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Billy Gun on 14 August 2008

Will take some time, Xbox will get mabe 20-30% of the Ps2 market till next year.



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Dgc1808 on 14 August 2008

um... no... why:

Because I don't think the 360 can catch up to the ps2 during that time line.....



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perpride on 14 August 2008

Can't see that happening.

The Wii will though.



scottie on 14 August 2008

Wow, where to start...

Yes, you will appear to be right, the PS2 hardware sales will basically stop after this holiday period.

However, lets assume 500 000 PS2 sales in a year stop as of today
Because the PS2 is cheaper and has a much better games library than the current gen consoles, maybe only 80% of this number will buy a console - the other 20 will spend their money on DS/PSP/dvds/cds/whatever else people buy

400 000 extra 7th gen consoles in a year

now, the Wii is currently getting 55-60% of console sales, but because these are prospective PS2 owners, they are probably going reasonably casual

65% of the 400 000 go to Wii
PS3 is much more expensive and less casual than the PS2
10% of the 400 000 go to PS3
360 gets the rest
25% of the 400 000 go to 360

Sorry to burst your bubble champ



steven787 on 14 August 2008

At first, I thought you were crazy... but the more I think about, I see it.

Christmas shopper sees PS2 for $150ish or 360 for $200 with the memory card, 5 XBLA games, etc...

I have to give this more thought.



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selnor on 14 August 2008
ultimate_123 said:
Hmmmm, but at least with the PS2 everything you need to go online etc is there. With the arcade, without the hard-drive you cant really play online.

 

 Yeah your right the Ps2 has everything you need. Apart from any games to play online. At best the few it does have arent worth wasting your time on.



perpride on 14 August 2008
selnor said:
ultimate_123 said:
Hmmmm, but at least with the PS2 everything you need to go online etc is there. With the arcade, without the hard-drive you cant really play online.

 

Yeah your right the Ps2 has everything you need. Apart from any games to play online. At best the few it does have arent worth wasting your time on.

 

FFXI

Phantasy Star Universe

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

Madden NFL 2009

ATV4

Hot Shots Golf 4

Mortal Kombat Armageddon

NFL Street 3

2 Resident Evil Outbreak Games

I've wasted a lot of time by your analogy.



ultimate_123 on 14 August 2008
MrBubbles said:
you can go online with the arcade model. only a few games need the hard drive

 

 Yeah, but the patches you have to download for games takes up more than 256MB.



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thekitchensink on 14 August 2008

The only part I disagree on is the assumption that PS2 is the leading budget console, week to week--it's called the Wii. Other than that, I'm surprised someone agrees with me



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perpride on 14 August 2008
ultimate_123 said:
MrBubbles said:
you can go online with the arcade model. only a few games need the hard drive

 

Yeah, but the patches you have to download for games takes up more than 256MB.

 

I got one thing to say: DLC.