Sony PS3 Sales May Surge 40%-60% After Price Cut says NPD

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#51 Stevo_the_gamer  Moderator
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techincally 360 is the worst console ever, key word CONSOLE, as in hardware, as in HUGE failure rate.Swift_Boss_A
PS2 was just as bad, if not, worse. The only reason the Xbox 360 is widely known is because of how well word spreads across the web nowadays.
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#52 AHUGECAT
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[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

[QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

Buyers doasnt come out of nothing if PS3 sales increased 360 sales will decrease by a little mergin too its like they change their mind and buy another product I cant explain it well but I guess you can get the idea.

djsifer01

360 won't decrease to 180,000. The fact is this price drop alone isn't gonna save the PS3.

Save it from what? I dont remember the PS3 needing to be saved. Its the best console on the market by far and has the best games. So what if it hasnt sold as much as the worst console ever made(360). The fact of the matter is its being stomped by Sony in quality games and has far more reliable and advanced technology. BTW your sig is a joke.

Save it from losing more exclusives, save it from more delays and save it from being in third place.

Sony's first/second party is a joke.

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#53 ActicEdge
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[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

[QUOTE="djsifer01"]Your right its not, its the sad truth.Swift_Boss_A

What your post? Don't make me laugh. The 360 is not the worst console ever. That is just stupid fanboyism.

techincally 360 is the worst console ever, key word CONSOLE, as in hardware, as in HUGE failure rate.

If system wars doesn't judge a systems quality by sales, why the hell would we do it by hardware?

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#54 TOAO_Cyrus1
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Well going by July numbers a 60% jump would allow the PS3 to barily match the 360 but still fall short of last year.
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#55 djsifer01
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[QUOTE="djsifer01"][QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

360 won't decrease to 180,000. The fact is this price drop alone isn't gonna save the PS3.

AHUGECAT

Save it from what? I dont remember the PS3 needing to be saved. Its the best console on the market by far and has the best games. So what if it hasnt sold as much as the worst console ever made(360). The fact of the matter is its being stomped by Sony in quality games and has far more reliable and advanced technology. BTW your sig is a joke.

Save it from losing more exclusives, save it from more delays and save it from being in third place.

Sony's first/second party is a joke.

Us gamers dont care what place its in, second it lost FF13, big deal, Demons Souls makes the entire series look like a joke. You would have to actually play there games to know if there good or not. I can tell you are a young kid who has no idea based on your sig alone. Sony has the most talented FP Dervs in gaming. I will take all your posts with a grain of salt. I will play my PS3 while you go through 10 360s lol.
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#56 AHUGECAT
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[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

[QUOTE="djsifer01"]Save it from what? I dont remember the PS3 needing to be saved. Its the best console on the market by far and has the best games. So what if it hasnt sold as much as the worst console ever made(360). The fact of the matter is its being stomped by Sony in quality games and has far more reliable and advanced technology. BTW your sig is a joke.djsifer01

Save it from losing more exclusives, save it from more delays and save it from being in third place.

Sony's first/second party is a joke.

Us gamers dont care what place its in, second it lost FF13, big deal, Demons Souls makes the entire series look like a joke. You would have to actually play there games to know if there good or not. I can tell you are a young kid who has no idea based on your sig alone. Sony has the most talented FP Dervs in gaming. I will take all your posts with a grain of salt.

Gamers should care what place it is, that's why you lost so many exclusives. Demon's Souls is a joke compared to Final Fantasy, 360 owners have Lost Odyssey anyways. And Sony's first/second party is weak. They have no amazing games, just average ones.

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#57 GrumpyWalrus
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Gamers should care what place it is, that's why you lost so many exclusives. Demon's Souls is a joke compared to Final Fantasy, 360 owners have Lost Odyssey anyways. And Sony's first/second party is weak. They have no amazing games, just average ones.

AHUGECAT

In your opinion. I know that goes without being said but sometimes when people start parading around opinions as facts they need to be reminded of such things, if only to set the tone for the rest of the convo.

