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Forums - Sales Discussion - PS3 outsells the XBox 360 for the 17th week in a row.

leo-j on 26 March 2008
cwbys21 said:
If you go by that assumption leo-j, then Sony killed themselves because they were the weakest system on the market last gen, which is definitely not hardcore. They weren't content I guess with 120 million sold, they wanted 120 million sold and be the most powerful, but most powerful means expensive and you don't get to 120 million by being expensive.

Advantages microsoft had this gen that made it turn the hardcore against playstation:

Released an entire year earlier

Stole most of the playstation's exclusive 3rd party franchises

Halo became the best shooter on the Xbox leading for shooting fans to hop on the 360 bandwagon

The 360 is significantly more cheaper than the PS3

Here's the main one, PR nearly destroyed the PS3.

 



 

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d21lewis on 26 March 2008

PS3's 17 week? I'll drink to that!

Smash Bros. is the fastest selling Wii game ever? That calls for a drink!!

I just had two drinks! That calls for a drink!!



BottledSpringWater on 26 March 2008

^ LOL



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rocketpig on 26 March 2008
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
rocketpig said:
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
Riot Of The Blood said:
Ajax said:
sony went from 120 mill ps2's vs 25 mill xbox's
to 11 mill ps3's vs 18 mill 360's
so even if at the end of this generation the score would be
60 mill ps3 vs 30 mill 360's
sony still will have lost a tremendous amound of market share

You act like Xbox did it. It was 100% Nintendo.

Both of you make the mistake of using the past tense. Ain't over by a long shot. And the console w/ the longest life will of course be PS3. I'm not claiming anything specific about sales, here. It's just that if Sony doesn't quite reach the ABSOLUTE DOMINATION with PS3 that it did with PS2....oh well, hey Microsoft, look at Sony: that's how you make LOTS and LOTS of money with gaming consoles.

Can Wii beat PS2 numbers? Probably not.

Look, I like Nintendo, just.......this isn't completely a zero sum game. There will be tons and tons of PS3/Wii dual owners (far mor than 360/Wii by gen-end), and at least 10 million 360 owners (incl. future ones) will buy a PS3 at some later point in time, after 360 is buried and unsupported.


I'm sorry but that is 100% LOL material right there.


If you think that's funny because you think it's wrong, then please, don't start writing for a comedy show.  I really can't tell what you mean though, so:

Assuming you were being serious, which I almost can't imagine: lifetime profits of Sony's gaming line annihilate Microsoft's.  It's such a truism that I'm not going to go search for the numbers for you.  Anyone can, and everyone here knows it's the truth.  And if you divide total profits by years in the business for each company, same result: Sony FTW, M$ teh suck. 

Didn't MS just turn their first yearly profit?  And the profit was bullshit anyway, because it didn't count the $1 billion in costs for all the returned RRoD and otherwise bunk consoles.

And to any whose hate-filled MS hearts want to say, "PS3 is different tho, it'll lose money, it's a failure."  No, it will make sh*tloads of money by gen-end.  Great success.  Don't forget, Sony made PS2 also.  If Sony was so interested in having PS3 beat PS2, Sony would discontinue selling PS2s.  Most self-evident thing ever, but some insist that PS3 < PS2 in sales equates to failure for Sony.  Did y'all go to business school with George W. Bush?

LOL.

And if you weren't doubting what I said, pretend I was arguing w/ someone who laughably did.  Cool. 


I was laughing because while Sony was profitable with the PS1 & 2, they lost back almost their entire last decade of earnings over the past two years.

Great business model. MS should pick it up right away. Not to say that MS has a better model, they don't, but it's hardly sunshine and roses for Sony.

PS. I bolded that part because once again, you're just spitting out pure comedy. It shouldn't surprise me though; I've found that intelligence is inversely related to screennames that bash or praise a company or product. Keep carrying that torch, though. It suits you well. 




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FilaBrasileiro on 26 March 2008
d21lewis said:
PS3's 17 week? I'll drink to that!

