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soccerdrew17 on 12 September 2008
Jordahn said:
CGI-Quality said:

So as a STRONG Sony supporter I was a bit disappointed by the sales of 360 hardware NPD app. 195,000 and PS3 app. 185,000 in the month of August but do you think this is a sign of another bad time for Sony or is this something minor. I mean yes, it was just 10,000 but as people have put it a win is a win so what do you think is Sony in trouble or what?

P.S. - Hopefully this isn't a repost

 

I cannot think why anyone would think SONY was in trouble because of these points I had made in a news thread:

•The PS3 is presently at +15 million worldwide.

•Third party developers are still backing the PS3.

•Third party developers are coming out more and more claiming that it's becoming easier to program for the PS3.

•More and more PS3 and 360 games are becoming more and more on par with quality if not better.

•And there is a demand for the PS3 while worldwide sales are what really counts.


Essentially the games are there for the PS3, people want and are buying it, and the growing userbase is more than sufficent enough to sustain healthy 3rd party support.  I don't see where there is a problem unless someone can name unrefutable specifics.

wasnt it also during the time wen there were very few ps3's?  so that 10k is negated by lack of availability.

 



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drudaddy on 12 September 2008
Fernando said:
DMeisterJ said:
August is a slow month.

Only hardware that came out was Too Human and Madden.

Did you expect PS3s to sell crazy good without a game?

 

 And why did the Wii sold like crazy? It didn't had a good game release.

It doesn't need a game to sell. it's selling to people who have never played a console before. also it's selling because it's a diffrent experience of playing video games. Point blank whether it's a fad, or a gimmick the sales are not slowing anytime soon.

 



zeross on 12 September 2008

ps3 40 g and 80 g transition



brute on 12 September 2008

Well this show's that Sony might need to drop the price again,or buy exclusives,because now Microsoft is dropping their price.



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Million on 12 September 2008

The XBOX 360's price drop only enforces the PS3's image as the premium option , it'll be interesting to see how the consumer reacts the christmas.




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Fei-Hung on 12 September 2008
DirtyP2002 said:
mrstickball said:
Retrasado said:

no, it won't, but in any case, a PS3 price drop will have a greater effect than a 360 price drop because the PS3 is more expensive.

Also, stickball, there's no way the 360 is going to beat PS3 sales by 500000 in December alone. Last year, when the PS3 was selling waaaaaaaay less in NA, the 360 sold 412000 more units in NA then the PS3.

May I ask what's changed between December 2007 and September 2008 that would allow the Playstation 3 to close the gap by a large margin? I'd really like to see some Sony fanpeople answers using hard facts & numbers rather than just attack my logic by saying "no it won't"

Here's the way I should look at it:

December 2007 Catalyst Information:

  • Xbox 360 price drop occurred 4 months before December (early August), 10% price reduction (on Arcade)
  • Playstation 3 price drop occurred roughly 1 and 1/2 months before December (mid October), 20% price reduction
  • Halo 3 (largest X360 software title) launched 2 months before December
  • Playstation 3 had no uber-exclusive to drive sales

December 2008 Catalyst Information:

  • Xbox 360 price drop occurred 3 months before December (early September), 30% price reduction (on Arcade), but with MUST have EXTRA's such as WIFI, HDD and LIVE, the cost of the 360 is roughly $350-400, $50-100 more then its competitor which offers more for less.
  • Playstation 3 - No price drop (assumption), but value for money and no hidden costs.
  • Fable 2 & Banjo Kazooie & Gears of War2 ( only largest exclusive software titles) launch 1-2 months before December
  • Resistance 2 and LBP (largest exclusive software titles) launch 1-2 months before December
  • M:PR, SOCOM and possibly WKC (3 extra large exclusives to be released then its competitor.
  • SONY HOME to be released to all PS3 users for FREE. 
  • Anticipation for games such as: Killzone 2, Heavy Rain, God of War 3, Tekken 6, Team Ico game, Next Jak and Daxter Game, Yakuza 3 and the Eye Pet. 
  • HD Format is dead
  • PS3 still being sold as the ultimate entertainment centre by many as the best value for money BR player.
  • The release of The Dark Knight this xmas on BR! (Incase people argue this point, have a look at N4G article on Transformer sales on BluRay. Considering Dark Knight is far more anticipated then Transformers, it doesn't take much to come to a sensible conclusion).

Now, with those comparisons, I am not understanding how, without a price drop, Sony is going to be able to compete during Christmas. Could someone care to tell me why and how the average consumer is going to snatch up a potential $400  gaming system vs. a $200 360 , that would put them on an equal (or near equal) selling level?

 

 

 fixed

Yes, Definitely Fixed 

 



Skeeuk on 12 September 2008

ps3 was supply constained and 360 only does 10k more, come on thats gotta be a joke



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Voice_Of_Reason on 12 September 2008

No. PS3 will wipe the floor with X360 in console sales.



Golvellius on 12 September 2008
MontanaHatchet said:

"Nice correlation overall though, and I feel low PS3 this month is making up for previous months if you were to ask me off the record "

-ioi, on the differences between Vgchartz and NPD for August

 


Funny, these were exactly my thoughts at the first instant I saw the August NPD numbers



starcraft on 12 September 2008
Skeeuk said:

ps3 was supply constained and 360 only does 10k more, come on thats gotta be a joke

PS3 was not in any way supply constrained.

It is impressive the Xbox 360 managed to outsell the PS3 when for most of the month consumers were aware of an upcoming price cut.  I guess that really shows a public desire to play the Xbox 360's expansive and high quality games library.

 



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