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Legend11 on 11 December 2008
StarcraftManiac said:

The gap was 5.5 million when the PS3 released.

I went to 6.2, then came back down to 5.5 and now it's 7 million with X360 outselling the PS3 bigtime!

 

What do you think will happen in the (near) future in terms of sales for both platforms?

 



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Ronster316 on 11 December 2008

UK and USA are irrelevant?

Thats not very nice is it.

They make up a HUGE percentage of overall games/gaming software and hardware owners.

They are far from irrelevant buddy.



smbu2000 on 11 December 2008
DTG said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
DTG said:
ps3 is selling the same as ps2 did in this point in its lifetime. ps2 now = 140 million. Do the math.

 

 This is just ridiculous.

The Ps3 is selling NOWHERE near the Ps2 did, and not even close to the Psx.

 

But to put it into another perspective.

 

Wii is selling at ~ twice the speed of Ps3.

You claim that Ps3 will equal 140M, at least 100M of which in western homes. 

So Wii will definately sell 250M. 200M of which in western homes.

 

Now, when I tell you that west Europe + Americas (North) equal 700M people, and a family averages a little less than 3.5 people, this means that the Wii will have to sell to as good as every single house in the western world.

 

Your logic is flawed.

 

 

Check the hardware chart on this very site. ps2 ans ps3 are neck and neck aligned for launch.

Are you using Crazzyman logic now? The PS2 was only released in Japan for most of 7-8 months after it's release. While the PS3 was available in the US/Japan at the same time and the available in Europe ~4 months after that. Comparing 7 months of sales in one region(JP) (PS2) vs. 7 months in 2 regions(US/JP) + 3 months in another(EU) (PS3), I'd think that the PS3 would be way ahead...

 




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polezo on 11 December 2008
DTG said:
The UK is irrelevant, its considered more to be the us's lapdog than a part of Europe and Europes tastes largely differ from that of UK's. PS brand dominates europe and tat wont change for a long time.

 

 "PS brand dominates Europe and that wont change for a long time"... until it did... like the past 3-4 weeks when it has been outsold in all territories on mainland Europe.  No hate to the PS3, im just saying its currently not dominating like you say it is.



TaroSarask on 11 December 2008
DTG said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
DTG said:
ps3 is selling the same as ps2 did in this point in its lifetime. ps2 now = 140 million. Do the math.

 

 This is just ridiculous.

The Ps3 is selling NOWHERE near the Ps2 did, and not even close to the Psx.

 

But to put it into another perspective.

 

Wii is selling at ~ twice the speed of Ps3.

You claim that Ps3 will equal 140M, at least 100M of which in western homes. 

So Wii will definately sell 250M. 200M of which in western homes.

 

Now, when I tell you that west Europe + Americas (North) equal 700M people, and a family averages a little less than 3.5 people, this means that the Wii will have to sell to as good as every single house in the western world.

 

Your logic is flawed.

 

 

Check the hardware chart on this very site. ps2 ans ps3 are neck and neck aligned for launch.

I checked...   Did you?

 

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS2&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=Wii&reg3=All&weeks=116

 

There is an 8 million console gap between the PS2 and the PS3.  Likewise, the Wii is about 15 million ahead of the PS2 when the respective lauches are aligned.

 



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Ronster316 on 11 December 2008
RPG said:
Ronster316 said:
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
selnor said:
RPG said:
Said this once and going to say it again, 360 is half the price and released a year before. NEVER write off the Playstation brand, especially when it is being outsold for a whole 3 months after a huge price cut by the competitor.

Wii has won, PS3 will easily take second place. Trust me on this, as soon as the PS3 gets a price drop and it outsells the 360 it will be "360 is doomed" and all that malarky, it's just a never ending cycle of hate. :(

Gotta ask this, for one strange reason it seems A LOT of people on this forum want the PS3 to die a miserable death. Why?

