Still isnt doing bad for its age and likely would sell better with a lower price.

The anorexic PS3 is at 190€ for the 12GB and around 230 up to 250€ with 500GB harddisk over here. A 360e with 500GB and game is 199€.

So they could sell more but seemingly go for profit.

PS3 don't have PS2 legs confirmed?

Very nice thread indeed Mr.Playstation! Will be sure to keep an eye on it.

Nothing will have PS2 legs. At least not in terms of total numbers. Now percentagewise is another story.

PS2 was arround 100 million end of 2005, not 100% sure but i think around 120 million end of 2006. Ended at 30% more sales within six more years.
Now PS3 has sold something like 3.8 million units in 2014.
2m+ in 2015 seem very possible.

So, percentagewise and with the far higher price than PS2 had back then the PS3 actually does very well. I wouldnt expect it to have a live as long as PS2's though.

In this case, stop Hope in PS3 above Wii lifetime.

If Sony makes a pricecut and a Minecraft bundle I can see it doing 3M this year.

Its still outselling the 360 this year so far, it has tons of games and free online. The thing doesnt need a price drop

That is unrealistic as long as Sony goes for maximum profit. I think some people are expecting to much. 90m+ seem very likely though.

Going for profitable hardware as long as possible is a smart move though. PS3 software market is already second hand for a very big portion. And the second hand part will grow. That way you keep the profits higher as with cheap hardware, at least at this point.

Yeah and also there is no need for them to try and beat either the 360 or wii longer term, it just doesnt matter (though people get excited about the final position). They are going for getting some of that profit back. I think if they were going for PS2 type sales they would have reduced the price of the Ps3 a while ago... now its get max profit from a product that was way to expensive to make and sell. This is one of the reasons why the Wii-u isnt getting any upfront price cut, just make a profit and try to do better on the next product.

Too much tech to drop it under 150..