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crumas2 on 09 April 2008

The PS3 is definitely doing well, particularly compared to this time last year, but unless the sales gap in Europe between PS3 and 360 continues to widen and the sales in the US start to strongly favor the PS3 over the 360, then I the "catchup" in Europe will take a while and in the US will take just about forever.

Sony needs to have a game plan for something new to favor PS3 every month or so for the remainder of this year unless they want to stay in 3rd for a long time. I doubt MS is going to sit still forever and just wait for Sony to pass by.



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crumas2 on 09 April 2008
stranne said:
If you go by the numbers for this week, the PS3 will overtake the X360 in America...in just under 38 years.

At first I laughed at the 38 years (although I agree that's probably about right at the current pace), but considering the longevity of the PS2 and the gigantic losses from the PS3, Sony is probably hoping the PS3 continues to sell for that long.



TheBigFatJ on 09 April 2008
kingofwale said:
well, Sony's 'overtaking' is sped up by Blu-Ray winning, and was slowed last year by the release of Halo3 and other 360 exclusives.

It might take a few years, but at the end of this gen, PS3 will sell more in US than 360

Perhaps.  I would assert that it's all but certain that the PS3 will have a big world wide lead at the end of the 360's lifespan.  However, the case of America is not as clear as the PS3 is not surpassing the 360 here fast enough yet.

I think it *may* change, but it may not. 



playnext3 on 09 April 2008

gt5p,gtaiv should hepl it a lot,they the 2 must have games for this month



RedArmia on 09 April 2008
TheBigFatJ said:


Perhaps. I would assert that it's all but certain that the PS3 will have a big world wide lead at the end of the 360's lifespan. However, the case of America is not as clear as the PS3 is not surpassing the 360 here fast enough yet.

I think it *may* change, but it may not.


 "may"

Think what will happen in the trigger happy contienent of NA when MGS4 GTA4 Resistance2 Killzone2 Socom4 are released especially when you look at 360s price and games now and the fact its getting out sold by the PS3 already.



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fastyxx on 09 April 2008
RedArmia said:
TheBigFatJ said:


Perhaps. I would assert that it's all but certain that the PS3 will have a big world wide lead at the end of the 360's lifespan. However, the case of America is not as clear as the PS3 is not surpassing the 360 here fast enough yet.

I think it *may* change, but it may not.


 "may"

Think what will happen in the trigger happy contienent of NA when MGS4 GTA4 Resistance2 Killzone2 Socom4 are released especially when you look at 360s price and games now and the fact its getting out sold by the PS3 already.


I just don't agree with that.  If I am looking to play shooters, there's no way I am running to PS3, no matter what games they have as exclusive shooters, because I really hate the controller layout for an FPS.  

Now will I play them, since I have a PS3 anyway?  Sure, especially Resistance.  But  it's kind of like why DMC4 sells better proportionally on PS3 - when I think Dante, I think Playstation.  But when I think FPS, I think Xbox.   



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makingmusic476 on 09 April 2008

I don't think the number of people buying PS3s solely for Blu-Ray surpasses 5%. Back when it first launched, a case could've been made for 10-15%, but Blu-Ray sales aren't increasing enough to assume that such a large portion of ps3 owners use it primarily for watching Blu-Ray.



akuma587 on 09 April 2008
makingmusic476 said:
I don't think the number of people buying PS3s solely for Blu-Ray surpasses 5%. Back when it first launched, a case could've been made for 10-15%, but Blu-Ray sales aren't increasing enough to assume that such a large portion of ps3 owners use it primarily for watching Blu-Ray.

 Yeah, there are enough relatively inexpensive standalones out there for people who are just in the market for BR, although the PS3 is still a better player than all of them.



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eliasg on 09 April 2008
Skeeuk said:
it will catch up and overtake one day soon

 This will never gonna happen. Only in fanboys dreams...



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cwbys21 on 09 April 2008

Since there are cheaper blu rays out there, the argument about the ps3 being sold primarily as a blu ray player is pretty much moot right now.

fastyxx
think about it, you may not run to the ps3 for a shooter, but for some reason that is beyond me, the US loves shooters and people will buy it for them. You got a sequel to a stealth shooter in MGS4, a sequel to a run and gun shooters in R2 and KZ2, and KZ2 has been hyped for years now. Add in another hyped game in Haze and shooter fans are going to buy a ps3 because they are shooter fans and there are big ones coming out.

As for the PS3 catching up, it might narrow the gap pretty well, may even catch up, but the year head start did one thing for Microsoft, guaranteed them that the 360 wouldn't get greatly outsold in the US by the PS3. It cost them several billion, along with one billion more to fix their rrod, but they got what they wanted. The fact that the PS3 has been keeping pace and outselling the 360 lately with a higher price tag and the stigma of "no games" would worry me if I was Microsoft though.



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