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goddog on 13 February 2009
Squilliam said:
The Xbox 360 *just* outsold the PS3 + PS2 combined. What an interesting turn of events.

Will the PS2 be pulled from a lot of shops by the end of the year I wonder? How low can sales go until shops decide its not worth stocking it anymore?

 

when they stop making madden for it.   the original xboxs last game was madden 09 last summer.... and now gamestops are even getting rid of used consoles 



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numonex on 13 February 2009

Considering PS3 has been frozen at the same sales price for 15 months it is not surprising the PS3 sales numbers are lower than last year's sales figures.

PS3 is reaching market saturation at the $399 price tag. The bad state of world economic affairs is swaying people to buy a X360 or Wii instead of PS3. People buy cheaper consoles if it offers more or less the same thing - gaming console.

High priced luxury items like PS3 are being bought by less people. Game consoles have an elastic demand and sales are driven by price. Lower price usually generates more demand and more sales.

A PS3 console price cut is long over due. A $50 price cut could improve PS3 console sales much more than exclusive game launches on PS3.



Bullet100000 on 13 February 2009
goddog said:
Bullet100000 said:
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=60343

 

this is the better thread 

 

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Dgc1808 on 13 February 2009

Price point saturation approaching??



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goddog on 13 February 2009
Bullet100000 said:
goddog said:
Bullet100000 said:
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=60343

 

this is the better thread 

 

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goddog on 13 February 2009
Dgc1808 said:
Price point saturation approaching??

 

at any given price point for goods that are not staples, there is a limited number of people willing to buy. the longer a good is at this price the fewer people there will be to sell too. or saturation for the price point 



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De85 on 13 February 2009
makingmusic476 said:
irstupid said:
wow Wiifit outsold the Wii, otherwise impressive month for nintendo.

you would expect the increase and decrease for 360 and PS3 to be opposite due to year 4 360 (supposed to start declining) and year 3 for PS3 (supposed to be strongest year). at least historically that is how it has gone

 

It also depends on the timing of price cuts.  When one product is $199 for the cheapest model and only ~5 months from a price cut, while the other is sitting at $399 and hasn't had a price cut in a year and a half, there are going to be differences in sales.

 

That sounds exactly like the situation last summer.  When Christmas finally rolls around this year it is going to be one interesting fight.



Squilliam on 13 February 2009
De85 said:
makingmusic476 said:
irstupid said:
wow Wiifit outsold the Wii, otherwise impressive month for nintendo.

you would expect the increase and decrease for 360 and PS3 to be opposite due to year 4 360 (supposed to start declining) and year 3 for PS3 (supposed to be strongest year). at least historically that is how it has gone

 

It also depends on the timing of price cuts.  When one product is $199 for the cheapest model and only ~5 months from a price cut, while the other is sitting at $399 and hasn't had a price cut in a year and a half, there are going to be differences in sales.

 

That sounds exactly like the situation last summer.  When Christmas finally rolls around this year it is going to be one interesting fight.

Except this time, chance are that both the Xbox 360 and PS3, perhaps even the Wii will get price cuts.

 



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