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I'd love to get CrazzyMan's kool aid supplier. That stuff is potent. But it is good that Sony always has the faithful.



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CrazzyMan said:
Sony is going after PROFIT this gen, and a little Too early.
Usually first 2-3 year console is selling for loss, then next 5 years they make money on it.
This time Sony decided to stop losing money already on 2nd year, instead of making a pricecut.

They were confident in AA GAMES and they would SUCCEED IF not a CRISIS.
During crisis people prefer to buy what is cheaper. =)

Yet, THIS gen does not end with 2008. :)
PS3 FTW!

 

When did SCE made money again?



kowenicki said:
@ rubido... so you arent arguing with it... you are just adding some flavouring.

Something like that. :)

 



rubido said:
GTAIV08 said:

some people forget how fast things can change, back in the ps2 days, did people thing the wii would even outsell the ps3 for 1 week? did anyone last year think final fantasy was going to be on xbox? last year did people think the ps3 would outsell the 360 in america for over half the year in 2008? did anyone ever think the 360 could sell over 5k in japan for over 4 weeks? right now do people think the ps3 can outsell the 360 ever again in america? right now people are thinking no just like to all the other things i mentioned. this is just the beginning and microsoft have a,ong way to go to beat sony, nintendo have already done it but do microsoft have what it takes to go all the way? im not talking just outselling it for 2 months, how about a whole year? it needs to do that to stand a chance, especially now thats it at the "sweet" price.

also you ask how did ps3 get into last place yet some of you fail to mention the 360 came out 12 months earlier all on its own and over 15 months earlier in europe! do you really expect the ps3 to pass the 360 in just 2 years? even the ps2 wouldnt have done that.  theres just too mnay inconsistencies. if you want to compare sales then atleast compare them in the same time frame but i guess people that like the 360 dont want to because they know that the 360 is far behind the ps3 in the same time frame and thats the truth! so people stop with all the shit and please just enjoy your games. also some of you, give sony a damn break man! im sure most of you had ps2's. well sony made that so give them some credit. you know how different the games industry would be if it wasnt for sony and playstation.

This is a big inconcistency in your argument. The wii did it. Why couldn't the ps3 do it also? This is exactly what this topic is about. Because Sony toppled their empire.

 

the wii is a casual gamers wet dream and it started at an affordable price from the start.



BengaBenga said:
CrazzyMan said:
Sony is going after PROFIT this gen, and a little Too early.
Usually first 2-3 year console is selling for loss, then next 5 years they make money on it.
This time Sony decided to stop losing money already on 2nd year, instead of making a pricecut.

They were confident in AA GAMES and they would SUCCEED IF not a CRISIS.
During crisis people prefer to buy what is cheaper. =)

Yet, THIS gen does not end with 2008. :)
PS3 FTW!

 

When did SCE made money again?

 

Q4 2007.



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@BengaBenga, there were some profitable quarters. =)



Every 5 seconds on earth one child dies from hunger...

2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

CrazzyMan said:
@BengaBenga, there were some profitable quarters. =)

 

your the only person on this site that likes ps3. on this forum maybe there are like only 5 ps3 owners.



This is an example of how Sony has lost a lot of it's positive image in the press and public...

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=52681&page=1

Today's Washington Times: "XBox 360 has made serious inroads by dropping the price of its core system to $199. So how did Sony respond?

By releasing a new version of the PS3 ... that's $100 more expensive. Yes, it comes with a game, and yes, it has more hard-drive space, to which I respond: Who cares? Was the marketplace clamoring for more memory from the PS3? Is that why its market penetration is so low compared to its predecessors and competition? What were the Sony execs thinking?"

Note: they never even had to mention the beating it was getting from the 1st place Wii. This was about it getting badly beaten by the 2nd placer in a 3 way race.  

 



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GTAIV08 said:
CrazzyMan said:
@BengaBenga, there were some profitable quarters. =)

 

your the only person on this site that likes ps3. on this forum maybe there are like only 5 ps3 owners.

 

You're kidding right?



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Comrade, lol man when I said that I wasn´t talking about you...I was talking about how Sony assumed the entire PS2 fanbase would migrate...sorry for the misunderstanding.