Castle Doctrine
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OldJadedGamer said:
That's a little silly. They sold 22 million+ PS3s. They're all frantic fanboys? lol. I know what you meant though..
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NPD Sales Results for July 2009
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That's a little silly. They sold 22 million+ PS3s. They're all frantic fanboys? lol. I know what you meant though..
Nirolak said:So apparently Sony sent this chart out with their press release:
I think this is getting to the point of self parody.
:lol at the "interoperability with PSP" part.
Nirolak said:So apparently Sony sent this chart out with their press release:
I think this is getting to the point of self parody.
Time for the Tobor chart of reality again! This might be the last time I get to post it.
lowrider007
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Wizman23 said:
Perhaps in hindsight I shouldn't of made that comment, stating the obvious was silly of me.
Stoney Mason
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iammeiam said:
Cue scene in store.
Mother walks into Walmart and sees that "value chart" posted somewhere and asks the clerk how much is the PS3. "$399.99 M'am!'
And how much is that machine over there. "$199.99 M'am!"
But they both play Madden Football, or Call of Duty, or Need for Speed she asks which is what my son told me he wanted right? "Yes, m'am!"
I'll take the $199 one.
This far more represents the actual consumer than the "value chart". Microsoft might as well just print this post as a response to the NPD because it has just as much relevance as the sony chart.
Tylahedras
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And that ladies and gentlemen is why MS wanted a 199$ console...
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
Stoney Mason said:
I thought the Pro was the the most popular sku ?, although I understand what your getting at.
Segata Sanshiro
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I only recall three companies pushing the value chart thing so much in the past. SNK with the Neo Geo vs the Genesis and SNES, Atari with the Jaguar, and SEGA in the late days of the Saturn.
So that's some good company they're keeping there.
So that's some good company they're keeping there.
Aaron Strife
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Greatest game in the world(s):PARANO1A said:
360: 0
Wii: 1 (1 pending)
PS3: 0
It's Mario Galaxy and Mario Galaxy 2
Pantheon Of The Lesser
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if you told me 5 years ago that MS would be a solid number 2, i would've elbowed your dick.
kudos, MS.
kudos, MS.
Stoney Mason
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lowrider007 said:
I'd like to see the breakdown in the last 3 months of the year. Pure speculation but I bet it rises a huge amount during the time when most of the actual consoles are sold for the year relative to the other months.
lowlylowlycook
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lowrider007 said:
Uh, it was Sony's chart lists the Arcade as the comparison to the PS3. Direct you displeasure accordingly.
SonOfABeep
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Tobor said:Time for the Tobor chart of reality again! This might be the last time I get to post it.
brilliant
That chart really does seem dumb. It's $200 more expensive, of course it has extra shit added in. The question is if that $200 of extra stuff is worth it to people, or would they rather spend it on games. More likely, they would rather plunk down less money now, and never think, or care about the extra stuff. $200 goes a long ways.
GarthVaderUK
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DeaconKnowledge
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Stoney Mason said:
Agreed.
Stoney Mason said:
Game Changer? Assuredly not. Pushing enough kit to buck the YoY decline? I think it has a good chance.
Stoney Mason said:
Ditto. At this point, the PS3s best is behind it and dwindling returns aren't going to prop it up.
elrechazado
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nocode said:
Exactly. The chart presumes that certain features are required. If you *want* them, it's relevant. If you don't want wireless for example, the chart is irrelevant to you and nobody cares.
OldJadedGamer
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spwolf said:
spwolf
If this poster agrees with you, you're doing something very wrong.
(Today, 07:21 PM)
Stoney Mason
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soldat7 said:
I don't even think people are really talking about a "Reboot" in the proper sense. Let's boil it down to what a Sony advocate of sales really has to believe if the PS3 is ever able to capture the market it was supposed to or realistically just even come close to it.
A.) You must have a belief that Sony not only priced itself above the market but actually priced itself over an almost consumer repellent price barrier. That the opening price and $399 currently are so inconceivable to consumers that you have to discount all sales stats up to now until the price drop. But that once the PS3 hits $349 or $299 all these people who had a PS2 will now bite the bullet and upgrade or all the fence sitters will simply respond to the sony brand and either buy a new console or an additional console if they already had one.
B.) The playstation brand is so strong that the counter moves and marketing by Nintendo and Microsoft will either be ineffectual or simply ignored by the consumers.
C.) It won't matter that the Wii or the 360 will almost always have a price advantage on the PS3 and a larger installed base advantage in America which arguably creates momentum and word of mouth. The playstation brand will be strong enough to overcome this.
D.) 10 year life cycle while the other companies either simply aren't smart enough to do this, can't do this, or rush ahead to the next generation.
E.) Blu-Ray is so signified with the PS3 that most of America upgrades to the PS3 instead of buying another brand blu-ray player.
So you pretty much have to believe in at least one of those speculations above if not multiple ones to believe Sony will catch and surpass the competition in America. Especially the Wii.
Now I'm not saying you can't believe those things or that some of them aren't more likely to happen than others, but either way that's what you have to be assuming is going to happen just to put it on the table if you are a believer in Sony sales.
Aaron Strife
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Well, it's cheaper for one.MotherFan said:
It has Halo. That's probably important to the millions of gamers who play it.
elrechazado
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MotherFan said:
There are none, didn't you see the chart?
Stoney Mason
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DeaconKnowledge said:
I would agree with that also. When I made that game changer post I sort of left the specific topic of yoy declines which I probably shouldn't have as it wasn't relevant to what you asked. Yes. I think GT 5 is a strong enough title to break any yoy decline streak that the PS3 builds up although since the Price Drop is probably coming first and I would argue is more important anyway, Price Drop will do it first most likely.
OldJadedGamer
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Stoney Mason said:
Pachter............. is that you?
boiled goose
good with gravy
Rated-Rsuperstar said:
that is insulting.
LKS is a 40 hour game.
soldat7 said:
hmmm...
i would argue that the reason that we see these sales now is because its not a whored out franchise.
one per console is all you are getting
Segata Sanshiro
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If the sales of new software are low enough, they always will be.Bisnic said:
People want to know how Nintendo makes so much money, it's because they put out games that still sell 100k/month three or four years down the pike.
The Librarian
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Fixed.PARANO1A said:
Stoney Mason
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OldJadedGamer said:
The funny thing is that was my legit best post to try to get into the heads of people like that. That's everything I can come up with outside of voodoo magic.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Arpharmd B said:
it's not?