Wow...this has to be one of the most misleading threads I have ever seen here on SW.
1) This applies only to Japan...not NA or UK or even world wide sales. Only Japan.
2) Japan releases WEEKLY sales numbers compared to other regions that release monthly sales numbers. So talking about PS3 sales falling sharply like this is like saying the stock market is plummeting based purely on one good day and then one bad day.
3) Article seems to imply that everyone who was waiting for a price drop has already gone out and bought the PS3. Now that nobody else wants the PS3 we can supposedly expect sales to drop back down to what they were before.
4) After talking about slumping sales, the article only ends with the facts...that even with this "sharp fall", the PS3 outsold other consoles by almost 3x for that week and was sold only by the insanely popular DS.
Any price drop will see a sales spike, but I find it highly misleading that this article has to focus on Japans weekly numbers to find a reason to bash PS3 sales. NA and UK monthly numbers aren't even out yet and won't be officially out for the slim until October. Meanwhile, we are approaching the highly anticipated holiday season when consoles see another sales spike. So to act as if the PS3's sales are now done and there is nothing more to see is a lie. Especially since the holiday shopping season starts when? NOvember?
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