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I'm following the reasoning behind the "this poll means nothing" comments completely.

If the PS3 gets a $100 pricecut, and the Pro gets a bigger HDD and gets renamed "Elite", its clearly the X360 sales that are looking to soar.

Of course. The logic is so solid. How can you doubt it?



 

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people want a PS3 price cut.......so they can see the power of TEH C3LL



Procrastinato said:
I'm following the reasoning behind the "this poll means nothing" comments completely.

If the PS3 gets a $100 pricecut, and the Pro gets a bigger HDD and gets renamed "Elite", its clearly the X360 sales that are looking to soar.

Of course. The logic is so solid. How can you doubt it?

You don't know much about statistics do you?  The only way you could even begin to contemplate trusting the results of a poll is if you were guaranteed to have a sample group that properly represented the population as a whole.  For example, if I wanted to know what the national sentiment was regarding Obama's health care plan I wouldn't just survey the state of Texas. 

The PS3 wins every single internet popularity contest, yet for some reason it isn't massively leading in sales.  This tells us 2 things: first, that the internet skews towards the PS3, and second, that active forum users on the internet are not representative of the entire population.

That is why that poll is meaningless.

Now, with all that said, I am of the opinion that a price cut would help the PS3, and probably proportionally (wow, alliteration win) more than one would help the 360 or the Wii, but not nearly as much as the results of that poll would seem to suggest.



libellule said:
De85 said:
LOL. What a scientific poll, statistically random sample, ...

you re right

it is on internet = america

it is heavly biased toward the Xbox360

in reality, it may be something like 80% for the PS3, 20% for the 360 (not taking in count the wii)

I hope you're not seriously suggesting that the internet as a whole favors the 360.  I'm sorry, but that's just laughable.  See my above response to Procrastinato for a fuller response.



libellule said:
De85 said:
LOL. What a scientific poll, statistically random sample, ...

you re right

it is on internet = america

it is heavly biased toward the Xbox360

in reality, it may be something like 80% for the PS3, 20% for the 360 (not taking in count the wii)


lmao! wow this NPD really turned your stomach didn't it? Nice meltdown man. Impressive.



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Well, it's obvious more people are waiting for the PS3 price drop as the XBox 360 already has a system at $199.

How much lower do you think Microsoft is going to go? lol!!It's cheaper then the Wii.

The Wii is still outselling the PS3 by 2:1 even with the huge drop in Wii sales numbers. So any price cut on the PS3 is going to show more people wanting it, because everyone already has a Wii and XBox 360. I own all 3 systems, but I could care less about the PS3 price cut. If the PS3 Slim doesn't have PS2 B/C it's not going to be worth getting for me. I already own the 60GB PS3 with all the bells and whistles. I want the XBox 360 Elite because I like the black color and I want the 120GB of space. I'm running out of room with my 20GB XBox 360. I will use it as a backup system just in case my Elite has any problems.



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De85 said:
libellule said:
De85 said:
LOL. What a scientific poll, statistically random sample, ...

you re right

it is on internet = america

it is heavly biased toward the Xbox360

in reality, it may be something like 80% for the PS3, 20% for the 360 (not taking in count the wii)

I hope you're not seriously suggesting that the internet as a whole favors the 360. I'm sorry, but that's just laughable. See my above response to Procrastinato for a fuller response.

huh, actually I truly believe internet favor 360

just look at Halo3 overhyping (rating ...) by all the NA websit

and it is not only internet favor 360, it is more internet is mainly ... USA that loves 360 !!!



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magik10 said:
libellule said:
De85 said:
LOL. What a scientific poll, statistically random sample, ...

you re right

it is on internet = america

it is heavly biased toward the Xbox360

in reality, it may be something like 80% for the PS3, 20% for the 360 (not taking in count the wii)


lmao! wow this NPD really turned your stomach didn't it? Nice meltdown man. Impressive.

no sorry , didnt check NPD numbers

but I can't be wrong by saying PS3 is not the most popular console in NA ...



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Well considering Sony fans dominate the internet, this doesn't surprise me.



OMG, so people are incredible.
isn't ps3 lowest userbase? they are 6-7 mmillion more 360 users and even more wiii users.
or oldest?
or people only buy ps3 for blu ray?

i can't believe people are blaming Ps3 fanboys.
ps3 price cut would do wonders, thats all u can tell from the poll.