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NFreak on 05 August 2007

So PS3 has finally hit the 4 million mark, eh? Anyone remember that when the PS3 launched, Sony projected to sell 4 million PS3s by the end of 2006? And here we are, in August of 2007. They were only 7 months late on that one.



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roadkillers on 05 August 2007

Wow 4 million? Good thing I bought a PS3 or we will still be in the 3 millions.



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grimygunz on 05 August 2007
NFreak said:
So PS3 has finally hit the 4 million mark, eh? Anyone remember that when the PS3 launched, Sony projected to sell 4 million PS3s by the end of 2006? And here we are, in August of 2007. They were only 7 months late on that one.
Umm they couldn't even make 4 million PS3's by end of 06 as the ps3 was sold out everywhere till mid-late january. unless you are refering to the plans when they expected to luanch the ps3 in spring 06. other than that you make no sense.

 



WiteoutKing on 05 August 2007
grimygunz said:
NFreak said:
So PS3 has finally hit the 4 million mark, eh? Anyone remember that when the PS3 launched, Sony projected to sell 4 million PS3s by the end of 2006? And here we are, in August of 2007. They were only 7 months late on that one.
Umm they couldn't even make 4 million PS3's by end of 06 as the ps3 was sold out everywhere till mid-late january. unless you are refering to the plans when they expected to luanch the ps3 in spring 06. other than that you make no sense.

 


 At launch they claimed 6 million sold to customer by the end of fiscal 2006.   6 million in 4.5 months.

As of now (8.5 months) they have only just passed 4 million.  They are barely selling a third of how well they were projecting at launch. 



PS3: 5.51m/51w, avg 108,039/w (up 239)
360: 12.93m/102w, avg 126,764/w (up 625), leads PS3 by 7.42m (up 70k), avg lead 18,725/w (up 386)
Wii: 13.52m/51w, avg 265,098/w (dn 1,102), leads PS3 by 8.01m (up 90k), avg lead 157,059/w (dn 1,341)

If 360 sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass 360 by...
01/08: (008w) +875.8%, 04/08: (021w) +344.4%, 07/08: (034w) +219.3%, 10/08: (047w) +163.5%
01/09: (060w) +131.8%, 04/09: (073w) +111.4%, 07/09: (085w) +098.1%, 10/09: (099w) +086.7%
If Wii sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass Wii by...
01/08: (008w) +1072.%, 04/08: (021w) +498.4%, 07/08: (034w) +363.4%, 10/08: (047w) +303.1%
01/09: (060w) +269.0%, 04/09: (073w) +246.9%, 07/09: (085w) +232.6%, 10/09: (099w) +220.3%
If PS2 sales freeze, Wii sales increases needed to pass PS2 (as of Mar07, 108.4m) by...
2008: (008w) +4373.8%, 2009: (060w) +0496.5%, 2010: (112w) +0219.6%, 2011: (165w) +0116.9%
2012: (217w) +0064.9%, 2013: (269w) +0033.1%, 2014: (321w) +0011.5%, 2015: (376w) -0004.8%
At +0% it will pass it in 358w, the week ending September 19th, 2014, at an age of 409w (7y44w).
Current age of PS2: 7y37w.

Last update: Week ending November 3, 2007

leo-j on 05 August 2007
WiteoutKing said:
leo-j said:
XboxSoldier12 said:
It would seem that Everyone's Golf and the new PS3 SKU gave this week one heck of a boost in sales. Will this sales boost last long enough to make developers give the PS3 a second chance?

What are you trying to say?


 He's saying that the release of Everyone's Golf and the price... whatever-it-was helped sales for the PS3, and is wondering if the sales will continue at this level, enough to get developers to have enough faith in the system to give it another shot with their titles. 

Yep wat titles? Most titles on the 360's 3rd party of coming to the ps3.

 



 

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HappySqurriel on 05 August 2007
MikeB said:
@ HappySquirrel

Except, of course, by the time the PS3 is ready to take over the position of the PS2 the Wii will have beaten it to the punch ... The PS3 could literally have Pixar level graphics and super-computer physics simulations in a game in realtime and people will not buy it if it is $300 and only has a couple of games released for it in a month.

Sony doesn't need to outperform the XBox 360 eventually to gain second place, it needs to outperform the Wii now. Arguing over the sales of the PS3 against the XBox 360 is like getting into a pissing competition into the wind, you're in a competition where you are going to lose regardless on whether you win.


IMO the XBox 360 (Premium/Elite) is currently the PS3's main longterm competitor, not because of its market performance but because of feature overlap and market overlap (more demanding high definition games, big shared multi-platform games library). The Nintendo Wii I currently view as more of a competitor to a lower-end PS2 and maybe the XBox 360 Core.

