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Dgc1808 on 19 June 2009

THey're multiplats have sold very well on PS3. [Just looking at the ones mentioned in the OP]

I could understand PSP about thhe whole piracy mess but PS3???? We've seen games sell loads on systems with a much smaller userbase.



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Staude on 19 June 2009
NJ5 said:
@Staude: And don't you think they want to sell more than the 360?

If the PS3 cost $300 to make, I'm pretty sure they'd price it at $250-$300, not $400.

It was in regards to this:

If Activision wanted to sell more plastic guitars or games, they would cut prices, but it seems they're doing fine this way. We can't say the same about Sony which isn't selling enough...

My point was just that sony is selling almost as much as the xbox which in the economic climate should be sufficient.



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Bonafide732 on 19 June 2009

whether they make money or not isn't really the case
they want a price drop so more people can buy the ps3 and then those people would buy more of their products so this way they can make MORE money



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Dno on 19 June 2009
NJ5 said:
Dno said:
NJ5 said:
Slimebeast said:

I dunno, no breakdowns lol.

Im just thinking if they sold 10 million consoles to consumers in last fiscal year (going by VGC numbers rite) a must have price on the console of $299 should increase the sales around 30% for the current fiscal year. Or at least increase the sales by 20% to 12 million sold to consumers, and thus enable 13 mill to be shipped by Sony.

I agree that a $100 price cut can increase sales by 30%, but as I said if they cut the price right now they would need a 45% increase (from last year)... the more weeks pass without a price cut, the more this percentage goes up.

 

With GOW3, GT5, FF13 dropping in this time and a price cut if they dont hit 13 million then i would worry...

GOW3: it's expected in March, right? If so, that won't impact this FY's numbers much, since that's when it ends. What's more I don't think GOW3 is a big system seller.

GT5: This is the true system seller than Sony has left for the PS3. However, it's not expected for the holiday period when it would be really huge (since GT Portable is launching this year, and GT5 would overshadow it). So this is probably another one which if anything, will come late in the fiscal year.

FF13: Not an exclusive, so not much impact outside of Japan... and it's not coming for the holiday season either.

 

depends on when GOW3 comes out in march

 

GT5 is expected this year from the rumors plus he said its done and can release anytime

ff13 is coming in japan this year which will boost ps3 sales a bit in that area.

 

All this with a $100 price drop i dont see why they could not hit it.



BMaker11 on 19 June 2009

HAHAHAHA!!! I can agree on the Xbox, but the Wii? Selling better? How much did CoD:WaW bring Activision on the Wii? Now how about the PS3? Wii didn't even get CoD4. Sure the 360 versions sold more, but the PS3 versions still sold extremely well.

That's like Rockstar going to GTA5: "GTAIV *only* sold a little under 6M on the PS3, but sold 7M on the 360, so we should drop the Sony platform because the return on the invest wasn't *as* big"

And then the Wii.....don't even get me started there. It may be the fastest selling console all time, but for the games that matter, it sure isn't the console you should be supporting if you're going to drop the PS3.



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BMaker11 on 19 June 2009
NJ5 said:
XxXProphecyXxX said:
NJ5 said:
XxXProphecyXxX said:
If they wanted to stop supporting ps3 they could have done it a long time ago back when ps3 was selling horribly in 2007 and with a much lower userbase.

That doesn't make sense... Back then they were waiting to see how each console sold. Now everything's out in the open.

It would be foolish to stop porting the COD and Guitar Hero games to the PS3 though.

 

HUH?? why stop supporting ps3 now when its selling a lot better then it did in 2007(which was the "ps3 is dead" year) and has much much higher user base then b4?.

Let me put it another way... When you're starting a business, you expect to lose money (or not make much) in the beginning. You don't have customers and you may have to lower prices to attract people. But if a few years later you're still not getting what you expected from your business, that's when you start to evaluate whether you should jump out or not.

However I don't believe they would stop supporting the PS3 completely... maybe just port less games to it?

One thing's for sure, this is largely a way to ask Sony for a price cut (which I believe Sony is planning for this year anyway).

 

Uhhh....question. Did Activision stop supporting the Xbox 1 when the PS2 outsold it by 100M? No? So even if they are "politely asking" to drop the price, why would they even take this measure as a means to do it? CoD4, WaW, Guitar Hero, etc. put up great numbers for the PS3 AND for Activision. Unless this is an empty threat and Kotick is just a fat vagina



WereKitten on 19 June 2009

Can someone explain me this sentence?
"They have to cut the price, because if they don't, the attach rates are likely to slow"

 



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damndl0ser on 19 June 2009
BMaker11 said:
NJ5 said:
XxXProphecyXxX said:
NJ5 said:
XxXProphecyXxX said:
If they wanted to stop supporting ps3 they could have done it a long time ago back when ps3 was selling horribly in 2007 and with a much lower userbase.

That doesn't make sense... Back then they were waiting to see how each console sold. Now everything's out in the open.

It would be foolish to stop porting the COD and Guitar Hero games to the PS3 though.

 

HUH?? why stop supporting ps3 now when its selling a lot better then it did in 2007(which was the "ps3 is dead" year) and has much much higher user base then b4?.

Let me put it another way... When you're starting a business, you expect to lose money (or not make much) in the beginning. You don't have customers and you may have to lower prices to attract people. But if a few years later you're still not getting what you expected from your business, that's when you start to evaluate whether you should jump out or not.

However I don't believe they would stop supporting the PS3 completely... maybe just port less games to it?

One thing's for sure, this is largely a way to ask Sony for a price cut (which I believe Sony is planning for this year anyway).

 

Uhhh....question. Did Activision stop supporting the Xbox 1 when the PS2 outsold it by 100M? No? So even if they are "politely asking" to drop the price, why would they even take this measure as a means to do it? CoD4, WaW, Guitar Hero, etc. put up great numbers for the PS3 AND for Activision. Unless this is an empty threat and Kotick is just a fat vagina

I think the original xbox was easy to program for so they didn't have to spend a lot of extra development time, and money on it.  



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mike_intellivision on 19 June 2009

Activision has become the third-party company to really dislike. This is tough for me to say because it is one of the few companies out there that can draw its origins back to the classic era (though it does not acknowledge any history on its or the ActivisionBlizzard websites).

Given its offerings on the Wii (CoD but not MW, GH, movie-ties and bad dated mini game collections), it could disappear as far as I am concerned. With the addition of Tony Hawk, Modern Warfare and a few other titles (and the omission of the mini-games), its PS3/Xbox 360 offerings appear to be similarly thin.

It seems to have replaced Electronic Arts (which is also an older company but only dates back to the initial micro-computer era) as the publisher with a problem attitude. (And ironically EA is actually becoming a much more likable company).

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antfromtashkent on 19 June 2009

If they have any business sence they will not stop making CoD for the PS3.... Guitar hero is easaly replacible by Rock Band... and now i will never buy another Guitar Hero... Keep talking Activision... and ill replce CoD with socom or any one of other billions of shooter out there...