '08, and related sales, a comeback from when the PS3 was selling more than it? Yes. Was Wii's return to the top weekly sales, after its pricecut a comeback? Yes.

It seems people who label this as a failed attempt of a comeback are just setting up scenerios no one could cross. I mean, really, do you expect them to destroy an 8 mil gap in just 6 months? Why don't we look at what they have done, though. That 8 mil gap has been taken down to just 5.5 mil, and closing more each week. An 8 mil gap that most were saying would only get bigger, probably ending this gen with a gap of ~10-15mil. What's more pathetic is those who don't support Sony say that even if they claim 2nd this gen, it won't count cause it was near the end. What? How dumb is that. So, if Sony takes 2nd, but then at the very end MS take its back, that won't count? Oh, I bet it will then. These must be the same people who said that PS3 sales would soon settle under the 360.

Also those who say the price cut was "forced" and not part of a plan are just fooling themselves. You think they honestly just thought up of the Slim right before it launched? Sony doesn't work that way, especially not after MS's fiasco with RROD. They took the time to R&D the new components and casing, as well as the time to endlessly test it. I would imagine research on that baby probably started at least a year before its release.

And does anyone think that the pricecuts of every gen before were forced, too? Or is it just Sony's? What about Nintendo's forced pricecut? When the Slim launched, it was beating every home console on a weekly basis, even the Wii. That is until Nintendo was forced to lower the Wii to $200 in order to claim the top spot again. Of course, I already know the response I'm going to get for that factoid. Some Nintendo fan justifying what Nintendo did as not forced, but damning Sony's as forced.

So now we're down to using a definition of "comeback" that's normally used referring to celebrities and fashions. Suit yourself.

and why doesn't this definition apply to other things ?



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Ravage27 on 27 March 2010

i see there are still people who are being sour(?) about this, guess they were hoping for Sony to pull out of the market. Well...too bad :3

No point denying it, the introduction of the Slim model has been nothing less than a success. It did wonders for the PS3's image and the growth of install base means that multiplatform publishers now view both HD consoles equally in importance.

The same cannot be said before the console's relaunch, ps3 sales were lagging behind significantly and i can still remember the endless 'Sony is doomzzz' articles. Considering how dramatic the change is, i'll call it a great comeback.



Demotruk on 27 March 2010
mr_capello said:
Demotruk said:
So now we're down to using a definition of "comeback" that's normally used referring to celebrities and fashions. Suit yourself.

and why doesn't this definition apply to other things ?

Do you think when people say PS3 will have a "comeback" they mean the same thing as a "comeback" would mean for Cher or for bellbottom trousers? No. It's closer to what is meant by the word in a game of snooker, or any other competition where one side can be behind and "come back".



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ZenfoldorVGI on 27 March 2010

I think it's selling more now, but it certainly hasn't made a "comeback." MS is responding this year, lets see how thing look if a slim 360 is released with Natal. Then, will I be able to say the 360 made the biggest comeback ever, if it starts outselling the PS3 slightly on a weekly basis in the first few months following the release of Reach, Natal, and a slim version?

I don't think so. A huge comeback would involve an actual comeback of some kind. Right now, it's just outselling 1 of it two competitors on a weekly basis by a slim margin.



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djs on 27 March 2010

I see it as a comeback because I think it competes only with the 360.



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ZenfoldorVGI on 27 March 2010
Xero said:
Of course it's a come back. It's doing really well now and with the line-up I don't see how 360 could ever get on top of weekly sales.

Asking the PS3 to beat the Wii is like asking Ferraris to start outselling Fords.

A. Leo J said this would be the biggest comeback ever. Not that it was a comeback. Did you vote under a misassumption?

B. Your analogy is insulting and laughable. When Ferrari's only cost 100 dollars more than a Ford, and still sell like shit compaitively, you can revisit this.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

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ZenfoldorVGI on 27 March 2010
djs said:
I see it as a comeback because I think it competes only with the 360.

Is it the biggest comeback ever though?



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

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fighter on 27 March 2010
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Xero said:
Of course it's a come back. It's doing really well now and with the line-up I don't see how 360 could ever get on top of weekly sales.

Asking the PS3 to beat the Wii is like asking Ferraris to start outselling Fords.

A. Leo J said this would be the biggest comeback ever. Not that it was a comeback. Did you vote under a misassumption?

B. Your analogy is insulting and laughable. When Ferrari's only cost 100 dollars more than a Ford, and still sell like shit compaitively, you can revisit this.

 

 

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Xero on 27 March 2010
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Xero said:
Of course it's a come back. It's doing really well now and with the line-up I don't see how 360 could ever get on top of weekly sales.

Asking the PS3 to beat the Wii is like asking Ferraris to start outselling Fords.

A. Leo J said this would be the biggest comeback ever. Not that it was a comeback. Did you vote under a misassumption?

B. Your analogy is insulting and laughable. When Ferrari's only cost 100 dollars more than a Ford, and still sell like shit compaitively, you can revisit this.

Sorry about the analogy, I couldn't think of two cars with ~33% price differential. As for Leo-Js prediction, I only said I thought it was a good come back. Lot of people in thread have been saying stuff like 'not a come back' whilst I don't agree with Leo-Js predictions, I do think it has been a decent come back and a very good start in returning the playstation brand back to former glory. 



Cheebee on 27 March 2010

'Biggest comeback ever' would be the Nintendo launching the Wii. There's no topping that. Compared to that, the PS3 increase in sales is laughable.



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