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Groucho on 30 July 2008
Onimusha12 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Onimusha12 said:
Are the PS3's numbers in America right, I don't think I've seen the PS3 sell this poorly in anyone single week in like... forever.

There are huge PS3 shortages due to Sony taking out _____ SKU and replacing it with another.

 

 

 There are plenty where I live.

 

There are plenty of Wiis where I live, but no 40GB PS3s, believe it or not.  I think everyone who wanted a Wii here got one long ago (I live in a kinda tech-centric area).  My neighbors (who are very... ahem.. non-technical) picked up a Wii for their 6-year old about a month back.  I think they were possibly the last humans within about 50 miles to purchase a Wii in this area -- everyone else has one already.



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EHSTEVE on 30 July 2008
Alasted said:
Darn. I was hoping for 14.48 million.

 

It'll reach that with Japan



EHSTEVE on 30 July 2008
mrstickball said:
Good lord...People are crazy when attacking Neos.

Playstation 1:
December 3rd, 1994 (JP)
September 9th, 1995 (US)
September 29th, 1995 (EU)

Total time to launch between 1st and last major territory: 20.5mo

Playstation 2:
March 4th, 2000 (JP)
October 26th, 2000 (US)
November 24th, 2000 (EU)

Total time to launch between 1st and last major territory: 16mo

Playstation 3:
November 11th, 2007 (JP)
November 17th, 2007 (US)
March 26th, 2008 (EU)

Total time to launch between 1st and last major territory: 4.5mo


So even if the PS3 didn't "launch worldwide at the same time", it still launched VASTLY closer to a worldwide launch than the PS1 did, or the PS2. And since VGC doesn't take that into consideration, we should. Why not compare sales patterns of the PS1/2 at their given time periods (10mo and 8mo after launch) against the PS3's at 4.5mo in to see where real sales lie?

 

Your time differences are off for PS1 and PS2 launch



Goddbless on 30 July 2008

Congratulations on hitting 14.47m again PS3!!! Woo Hoo!!!



Love the product, not the company. They love your money, not you.

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mrstickball on 30 July 2008
EHSTEVE said:
mrstickball said:
Good lord...People are crazy when attacking Neos.

Playstation 1:
December 3rd, 1994 (JP)
September 9th, 1995 (US)
September 29th, 1995 (EU)

Total time to launch between 1st and last major territory: 20.5mo

Playstation 2:
March 4th, 2000 (JP)
October 26th, 2000 (US)
November 24th, 2000 (EU)

Total time to launch between 1st and last major territory: 16mo

Playstation 3:
November 11th, 2007 (JP)
November 17th, 2007 (US)
March 26th, 2008 (EU)

Total time to launch between 1st and last major territory: 4.5mo


So even if the PS3 didn't "launch worldwide at the same time", it still launched VASTLY closer to a worldwide launch than the PS1 did, or the PS2. And since VGC doesn't take that into consideration, we should. Why not compare sales patterns of the PS1/2 at their given time periods (10mo and 8mo after launch) against the PS3's at 4.5mo in to see where real sales lie?

 

Your time differences are off for PS1 and PS2 launch

I added the total number of months for all regions. So if the PS1 launched 10.25mo later in the US, and 10.25mo later in EU, then it's a total of 20.5, as 2 territories combined for that much "missing" time. This was the only way to properly quantify the fact that the PS1/2 launched in various timeframes for the US and EU (there was a 1mo difference on the PS2, and 3 weeks on the PS1).

 



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MontanaHatchet on 30 July 2008
Groucho said:
Onimusha12 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Onimusha12 said:
Are the PS3's numbers in America right, I don't think I've seen the PS3 sell this poorly in anyone single week in like... forever.

There are huge PS3 shortages due to Sony taking out _____ SKU and replacing it with another.

 

 

 There are plenty where I live.

 

There are plenty of Wiis where I live, but no 40GB PS3s, believe it or not.  I think everyone who wanted a Wii here got one long ago (I live in a kinda tech-centric area).  My neighbors (who are very... ahem.. non-technical) picked up a Wii for their 6-year old about a month back.  I think they were possibly the last humans within about 50 miles to purchase a Wii in this area -- everyone else has one already.

Also consider that the current week of sales on Vgchartz is not the same week as we are currently experiencing.

 



 

 

slimeattack on 31 July 2008

Lol, you guys remember that graph which showed a decrease in LTD Wii sales? Seems to be coming true.



tombi123 on 31 July 2008
Onimusha12 said:
My local Meijers has 4 PS3s, Walmart has 2 PS3s, Target has 5 PS3s, Gamestop has 1 PS3, Another Gamestop has 4 PS3s, Bestbuy has 6 PS3s, and Toys R Us has 1 PS3.

No shortages in my area of the states.

 

Remember the sales numbers are a week behind. ioi has already said that this weeks PS3 numbers are higher than 30K due to PS3 restocks. 



Kasz216 on 31 July 2008

So you complained the Wii market share thread was worthless (which at least had a .5 at the end).

Then posted this?



Kasz216 on 31 July 2008
Groucho said:
Onimusha12 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Onimusha12 said:
Are the PS3's numbers in America right, I don't think I've seen the PS3 sell this poorly in anyone single week in like... forever.

There are huge PS3 shortages due to Sony taking out _____ SKU and replacing it with another.

 

 

There are plenty where I live.

 

There are plenty of Wiis where I live, but no 40GB PS3s, believe it or not. I think everyone who wanted a Wii here got one long ago (I live in a kinda tech-centric area). My neighbors (who are very... ahem.. non-technical) picked up a Wii for their 6-year old about a month back. I think they were possibly the last humans within about 50 miles to purchase a Wii in this area -- everyone else has one already.

What state do you live in? Bizzaroland? Denial?

I doubt nobody has bought a wii where you live for a month.

Hell people even were buying PS3s when they were stacked to the bestbuy ceilings.