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phinch1 said:
When you go to sleep do you imagine thousands of different threads against Sony to make yourself feel better? I come out of one thread where someone was questioning the xbox 360s sales and you didn't like it so you had to make this thread didn't you


lol funny!! I can imagine gebx doing that.



*Looks at TC*

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*Looks at Article*

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*Walks out of thread with a grin and giggles*



SaviorX said:
Finally, a correct analyst. Too bad he was playing Captain Obvious here.
Carl2291 said:

EDIT: Nevermind i screwed up

Reasonable said:
Seriously, with so little history to go on, a current market situation that seems to defy the previous, relatively stable gens with their winners and losers, its pretty clear to me that the analysts are more or less clutching at straws.

They also appear to be maddeningly inconsistent in agreeing what factors matter and which don't.

So, working on the basis that a correct guess by accident is simply a happy fluke, I'll more or less ignore this in the same manner as most recent analysis.
The said:
laughable. And what he says about blu-ray should cost him his job. A $300 Blu-ray player which happens to play games and download HD movies/shows? how about when it its $250 or $225? he assumes this generation will end in 2011 or something, like MS would have made any money enough out of the 360 by then to be in position to replace it with a new console. Ridiculous. Both companies are in this for the long run, and I honestly can't see how the 360 is overacheiving anything just by being the cheapest console in its 4th/peak year.
heruamon said:
LOL...Pachter was a ps3 cheerleader for year...now this...oh my!
outlawauron said:
Wait, is Patcher gushing over Forza 3. >_>

GT5 isn't going to do well, because Turn 10 are arrogant?
Dodece said:
First I would like to say it isn't the original posters job to post articles or commentaries he does not necessarily agree with. He doesn't even have to be unbiased. He isn't a journalist, and he is not acting as one. He is posting on a debate forum so he should be posting material that argues his stance. Instead of bitching and playing the victim why not motivate yourself to go dig up a counter argument to match his own. Why should he do his job and your job. This griping does not invalidate his point.

Second I want to see evidence that this is not the case from those bitching or making wild claims. Not supposition, not what you feel, not what you want, not what the magical bunny living under your bed told you. If these claims are so wrong you must certainly have some kind of proof for this. To me the statements seem fairly obvious, and they are backed up with facts.

Third is anyone going to debate the facts. The PS3 has lost in global weekly sales according to this site for well over half a year now. In fact difference between the consoles grows every week. Follow the bread crumbs, and the conclusion is thoroughly logical. By the end of next year the PS3 will be fifteen to twenty million behind the 360.

Fourth does anyone think we are going to move beyond the PS3 will win once this happens crap is going to end this year or next year. Seriously it really has gotten old.
wholikeswood said:
"because Turn 10's Forza 3 is the definitive racing game of this generation"

WHAT THE FUCK?

Seriously, I'm amazed more of you aren't talking about this.

Not only is it ludicrous of him to suggest that Forza 3's existence will greatly mitigate the effect of GT5, but he's actually labelled Forza 3 "definitive of this generation" months before it's even been released.

Jesus. Fucking. Christ.

Please say someone else was equally as lost for words when they read that garbage.
Mummelmann said:
The gap hasn't changed one way or the other in 8-9 months without either getting a pricecut. There is nothing to suggest that Pachter is right, but there is nothing to suggest he's wrong either, for that matter.
All that remains to be seen is what kind of an impact (if any) further pricecuts will have on both machines.

Regardless; Pachter is usually full of shit (as we all know) and it is always funny to see how his predictions pan out and fall on their asses.
superchunk said:
Funny how about a year or so ago he was saying the exact opposite.

I haven't read the whole thread and surely someone has already posted the link, but I distinctly remember him saying PS3 was going to comeback to 1st place by 2012 or something.

But, that was when PS3 was only 7 million behind 360 and half Wii sales. I guess now that it is about 8 million behind and still less than half Wii sales it has no chance. lol!!
atma998 said:
''recent GfK data reveiled that the 360 has been outselling even the Wii by 2:1 in the United Kingdom during the last five months.''

