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megaman79 on 10 July 2009

Even in japan there is still fear in the market. If the jap. investors are worried about Nintendo there is always the potential for a change. This is a country where one product for the DS has 2 Million pre-orders and WS ALONE still sold 3 million copies. That sequel should grow more confidence surely. Maybe it will take time, who knows. 



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

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atma998 on 10 July 2009
JEDE3 said:
Ps3 doesn't need a major turn around to catch the 360... So your thread is all in void.


Then you should explain us how it can close a growing gap of 8 MILLION units by the end of this gen. Price cut? Don't forget that Wii and X360 can also do the same...



megaman79 on 10 July 2009

did someone edit the graph link?



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

atma998 on 10 July 2009
Steroid said:
if Final Fantasy 13, GT5 and god of war and a pricecut don't significantly cut the gap between the 360 then yes you can go on with the PS3 will stay in last place jibber jabber. PS3's biggest hits are yet to drop and it's still doing well for itself, especially since it's been $400 for 2 years now.

I thought PS3's biggest hits were GTAIV, MGS4, LBP and KZ2? But seriously this is not likely to happen.



atma998 on 10 July 2009
Destroyer_of_knights said:
yes still believe there will be a turn around, like I've said back when the wii 1st over took the 360, this generation is unpredictable, things may seem to be consistent and highly predictable right now, but remember people thought like this as well back when the 360 1st broke 10 Million...people may disagree and even laugh and think how silly I and preposterous this post is, but one must remember that this generation isn't over, and by the way the economy is going I think it'll be one of the longer generations we've seen to date...so plenty of time for anomalies to happen.

The thing is you have to explain how.



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sabby_e17 on 10 July 2009
atma998 said:
Steroid said:
if Final Fantasy 13, GT5 and god of war and a pricecut don't significantly cut the gap between the 360 then yes you can go on with the PS3 will stay in last place jibber jabber. PS3's biggest hits are yet to drop and it's still doing well for itself, especially since it's been $400 for 2 years now.

I thought PS3's biggest hits were GTAIV, MGS4, LBP and KZ2? But seriously this is not likely to happen.


Yes but its biggest hits, GT5, GoW3, FFXIII and FF Versus XIII are still to come including a slim ps3 with a $299 price tag and alot more good games which will greatly help HW sales.




Steroid on 10 July 2009
atma998 said:
Steroid said:
if Final Fantasy 13, GT5 and god of war and a pricecut don't significantly cut the gap between the 360 then yes you can go on with the PS3 will stay in last place jibber jabber. PS3's biggest hits are yet to drop and it's still doing well for itself, especially since it's been $400 for 2 years now.

I thought PS3's biggest hits were GTAIV, MGS4, LBP and KZ2? But seriously this is not likely to happen.

That's what you say. Sony doesn't need to make a new console next gen as the Wii HD will most likely not be much more powerful then the PS3. The 10 year plan is BS... for every console besides the PS3.



Samus Aran on 10 July 2009

Yeah, sony's console is selling less and less every month... They struggle already to make it past 3 years. What makes you think they'll make it for another 7 years?

If you really think Nintendo is just going to release a wii HD that's just the same as the ps3 then you really are a bigger fanboy then I thought. Nintendo doesn't copy like other companies, they try new things and if it fails then too bad for them, but if it succeeds then more power to them! The NES, SNES and Wii succeeded and N64 and Gamecube failed. Nintendo will have to innovate next gen to get the casuals and hardcore into the next gen.



atma998 on 10 July 2009
sabby_e17 said:
atma998 said:
Steroid said:
if Final Fantasy 13, GT5 and god of war and a pricecut don't significantly cut the gap between the 360 then yes you can go on with the PS3 will stay in last place jibber jabber. PS3's biggest hits are yet to drop and it's still doing well for itself, especially since it's been $400 for 2 years now.

I thought PS3's biggest hits were GTAIV, MGS4, LBP and KZ2? But seriously this is not likely to happen.


Yes but its biggest hits, GT5, GoW3, FFXIII and FF Versus XIII are still to come including a slim ps3 with a $299 price tag and alot more good games which will greatly help HW sales.


Sure it will help, but that won't be enough to close the growing gap of 9 million it haves with the X360.



atma998 on 10 July 2009
Steroid said:
atma998 said:
Steroid said:
if Final Fantasy 13, GT5 and god of war and a pricecut don't significantly cut the gap between the 360 then yes you can go on with the PS3 will stay in last place jibber jabber. PS3's biggest hits are yet to drop and it's still doing well for itself, especially since it's been $400 for 2 years now.

I thought PS3's biggest hits were GTAIV, MGS4, LBP and KZ2? But seriously this is not likely to happen.

That's what you say. Sony doesn't need to make a new console next gen as the Wii HD will most likely not be much more powerful then the PS3. The 10 year plan is BS... for every console besides the PS3.


Stop being delusional. Do you really think the PS4 won't be out before Christmas 2016? If so, then the X360 and the Wii will dominate the market with their next consoles for sure.