I remember a few weeks ago when Sony-supporters were saying...

I know I've been saying this a lot, but anyone who truly believed Sony would win January (Febuary as well) is really naive. In March the sales might pick up, but honestly it wouldn't surprise me for them to stay the same or even dip to the lower 200k's during the summer. This fall/winter, the sales will be in Sony's favor, boasting 500-800K monthly. That's my analysis.ihatebugers

[QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"]I love it how people are going overboard about a subject (overall hardware sales) that really only matters towards the end of a platforms life cycle. The TurboGrafx 16 failed in America because about 2 years after it's launch, it just wasn't selling all that well. But from 1989-1991, you could get great games to play and the machine was readily available on the shelves during it's entire lifespan. I was even there at the NYC launch as a kid and it seemed pretty lackluster during that exclusive launch day weeks before the full US launch. Same thing with the 3DO, after the first 2 years, you just knew it was dead...

But 4 months in? You people have got to be kidding me.

donalbane

[QUOTE="donalbane"][QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"]I love it how people are going overboard about a subject (overall hardware sales) that really only matters towards the end of a platforms life cycle. The TurboGrafx 16 failed in America because about 2 years after it's launch, it just wasn't selling all that well. But from 1989-1991, you could get great games to play and the machine was readily available on the shelves during it's entire lifespan. I was even there at the NYC launch as a kid and it seemed pretty lackluster during that exclusive launch day weeks before the full US launch. Same thing with the 3DO, after the first 2 years, you just knew it was dead...

But 4 months in? You people have got to be kidding me.

TekkenMaster606

I remember when Nintendo said that this was no market for online gaming!!!!

:lol:

But they added online..........LMAO

Ericvon71

While the $699 was steep, it died because at that price, it didn't do anything extra. VCDs? Ha...Playstation 3 does high def movies, networking, and is an open source platform with all kinds of non-official possibilities...And not to mention you can get it $200 cheaper than the MSRP of the 3DO at launch.TekkenMaster606

[QUOTE="6icks_tea_4hoar"][QUOTE="ramey70"]When you're married sometimes your hands are all you got. :)ramey70

[QUOTE="donalbane"][QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"]I love it how people are going overboard about a subject (overall hardware sales) that really only matters towards the end of a platforms life cycle. The TurboGrafx 16 failed in America because about 2 years after it's launch, it just wasn't selling all that well. But from 1989-1991, you could get great games to play and the machine was readily available on the shelves during it's entire lifespan. I was even there at the NYC launch as a kid and it seemed pretty lackluster during that exclusive launch day weeks before the full US launch. Same thing with the 3DO, after the first 2 years, you just knew it was dead...

But 4 months in? You people have got to be kidding me.

TekkenMaster606

While the $699 was steep, it died because at that price, it didn't do anything extra. VCDs? Ha...Playstation 3 does high def movies, networking, and is an open source platform with all kinds of non-official possibilities...And not to mention you can get it $200 cheaper than the MSRP of the 3DO at launch.TekkenMaster606

"the reason you can find PS3s on shelves and not Wiis is because Sony is supplying more week-to-week than Nintendo. Sony is damed if they do (supply enough) and damned if they don't. Blah blah blah".

Then we get the January sales numbers and find out that Wii outsold PS3 almost 2:1 in January. That shows that Nintendo was supplying more, but STILL couldn't even come close to meeting demand. I've been trying to buy a Wii since launch and still haven't been able to get one because they still sell out immediately. On the weekend a guy at Futureshop told me that when they get a new shipment they're all gone within half an hour. As recently as a few weeks ago there were still instances of people lined up waiting for the store to open when new Wii shipments came in.

Yet with Sony and the PS3, they're selling FAR fewer consoles, and you can still walk into a store at 8pm and buy consoles that were shipped that morning. This is when Wiis are gone by noon.

There is no positive way to spin this cows. Stop trying to put some PR rhetoric on this. It's all bad for Sony and their fans.

MOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Number_1_Gamer

[QUOTE="flazzle"][QUOTE="geist117"][QUOTE="ramey70"]I'd love to get a Wii but I'm not 13 anymore.ramey70

"the reason you can find PS3s on shelves and not Wiis is because Sony is supplying more week-to-week than Nintendo. Sony is damed if they do (supply enough) and damned if they don't. Blah blah blah".

Then we get the January sales numbers and find out that Wii outsold PS3 almost 2:1 in January. That shows that Nintendo was supplying more, but STILL couldn't even come close to meeting demand. I've been trying to buy a Wii since launch and still haven't been able to get one because they still sell out immediately. On the weekend a guy at Futureshop told me that when they get a new shipment they're all gone within half an hour. As recently as a few weeks ago there were still instances of people lined up waiting for the store to open when new Wii shipments came in.

Yet with Sony and the PS3, they're selling FAR fewer consoles, and you can still walk into a store at 8pm and buy consoles that were shipped that morning. This is when Wiis are gone by noon.

There is no positive way to spin this cows. Stop trying to put some PR rhetoric on this. It's all bad for Sony and their fans.

MOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Number_1_Gamer