I also don't understand the "saved" part. If you look at the numbers they have actually sold better on average than the 360 has worldwide.
360 = 31m units in 44 months for an average of 704,000 units per month in release PS3 = 23m units in 32 months for an average of 718,000 units per month of release
And that is with the 360 experiencing a year of uncontested sales including a holiday season with no competition from another current gen system. PS3 released at the same time as the Wii and has had a three way race all the time. So even with all the price cuts and its lower price everyone trumpets, and with huge games like gears and halo 3, the 360 has still no been able to match the sales of the PS3 that everyone claims is such a flop.
If they release this slim model with a price drop, especially with the upcoming game releases that are coming, sales will only go up. If it contains the new backwards compatibility, they should drop the PS2 which is obviously cannibalizing sales at this point.
The per month average is meaningless. It's called "market saturation". After just shy of four years, if you wanted a 360, you probably have one. If you want to honestly compare sales, compare the 360s 32 month sales with the PS3's 32 month sales. I have no idea who wins that comparison, but if you're going to try to make a point, at least make one that's not based on flawed statistical reasoning.
Personally, I got a PS3 rather than be nickel and dimed to death with 360 accessories (besides that power brick...), but the game selection on the 360 is pretty tempting.
The 32 month figures for each are almost exactly 23 million PS3s and 20 million 360s. The only thing that clouds the water slightly is that Xbox is doing much better in the US, but the PS3 is doing better everywhere else. FYI, at the same point in its life, the Wii was on about 52m units.
I don't own either console, I am a PC gamer at heart. I was just trying to show that all the doom-sayers are off base with the talk of the PS3 eminent demise.
I intend to pick up a PS3 this fall for the living room of our house because my 14 year old son wants one so bad that he turned down a 360 last Christmas to hold out for the PS3 this year (I told him 360 now or wait till the games that he wants are closer to release on the PS3) because all his favorite games are on the Sony consoles (Kingdom Hearts, Ratchet and Clank, Final Fantasy, God of War, etc.) He has a PS2 and Xbox atm and the PS2 gets played almost exclusively, the xbox only comes out when his friends bring theirs over for Halo matches, which is pretty rare anymore.
I will buy one whether there is a slim or not, whether they cut the price any more or not, because i told him he could have one this christmas. But I do believe that they should drop it $50-100 and release the rumored new backwards compatibility features, plus discontinue the PS2 model. If they did so I truly believe that they would sell a lot more consoles than they do at present.
It's not about me being cheap and wanting the price down, I already have a BD player on our HDTV and in my desktop system in the den so the PS3 did not offer us any value there, we have three PS2 slims, an Xbox, three DS, four computers. I could buy four PS3's for the cost of my desktop system. Its just the fact that there is a definite price point in consumer electronics where you achieve a large up swing in sales, and I believe that the PS3 is over that point at the moment.
On the other hand, Sony may try to hold the price the same and make a nice profit on each sale going forward. As they are selling ok now, i think they have trailed of the last month or so mainly due to people holding out for either a new model or price-cut because of the rumors.
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Ohh, so THIS is what's going to save the PS3.... right?
what do you mean, 'save'?
afaik they are selling enough units and games to stay happily for anotehr decade or two in teh market.
I also don't understand the "saved" part. If you look at the numbers they have actually sold better on average than the 360 has worldwide.
360 = 31m units in 44 months for an average of 704,000 units per month in release
PS3 = 23m units in 32 months for an average of 718,000 units per month of release
And that is with the 360 experiencing a year of uncontested sales including a holiday season with no competition from another current gen system. PS3 released at the same time as the Wii and has had a three way race all the time. So even with all the price cuts and its lower price everyone trumpets, and with huge games like gears and halo 3, the 360 has still no been able to match the sales of the PS3 that everyone claims is such a flop.
If they release this slim model with a price drop, especially with the upcoming game releases that are coming, sales will only go up. If it contains the new backwards compatibility, they should drop the PS2 which is obviously cannibalizing sales at this point.
The per month average is meaningless. It's called "market saturation". After just shy of four years, if you wanted a 360, you probably have one. If you want to honestly compare sales, compare the 360s 32 month sales with the PS3's 32 month sales. I have no idea who wins that comparison, but if you're going to try to make a point, at least make one that's not based on flawed statistical reasoning.
Personally, I got a PS3 rather than be nickel and dimed to death with 360 accessories (besides that power brick...), but the game selection on the 360 is pretty tempting.
@John
The 32 month figures for each are almost exactly 23 million PS3s and 20 million 360s. The only thing that clouds the water slightly is that Xbox is doing much better in the US, but the PS3 is doing better everywhere else. FYI, at the same point in its life, the Wii was on about 52m units.
These figs are all according to VGChartz.com.
@john
I don't own either console, I am a PC gamer at heart. I was just trying to show that all the doom-sayers are off base with the talk of the PS3 eminent demise.
I intend to pick up a PS3 this fall for the living room of our house because my 14 year old son wants one so bad that he turned down a 360 last Christmas to hold out for the PS3 this year (I told him 360 now or wait till the games that he wants are closer to release on the PS3) because all his favorite games are on the Sony consoles (Kingdom Hearts, Ratchet and Clank, Final Fantasy, God of War, etc.) He has a PS2 and Xbox atm and the PS2 gets played almost exclusively, the xbox only comes out when his friends bring theirs over for Halo matches, which is pretty rare anymore.
I will buy one whether there is a slim or not, whether they cut the price any more or not, because i told him he could have one this christmas. But I do believe that they should drop it $50-100 and release the rumored new backwards compatibility features, plus discontinue the PS2 model. If they did so I truly believe that they would sell a lot more consoles than they do at present.
It's not about me being cheap and wanting the price down, I already have a BD player on our HDTV and in my desktop system in the den so the PS3 did not offer us any value there, we have three PS2 slims, an Xbox, three DS, four computers. I could buy four PS3's for the cost of my desktop system. Its just the fact that there is a definite price point in consumer electronics where you achieve a large up swing in sales, and I believe that the PS3 is over that point at the moment.
On the other hand, Sony may try to hold the price the same and make a nice profit on each sale going forward. As they are selling ok now, i think they have trailed of the last month or so mainly due to people holding out for either a new model or price-cut because of the rumors.