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katsuraji said:
wait to final fantasy 13
just wait.

Only ~14 months to go!

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Seriously, you can't count on games that appear to be over a calendar year away. Especially games from series that have diminished in the eyes of many gamers over the past decade. FFXIII will be big for the PS3 but Sony needs to right that ship well before that game hits shelves to survive over the long run.




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Cool. Another PS3 bashing thread. I guess people's anger hasn't subsided yet for the last two generations being dominated by Sony.



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Of course the PS3 was not meant to sell well in 2007!!

Everyone knows it is going to sell well when 'X' game comes out in 'X' month of 'X' year.

That was the plan all along!!


* 'X' insert own guess here.



It's simple: most people think of consoles as a standalone business, but Sony understands that consoles are just another platform. PS3 = early adopters and audiophiles, PS2 = mass market, PSP = handheld games. It's an integrated strategy for a diverse market where no company holds a monopoly position anywhere, anymore.

Noone at Sony expected the PS3 to sell more than 6 to 8 million ("sold" for Sony means units shipped, not sold to final consumers, which means they should hit their target by mid-November) its first year. Nor do you want to sell more than that -- each first-year console has high manufacturing costs, which means the price point is high, and you still lose money. The first year you spend cost-reducing the heck out of the hardware and getting developers on board. Costs come down, and then the mass market opens up.



SlorgNet said:
It's simple: most people think of consoles as a standalone business, but Sony understands that consoles are just another platform. PS3 = early adopters and audiophiles, PS2 = mass market, PSP = handheld games. It's an integrated strategy for a diverse market where no company holds a monopoly position anywhere, anymore.

Noone at Sony expected the PS3 to sell more than 6 to 8 million ("sold" for Sony means units shipped, not sold to final consumers, which means they should hit their target by mid-November) its first year. Nor do you want to sell more than that -- each first-year console has high manufacturing costs, which means the price point is high, and you still lose money. The first year you spend cost-reducing the heck out of the hardware and getting developers on board. Costs come down, and then the mass market opens up.

Then why did they forcast 6 Million sales by March 31st 2007 with an additional 11 Million by March 31st 2008? (If you're not good at math, that works out to 17 Million units after being on the market for 15 months).

No, the reality is that Sony believed their own hype and thought that people really would "Get a second job" to buy a PS3 and that they "would sell 5 million units without any games" ...



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FinalEvangelion said:
Cool. Another PS3 bashing thread. I guess people's anger hasn't subsided yet for the last two generations being dominated by Sony.

 Yea! its a pity that their current system is only one of the worst selling systems ever (systems like Neo Geo and Sega Saturn dont count)

 

This isn't a PS3 bashing thread its a, was it expected to do well but has sold so bad in the past year can it ever recover, thread.

 

It has not one system seller this holiday season (dont give me ratchet and Klank, give me a break)

How it is going to survive 08 is beyond me. 2 price cuts and 4 SKUS in less than a year?

 

This christmas is crucial, and I doubt it will deliver like the 360 and Wii. 



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if ps3 makes it to 7 mil i'll be happy for it since most are predicting 6 mil or less



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Alexie Di Onie said:
FinalEvangelion said:
Cool. Another PS3 bashing thread. I guess people's anger hasn't subsided yet for the last two generations being dominated by Sony.

 Yea! its a pity that their current system is only one of the worst selling systems ever (systems like Neo Geo and Sega Saturn dont count)

 

This isn't a PS3 bashing thread its a, was it expected to do well but has sold so bad in the past year can it ever recover, thread.

 

It has not one system seller this holiday season (dont give me ratchet and Klank, give me a break)

How it is going to survive 08 is beyond me. 2 price cuts and 4 SKUS in less than a year?

 

This christmas is crucial, and I doubt it will deliver like the 360 and Wii. 


yup another bashing thread... and technically its only been one price cut.. in Na and one in eu



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PS3 through 08-09 is gonna be awesome(if ppl still make games for it)



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