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badgenome said:
Yes, definitely. I'm only concerned that the continuing strength of the PS3 will doom the PS4.

Yes, the massive success of the PS3 dooms Sony's future.  Because of this strength, Sony should get out of the videogame business completely, because their future is doomed.

 

Yes, that was me being sarcastic here.  Seriously people, does someone have to go THAT much over the top to make a point?



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that 77 million is complete bs and they know it, the ps3 is probably around 74 at best and the 360 is over 75 at least. i think both systems are undertracked on this site though. i think its possible the ps3 can pass the wii eventually and both the ps3 and 360 can have a big price drop this year too, so that of course will help it out. the ps3 will end up around 103 - 105 million lifetime in sales and thats a great feat for it too achieve after its rocky start thats for sure. but for me personally i wont give a shit when and if it does pass the wii, because not many people will give a shit, except for the ppl who love the playstation brand.



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If you take out the broken consoles, from all fronts (nintendo, microsoft and sony), ps3 is no longer behind 360. And by a large margin.

And I'd say no. With the console market shrinking for this type of old school consoles and the coming of ps4, I'd say the ps3 has room to sell more 10~13 million units.



Those 77 million PS3's sold worldwide guesstimates are from IDC.



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Cant be bothered to read the thread but nearly 30 million behind WTF

End the thread it's pointless



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This was expected.



Attoyou said:
Its gonna come close. Best 3rd place system of all time.


PS3 is already 2nd
VGC numbers are wrong...Oh the 360 is getting outsold since 2008...Just add every 2 weeks 5 million  to the 360 and don't add anything to the PS3!Legit!
360 = Only Console in history who is managing to gain higher gaps even if it is selling less than the competition.

PS3 = 2nd
Wii is to far away but we will see - The PS2 still sold for a few years damn strong and the PS3 has a nice library.



Attoyou said:
Its gonna come close. Best 3rd place system of all time.

Yeah the 360  which already is. But as time passes things will only go distant. But then there are those who ascertain that the current gen has ended completely and thereby emphasizing on the futility in bringing up comparisons seven years into market. PS3 and Kaz proving it otherwise!!



It should outpace Xbox 360 this year, at some point. Wii, is harder to say, but it looks far more likely to happen now than it ever did before.



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ethomaz said:
JWeinCom said:
At the current rate that its selling, it will take the PS3 3.4 years to catch up to the Wii. This is assuming not a single Wii is sold. But, if the Wii keeps selling at its current rate, it will add about 4,000,000 to its total. So, if both systems continue to sell at the current rate, it will take the PS4 about 4 years.

Of course the systems will not continue to sell at the current rates. PS3 will probably dip more than the Wii, because the Wii simply doesn't have very far to drop. If Wii sales drop to zero and PS3 sales average 80,000, it will take 5 years for the PS3 to catch the Wii. If it averages 50,000 per week, it will take 8.8 years to catch the Wii.

So... I don't really see that happening. The PS3 isn't going to have as long of a post PS4 life as the PS2 did post PS3. The PS2 basically had no opposition. The X-Box and Gamecube were essentially dead once the next generation of consoles arrives. The Wii and X-Box 360 still have some decent life left in them.
Well...

FY2012: 77 million
FY2013: 89 million (12 million shipped)
FY2014: 99 million (10 million shipped)
FY2015: 106 million (7 million shipped)
FY2016: 111 million (5 million shipped)
FY2017: 113 million (2 million shipped)

Is that too hard? You can remove 1 million per year if you think I'm optimistic... 108 million shipped... I can't see Wii topping that.

Then you absolutely should take my bet. If PS3 overtakes Wii (max until 2020) you win, I win if it does not. What do you say, deal?

So many people here say it is doable or even likely, but nobody will take my bet. You all should better BELI3VE!



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