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NunedQ said:
Lostplanet22 said:

Passing the PS one is a bit to optimistic. The NES must be possible. In 2 years and a few months they did +20 million so if the PS3 will be on the market for 6 years atleast is must pass 60 million.

 

So if the PS3 is on the market fot ten years it will obviously sell 100 million, and if its on the market for 20 years it will sell 200 million?

thats not how it works

 

 

 Don't use facts buddy or I report you =p!

Of course it doesn't work like that I am just expecting that 09 the PS3 will have better sales than in 08 and 2010 will be better than 2009.  Reaching 42 million at the beginning of 2011 and then goes slowly in decline and have LTD sales of +60 million.



 

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AaronSOLDIER said:

Apologies if already posted.

 

Anyway, wiki has GameCube listed at 21.74 million sold, and PS3 has passed this, so well done Sony!

 

Next milestone is the Xbox at 24 million

 

wow what a milestone!!!

you beat one of the worst performing consoles ever!!!(that had great games)

go Ps3.

 

 

get back at me when it passes 360

please



hello how are you.

congrats Sony!



Paperdiego said:

 

wow what a milestone!!!

you beat one of the worst performing consoles ever!!!(that had great games)

go Ps3.

 

 

get back at me when it passes 360

please

By your solid logic I guess you must've been very ashamed of the X360 sales until the end of last October ;) I'm glad you feel all better now.

 

 



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WereKitten said:
NJ5 said:
JGarret said:
"Perhaps the PS3 is doing well but if definitely isn't living upto the expectations Sony had hoped."

Got that right...a system that was released for $600 and now $400 in this shitty economy, and now passing GC, would be considered a success only if it didn´t have the name 'Playstation', and wasn´t the successor to the most successful home console of all time.

Making some money instead of eating years of profits would help as well.

 

Do you seriously doubt it will eventually make money for Sony? We're only 2 and a half years in its life.

 

 

Yes, I do doubt that.

During the Ps2 era (2000 through 2006), Sony made a total of 2.8 Billion Dollars in profit. In 2007 and 2008, they lost 3.0 Billion. (http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=57802).

That is including the PsP and Ps2, which both make profit. The Ps3 certainly lost more than those 3B, possibly up to 4B or even 4.5B.

And it's still losing money. That will change soon, but it won't make large amounts of money even then. 

 

Do you seriously think that it will eventually go with a profit overall? I really doubt that.

 

Now, I'm sorry I kinda bashed the Ps3 in a pro-Ps3 thread (nothing wrong with being that kind of thread), but I felt that I ought to answer.

 

The Ps3 is now, officially, the best selling 3rd place console ever. Cheers!

 



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That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS

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I'm just throwing numbers around, but...

The PS3 gives negative profit on the hardware now. Let's say that after the 45nm chips this summer they manage to reduce the price and still to start gathering a small profit, even a few dollars. Let's assume that profit will grow with later hardware revisions, and that by the end of life of the console it will average to $25 per sale. Let's estimate that in another 40M consoles x $25 = 1B dollars.

Then there's software. It sold 130M up to this point in life. Can we say it will sell at least another 350-500M? I don't know how many of those will be third party, how many will be first party, but am I entirely wrong in thinking there's more than 4B dollars only there?

Then there's services. From ripping off Home users for clothes and furniture, to using the console as a streaming media center for movie and tv rentals, I'm sure they're planning to make more money that way. I can't quantify this right now, but every little dozen million helps, doesn't it.

Then there's the indirect added value: the 2007 passive includes, I suspect, R&D that will bring profits in terms of BluRay royalties and savings in terms of Cell utilization in other Sony products.



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"..." - Gordon Freeman

Took it long enough...
(>'.')>



Congratz PS3!



Paperdiego said:
AaronSOLDIER said:

Apologies if already posted.

 

Anyway, wiki has GameCube listed at 21.74 million sold, and PS3 has passed this, so well done Sony!

 

Next milestone is the Xbox at 24 million

 

wow what a milestone!!!

you beat one of the worst performing consoles ever!!!(that had great games)

go Ps3.

 

 

get back at me when it passes 360

please

 

 Sure thing, it wont take long after a price cut! ;)

 

Loving all the hate the PS3 gets even when its doing good! lol