This coming from a neutral party. I can happily admit I enjoy all three of the current gen consoles. They all have something I think any gamer can enjoy. The PS3 and 360 to a greater extent over the Wii for me but that is another argument. :P


Gamers in general should be happy about the price cut. Now even more are going to be able to enjoy owning a PS3.

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#58 djsifer01
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[QUOTE="djsifer01"][QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

Save it from losing more exclusives, save it from more delays and save it from being in third place.

Sony's first/second party is a joke.

AHUGECAT

Us gamers dont care what place its in, second it lost FF13, big deal, Demons Souls makes the entire series look like a joke. You would have to actually play there games to know if there good or not. I can tell you are a young kid who has no idea based on your sig alone. Sony has the most talented FP Dervs in gaming. I will take all your posts with a grain of salt.

Gamers should care what place it is, that's why you lost so many exclusives. Demon's Souls is a joke compared to Final Fantasy, 360 owners have Lost Odyssey anyways. And Sony's first/second party is weak. They have no amazing games, just average ones.

Since i have actually played Demons Souls and Lost Odyssey i can say other wise. I know you dont own a PS3, while i own both. Lost Odyssey is a good game i will agree, but Demons Souls is a RPG on a whole different level.
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[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

[QUOTE="djsifer01"]Us gamers dont care what place its in, second it lost FF13, big deal, Demons Souls makes the entire series look like a joke. You would have to actually play there games to know if there good or not. I can tell you are a young kid who has no idea based on your sig alone. Sony has the most talented FP Dervs in gaming. I will take all your posts with a grain of salt.djsifer01

Gamers should care what place it is, that's why you lost so many exclusives. Demon's Souls is a joke compared to Final Fantasy, 360 owners have Lost Odyssey anyways. And Sony's first/second party is weak. They have no amazing games, just average ones.

Since i have actually played Demons Souls and Lost Odyssey i can say other wise. I know you dont own a PS3, while i own both. Lost Odyssey is a good game i will agree, but Demons Souls is a RPG on a whole different level.

I'm loling at the battle of the fanboys going on.
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#60 double_heist
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Yea it will increase of course. To be honest though, despite the X360 having a possible price cut (Elite will become 299). It would make less of an impact because the 360 is cheap to begin with already (199 arcade).
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#61 goblaa
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For about a month maybe...

Stevo_the_gamer

Holiday season, fella. All consoles experience sales spikes during the holidays.

Well of course. Expect a bump the month of the slim's release. Then expect sales to go back to normal holiday PS3 sales, then expect sales in january to drop back down the the same PS3 sales we're having now.

The slim's cool and all...but no price drop has ever pulled an un-popular console into long term high sales...they always drop back down to normal levels.

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#62 MizFitAwesome
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The best way you can see it is 1 month down and 47 more to go for the PS3 to catch up, presuming the 360 doesn't sell.

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#63 DeadMagazines
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And 360 sales will also go up with Halo + $299 Elite ...sooo...
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#64 thelastguy
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Of course they will, but the key is if Sony will be able to sustain those numbers

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#65 TBoogy
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[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

[QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

Buyers doasnt come out of nothing if PS3 sales increased 360 sales will decrease by a little mergin too its like they change their mind and buy another product I cant explain it well but I guess you can get the idea.

djsifer01

360 won't decrease to 180,000. The fact is this price drop alone isn't gonna save the PS3.

Save it from what? I dont remember the PS3 needing to be saved. Its the best console on the market by far and has the best games. So what if it hasnt sold as much as the worst console ever made(360). The fact of the matter is its being stomped by Sony in quality games and has far more reliable and advanced technology. BTW your sig is a joke.

You sound just a LITTLE bitter there. I suggest a break from System Wars. Sometimes people stay too long and take it a bit personally.

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#66 The-Magus-D
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And the 360 is matching that price cut..so...

WilliamRLBaker
But the 360 was already at that price :?. Its an adjustment right? I think having 2 systems is better than 3 though, so good for MS. PS3 slim should sell well. I'm gonna get one eventually lol.
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#67 Fizzman
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Most likely 360 will still sell more consoles. Not by as nearly as much, but still more.

