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hellonearth said:
and how exactly do you "prove" that it's impossibile?

Because you assume the systems will continue to sell at the same rate they are currently selling?

Because you neglect that there will be huge boosts in Ps3 sales when FFXIII comes out in Japan this winter...when God of War III comes out in March...when GT5 comes out...when there is a price cut...etc.

Seriously. I didn't read through the entire thread and do not intend to. Did you factor any of that into your claims?

Nothing is impossible but its improbable enough to make people consider you to be wacky when you bring it up as if its likely. The math is all over this thread, no point in repeating.

A large boost is in the order of 100k or 200k or even 300k consoles sold for the really really large boosts. Next to that 9M its nothing. So even if GT5/FFXIII boost sales by half a million combined it still leaves a gap of 8.5M to overcome and they are the final pieces of software which could boost sales.

God Of War 3 will do very little for sales, if MGS4 didn't do that much and it was a series which was both bigger and popular in Japan.

I think you're not factoring anything into your claims, go check past precedent. The data for the MGS4 release is available and that was with a $100 cut in America, BC 80GB available temporarily and the biggest hardware spike in Japan to date for the PS3.



Tease.

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This thread consist of.

 

1.PS3 is d00med.

2.PS3 will catch up to 360 cuz a few games.

3.Wii owns all!



Squilliam said:
hellonearth said:
and how exactly do you "prove" that it's impossibile?

Because you assume the systems will continue to sell at the same rate they are currently selling?

Because you neglect that there will be huge boosts in Ps3 sales when FFXIII comes out in Japan this winter...when God of War III comes out in March...when GT5 comes out...when there is a price cut...etc.

Seriously. I didn't read through the entire thread and do not intend to. Did you factor any of that into your claims?

Nothing is impossible but its improbable enough to make people consider you to be wacky when you bring it up as if its likely. The math is all over this thread, no point in repeating.

A large boost is in the order of 100k or 200k or even 300k consoles sold for the really really large boosts. Next to that 9M its nothing. So even if GT5/FFXIII boost sales by half a million combined it still leaves a gap of 8.5M to overcome and they are the final pieces of software which could boost sales.

God Of War 3 will do very little for sales, if MGS4 didn't do that much and it was a series which was both bigger and popular in Japan.

I think you're not factoring anything into your claims, go check past precedent. The data for the MGS4 release is available and that was with a $100 cut in America, BC 80GB available temporarily and the biggest hardware spike in Japan to date for the PS3.

Why do people neglect this: http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php

 

The ONLY reason 360 is higher in sales is because it's been out a year longer. However, Ps3 will MORE THAN LIKELY be on the market atleast a year longer than 360.

You guys act as if this gen is over as soon as the first next-gen system comes out.

 



And why do the people who post that always neglect this?: http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&weeks=176&weekly=1 ?

Whats going to happen when the PS3 sales hit the massive spike in late 2008 and early 2009 on that graph?

More than likely be out on the market longer? Ok, give me proof or give yourself death. Thats the kicker with that graph, since Microsoft have explicitly stated that they are only half way through their generation. Their sales have never fallen when you take one year and compare it to the next.



Tease.

Even if the ps3 is on the market for a year longer the sales of this gen systems will be massively reduced because it'll be the end of the gen. So that extra year (if it even exists) wont constitute much most likely.



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FaRmLaNd said:
Even if the ps3 is on the market for a year longer the sales of this gen systems will be massively reduced because it'll be the end of the gen. So that extra year (if it even exists) wont constitute much most likely.

The Ps2 was still outselling the 360 when it came out for a while so It's not that unlikely Ps3 will be outselling the next gen box.



The ps2 was the market leader, its very unlikely that the 360 or the ps3 will have the same extended lifetimes.



Hellonearth even if we compare 360 to PS3 on November 11th,360 still outsold the PS3. 



Earth to dillusional Sony fans, the PS3 has been having trouble moving 100,000 units a week. You can take your tinfoil hats off now, everything will be okay.



''The ONLY reason 360 is higher in sales is because it's been out a year longer.''

LOL, So why Wii is higher than 360 then?