ShockingAlberto
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So "Wait for __CELL__" is the new mantra?LittleTokyo said:
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NPD Sales Results for May 2007
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Segata Sanshiro
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At last, the next great GAF poster.C.T. said:
I'll always treasure these few moments we had.
I know everybody's down on the PS3, thinking it will fail, but it is $600.
And no, it's not a fanboy excuse to use that price tag as a reason for Sony's sales, because it is $600, simple as that. I have no doubt the PS3 could have launched without Blu-Ray at $400, and it would have outsold the 360 month-to-month. Not by a big margin, but you get the idea: more people trust the Playstation brand over Xbox.
Now, they have to drop the price now, because the 360 will quickly be seen as the console with the most games, and it will be the PS2 of last-gen (Wii notwithstanding). I don't think this generation will last over 5 years, simply because MS and Sony are out to kill each other, so neither console will sell over 40M IMO. Sony doesn't want to be at the point they're about to drop to $200 when the next-next generation is looming. Price cuts this gen will have to be faster methinks.
And no, it's not a fanboy excuse to use that price tag as a reason for Sony's sales, because it is $600, simple as that. I have no doubt the PS3 could have launched without Blu-Ray at $400, and it would have outsold the 360 month-to-month. Not by a big margin, but you get the idea: more people trust the Playstation brand over Xbox.
Now, they have to drop the price now, because the 360 will quickly be seen as the console with the most games, and it will be the PS2 of last-gen (Wii notwithstanding). I don't think this generation will last over 5 years, simply because MS and Sony are out to kill each other, so neither console will sell over 40M IMO. Sony doesn't want to be at the point they're about to drop to $200 when the next-next generation is looming. Price cuts this gen will have to be faster methinks.
MindCollizion
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DS continues to freaking amaze me~
SouthernDragon
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Anihawk didn't make that image...
civilstrife
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justjohn said:
Anihawk's cool and all, but no.
Clever Pun
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Not sure if anyone else cares about this, but I was perusing the Double Fine Action News and I read this interesting tidbit of info:
So, Psychonauts sold 400,000 copies across PS2, XBOX, and PC through regular retail channels in NA. That doesn't seem too terrible, really.
Double Fine Action News said:
So, Psychonauts sold 400,000 copies across PS2, XBOX, and PC through regular retail channels in NA. That doesn't seem too terrible, really.
speculawyer
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Clever Pun said:
Well I got one of those copies . . . I think I paid $2.32 for it. Great game but apparently too weird for the mainstream market.
Christoff Yurievich
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C.T. said:
speculawyer
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Bungalow Bob said:
If it drops by $100/year (that is aggresive) it will still take 5 years to reach $199.
The xbox 360 has been on the market over 18 months now and it still hasn't dropped a dime in price. (Probably because they feel zero threat from the PS3.)
speculawyer
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C.T. said:
Oh jeez. I was about to start discussing the technical leap but it clearly isn't worth it.
speculawyer
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haunts said:
But Audi owners don't have to sit around and hope other people buy Audis in order to ensure a steady supply of Audi gas. That's what make the console market so different than other markets.
Forgotten Ancient
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rs7k said:
The xbox was the PSone of last generation, PS2 notwithstanding.
MightyHedgehog
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****ing spot on!AniHawk said:Newest PA:
ghostlyjoe
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haunts said:
On a related note, I think Chevrolet should stop trying to sell family sedans and light pickup trucks and focus entirely on the Corvette line. That should be good for business. After all, everybody wants one, and if they don't, it's just because they're poor.
Also, supermarkets should stop selling Wonder bread. Why the hell don't people wake up and realize that bread is just filler? Every sandwich should be bookended with slabs of porterhouse. Only vegetarians and terrorists and vegetarian terrorists don't eat porterhouse.
While we're at it, let's eliminate public parks. After all, they're just country clubs for poor people. Who needs a jungle gym when you can have an 18-hole, TPC course with pygmy caddies and waiters peddling hot toddies at every ball-washing stand? This is living, folks.