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bugrimmar on 09 November 2009

i like the fact that this thread hasn't turned into some sort of flame war. very civil fellas. :P



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DSLover on 09 November 2009

I think PS3 would have moved ahead if both machines had launched at the same time. Ofc, if they had launched at the same time and were equal in sales would Sony have cut the price and redesigned the system?

@bugrimmar - the civility is quite refreshing isn't it



 

 

bugrimmar on 09 November 2009

^ yeah, i was actually expecting fireworks. i was just bored one day and decided to run some numbers..



bugrimmar on 09 November 2009
tedsteriscool said:
c0rd said:
Xoj said:

well that how things are, sales heavily favors the ps3, without they really happening we can't predict an outcome, by 2005 everybody  though the ps3 was going to reign again, until they showed the price.

i think and those numbers also count with gears and halo 3 sales bump. so things wouldn't have been much different. aside rrod. people still got 360 with RROD.

Sales do not heavily the PS3, only the graph he put up did, because he's comparing the 360's 2005 with the PS3's 2006, 06 with 07, and so on. The graph counts as if Gears of War would still release in its 2nd year (e.g. it would launch 2007), Halo 3 in its 3rd (launch 2008), etc.

I agree we can't predict an outcome. I'm just saying, I highly doubt it would have followed the "from launch" graphs, seeing as how those graphs have Microsoft competing with a Sony that is operating a year in the future.

Microsoft had ZERO competition for an entire year! You think that didn't help it out more than Gears and Halo? Please...

No competition = "I want a next gen system. Lets see, I can pick from a 360, a 360, and a 360. Hm...I'll get a 360!"

it did have competition in the PS2. actually that competitor, though not being a nex gen console (people don't care about hardware, only games), was kicking it's ass all over the place.