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atma998 on 30 November 2008
FPSrules said:
SpartanFX said:

I mean yesterday I came to here and 10 out of 20 threads of the front page were about Sony or PS3 being dead within the next couple of months or so.

 

I understand that MS is now selling good but I don't remember PS3 fans making that many topics in the first 9 months of the year where PS3 was outselling 360.

 

All this aside ,now there are people suggesting that 360 is now the next Ps2, or PS3 is the next dream cast,....

 

I am tired of seeing this many  sony bashing threads,,,but there is nothing we can do about it.

so who here thinks that "ps3 is dead" threads are over done as of late?

 

 

P.S. this thread is intended for PS3 owners

 

 

360 next PS2, LOL. im tired of ppl overrating the 360 like its in first place like the PS2 was and the other systems where thousands of miles away. sony is too well established to go down without a fight. its going to take some time, but im confident sony will make a serious comback.

a lot of ppl don't relieze it but the 360 is selling almost the same rate as the original xbox. its been out for 3 years and despite its cheapest console being half the price of a ps3, its still barely outselling it, and maybe next year 360 beat the orignal xbox sales, which sold 28-30 million in 4 years, which of course isnt a good thing that it took this long despite all its momentium.

the PS2 sold 140+million, all the consoles combine reach half that number, which means that there is 70-80 million that hasn't brought a console yet, and this number doesn't include ppl who are new to gaming.

the ps2 destroyed the competition because it sold 120+ million more than 2nd place xbox, 360 is outselling the ps3 by about 6 million, i don't see why ppl are acting like its the end just by looking at these numbers

 

No, it sold barely 125 millions not 140. Plus, all consoles combined sales = 80 millions which is far from the half of PS2 total. Don't foget that PS2 did 125 millions in 9 years. PS3 and Wii were released only 2 years ago while X360 been out for only 3 years.

 

 



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Acevil on 30 November 2008
Soriku said:
I find "X console is dooooooomed" threads amusing myself.

 

 You only say that because no such thing as a wii is doomed thread since it launched....well one week in Novemeber last year.



 

atma998 on 30 November 2008
Acevil said:
Soriku said:
I find "X console is dooooooomed" threads amusing myself.

 

 You only say that because no such thing as a wii is doomed thread since it launched....well one week in Novemeber last year.

 

 What about all those ''Wii is a Fad'' threads ?



Acevil on 30 November 2008
atma998 said:
Acevil said:
Soriku said:
I find "X console is dooooooomed" threads amusing myself.

 

 You only say that because no such thing as a wii is doomed thread since it launched....well one week in Novemeber last year.

 

 What about all those ''Wii is a Fad'' threads ?

True, but it has been along time since I seen them. Over a year possibly.

 



 

hotrodx on 30 November 2008
atma998 said:
hotrodx said:
atma998 said:
hotrodx said:
I'm tired of "THE PS3 IS DOOMED" thread because it's like stating the obvious.

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I kid. Seriously, I think people should give it a rest and just enjoy their games.

Sometime in the future, games like Gran Turismo or God of War will show up for the PS3 creating some boosts, and it'll be PS3 fans turn to say "360 IS TOAST". It's really an annoying cycle. But this must stop somehow.

Since the 360 leads in the HD battle, can we ask the 360 owners to be the first to exercise humility, and join the PS3 fans in just talking about what matters: enjoying your games. You reap what you sow. Just ignore Crazzyman, okay? (So rry, Crazzy).

Cue in "Imagine" by John Lennon...

You don't understand that games have very little impact on sales. The price and the target market are the key to have good sales, see what X360 and Wii did. The only way Sony could increase its sales is a price cut, GT or GoW won't do anything but a 1 week boost in hardware.

 

Oh, it's just an example. It's not the only way the PS3 can get some boost. But big games in the past do boost sales (MGS4 for example), and good scheduling of releases can help maintain good sales (and some luck that it's the lull moment on the opposing console).

I mean, look at it when MGS4 was released. While the 360 still had a healthy lead, people had some feeling that the PS3 was turning the tide. And the PS3 actually outsold the 360 in the first half of the year, only to be undone by Microsoft's pricecut and unbelieavable luck that the bad economy is actually helping them. I thought the lucky leprechaun was in Boston. It turned out to be in Redmond.

 

 

MGS4 did only a one week boost of 160k on hardware, putting PS3 to 320k WW. The week after its release, sales returned to 160k WW.

As for the first half of the year PS3 outsold 360 by 30-40k weekly. Now 360 outsell PS3 by more than 200k this week. Luck doesn't have anything to do here.

 

By "luck" I meant things that cannot be controlled. The price can be controlled. The games can be controlled. The economy cannot (at least by Microsoft).

The bad economy actually multiplied the effect of the pricecut. It was really well played by Microsoft going into the holidays.

 

 



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Sephiroth357 on 30 November 2008

I'm for the idea of banning people who make these threads, unless it's me.

I for one am tired!




Dgc1808 on 30 November 2008

Threads like that for every system will continue to exist whenever one system is doing better than the other...



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swearitsoul on 30 November 2008

I own a 60 GB PS3 and it is certainly not dead yet. As long as people keep buying games for it; i'll last for a good while yet :)



SMcc1887 on 30 November 2008

People just seem to get a rush when their favoured console sells a few thousand more than the opposition. It's pathetic, Wii and DS fans could easily make hundreds of threads saying that every other console is doomed, which of course is false.



Grampy on 30 November 2008

I will happily defer from starting or contributing to threads like this. All I ask in return is to also see an end to threads by 12 year old brats making fun of anyone over 11 who actually prefers to play on the Wii.

I am tired of being told I'm retarded for preferring waggling ( whatever that's supposed to mean) by people who somehow feel it's far superior to play by wiggling little sticks because they own an almighty HD consoles.

This despite the fact that given the arrogance that Sony and Sony fanboys showed in the earlier days of this generation, you had this coming because payback’s a bitch.