Arius Dion said: Munkeh111 said: We all know the PS3's price is going to be cut this year, Sony have predicted a 30% increase in hardware shipments, how else are they going to sell those extra consoles without a price cut. The theory is the high price of the PSP Go will help finance the cut Perhaps, but for this to happen PSPGo doesn't just have to exist it will have to sell.

It is guaranteed to sell a few million just from Sony fanboys, and many will greatly appriechiate the great increase in portability

@ everyone saying that these years have not been the "year of the playstation," yes in terms of hardware sales, but many would argue that the PS3 had had the best games, and certainly GT think that Sony will have the best line-up coming up

Arius Dion said: leo-j said: monlosez said: I have heard "Year of the PS3" too much. I am not sure when it is coming anymore. When it comes to games 2008 and 2009 can be considered the years of the PS3 Very subjective.

This is true

This is the usual FUD but can't you put a new twist on it? Spice it up a bit?

1. As far as systems that came out in 2006 are concerned only the Wii is beating it. The PS3 is millions of units ahead of where 360 was last year. This is important remember that 360 came out in 2005.

2. The PS3 has outsold what Gamecube sold in 5 years. The difference? PS3 did it in 2 years.

3. The Ps3 plays sweet sexy blurays the Wii doesn't even play DVD's.

4. Speaking of Activision did you know that CoD: WaW on PS3 sold 3 times what it sold on Wii? This with half the userbase.

5. Let's talk about sales, you wanna talk about Madworld sales? No more Heroes? No, you probably want to focus more on Wii Fit or Nintendogs.

6. About the ten year plan: it might have been PR spin before this gen started but the success of the (not even HD) Wii pretty much ensures that Sony doesn't need to make a new console with upgraded specs for at least 10 years nor Microsoft for that matter.

As a Wii owner myself I find your lack of foresight disturbing.

Ttyl I'm gonna go play some EA Active.

Steroid said: This is the usual FUD but can't you put a new twist on it? Spice it up a bit? 1. As far as systems that came out in 2006 are concerned only the Wii is beating it. The PS3 is millions of units ahead of where 360 was last year. This is important remember that 360 came out in 2005. 2. The PS3 has outsold what Gamecube sold in 5 years. The difference? PS3 did it in 2 years. 3. The Ps3 plays sweet sexy blurays the Wii doesn't even play DVD's. 4. Speaking of Activision did you know that CoD: WaW on PS3 sold 3 times what it sold on Wii? This with half the userbase. 5. Let's talk about sales, you wanna talk about Madworld sales? No more Heroes? No, you probably want to focus more on Wii Fit or Nintendogs. 6. About the ten year plan: it might have been PR spin before this gen started but the success of the (not even HD) Wii pretty much ensures that Sony doesn't need to make a new console with upgraded specs for at least 10 years nor Microsoft for that matter. As a Wii owner myself I find your lack of foresight disturbing. Ttyl I'm gonna go play some EA Active.

1. Even if PS3 had sold one unit, from the systems that came 2006, it would still be only Wii that would be beating PS3 in sales. Whether PS3 is selling better than 360 in the same timeframe is rather irrelevant, since it doesn't take away the difference in installbase. You should've used hardware failures instead.

2. It did. And also have outsold Dreamcast 2:1. I would have loved to read what was the meaning of this point.

3. And Wii plays Wii games, that PS3 doesn't. So far that has been a lot more important factor. Besides, what does this have to do with anything, unless you were proving look how Sony fucked up.

4. Maybe you should look what it sold on 360 and PC if you want to compare things.

5. It's a lot better to compare best-sellers than low-selling games. The best-sellers show a lot better how a game can perform on a chosen platform. I'm quite sure we can find a game on DS that sold worse than "pick a random game" on PS3. However, total software sold and averages are more telling than either of the two above.

6. It depends what they want to sell. If Sony is having troubles while the platform is still "hot" (latest generation), they have even more of them whem with a last gen console.

We still haven't hit the phase when we have a bunch of people saying that Sony would be better off as a third party publisher rather than as a console manufacturer. I think we're somewhere between the frustration phase and the 'you should be a third party' stage. Nintendo had it last generation, so a few more slow sales months should be good enough to get the bloggers hearts pumping for the next phase.

I think it's well into the "*Significant third party game* doesn't matter as long as we have *insert meaningless exclusive*" phase.

Squilliam said: We still haven't hit the phase when we have a bunch of people saying that Sony would be better off as a third party publisher rather than as a console manufacturer. I think we're somewhere between the frustration phase and the 'you should be a third party' stage. Nintendo had it last generation, so a few more slow sales months should be good enough to get the bloggers hearts pumping for the next phase.

Lol expect the trolling and FUD against PS3 to increase untill the price drop. After that haters will be too busy easting crow to talk shit.

Steroid said: This is the usual FUD but can't you put a new twist on it? Spice it up a bit? 1. As far as systems that came out in 2006 are concerned only the Wii is beating it. The PS3 is millions of units ahead of where 360 was last year. This is important remember that 360 came out in 2005. 2. The PS3 has outsold what Gamecube sold in 5 years. The difference? PS3 did it in 2 years. 3. The Ps3 plays sweet sexy blurays the Wii doesn't even play DVD's. 4. Speaking of Activision did you know that CoD: WaW on PS3 sold 3 times what it sold on Wii? This with half the userbase. 5. Let's talk about sales, you wanna talk about Madworld sales? No more Heroes? No, you probably want to focus more on Wii Fit or Nintendogs. 6. About the ten year plan: it might have been PR spin before this gen started but the success of the (not even HD) Wii pretty much ensures that Sony doesn't need to make a new console with upgraded specs for at least 10 years nor Microsoft for that matter. As a Wii owner myself I find your lack of foresight disturbing. Ttyl I'm gonna go play some EA Active.

Bd already adressed this. But please, try to stay on topic.

If you can't tell that Activision is just bluffing, then I really don't know what to say anymore.

Smashed said: If you can't tell that Activision is just bluffing, then I really don't know what to say anymore.

Question, do people just read the title and not the OP? I basically said it was an empty threat.