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Majin-Tenshinhan on 20 April 2009
axumblade said:
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
axumblade said:
Yes! PS2 is dropping like a rock! only took what...9...10 years? but yes! total pwnage!

But PSP and PS3 are dropping too...

I was referring to the comment in the OP.

PSP and PS3 are both having difficulties yes. But I think once games start coming out for both will be fine. Well, maybe. Perhaps if people would stop saying "price cut" every time that a Sony rep takes a breath then people would start buying them. As far as I know, a lot of people are waiting for those two words, which may or may not even happen this year.

Oh, I thought you were replying to my comments ^^; Sorry 'bout that. Yeah, it can probably stabilize if Sony try hard.



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mai on 20 April 2009

Looks like PS3 hardware peaked on it's 2nd year. Seriously, if there any chance it's gonna get better? How many systems performed better after their first drop in worldwide sales on yearly basis? Game Boy did, but there weren't serious competitors.



hunter_alien on 20 April 2009

Well the PS2 might be dropping like a rock afther nearly 10 years on the market, but lets be honest, it still ha sa shot at selling over 3 million this year in the US alone, and probably over 8 worldwide in its 10th year... thats just sweet :D



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nojustno on 20 April 2009
alfredofroylan said:

Well, seems like the Wii is not doomez

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3999/npd_behind_the_numbers_march_2009.php

My even with the $99 price the PS2 is falling like a rock.

 

I can't imagine what sony must be feeling right now. Hope for a better 2010..?

 




kirby007 on 20 April 2009

ps2+ps3>xbox360



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Lord_Yggdrassil on 20 April 2009

Ps3 sales will pick up. Mega games schedule for the next 18 months. I'm buying a Ps3 end of the year too.



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TheSource on 20 April 2009

March NPD ended April 4 so the PS2 Q1 2009 figures do include about 4 days at the $100 pricepoint.

PS3 should be down through at least May given that Sony won't cut price before E3 if they do cut price in the first half of 2009. PSP should be down too. PS2 sold much lower amounts in April-June 2008 so it won't be down nearly as much in the second quarter, in fact Q2 it may actually be up on the price drop so citing a "sudden drop" seems like cherry picking to me.

The way things are going now I think we're trending toward this in the USA:

2008 to 2009 Trend   Q1           Q2           Q3        Q4

Wii                             Up           Down       Up         Up

X360                          Up            Up           Up        Down

PS3                            Down       Down      Up        Up

DS                              Up           Up           Up         Up

PSP                            Down      Down      Down     Up

PS2                            Down      Up          Down      Down

 

In July, when NPD data for the first half comes out I imagine we'll see alot of alarmist things about the videogame industry because PS2, PSP, PS3 will all be down probably 33%, 27%, 15% (with a June price cut) respectively, with Wii up only 10%, and 360 and DS will be up maybe 30% and 60% respectively.  It should even out to 'only' 10% growth in the number of hardware units sold for the first half. But I figure with Motion Plus, a PS3 price cut at E3, and a new PSP model in October or November Wii, 360, DS will be up for the year, PS3 will be flat, and only PS2 and PSP will be down, with the former the only platform significantly down.

So if 2008 was

Wii - 10.16m

DS - 9.95m

360 - 4.74m

PSP - 3.83m

PS3 - 3.54m

PS2 - 2.50m

2009 should be

Wii - 12.5m-13.5m

DS - 12m-14m

360 - 5.25m-6m

PS3 - 3.4m-4.2m

PSP - 3.2m-3.8m

PS2 - 1.6m-2.2m



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