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darendt on 11 September 2009

I say the PS3 closes the gap on the 360 by 2-3 million by years end and pulls to within 1 million by end of 2010.....with a possible take over.



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numonex on 11 September 2009

I expect a 50% drop for next week's PS3 sales. A large amount of the 550k would of bought the PS3 Slim on day one just like every other new product launch.

My reaction to the 550k PS3 Slim sales for first week: "I do not accept these sales"



greenmedic88 on 11 September 2009
room414 said:

To put it in a little better perspective,

 

Number of weeks since launch each console or a console had a SKU at or below the mass market price of $300:

 

xbox 360= since launch, approx. 225 weeks

wii= since launch, approx. 140 weeks

ps3= 2 weeks

$299 is definitely not mass market pricing.

What it used to be, was the debut price for Playstation consoles, which went a long way in helping the original PS1 sell much faster than the $399 Saturn (debut price) when the console was still considered a strong potential contender for best seller of the generation. 

But your point regarding the number of weeks each console has been under $300 is entirely valid. What would be even more interesting would be the breakdowns on each console from the last three generations (number of weeks selling over 500k for example) under $300 including the total number of consoles sold at that price point. 

Not that this would provide any sort of accurate projections for the $299 PS3; it would just provide a better indicator as to how large the market is for consoles under $300 as opposed to say $400.



greenmedic88 on 11 September 2009
JEDE3 said:
"Mass market price" has never been at 300. Don't know where that guy got it from. The reason people started throwing this around was because a Sony guy said 75% of Ps2 sold were at the 200 price point or lower...

Most PS2s were sold for less than $200. If there were such a thing as mass market price, I would agree that it's under $200.

Regardless, SCE sold quite a few PS1s and PS2s at $299.



hsrob on 12 September 2009
darendt said:
I say the PS3 closes the gap on the 360 by 2-3 million by years end and pulls to within 1 million by end of 2010.....with a possible take over.

Edit: Never mind, i misread your post.



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JEDE3 on 12 September 2009
hsrob said:
darendt said:
I say the PS3 closes the gap on the 360 by 2-3 million by years end and pulls to within 1 million by end of 2010.....with a possible take over.

Maths:

16 weeks left in the year, ~6 million left to narrow the gap to 2 million.That means the PS3 would have to outsell the 360 by the same margin it did this week (~370000), every week for the remainder of the year. 

Sep. 6 - Jan. 2 = 17 weeks. Why do you do his lowest number? Give him the benifit of the doubt and go with the highest. 4.84/17 = 284 a week. still wont happen though.



Final-Fan on 12 September 2009
hsrob said:
darendt said:
I say the PS3 closes the gap on the 360 by 2-3 million by years end and pulls to within 1 million by end of 2010.....with a possible take over.

Maths:

16 weeks left in the year, ~6 million left to narrow the gap to 2 million.That means the PS3 would have to outsell the 360 by the same margin it did this week (~370000), every week for the remainder of the year. 

Reading Comprehension:  BY 2-3 million, not TO 2-3 million. 



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hsrob on 12 September 2009
Final-Fan said:
hsrob said:
darendt said:
I say the PS3 closes the gap on the 360 by 2-3 million by years end and pulls to within 1 million by end of 2010.....with a possible take over.

Maths:

16 weeks left in the year, ~6 million left to narrow the gap to 2 million.That means the PS3 would have to outsell the 360 by the same margin it did this week (~370000), every week for the remainder of the year. 

Reading Comprehension:  BY 2-3 million, not TO 2-3 million. 

My bad, that's what i get for not paying attention to what i'm doing.  Feel free to ignore my above posts.



JEDE3 on 12 September 2009
Final-Fan said:
hsrob said:
darendt said:
I say the PS3 closes the gap on the 360 by 2-3 million by years end and pulls to within 1 million by end of 2010.....with a possible take over.

Maths:

16 weeks left in the year, ~6 million left to narrow the gap to 2 million.That means the PS3 would have to outsell the 360 by the same margin it did this week (~370000), every week for the remainder of the year. 

Reading Comprehension:  BY 2-3 million, not TO 2-3 million. 


Good catch. I was wondering why the guy said 5-6 million this year and only 1-2 million next lol.



JEDE3 on 12 September 2009
CGI-Quality said:
numonex said:
I expect a 50% drop for next week's PS3 sales. A large amount of the 550k would of bought the PS3 Slim on day one just like every other new product launch.

My reaction to the 550k PS3 Slim sales for first week: "I do not accept these sales"

And as many have told you, "get over it".


Hey, now... if he can do it I can too!

"I do not accept that the 360 or Wii exists"

HOLY CRAP PS3 IN FIRST PLACE THIS GEN AND SMOKING THE COMPITITION!