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Zizzla_Rachet on 27 May 2009
Yokimoto said:
I can't wait til it outsells Xbox 360. No offense to Xbox gamers but the PS3 deserves top sales.



 



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twesterm on 27 May 2009
Yokimoto said:
I can't wait til it outsells Xbox 360. No offense to Xbox gamers but the PS3 deserves top sales.

You can argue all you want what it deserves, but I'll just quote this post again (rather than rewrite it) to show that it just can't really happen before it stops mattering.

twesterm said:

Whenever I see threads like this I like to bring out this handy little chart I made:

You can speculate all you want about prices and what can and can't happen, but this chart paints a pretty clear picture.  In order to overtake 360 worldwide sales in three years, the PS3 would have to outsell it by 51k per week every week for the next three years.  That just isn't going to happen.

The only reasonable figure on there is the 5 figure (260 weeks) and that's 31k per week every week for fives years.  By the time five years is over the "winner" of this generation will have already been long decided and it just won't matter.

So yeah, just accept there's absolutely zero chance of the PS3 overtaking the 360 in worldwide sales or in the Americas.  It's possible it may happen in Others, but even that can't happen for several years.

I'm not saying the PS3 is a failure by any means, I'm just say it can't "win" and it can't overtake the 360 in a reasonable amount of time.

 



 

Jereel Hunter on 27 May 2009
Yokimoto said:
I can't wait til it outsells Xbox 360. No offense to Xbox gamers but the PS3 deserves top sales.

How so? They charged too much for their system to push their format, underdelivered on their promises for more than the first year, and had the worst pr choices known to man. They deserve what they've got - last place.



Avinash_Tyagi on 27 May 2009

Uh, no chance of it making a comeback, it didn't even sell half a million in the last month worldwide



 

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Bitmap Frogs on 27 May 2009
jin_ivasawa said:
PS3 fanboys been waiting for a groundbreaking comeback since nov 06 . i feel sorry for them.

 

Actually most of ps3 users are sane individuals aware of sales trends, it's just a few deranged individuals using this as an excuse to ruffle feathers, get attention and provoke reactions.





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Smashchu2 on 27 May 2009
Yokimoto said:
I can't wait til it outsells Xbox 360. No offense to Xbox gamers but the PS3 deserves top sales.


Value judgement much?



Cueil on 28 May 2009

*chuckles* I think that this is over



 
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monlosez on 13 September 2009
Yokimoto said:
I can't wait til it outsells Xbox 360. No offense to Xbox gamers but the PS3 deserves top sales.

Are you from Japan? lol



TX109 on 13 September 2009

still in PS3-land eh?



                                                                                                  
Pristine20 on 13 September 2009
Bitmap Frogs said:
jin_ivasawa said:
PS3 fanboys been waiting for a groundbreaking comeback since nov 06 . i feel sorry for them.

 

Actually most of ps3 users are sane individuals aware of sales trends, it's just a few deranged individuals using this as an excuse to ruffle feathers, get attention and provoke reactions.

^this. I can never tell if these guys are just kidding or really belive what they say



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