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ItsaMii on 23 April 2009

No, they should aim for 4th place.
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Zizzla_Rachet on 23 April 2009
Pristine20 said:
Neoraf said:

Sega > Sony for adults. Sega in the 80s and 90s was awesome.

  • Arcades dominated by Sega.
  • Fun and competitive games, easy to grab.
  • Always technically pushing hardware and software


Sonic, Daytona USA, Virtua Fighter, Space Harrier, After Burner, Virtual On, Echo the Dolphin, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Virtua Cop, Shenmue, Outrun, omg so many more...

The new Sega (as we know it today) is nothing like the old SEGA.

Killing Sony doesn't mean bankruptcy. It may mean "becoming a mulitplatform game publisher" like Sega.

 

The part you miss is that sega was never top dog in the industry. Sony on the other hand tasted pure success twice in a row. Thus it would be much harder to convince them out than it was to get them in. Remember that this is a corporation we're talking about. Even if bankrupcy was an issue, sony would also have a much greater chance than sega of getting a bailout from the JP government.

As for sega's "great days", many would argue in favor of nintendo for those generations and I'd say that part of their demise was overdoing the hardware and software technically (shenmue = 70 mil...WTF?). Funny enough, the latter can be said for sony as well this gen.

 

Sorry Bud..But don't count on JP Morgan...Their On the floor...As for SEGA's issues...It was actually the fact that  Sega's IP's Spanned so Many Genre's that Other top companies Like SquareSoft,EA,Namco, And Many others Chose to not support them at all...And yes Back to the Pre Sony Days it was easy to ignore the 3DO's and the what not's no one cared about....Becuase then it was not a war merly a differential in Content...

 



 



Dr.KennethNoisewater on 23 April 2009

Well its good because now they know several things NOT to do with the PS4 such as:

- High price
- Taking away backwards compatibility
- Making it hard to develop for (not that they did it on purpose, but they should have made it easier)
- Having a weak launch lineup
- Horrible advertising campaign
- Stupid things said by Sony representatives like "people will get 2 jobs just to pay for a PS3"

They finally got knocked down from their throne and will have to work hard to re-claim the title as best gaming company.



Samus Aran on 23 April 2009
Carl2291 said:
nojustno said:
Carl2291 said:
You said that the 360 has almost the same amount of consoles sold as PS3...
An 8 million gap isnt "almost the same"

Anyway, PS3 wont be in 3rd for its entire life. Its managing to either keep up with or outsell the 360 in Others and Japan, despite being twice the price. When the price is lowered, sales will be like the Wiis.

 

lol, boy are your hopes going to be crushed.

WII IS AN ICON, PS360 NOT

We will see... maybe not AS big, but they will be damn close.

 

You do know that Sony can't afford a price cut right?

You do know Nintendo can drop the price of their wii a lot more then Sony can with the ps3 right? What you said will never happen.

 



Words Of Wisdom on 23 April 2009
Samus Aran said:

You do know that Sony can't afford a price cut right?

You do know Nintendo can drop the price of their wii a lot more then Sony can with the ps3 right? What you said will never happen.

A more convincing response would have been to posit that the console market will have already been heavily saturated with the competition's machines by the time Sony will be able to afford a price drop.



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rafichamp on 23 April 2009

Guys, after looking at ps3's japan numbers, I starting to think that the ps3 just might get 2nd place.



Snake612 on 23 April 2009

I don't see it as a bad thing. However I would rather see PS3 in 3rd place with sales that are close to the 360 than them in 3rd place with their sales way behing the 360 sales in the end of the console war.



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rafichamp on 23 April 2009

If Sony learns their lesson and takes the number 2 spot, then its okey.



Zizzla_Rachet on 23 April 2009
rafichamp said:
If Sony learns their lesson and takes the number 2 spot, then its okey.

 

For Sony to take the Number 2 spot the 360 would have to stop selling here in the states and also in EU.....You sure that's gonna happen?



 



Dr.KennethNoisewater on 23 April 2009
Zizzla_Rachet said:
rafichamp said:
If Sony learns their lesson and takes the number 2 spot, then its okey.

 

For Sony to take the Number 2 spot the 360 would have to stop selling here in the states and also in EU.....You sure that's gonna happen?

 

 You've heard it before, and you're going to hear it again. When the price drops to $300 the PS3 will be outselling the 360 regularly. I bet within 2 years of it being $300 it catches up to the 360 in sales.