I thought those numbers were supposed to be a joke... this analyst cannot be taken seriously.
darthdevidem01 said:
@wholikeswood

nope, gebx posted it

he goes through every place on the internet to find Anti-PS3 news however terrible the source & posts it
BMaker11 said:
Many analysts say the PS3 will catch up. VGC user responses "They are just stupid and they don't know what they're talking about"

One random analyst says the PS3 won't catch up. VGC user responses "Looks like somebody has no way to respond to the truth, so he's going ad hominem instead.. How sad..."
Smashed said:
More analysts speaking out of their asses!
Grats, you've just accomplished life failure.
Silly silly analysts, where do you go wrong?

Hahaha!

This thread is pure gold!



Gilgamesh said:

lol funny article

It's pretty obvious the PS3 will easily get second. Unless Microsoft pulls something out of there ass (natal won't do much for hardware) and I dought a price cut would do much either (sure sales will jump but it'll not be long till it's selling how it is now). The PS3 has a lot of big things coming in the future to keep it fresh. There can be many price cuts that'll offer some big boost (since it's still $400 and $500,and the X360 cost $200 yet the sales are almost neck and neck with the PS3....not good), a Slim will make the PS3 outsell the Wii week after week in Japan and will greatly improve sales in other parts of the world. Also the PS3 has it's biggest games still to come (FFXIII, FFVXIII, FFXIV, GT5, GoW3 etc (<--damn good line up)). Yup sales are just going to keep going up, up and up (10 year plan plays a big part in everything aswell to keep the PS3 selling good for a long time). Another thing the X360 has been out for a year longer then the Wii and PS3 (remember) so I'd say if the X360 hasn't peaked last year it'll definitely peak this year.

did we not hear the 360 peaked either last year or this year statement last year? i guess if you keep saying it eventually you ll be right. 

 

 



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NoCtiS_NoX said:
yo_john117 said:
Carl2291 said:
noname2200 said:

I think this guy is right, and that Sony is finished. Contrary to what all the Sony die-hards say, the 360 has been outselling the PS3 since day one, and it's only increasing its lead over time. The 360 can challenge the Wii in the second-biggest gaming market worldwide: it might even reach 40 million units worldwide by the end of '09. The PS3 isn't even a gnat on its windshield anymore.

And don't start any of that "pricedrop!" bulls***; like this guy said, a price drop only gives you a slight increase on what you had before. Quick, what's 1.5 times nothing? Two times nothing? A million times nothing? Yeah, zero. Price drops didn't save the Gamecube, because no one wants to play the kiddy games that Sony offers now. Doesn't matter how cheap you are if no one wants you. Oh, and if price drops are so easy, why have they taken so long? For that matter, any penny Sony drops will be matched 1:1 by Microsoft. Checkmate, b****!

And software? Multi-platform games almost always sell more on the 360 than on the PS3. Developers hate that piece of s***: even die-hard Sony fanboys admit that! The future's even more bleak, since developers are already working on Natal while they haven't even received their Dildo Development Kits. Shoot, the 360 has a game taht's approaching 10 million sold: the pathetic PS3 top seller is a multiplat that's at half that. And that multiplat STILL sold better on the 360, despite the franchise previously being a "Sony game." So much for brand loyalty!

 

Dear Mr. PS3,

Bend over and grab ankles, 'cause you're f***ed.

Sincerely, Reality

Red- No, it hasnt...  PS3 was outselling it for a while when it got the pricecut. Plus, aligned launches = PS3 in front

Blue- The 360 aint nowhere near the Wii in the 2nd biggest market, Japan.

Orange- 360 pricecut did wonders

Green- Im sure you would know all about that

End- Im not even sure if your post was serious, so i decided to reply anyway

I thought Europe/Others was the second biggest market?

You are joking right? Europe is a continent and others is compose of many countries.

Japan is only 1 country.

Well i thought we were talking about regions....like how vgchartz has it. America > Europe/Others > Japan.  

But if we are talking about individual countries then yes Japan is the second largest market



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Carl2291 said:
atma998 said:
Carl2291 said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@Carl

when GT5 tripples its sales people will zip it

Fixed


Keep dreaming! LOL

Why?

Gran Turismo 2 (the lowest selling in the main series) has outsold Forza 1 and 2 combined.

Gran Turismo 3 (the highest selling Gran Turismo) has almost done TRIPLE of what Forza 1 and 2 have done COMBINED.

I have good reason to belive that Gran Turismo 5 will wipe the floor clean with Forza 3.

*Owned*



I agree a ''distant third place'' is right.



 

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