I think it's more likely for the average gamer to own a PS3 or XBox 360 next to a Nintendo Wii in the future than a XBox 360 together with a PS3. IMO Nintendo needs to capitalize as much as possible now on its advantages, at least before many more people own HDTVs and the Blu-Ray-HD-DVD war is over. With regard to the former I am more referring to PS2 owners eventually upgrading rather than vivid Nintendo / XBox fans.

I don't know ...

It is all about limited resources ... Publishers have limited money and developers which can be devoted to produce games across all platforms (Nintendo DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii. XBox 360 and PC), consumers have limited time and money to devote to gaming, and retailers have limited shelf space. The PS3/XBox 360 may be able to co-exist with the Wii but as long as the Wii continues to be successful it will limit the kind of success the PS3/XBox 360 can achieve.

The DS' success in Japan is reason enough to have developers take resources away from the PS3; 50% of the total market is the Nintendo DS and games cost a fraction (as low as 5% to 10%) of what PS3 games cost and will (likely) have larger sales.



WiteoutKing on 05 August 2007
leo-j said:
WiteoutKing said:
leo-j said:
XboxSoldier12 said:
It would seem that Everyone's Golf and the new PS3 SKU gave this week one heck of a boost in sales. Will this sales boost last long enough to make developers give the PS3 a second chance?

What are you trying to say?


He's saying that the release of Everyone's Golf and the price... whatever-it-was helped sales for the PS3, and is wondering if the sales will continue at this level, enough to get developers to have enough faith in the system to give it another shot with their titles.

Yep wat titles? Most titles on the 360's 3rd party of coming to the ps3.

 


 And vice versa.  Many 3rd party titles (some of the blockbuster ones as well, like GTA and (possibly) MGS) are coming to the 360 as well.



PS3: 5.51m/51w, avg 108,039/w (up 239)
360: 12.93m/102w, avg 126,764/w (up 625), leads PS3 by 7.42m (up 70k), avg lead 18,725/w (up 386)
Wii: 13.52m/51w, avg 265,098/w (dn 1,102), leads PS3 by 8.01m (up 90k), avg lead 157,059/w (dn 1,341)

If 360 sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass 360 by...
01/08: (008w) +875.8%, 04/08: (021w) +344.4%, 07/08: (034w) +219.3%, 10/08: (047w) +163.5%
01/09: (060w) +131.8%, 04/09: (073w) +111.4%, 07/09: (085w) +098.1%, 10/09: (099w) +086.7%
If Wii sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass Wii by...
01/08: (008w) +1072.%, 04/08: (021w) +498.4%, 07/08: (034w) +363.4%, 10/08: (047w) +303.1%
01/09: (060w) +269.0%, 04/09: (073w) +246.9%, 07/09: (085w) +232.6%, 10/09: (099w) +220.3%
If PS2 sales freeze, Wii sales increases needed to pass PS2 (as of Mar07, 108.4m) by...
2008: (008w) +4373.8%, 2009: (060w) +0496.5%, 2010: (112w) +0219.6%, 2011: (165w) +0116.9%
2012: (217w) +0064.9%, 2013: (269w) +0033.1%, 2014: (321w) +0011.5%, 2015: (376w) -0004.8%
At +0% it will pass it in 358w, the week ending September 19th, 2014, at an age of 409w (7y44w).
Current age of PS2: 7y37w.

Last update: Week ending November 3, 2007

leo-j on 05 August 2007
WiteoutKing said:
leo-j said:
WiteoutKing said:
leo-j said:
XboxSoldier12 said:
It would seem that Everyone's Golf and the new PS3 SKU gave this week one heck of a boost in sales. Will this sales boost last long enough to make developers give the PS3 a second chance?

What are you trying to say?


He's saying that the release of Everyone's Golf and the price... whatever-it-was helped sales for the PS3, and is wondering if the sales will continue at this level, enough to get developers to have enough faith in the system to give it another shot with their titles.

Yep wat titles? Most titles on the 360's 3rd party of coming to the ps3.

 


 And vice versa.  Many 3rd party titles (some of the blockbuster ones as well, like GTA and (possibly) MGS) are coming to the 360 as well.


So wats the problem with 3rd party support for the ps3?



 

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MikeB on 05 August 2007

@ HappySquirrel

t is all about limited resources ... Publishers have limited money and developers which can be devoted to produce games across all platforms (Nintendo DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii. XBox 360 and PC), consumers have limited time and money to devote to gaming, and retailers have limited shelf space. The PS3/XBox 360 may be able to co-exist with the Wii but as long as the Wii continues to be successful it will limit the kind of success the PS3/XBox 360 can achieve.


This seems to more regard 3rd party developers. Apart from Mario Galaxy, the most highly anticipated games seems to be more demanding games, many of the first party exclusives.



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

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