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mrstickball said:
Million said:

1. My point wasn't that the PS3 was performing better than the 360 , my point was there is still more desire for the PS3 than there is the 360 . The PS3 would perform far better at an equal price point , that can't be disputed.

2. Are you responding to my point or pulling stuff outa your arse ? . The 360's is highly dependant on it's predatory price point for it's huge sales , the further you push the price up the bigger the sales drop off you'll witness . For most of this year the PS3 was "destroying" the 360 with a much higher price point but it was combination of the 360 price cut (bringing it in the price range of the PS2/PSP) and the ecnomic situation which played to the PS3's disadvantage.

It can't be argued in anyway that the PS3 is outperforming the 360 in any tangiable way but what I am trying to demonstrate is the competetivness of the PS3 and it's sales potential ,the 360 has the advantage for now but it wouldn't take much more than a price cut to eat that lead away (obviously a price cut would have serious implications for Sony and is looking very unlikely until spring.)

 

1. Prove it. If there's more desire for the Playstation 3, why isn't it's sales increasing YOY for the holiday season? There's a point you can't say "oh, there's more potential there" when you have a system that is so inherantly expensive, that relatively few people buy it.

Furthermore, using the argument of "oh, it'd sell much better at the same price" is a very asinine statement. Yes, lets argue that a system with a Blu-Ray device, build in HDD and other costly features wouldn't sell better at the same price!

2. The Xbox 360 isn't at a 'preditory price'. That's the same statement Atari (and I want to say Sega) lobbied against Sony in the 90's when Sony launched a CD-based system for a scant $299.99 USD.

Here are the facts:

  • Microsoft delivered a feature-lite system
  • Sony delivered a feature-heavy system
  • Microsoft built the X360 in such a way that it could perform at very similar standards, despite the loss of features, against it's competitor.
  • Microsoft built their system to be cheap
  • Sony built their system to be expensive

Microsoft had the chance to include HD-DVD in the X360. They did not. Microsoft had the chance to include an HDD with every system. They did not. Microsoft has the chance to cut the Arcade SKU, but has not.

Every indication, since the X360 launched, has shown that Microsoft wanted to make a decently powerful system that could be affordable. That's not preditory, that's just intelligent businessmaking. That's something Sony used to do, but has, by every indication, decided not to do since the Playstation 3 was announced.

And guess what? Microsoft has been right at every step of the way - Nintendo too. Both are doing phenominally well by offering core gaming experiences at affordable prices - something Sony did great with the PS1/2.

 

I wouldnt call it moderatly powerfull for a game console with power 360 is top notch



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Sony was most likely stockpiling PS3 for this week so there's nothing to worry about.



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Passenger57 said:
WiiStation360 said:
The best thing to come out of the low PS3 sales, is that no one will dare launch a console for over $400 next generation.

 

Thats for sure. Unless their trying to use reverse psychology.

 

LOL.

Nice.



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Godot said:
Sony was most likely stockpiling PS3 for this week so there's nothing to worry about.

 

Lol, never thought I'd hear that.



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@nightsurge.............ur opening sentence sums it up perfetly................the natural gamer demnd is for ps3.............of course if sony manufacture ps3 with cheaper prts and bring price down it wud outsell 360 easily...............i predict and u can quote me on this wen sony bring down manufacturing costs they will slash prices of thier console i reckon early 2009...........u talk momentum bu that can change easily with price and especially games..........lol its been fun but im up early for work 2mro so g2g



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Gobias said:
atma998 said:
Gobias said:
atma998 said:
Simulacrum said:
So what you expected for Xbox 360?
It frikkin costs 189€.
vs 479e.
=290€.
You can buy both PSP and Ds with it.
Or buy Xbox 360 and Wii.
Parents are going "o my son needs that console which should I buy"? Hmmm Ps3 479€ geez or hmm XBox 360 for 189€.
Hmmm.
Hmm.

 

 So? That doesn't change the fact that Wii and X360 are currently beating the hell out of PS3.

So you're still butthurt over being ripped to shreds in that thread where you said GT5 would only sell 4 million lifetime?

 

Prove me wrong! 4 millions seems a safe bet.

 

 

You were proven wrong many, many, many times. Clearly the only way to "prove" you wrong is to wait until the game comes out and sells 2+ million in its first week.

Even then I bet you'll still say it will only reach 4 million max.

It will depends of its legs like I said in another thread it could do 5 millions max if it have huge legs but not more. But looking at GT5:P numbers 4 millions seems to be right on the spot.

BTW do you really think GT5 will save the PS3? You are really...sad.

 



Godot said:
Sony was most likely stockpiling PS3 for this week so there's nothing to worry about.

Don't make things up just because you're upset.



"the natural gamer demnd is for ps3"

LOL. How do you figure?

 



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atma998 said:

It will depends of its legs like I said in another thread it could do 5 millions max if it have huge legs but not more. But looking at GT5:P numbers 4 millions seems to be right on the spot.

BTW do you really think GT5 will save the PS3? You are really...sad.

 

 

Yes, that makes sense, because GT5:P sold more than any other prologue that means GT5 will sell less than half of what every other Gran Turismo game has sold.

That's fucking genius.

Since arguing with you is like slamming my head into a brick wall, I'll stop, but please tell me where I said GT5 will save the PS3?



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