Last gen 200mil consoles sold

gen before that 175 mil

gen before that 90 mil

Gen before that 70mil

point? there are still a crapload of console purchases out there

Yeah we did have those games. They were and are awesome ! absolutely. But didn't the ps3 outsell the xbox 360 for the first 9months of this year despite the much larger price ? did everyone forget that ? The playstation has had a good year. Sure there are a few bumps along the way, a big one near the end. But i think the playstation has done pretty damn well. In particular concidering all the circomstances.

@Vanadium2k8

Yeah, but the japanese government can adjust the valuta to prevent inflation. Naturally they wont do this unless they deem it nessesary.. but could very well happen if this continues. Because all of japans economy suffers in this since a lot of their big companys are built around the same way that sony is.

@stof

Yeah, i'm well aware of that. But i think this gen has showed us that things aren't quite what they used to be. In all fairness i think a lot of people will get 2 or 3 consoles this gen. Now naturally for every console sold that is not a ps3, sony has a chance of loosing 1 customer for their product, but even so.. i don't think it's time to throw in the towel yet. And judging by the current way the forum is reacting, you would think it was.

@Max King of the Wild

Sure you can do that, but if thers anyone there they'd probably wonder why you are clapping at a computer screen. Not to mention it'll have no effect and noone besides you and any person near you will know you did it XD

@haxxiy

It does seem like a lot of people are thinking, Sony is down, time to start kicking!

I've been rooting for Sony as much as I could and still am, but as much as I hate to say it, I'm not seeing any particular point for Sony to turn things around.

Thing is, Wii has this cheap fun system that sucks in new gamers every second, and so their hardware is through the roof. Obviously developers were caught skeptical and flatfooted, but it's been 2 full years now. Developers finally have a chance to bring out some REAL games that are actually designed for the Wii, and not ported or half assed. 2009 is going to ROCK.

360 has an online community that basically turns your friends into a walking advertisement for their latest game, until you finally buy the game and become a walking advertisement along with them, just so you can play with/against them. I never even realized until today just how powerful of an effect that has on software sales. The rate at which games do better on 360 as opposed to PS3 only seem to be getting more pronounced with time.

PS3 has already come out with Little Big Planet, which was the one game I was looking at to REALLY differentiate itself from the 360. LBP sales are okay, actually pretty solid, but the impact on the PS3 itself seems almost... nonexistent.

Seriously, I HOPE PS3 manages to pull back up. I WANT to see it succeed, because I would like to eventually get an HD console (Just cause I don't care about not having heavy graphics doesn't mean i don't appreciate it when it's there) and LBP looks like a heck of alot of fun, and MGS is one of the few of the "gritty" games that I've gotten interested in, God of War has also caught my attention as well, and the media and blueray options aren't a bad little bonus. Plus then I'd have the PS3 controller that I'd be able to sync up to my laptop with bluetooth.
I just generally like the features PS3 has; standard harddrive(replaceable), bluetooth, bluray, slot drive, Wifi, accelerometer. The 360 feels like a really powerful last gen console with shiny graphics and a decent online service to me. I'm not even trying to diss the 360, that's just how I see it.

I'll still likely get the PS3 eventually, but right now, I'm uncertain how well developers will continue to support it. As long as I'm sure that decent games will at least end up ported to it, I'm fine, but with how much higher games seem to be selling on the 360, I'm worried that Microsoft will be able to pull a few solid multiplatform games into going exclusive for 360.
If this is the case, then I'd rather wait until the end of this console generation where I'll be able to get it for cheap, or possibly get the PS4 with backwards compatibility for the PS3. In the meantime, I'll get by with my Wii/DS/PC/PS2 combination.

i needed this thread, this "ps3 doom" affect me :'(

LOL. Monty Python?

Really sums up the entire flamewar.

A Thread called Will you people stop whining, is a whine itself. Figures

Let's put all facts and evidence aside for a moment- it's doomed.

@Killergran
lol never get's old.

@CaptDS9E
No :\ there is a remarkable difference.

@The_God_of_War
lol


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