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Zlejedi on 27 April 2009

Yeah of course it will drop :) It always drops after huge boosts.



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johnsobas on 27 April 2009
heruamon said:
kowenicki said:
@reasonable...

I dont agree. Japan IS unrepresentative. The much larger markets of the US and Others are much more in line with the worldwide trend. Japan is utterly different than the global market and to say it isnt is kind of ridiculous.

Anyone who's been to Japan over the last ten year would know this...Ipod aren't huge there, and they usually have all kinda of devices you'd fine nowhere else...perfect example was the PSP...when it was blowing up in Japan, it was muted elsewhere...now, it's is....

 

you obviously haven't been there, because Ipod is huge in Japan.

 



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bardicverse on 27 April 2009

Does no one else find 44k for PS3 in the America sales horrendous? That means that Japan PS3 sales passed America PS3 sales, a rare event.



Seece on 27 April 2009
bardicverse said:
Does no one else find 44k for PS3 in the America sales horrendous? That means that Japan PS3 sales passed America PS3 sales, a rare event.

I do, I feel its only going to get lower though, maybe sub 30k

 



 

BobSaget on 27 April 2009
johnsobas said:
heruamon said:
kowenicki said:
@reasonable...

I dont agree. Japan IS unrepresentative. The much larger markets of the US and Others are much more in line with the worldwide trend. Japan is utterly different than the global market and to say it isnt is kind of ridiculous.

Anyone who's been to Japan over the last ten year would know this...Ipod aren't huge there, and they usually have all kinda of devices you'd fine nowhere else...perfect example was the PSP...when it was blowing up in Japan, it was muted elsewhere...now, it's is....

 

you obviously haven't been there, because Ipod is huge in Japan.

 

It seems like everyone has an ipod. But I'd prefer sales figures before I believe anyones comment.

 



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bardicverse on 27 April 2009
seece said:
bardicverse said:
Does no one else find 44k for PS3 in the America sales horrendous? That means that Japan PS3 sales passed America PS3 sales, a rare event.

I do, I feel its only going to get lower though, maybe sub 30k

 

Sub 30k in the Americas? That'd be rough.

What's the next booster for the PS3? Anything on the horizon to be a system pusher?

 



Reasonable on 27 April 2009
bardicverse said:
Does no one else find 44k for PS3 in the America sales horrendous? That means that Japan PS3 sales passed America PS3 sales, a rare event.

 

PS3 sales in US are bad.  I think there are three major factors:

1) price - its just too high right now despite what you get arguably being worth it at face value (HD console & BR player)

2) Wii - I know 360/PS3 are the HD twins but in comparing to PS2 it's the Wii that's the problem in many ways.  It's eating up a large chunk of more general gamers who prevously clearly went with PS2 while PS3 seems to be viewed as the 'more expensive HD console' rather than something closer to Wii/PS2.

3) Live/360 1 year lead - 360 is established with many as where to go to play your friends and the standard for online gaming - this is a big barrier for PS3 as even if you fancy one if your friends are on 360/Live why would you cut yourself off from that?  The 1 year lead really helped give 360 a big lead with the hardcore shooter/online crowd vs PS3 (and despite the critical success of KZ2 and Resistance 2 it's clear from the sales where the majority of shooter gamers are in US, and it would appear not to be on PS3.

I guess Sony can do something about 1) above (it's at least in their control) but 2) and 3) are tough cookies to crack IMHO.

 

PSP is terrible.  It's my handheld of choice when I travel but it's really struggling outside Japan and particularly in US it seems.  Lack of games?  Piracy?  iTouch/Phone competing for media functions?  All of those and more?  I guess Sony turned PSP around in Japan but its going to take some magic to do so outside that territory if they even can.

 



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

Seece on 27 April 2009
bardicverse said:
seece said:
bardicverse said:
Does no one else find 44k for PS3 in the America sales horrendous? That means that Japan PS3 sales passed America PS3 sales, a rare event.

I do, I feel its only going to get lower though, maybe sub 30k

 

Sub 30k in the Americas? That'd be rough.

What's the next booster for the PS3? Anything on the horizon to be a system pusher?

 

Seeing as Killzone 2 and its massive marketing push did little in that region Infamous isn't going to do much even with an Uncharted Beta.

Sales will just keep dipping ....

 



 

nen-suer on 27 April 2009

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Rpruett on 27 April 2009
seece said:
bardicverse said:
seece said:
bardicverse said:
Does no one else find 44k for PS3 in the America sales horrendous? That means that Japan PS3 sales passed America PS3 sales, a rare event.

I do, I feel its only going to get lower though, maybe sub 30k

 

Sub 30k in the Americas? That'd be rough.

What's the next booster for the PS3? Anything on the horizon to be a system pusher?

 

Seeing as Killzone 2 and its massive marketing push did little in that region Infamous isn't going to do much even with an Uncharted Beta.

Sales will just keep dipping ....

 

Yeah Kill Zone 2 had a massive marketing push, especially here in America.