Sony To Outsell Microsoft/Nintendo By Small, Tiny Margin. Bad Taste Is Suspected.

[Manny Calavera]

...PlayStation 3 will have sold about 30 million units and account for 44% of cumulative third-generation console sales in North America.

Comparatively, Microsoft will have sold nearly 27 million units by 2011, accounting for 40% of the market and Nintendo will have sold just over 11 million units, accounting for 16% of the market.


Unbelievable .

 

[Topdawg]

It seems logical, since sony has the biggest fanbase.

 

[Addendum]

And this affects me how...

 

[Manny Calavera]

And this affects me how...

I don't know...you clicked the thread...you tell me....just one....period....is sufficient to end....a sentence....no need to be so....dramatic.


It also affects what games you'll be seeing on the system, the viability of exclusives on each system (not great), etc. It affects you, provided you're not dumb and can understand how.

 

[Addendum]

I just play the games that interest me. What other "gamers" do is not my concern

 

[hippie_hunter]

I kinda suspect that Sony will take the lead by an extremely small margin. Unlike the last generation where the Playstation 2 won by quite a large margin.

Though I think that the Wii will take second place instead of the Xbox 360.

 

[Danalys]

i don't trust any analyst but myself.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

And Nostradamus said the world would end in 1999.

 

[Avalanche]

Most the analysists are predicting PS3 will still come out on top, albeit by a much smaller margin than has been the case in the past.

It's the fans that seem to be expecting a catastrophe on the part of Sony, which isn't going to happen. They have too large a fanbase, ridiculously expensive console or not.

 

[Mentok]

Another prediction by an 'expert'... You might as well be pissing in the wind.

 

[Trigger]

I agree with Mentok. Experts are just making guesses, which are pretty much based on the same things we're making guesses on.

 

[Avalanche]

The experts are making guesses, but note, they're making different guesses to the fanboys. A lot of people are proclaiming doom for Sony and the PS3 when it's nothing so dire. They're going to lose their footing, but they'll still come out on top.

 

[Mentok]

I see M$ continuing to grow. SONY will take a hit but still lead thanks to such a strong brand image (something that wont be working so well for them in 3 years) and Nintendo to make up the most ground this generation.

 

[THWIP*]

i don't trust any analyst but myself.

YOU PUT THE "ANAL" IN "ANALYST".

 

[Makeshift Celebrity]

I predict a massive detioration of the Sony fanbase.

 

[Trigger]

I don't. I think people are blowing this out of proportion. Seriously, I highly doubt any of the big three consoles will fail.

 

[TrailerCues]

Its not people dont have a problem with the PS3 its how Sony is doing things. They are forcng things onto the customers that half wont want for examble

Blu Ray - Most are not upgrading anytime soon & have no need for this

Their Key Board & Mouse thing - No doubt this will eventually be "required" for future PS3 Games so Sony can try to pass on the PS3 as a Computer. If I want to use a Keyboard & Mouse I will use one on the Computer thank you very much

What Sony should have at least done is release 2 different PS3s. One with the Blu Ray Drive & one without the Blu Ray Drive. Giving customers more of a choice. As I said its not a problem with the PS3 the problem lies with Sony

 

[hippie_hunter]

Its not people dont have a problem with the PS3 its how Sony is doing things. They are forcng things onto the customers that half wont want for examble

Blu Ray - Most are not upgrading anytime soon & have no need for this

Their Key Board & Mouse thing - No doubt this will eventually be "required" for future PS3 Games so Sony can try to pass on the PS3 as a Computer. If I want to use a Keyboard & Mouse I will use one on the Computer thank you very much

What Sony should have at least done is release 2 different PS3s. One with the Blu Ray Drive & one without the Blu Ray Drive. Giving customers more of a choice. As I said its not a problem with the PS3 the problem lies with Sony

No, both versions of the Playstation 3 will have the blu-ray disk drive. All Playstation 3 games will be made using blu-ray DVDs. The more expensive model will just include a bigger hard drive and a memory card reader so you can play your saved Playstation and Playstation 2 games

 

[THWIP*]

I don't. I think people are blowing this out of proportion. Seriously, I highly doubt any of the big three consoles will fail.

1. 'SONY' HAS TO MAKE 'BLU-RAY' SUCCEED AS THE DOMINANT MEDIA FORMAT OF THE FUTURE
2. 'SONY' HAS TO MAINTAIN (OR GROW) THEIR MARKET SHARE, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

SINCE IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT NEITHER WILL HAPPEN, IT'S A SAFE BET THAT THE 'PS3' WILL BE DEEMED A "FAILURE".

 

[Zenien]

Wow.

 

[THWIP*]

Wow.

AGAIN WITH THE DENIAL?

 

[Topdawg]

the PS3 wont most certainly fail, but maybe because of the price they will lose a few customers.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

a few as in millions.

 

[Zenien]

AGAIN WITH THE DENIAL?

Establishing BR doesn't mean the PS3 has to be as or more sucessful then the PS2.

You're reaching.

 

[THWIP*]

Establishing BR doesn't mean the PS3 has to be as or more sucessful then the PS2.

You're reaching.

WELL, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE 'PS2' DIDN'T HAVE A COMPETING FORMAT, AND UNPROVEN TECHNOLOGY TO CONTEND WITH, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S REALLY A "REACH". BUT, WE'LL KNOW IN A FEW YEARS.