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Kynes on 17 August 2010
KylieDog said:
superchunk said:

This would only be true if PS3 stays in the race for a year after 360 finishes. However, I'm betting it will leave at about the same time and thus 360 may or may not finish with a higher total.


Just like the PS2 and Xbox right?


The problem is PS2 and XBox aren't in the same situation than PS3 and XBox360. In PS2 you had the most dominant console in ages, and in XBox you had and endless pit of money lost (nVidia and hard disk agreements) but it is vastly different with PS3 and XBox360.

 

Another thing is that the consumers dictate when a console dies, not the companies (I mean that if the users don't buy consoles, Sony can't sustain in the market the PS3s for 10 years)



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Chrizum on 17 August 2010
Kynes said:
KylieDog said:
superchunk said:

This would only be true if PS3 stays in the race for a year after 360 finishes. However, I'm betting it will leave at about the same time and thus 360 may or may not finish with a higher total.


Just like the PS2 and Xbox right?


The problem is PS2 and XBox aren't in the same situation than PS3 and XBox360. In PS2 you had the most dominant console in ages, and in XBox you had and endless pit of money lost (nVidia and hard disk agreements) but it is vastly different with PS3 and XBox360.

 

Another thing is that the consumers dictate when a console dies, not the companies (I mean that if the users don't buy consoles, Sony can't sustain in the market the PS3s for 10 years)

I don't understand why people still reply to Kyliedog. He's probably the most impopular member of all VGChartz and not without good reason.

Ignore him, he's only trying to stir things up. He won't reply to you either.



irstupid on 17 August 2010

you sir are a moron

 

if your going to use racing, why don't you take a half a second to look at racing.  did you notice that all the cars do NOT start at the same spot.  360 was the lead car and the ps3 is the last car in the line.  The Wii was also way in dead last.  The Wii caught up and passed and is in first, but the ps3 has not yet passed the 360.  

There is no handicap given for the PS3 given when the race is over.  whoever is in front of the other wins. 



20happyballs on 17 August 2010

I'm too lazy to read through all the posts, so this might have been said already, but who said that every year is a lap? That is stupid. If you want to use the whole lap analogy, then wouldn't it be more accurate to say that each generation is a lap. The PS3 started late this generation, and so it basically started the race after the xbox 360. The Xbox 360 has sold more and there is no way that you can argue against that. But then again, the whole lap analogy is stupid because that implies that there is a tangible and foreseeable finish line, which there isn't. Consoles remain in the market as long as there is a demand. Look at the PS2 and compare it to the original Xbox. The Xbox already reached the finish line, so does that mean it won? 





Chrizum on 17 August 2010
KylieDog said:
Chrizum said:
Kynes said:
KylieDog said:
superchunk said:

This would only be true if PS3 stays in the race for a year after 360 finishes. However, I'm betting it will leave at about the same time and thus 360 may or may not finish with a higher total.


Just like the PS2 and Xbox right?


The problem is PS2 and XBox aren't in the same situation than PS3 and XBox360. In PS2 you had the most dominant console in ages, and in XBox you had and endless pit of money lost (nVidia and hard disk agreements) but it is vastly different with PS3 and XBox360.

 

Another thing is that the consumers dictate when a console dies, not the companies (I mean that if the users don't buy consoles, Sony can't sustain in the market the PS3s for 10 years)

I don't understand why people still reply to Kyliedog. He's probably the most impopular member of all VGChartz and now without good reason.

Ignore him, he's only trying to stir things up. He won't reply to you either.


Ignore him, he's only trying to stir things up. He won't reply to you either.

Hah. You just proved my point.



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Kynes on 17 August 2010
KylieDog said:
Chrizum said:
Kynes said:
KylieDog said:
superchunk said:

This would only be true if PS3 stays in the race for a year after 360 finishes. However, I'm betting it will leave at about the same time and thus 360 may or may not finish with a higher total.


Just like the PS2 and Xbox right?


The problem is PS2 and XBox aren't in the same situation than PS3 and XBox360. In PS2 you had the most dominant console in ages, and in XBox you had and endless pit of money lost (nVidia and hard disk agreements) but it is vastly different with PS3 and XBox360.

 

Another thing is that the consumers dictate when a console dies, not the companies (I mean that if the users don't buy consoles, Sony can't sustain in the market the PS3s for 10 years)

I don't understand why people still reply to Kyliedog. He's probably the most impopular member of all VGChartz and now without good reason.

Ignore him, he's only trying to stir things up. He won't reply to you either.


Ignore him, he's only trying to stir things up. He won't reply to you either.

KylieDog, could you please answer my comment? I would like to know your opinion on which console, PS3 or XBox360, is going to last more years on the market, and why.



unknown_soul89 on 17 August 2010

PS3 hasn't passed the 360 in sales yet, the 360 had a head start and in any fair comparison ps3 sells more but it still hasn't caught up to the 360 in sales 



Kynes on 17 August 2010
KylieDog said:
Kynes said:
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KylieDog, could you please answer my comment? I would like to know your opinion on which console, PS3 or XBox360, is going to last more years on the market, and why.


I would but if Chrizum is going to troll I'm exiting this thread.  I cannot be bothered wasting time with him.

I'm not Chrizum, if he disturbs you, please ignore him. I want to know the impressions of a reputed PS3 fan, and I'm not being sarcastic here. I'm truthfully interested.



chazy13 on 17 August 2010



End of 2012 prediction:

xbox 360 : 73-75 million  playstation 3 : 72-74 million  wii : 104-105 million 

Most hyped for :

Bioshock: infinte, The Last Of Us, Alan Wake's American Nightmare and Agent

superchunk on 17 August 2010
KylieDog said:


Ok fine, yeah I think the PS3 will last longer in the market than the 360, look at Sonys history even when the PS2 was number 1 it was still selling PS1s, the PS3 while not number 1 is still more succesful in third place (and lets face it its only barely in third) than any other third place console, its rivaling and will probably beat a lot of second places from the past (I believe its already beat last gens 2nd and 3rd places).

 

360s big selling is mainly in the US and UK and parts of Europe, but Sony sell well in a lot of 'forgotten' markets that don't get discussed much when these places move on to new hardware, this is where the PS1 was selling during the PS2s prime, it is where the PS2 is selling now and it will be where the PS3 sells when there is a PS4 being enjoyed by the US/UK/Japan etc.

You do realize they were selling these past gen PS systems because they were significantly first place in their respective generations right? As such they were still very profitable for Sony even after the generation ended.

Even close losers (by market share) such as teh Genesis, didn't hang on after the generation ended, so what makes you think Sony or MS will keep the PS360 around once the next gen starts?

3rd parties only build software for consoles that have the userbase to support it. NES, SNES, PS1, PS2 all had that userbase that allowed them to stay in the market years after the next gen started because they were the clear winners of their gen. PS360 are not even close to this point. However, I will give you that they BOTH will have sold many more units than previous 'losers' did. Though I don't think that will matter when neXtBox and PS4 launches in 2012.