Smash Bros. is the fastest selling Wii game ever? That calls for a drink!!

I just had two drinks! That calls for a drink!!
 lol I like the way you think 

 



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viewsonic9 on 26 March 2008
Ajax said:
sony went from 120 mill ps2's vs 25 mill xbox's
to 11 mill ps3's vs 18 mill 360's
so even if at the end of this generation the score would be
60 mill ps3's vs 30 mill 360's
sony still will have lost a tremendous amount of market share

How do you know the PS3 wont sell 100m+?

 



FilaBrasileiro on 26 March 2008
rocketpig said:
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
rocketpig said:
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
Riot Of The Blood said:
Ajax said:
sony went from 120 mill ps2's vs 25 mill xbox's
to 11 mill ps3's vs 18 mill 360's
so even if at the end of this generation the score would be
60 mill ps3 vs 30 mill 360's
sony still will have lost a tremendous amound of market share

You act like Xbox did it. It was 100% Nintendo.

Both of you make the mistake of using the past tense. Ain't over by a long shot. And the console w/ the longest life will of course be PS3. I'm not claiming anything specific about sales, here. It's just that if Sony doesn't quite reach the ABSOLUTE DOMINATION with PS3 that it did with PS2....oh well, hey Microsoft, look at Sony: that's how you make LOTS and LOTS of money with gaming consoles.

Can Wii beat PS2 numbers? Probably not.

Look, I like Nintendo, just.......this isn't completely a zero sum game. There will be tons and tons of PS3/Wii dual owners (far mor than 360/Wii by gen-end), and at least 10 million 360 owners (incl. future ones) will buy a PS3 at some later point in time, after 360 is buried and unsupported.


I'm sorry but that is 100% LOL material right there.


If you think that's funny because you think it's wrong, then please, don't start writing for a comedy show. I really can't tell what you mean though, so:

Assuming you were being serious, which I almost can't imagine: lifetime profits of Sony's gaming line annihilate Microsoft's. It's such a truism that I'm not going to go search for the numbers for you. Anyone can, and everyone here knows it's the truth. And if you divide total profits by years in the business for each company, same result: Sony FTW, M$ teh suck.

Didn't MS just turn their first yearly profit? And the profit was bullshit anyway, because it didn't count the $1 billion in costs for all the returned RRoD and otherwise bunk consoles.

And to any whose hate-filled MS hearts want to say, "PS3 is different tho, it'll lose money, it's a failure." No, it will make sh*tloads of money by gen-end. Great success. Don't forget, Sony made PS2 also. If Sony was so interested in having PS3 beat PS2, Sony would discontinue selling PS2s. Most self-evident thing ever, but some insist that PS3 < PS2 in sales equates to failure for Sony. Did y'all go to business school with George W. Bush?

LOL.

And if you weren't doubting what I said, pretend I was arguing w/ someone who laughably did. Cool.


I was laughing because while Sony was profitable with the PS1 & 2, they lost back almost their entire last decade of earnings over the past two years.

Great business model. MS should pick it up right away. Not to say that MS has a better model, they don't, but it's hardly sunshine and roses for Sony.

PS. I bolded that part because once again, you're just spitting out pure comedy. It shouldn't surprise me though; I've found that intelligence is inversely related to screennames that bash or praise a company or product. Keep carrying that torch, though. It suits you well.


 o'rly?

 

FY* Sony** Nintendo Microsoft
1998 974,000,000 629,000,000
1999 1,130,000,000 645,000,000
2000 730,000,000 421,000,000
2001 -409,000,000 726,000,000
2002 623,000,000 800,000,000 -750,000,000
2003 939,000,000 560,000,000 -1,191,000,000
2004 650,000,000 316,000,000 -1,215,000,000
2005 404,000,000 777,000,000 -485,000,000
2006 75,000,00 894,000,000 -1,262,000,000
2007 -1,969,000,000 1,489,000,000 -1,892,000,000
2008 -965,000,000 2,193,000,000 532,000,000
Totals 2,182,000,000 9,450,000,000 -6,263,000,000

 



DOATS1 on 26 March 2008
FilaBrasileiro said:

 o'rly?

