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Afroman813: Really, that's enough bashing of other members. Isn't there something useful you could be posting about? Chubear: You were using gross sales data. Net profit figures are more useful than gross sales figures when it comes to determining how a company is benefiting monetarily from a console, which along with installed base is a more important benchmark. Determining the cost of producing the console, its packaging and its distribution helps to determine net profit per unit. Keep in mind that the portion of the PS3 which is not a loss to Sony is still an expense. In both regards, the Wii seems to be doing better. The 360 is doing better in the US as well. Gross sales are interesting for determining how sales have been in an industry, but not useful for determining how two differently priced products have sold. Ignoring facts will not make them go away.



mrstickball said: Not to be pro-PS3, but there is a huge issue with price. It's not saying there is a secret formula like 2.5 to 1. However, in the history of video gaming, systems tend to do horrible when they're above $300. The commodore 64 home PC/gaming system was about the only one to buck the trend. Systems above $300USD Sega Dreamcast Sega Saturn Xbox 360 PS3 Neo Geo 3DO Systems below or at $300USD PS1/2 N64/SNES/GC/NES, ect Sega Genesis Xbox TG16 Jaguar
I should point out that the Dreamcast launched for $199 (US) on September 9, 1999 ... The Dreamcasts failure was mostly associated with the loss of Consumer and Developer confidence in Sega after the disapointing results of the Sega Gamegear, Sega CD, Sega 32x, Sega Saturn, and Sega Nomad; the best selling of these systems was the Sega Saturn which sold (roughly) 10 Million systems. Had Sega never released the Sega CD, Sega 32X or Sega Nomad the Dreamcast could have probably been a (reasonably) successful system; if the Saturn was a more affordable system and had games available at launch it is likely the Playstation would have never gained the traction necessary to control the market.



Afroman813 said: ^ Don't worry, you still have Kwaad to lick your sony fanboy ass.
You musta got banned the other day. Your so cute. Well Chu, Hate to see you go... ANOTHER sony guy leave the forum. Sony guys dont stay around normally. The Wii guys just scare them off. Your like the 4th or 5th person I've seen scared off by the Wiiatics.



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