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leo-j on 09 August 2007
dtewi said:
"We might see a huge holiday season in 07, maybe bigger than 360 was last year"

Well that might shorten the lead by like 50,000 units, but the PS3 simply can't sell 200,000 a week in '08.

What if the price drops to $399.99 and we see it sell 200k a week in 08. Why cant it? Last week it sold 110k and this week about 100k.



 

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El Duderino on 09 August 2007

@ dtewi: not on every site, if people don´t whant to write out their words they will have to live with beeing missunderstood, but he´s from baveria so he must be used to it..... comon lighten up people, no one (exept Witeout King) can take a joke here,



 

 

 

ceres on 09 August 2007
dtewi said:
El Duderino, QFT means Quoted For Truth

I don't think I've ever been in a forum where everytime QFT is used, at least one person asks what it means. Hell, I've been to forums where they don't even bother typing QFT. There's no minimum post lengths so people just leave the quote and everyone knows why. A quick google search will tell you in a shorter time what it means than it takes to post the question and wait for an answer.



To cash in my CC rewards points for $300 in Circuit City gift cards to purchase a 360 or not: That is the question.

Just_Ben on 09 August 2007
El Duderino said:
 
@Just_Ben: Don´t tell Hus to "Quit Fu**ing Trolling" he can say what he wants.

 


 dude qft means qouted for truth:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QFT 

 Calm down!



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ceres on 09 August 2007
leo-j said:
dtewi said:
"We might see a huge holiday season in 07, maybe bigger than 360 was last year"

Well that might shorten the lead by like 50,000 units, but the PS3 simply can't sell 200,000 a week in '08.

What if the price drops to $399.99 and we see it sell 200k a week in 08. Why cant it? Last week it sold 110k and this week about 100k.


And why can't the 360 price drop to $1 and sell a million a week in 08?

Will a PS3 price drop that extreme happen? Possibly.
Will MS roll with the punches and not lower their console if that happens? Hell no.



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jjseth on 09 August 2007
dtewi said:
jjseth, you're basically saying that strating NOW the PS3 will move over 200000 a week, basically becoming another Wii, and will coninue that way into the end of 2008 and surpass the 360? Because doesn't that seem extreme.
Please don't put words into my mouth.  What I'm saying is that the 360 will see weaker then expected sales due to the fallout of the failure rate news.  Sales have started to slow down and I don't think that even the price drop and 3 year warranty will help them out that much.  There are people who have been soured due to sending back their 360 multiple times and have only one choice to go to for next gen graphics and games.
BTW, what console is selling 200k units a week right now?  Wii would be the closest to that, while the PS3 and 360 would do that in a month right now.  During the holiday season?  Sure, the PS3 will have no problems selling that many units.  I can see the PS3 being on many xmas lists.  At least, more then I would expect the 360.   I'm not predicting that it would be a hugeamount that the PS3 will outsell the 360 for the rest of this year, just a tiny bit and it may even bounce back and forth some weeks.  Then when the AAA games for the PS3 come out, we will see sales truly explode for the PS3.  I also would suspect that there would be yet another price drop on the PS3 sometime from now until then to encourage even more to make the move and buy a PS3.
I had to go back to my post to see where in the world you got the idea that I said the PS3 would sell 200k a week and couldn't see how you could have thought that.  However I did see an error, I stated that starting in 2009 that sales would take off, I meant in early 2008. :)


 


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dtewi on 09 August 2007

It can't because it simply doesn't have enough momentum, the 360 is at $350 but you won't see that sell 200,000 a week. The Wii sells so great because it appeals to the casuals. Without the casual market there is no way PS3 can sell 200,000 a week.



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El Duderino on 09 August 2007
Just_Ben said:
El Duderino said:
 
@Just_Ben: Don´t tell Hus to "Quit Fu**ing Trolling" he can say what he wants.

 


dude qft means qouted for truth:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QFT

Calm down!


Actually it means Quantum Field Theory: http://www.math.ias.edu/QFT/

....... it was obvious that you where agreeing with Hus... then I made it seem like the opposite.... we in the comedy biz call it Sarcasm ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm )... thats where the humor comes in....



 

 

 

Ishy on 09 August 2007

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dtewi on 09 August 2007

i got it from witeout's post jjseth

"A little math for people:

PS3: 4.11 mil in 38 weeks, avg 108,158 sold per week
360: 10.32 mil in 89 weeks, avg 115,955 sold per week

The 360 has a lead of approx. 6.21 mil consoles, with an avg lead per week of 7,797.

If we assume the 360 continues to sell at the rate they are, the increase in sales the PS3 would need, and keep consistent, in order to cross them by a certain date is:

January 1, 2008: (21 weeks) 280.6% increase (near quadruple)
April 1, 2008: (34 weeks) 176.1% increase (near triple)
July 1, 2008: (47 weeks) 129.4% increase
October 1, 2008: (60 weeks) 102.9% increase (more than double)
January 1, 2009: (73 weeks) 85.9% increase
April 1, 2009: (86 weeks) 74.0% increase
July 1, 2009: (98 weeks) 65.8% increase
October 1, 2009: (112 weeks) 58.5% increase
January 1, 2010: (124 weeks) 53.5% increase

Even with a 50% sustained increase, worldwide, of the PS3's current sales, even if the 360 sells at its current rate and NEVER sees a sales increase, it would take until sometime in 2010 for the PS3 to catch up."



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