This is a very dillusional post. PS brand actually means very little now here in UK. Only this morning on BBc Radio 1 with Chris Moyles they were massively bigging up 360 and the Live service asking people for them to send in their Gamertags. And after about 10 mins some guest they had said, "yeah and Resistance 2 on PS3 is pretty good". Moyles and staff reacted " What? PS3, no they're rubbish. Stop talking now Michael"

4 years ago it was PS2 this and PS2 that. Here PS brand means nothing.

 

Funny coming from someone whos bias towards the 360, i wouldnt mind hearing the opinion of someone of a fair status talk about how the PS3 & 360 is doing in the UK, hmm do you know anyone on VG like that sel?

 

 

 I'm in the UK and its true, 360 is more mainstream than ps3 now, 360 is well over a million ahead of ps3 and that aint gonna change anytime soon (if ever)

 

I am in the UK and everyone wants a PS3 and Wii, at my local game there stock for 360 is tiny compared to PS3, Wii and DS, I am in Knightsbridge BTW.

Edit - Holy F*** you have some serious hate for Sony :O

 

 Damn right i have serious hate for sony

I have never bought a sony console brand new in my life..............

2ND hand only for me when it comes to a 2nd hand company like Sony.



DTG on 11 December 2008
TaroSarask said:
DTG said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
DTG said:
ps3 is selling the same as ps2 did in this point in its lifetime. ps2 now = 140 million. Do the math.

 

 This is just ridiculous.

The Ps3 is selling NOWHERE near the Ps2 did, and not even close to the Psx.

 

But to put it into another perspective.

 

Wii is selling at ~ twice the speed of Ps3.

You claim that Ps3 will equal 140M, at least 100M of which in western homes. 

So Wii will definately sell 250M. 200M of which in western homes.

 

Now, when I tell you that west Europe + Americas (North) equal 700M people, and a family averages a little less than 3.5 people, this means that the Wii will have to sell to as good as every single house in the western world.

 

Your logic is flawed.

 

 

Check the hardware chart on this very site. ps2 ans ps3 are neck and neck aligned for launch.

I checked...   Did you?

 

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS2&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=Wii&reg3=All&weeks=116

 

There is an 8 million console gap between the PS2 and the PS3.  Likewise, the Wii is about 15 million ahead of the PS2 when the respective lauches are aligned.

 

On the chart the ps2 has already had it's christmas boost, ps3 is still pre xmas. In January they will be back at parity again.

 



Seraphic_Sixaxis on 11 December 2008

I feel left out again... v.v



polezo on 11 December 2008
DTG said:
TaroSarask said:
DTG said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
DTG said:
ps3 is selling the same as ps2 did in this point in its lifetime. ps2 now = 140 million. Do the math.

 

 This is just ridiculous.

The Ps3 is selling NOWHERE near the Ps2 did, and not even close to the Psx.

 

But to put it into another perspective.

 

Wii is selling at ~ twice the speed of Ps3.

You claim that Ps3 will equal 140M, at least 100M of which in western homes. 

So Wii will definately sell 250M. 200M of which in western homes.

 

Now, when I tell you that west Europe + Americas (North) equal 700M people, and a family averages a little less than 3.5 people, this means that the Wii will have to sell to as good as every single house in the western world.

 

Your logic is flawed.

 

 

Check the hardware chart on this very site. ps2 ans ps3 are neck and neck aligned for launch.

I checked...   Did you?

 

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS2®1=All&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=Wii®3=All&weeks=116

 

There is an 8 million console gap between the PS2 and the PS3.  Likewise, the Wii is about 15 million ahead of the PS2 when the respective lauches are aligned.

 

On the chart the ps2 has already had it's christmas boost, ps3 is still pre xmas. In January they will be back at parity again.

 

So the PS3 will have a 8million + boost?  that's one hell of a christmas!

 



Ronster316 on 11 December 2008

@ seraphic_sixaxis

I saw your post, but its true, look at the sales figures for the UK, 360 is battering ps3 right now, thats just the way it is.

And more people talk about xbox here now than they do playstation.

People neglected Sega and now they are neglecting sony

Sh*t happens.