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#68 double_heist
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I'm guessing it will overtake X360 in Europe and the sales in Japan will go quite high. In America, not so much since X360 is big in America.
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#69 navstar29
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[QUOTE="GrumpyWalrus"]

:lol:@Hugecats sig.

I stopped coming here because it got boring. The PS3 price drop has brought some life back into this forum.

More sales is pretty much a giving, not sure why this even needs to be stated. I work at Wal-Mart and we started price matching our current inventory right when the announcement was made. We have completely sold out of PS3s since the price drop while still fully stocked on 360s.

For $300 bucks the PS3 is a real steal.

WilliamRLBaker
and have you dropped the 360's price?

to what ? 199 and 299? Oh wait ...?
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#70 CoreoVII
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Sony can screw around all day. The people arent buying into it right now and they need moch more than a price cut at this point. I fully support Sony but i hope they learned their lesson......or fix this mess in the next couple of years.

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#71 treedoor
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They wish.

360 would still outsell it at the current rate, and c'mon. 360 outsold the PS3 in Japan last week, and nothing even released for it.

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#72 double_heist
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They wish.

360 would still outsell it at the current rate, and c'mon. 360 outsold the PS3 in Japan last week, and nothing even released for it.

treedoor
... Because there was a shortage of PS3s and Magna Carta 2 came out. I mean really, it is expected to be higher in the following months.
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#73 Philhellene
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Dudes and gals, you're forgetting one PRIMARY feature that a $299 PS3 have while a soon-to-be $299 Xbox 360 doesn't have... A BLU-RAY PLAYER! That single feature will kill a 360 unless every 360 sells for 49.99 like Dreamcast in its last years.
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#74 samuraiguns
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lol, captain obvious?

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#75 whitetiger3521
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ANYONE with a brain will buy a PS3 if they got the money! Its without a doubt the best deal for entertainment period. Smart people dont get suckered into major corporations like Micro$oft who has already screwed millions of users.

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#77 Floppy_Jim
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That doesn't sound like a very big increase, I'd expect more than that.
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#78 anarchist4eva
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Now if only we can get those folks @ Activision to drop their prices as well... Koom Baya my friends!:)

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#79 kweeni
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as sed before, i think the ps3 will beat xbox360 in europe not sure if that will happen in america anyhow it will sell alot more
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#80 PAL360
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[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"]

[QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

Buyers doasnt come out of nothing if PS3 sales increased 360 sales will decrease by a little mergin too its like they change their mind and buy another product I cant explain it well but I guess you can get the idea.

djsifer01

360 won't decrease to 180,000. The fact is this price drop alone isn't gonna save the PS3.

Save it from what? I dont remember the PS3 needing to be saved. Its the best console on the market by far and has the best games. So what if it hasnt sold as much as the worst console ever made(360). The fact of the matter is its being stomped by Sony in quality games and has far more reliable and advanced technology. BTW your sig is a joke.

How can the best console of this gen be at the same time the worst console ever?? I just.....dont get it!:|

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#81 Shewgenja
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I notice a lot of these predictions are based on the assumption that America is the only market for games and/or the US market is normative of the world market. This is not the case. The US is one of Sony's weakest markets. Price drops were implemented globally, which means the PS3 may catch up more quickly than if the US was normative. Closing the gap to even within 50,000 units monthly in the US would equate a considerable back slide for the 360 in total units sold. As it is, after the first PS3 price drop, the 360's ten million unit lead has dimished since 2006.
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#82 Nonstop-Madness
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im expecting a huge boost in sales. 300,000 - 400,000 in September
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#83 Swift_Boss_A
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I am not entirely sure if PS3 can beat 360 in monthly sales in America because 360 is a much more popular system over there but I am damn well sure that this price cut is really going to drive PS3 sales further ahead of 360 in Japan and Europe. Looking forward to see how next months NPD sales turn out, Im expecting to be suprised.
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#84 chinchillables2
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If the price drop last it'll increase sales mainly for Christmas. Other than that, nobody really knows if the price drop is permanent or not... at least I don't.