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haxxiy on 19 November 2008

^probably. PS2 was at 35% LTD sales at the end of its third year. But actually Wii might see a sharp decline with the launch of its sucessor.



 

 

 

 

 

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Sardauk on 19 November 2008

Ok I will create a thread with my question cause nobody seems to answer it...



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

tuoyo on 19 November 2008
Cthulhu said:
tuoyo said:
Cthulhu said:
Nick said:
Cthulhu said:
RolStoppable said:

6. x360 is more than 2 times cheaper. Still they compete. Imagine if they had the same price tag - the days of PlayStation are numbered >- Yeah ok

 

 

Unfortunately that's all you can do.

Still they compete, and probably they will never have the same price tag. When the PS3 will be at 199$ the x360 will be at 59$. Thats the only way they can win. M$ knows this and they r doing it

 

I feel like screaming everytime I hear a Sony fan[boy] bang on about how the 360 is half the price of PS3 yet they compete and what would happen if they were the same price and bla bla bla. 

First it is not half the price.  Hardly anyone buys the arcade. 

Secondly, PS3 fans are the ones always going on about how the PS3 is greater value for money.  If it is greater value for money then of course its sales should compete even though it cost more.  For example look at the new 3 and 5 series BMWs.  Last gen here in the UK the 3 series were everywhere and almost like the most common car.  5 series were not very common.  Understandably as the 3 series looked much better.  This time around the 5 series looks much better and is the much better car in other ways.  It costs about £5,000 to £10,000 more (for the entry levels - at the top end the gap is even much bigger) but what has happened?  The 5 series sells way more than the 3 series.  Most people would rather pay the extra £5,000 to get the better car.  Random example but you get what I mean.  If a 360 Premium costs £170 and a PS3 £280 but the PS3 is the greatest value for money thing ever to grace the videogame industry (as Sony fans seem to indicate) people should be much more willing to pay the extra £110 for this amazing item.

Third who the hell cares which costs more?  Sony chose to make an expensive console.  They knew it would compete with the 360 when they were setting the price (they were probably too arrogant to think it would compete with Wii).  Will you people please come back to reality and stop imagining either a different PS3 or a PS3 as it is but for much less.  Neither of these scenarios is reality.  The first is not reality because the PS3 is out and it is what it is.  The second is not reality because the losses on a £170 PS3 would kill Sony. 

 

First and most important, speaking of the truth makes you a fanboy, ok. Second dont get upset, this is the internet, atleast try to hide ur fanboyism. Third, consoles are not cars. Cars are bought by Men, consoles are mostly bought by kids. For a little kid aged 10-17 £110 are a lot of money. As for a £170 PS3 i know it would kill Sony, thats why it will never happen.

 

 

First, Speaking the truth does not make you a fanboy but making the situation the console you support is in look much better by imagining if it cost an unrealistic price is fanboyism.  The Wii cost £180, Premium cost £170 and PS3 cost £280.  Accept it.  Why is it only Sony fans that keep going on about imagine if the PS3 cost this and that?

Secondly, if you think I am a 360 fanboy you couldn't be further from the truth.  I have Nintendo running through my blood.

And I used cars as an example to illustrate the fact that people would generally go for the better value even if it costs slightly more.  I also used it to show how even a huge difference of £5,000 doesn't affect that.  If you prefer I can use the example of why album sales are always higher than sales of singles.  People would rather pay £10 for an album with 15 songs than pay £2 for just one song.  Children buy cds don't they?  Is that a better example for you?  Or an example even closer to home - the reason why the Premium sells more than the Arcade.  Because people would generally rather pay the extra £40 for the Premium than get the Arcade.

 



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Everstar on 19 November 2008

wait what? lol? r u serious PS3 is going to outsell the 360 in Japan by 5m in the next few years? idk if the PS3 will sell 5m more consles in japan in the next few years. and if they do that, it would mean the 360 would sell horrable over there for the next few year. But atm 360 is winning in Others(much bigger market) and in the US they have been beating it for a while(much bigger market). and even if they somehow still managed to do this 360 would have like a 800k lead? so your thoughts make no sence at all...



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Barozi on 19 November 2008

Let's assume the 360 will reach 1,5 million LTD in Japan, the PS3 needs to sell 8,2 million units in Japan only.

But only when the 2 consoles will sell the same amount of units in NA and Others.



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pieschl05 on 19 November 2008

wow, bunch of haters on here. Yes it will be a hard battle, but i think the ps3 will eventually pass or close the gap. Only because of worldwide sales. Here in America the xbox360 will reign supreme. Which is a damn shame. Proud owner of both tho.



Seihyouken on 19 November 2008

Between White Knight Chronicles, Yakuza 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Gran Turismo 5 all being exclusive to PS3, I could easily see PS3 selling a good 3 million more in Japan than the 360 over the next year or so.



Everstar on 19 November 2008
Seihyouken said:
Between White Knight Chronicles, Yakuza 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Gran Turismo 5 all being exclusive to PS3, I could easily see PS3 selling a good 3 million more in Japan than the 360 over the next year or so.

 

 

your telling me that the PS3 is going to sell 3m over the next year when it hasnt even sold 3m yet in over two years?



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Sqrl on 19 November 2008

Locked.

Pointless thread. If you want to have this discussion then you need to put the effort into the OP. If every random thought of every member resulted in a thread such as this the site would be overrun with worthless threads.
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pieschl05 on 19 November 2008

@everstar, those games are big hits, in japan. So i will agree with seihyouken. Japan will have a factor in the ps3 moving up.