 

FY* Sony** Nintendo Microsoft
1998 974,000,000 629,000,000
1999 1,130,000,000 645,000,000
2000 730,000,000 421,000,000
2001 -409,000,000 726,000,000
2002 623,000,000 800,000,000 -750,000,000
2003 939,000,000 560,000,000 -1,191,000,000
2004 650,000,000 316,000,000 -1,215,000,000
2005 404,000,000 777,000,000 -485,000,000
2006 75,000,00 894,000,000 -1,262,000,000
2007 -1,969,000,000 1,489,000,000 -1,892,000,000
2008 -965,000,000 2,193,000,000 532,000,000
Totals 2,182,000,000 9,450,000,000 -6,263,000,000

 


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gebx on 26 March 2008
FilaBrasileiro said:
rocketpig said:
 

I was laughing because while Sony was profitable with the PS1 & 2, they lost back almost their entire last decade of earnings over the past two years.

Great business model. MS should pick it up right away. Not to say that MS has a better model, they don't, but it's hardly sunshine and roses for Sony.

PS. I bolded that part because once again, you're just spitting out pure comedy. It shouldn't surprise me though; I've found that intelligence is inversely related to screennames that bash or praise a company or product. Keep carrying that torch, though. It suits you well.


o'rly?

 

FY* Sony** Nintendo Microsoft
1998 974,000,000 629,000,000
1999 1,130,000,000 645,000,000
2000 730,000,000 421,000,000
2001 -409,000,000 726,000,000
2002 623,000,000 800,000,000 -750,000,000
2003 939,000,000 560,000,000 -1,191,000,000
2004 650,000,000 316,000,000 -1,215,000,000
2005 404,000,000 777,000,000 -485,000,000
2006 75,000,00 894,000,000 -1,262,000,000
2007 -1,969,000,000 1,489,000,000 -1,892,000,000
2008 -965,000,000 2,193,000,000 532,000,000
Totals 2,182,000,000 9,450,000,000 -6,263,000,000

 


I think RocketPig meant is that they wiped out all this decades profits, from 2000 to 2008, Sony only made $24 million



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rocketpig on 26 March 2008
gebx said:
FilaBrasileiro said:
rocketpig said:
 

I was laughing because while Sony was profitable with the PS1 & 2, they lost back almost their entire last decade of earnings over the past two years.

Great business model. MS should pick it up right away. Not to say that MS has a better model, they don't, but it's hardly sunshine and roses for Sony.

PS. I bolded that part because once again, you're just spitting out pure comedy. It shouldn't surprise me though; I've found that intelligence is inversely related to screennames that bash or praise a company or product. Keep carrying that torch, though. It suits you well.


o'rly?

 

FY* Sony** Nintendo Microsoft
1998 974,000,000 629,000,000
1999 1,130,000,000 645,000,000
2000 730,000,000 421,000,000
2001 -409,000,000 726,000,000
2002 623,000,000 800,000,000 -750,000,000
2003 939,000,000 560,000,000 -1,191,000,000
2004 650,000,000 316,000,000 -1,215,000,000
2005 404,000,000 777,000,000 -485,000,000
2006 75,000,00 894,000,000 -1,262,000,000
2007 -1,969,000,000 1,489,000,000 -1,892,000,000
2008 -965,000,000 2,193,000,000 532,000,000
Totals 2,182,000,000 9,450,000,000 -6,263,000,000

 


I think RocketPig meant is that they wiped out all this decades profits, from 2000 to 2008, Sony only made $24 million


Exactly. I phrased my OP poorly. It's not impressive when you had the most dominant console ever - the PS2 - and basically erased the entire success of it away in two years by losing nearly $3 billion.




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