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damkira on 29 November 2007
kamil said:
I think we should put on the front page sales numbers for "PlayStation familiy".

 Uhm.. no. I think VGChartz wants to have a lot more credibility than Sony Defense Force.

 



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adigen on 29 November 2007
Gazz said:
I truly believe that the PS2 is going to be the budget console of choice. Developers aren't deserting it and there are still more than 160 games coming out before the second quarter of 2008 http://www.gamershell.com/news/42858.html.

Also, Sony has patented a new device that will allow players to control games with movement of the head which will be released on ps2 and 3. I personally believe it will do extremely well amongst people who don't game that much and don't want to spend much money on it and the PS2 is the perfect choice for them.

Saying that ps3,wii,360 sales show the future isn't a waterproof argument. The PS2 is also sold and that should be proof too. Of course it is pretty easy to say that the market of the new consoles is growing as their marketshare increases but that doesn't automaticly mean the PS2 is decreasing so much that market dries up. The PS2 isn't a current gen from a technical point of view but from a sales p.o.v it sure is.

   According to your logic, when we talk about home video market, we should compare sales data of Blue ray, HDDVD players with DVD players's, it turns out that they are selling at a ratio of 2:1:1000, but what we often see and in headline is what is going on between HDDVD and Blue ray. The truth is, in a newspaper u have to take in consideration what to put in the front page, and whatelse goes to the page 2.



Gazz on 29 November 2007

We aren't talking about the that battle, but luckily financial analysts and most credible newspapers do look at the whole picture when it boils down to sales on those mediums. Our economy would go belly up if sales and attention to proven products would faint instantly.



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adigen on 29 November 2007

 Ofc we do look at the whole picture, we have hardware database for a reason, and ps2 are getting tracked weekly still. Besides that what the industry cares is the ongoing competition between next gen consoles, putting the ps2 sales data in the front page with PS3WII360, inevitably forces users to compare them, which is inammissable cos one is proven and consolidated products, others are brand new ones. Anyway being in the second page doesn't mean that we don't give the whole picture of VG market.