What GI says about PS3 doom and gloom

i wont type out the whole article because im not insane..lol

but here are some noteworthy snippets:

"putting its initial sales up against its direct competitor,the 360, the numbers tell a different story, according to NPD group data the PS3 has outsold the 360 by 50,000 consoles in the same amount of time since launch."

"why the doom and gloom surrounding sony?"

"the media are plain stupid" says Michael Pachter
"people are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been we're too high"

"despite the public perception of folly, the console is selling well without a true blockbuster title"

"a year from now we'll all be laughing because the PS3 will have a price cut, Bluray will be the standard high definition movie format and there will be a lot of software for the box"

Nuff said

Links mate, you can't post stuff like this without links... oooh hang on, yes you can it's SW *sigh*raynimrod

its true im reading that right now they say the media is stupid and that the ps3 isnt really doing that bad 

This infact is a respond for all the Biased media and the bad press the ps3 is getting and its true. I think the ps3 is doing better than any other console truely. even if we are talking about the Wii, considering the Wii is around 250$ and the PS3 is 600$ more than double the price, logically the Wii should have more than double the sales of the Ps3.

ANyone who thinks PS3 will fail is only fooling themselves. PS3 is the ultimate console this gen, peroid. Deal with it all you xbots and nintenerds.ironwarrior2

I lol'd 

i wont type out the whole article because im not insane..lol

but here are some noteworthy snippets:

"putting its initial sales up against its direct competitor,the 360, the numbers tell a different story, according to NPD group data the PS3 has outsold the 360 by 50,000 consoles in the same amount of time since launch."

"why the doom and gloom surrounding sony?"

"the media are plain stupid" says Michael Pachter
"people are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been we're too high"

"despite the public perception of folly, the console is selling well without a true blockbuster title"

"a year from now we'll all be laughing because the PS3 will have a price cut, Bluray will be the standard high definition movie format and there will be a lot of software for the box"

 

Nuff said

gameruk2010

I've been saying this all along. PS3 standards were higher than any other system, that being average made them look bad. Haters are feeding on the fact that PS3 didn't bring their "A" game out the gates. They expected PS3 to have Blockbusters hits every month. 500,000 units sold every month. PSN that blew XBL away form the start. The haters (media and fanboys) set the bar where Sony had no choice but to stumble out the gates.

Links mate, you can't post stuff like this without links... oooh hang on, yes you can it's SW *sigh*raynimrod

yea it is in the new GI.  

I would still appreciate a link.raynimrod

Its in the magazine.. you cant link it. 

i wont type out the whole article because im not insane..lol

but here are some noteworthy snippets:

"putting its initial sales up against its direct competitor,the 360, the numbers tell a different story, according to NPD group data the PS3 has outsold the 360 by 50,000 consoles in the same amount of time since launch."

"why the doom and gloom surrounding sony?"

"the media are plain stupid" says Michael Pachter
"people are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been we're too high"

"despite the public perception of folly, the console is selling well without a true blockbuster title"

"a year from now we'll all be laughing because the PS3 will have a price cut, Bluray will be the standard high definition movie format and there will be a lot of software for the box"

 

Nuff said

gameruk2010

[QUOTE="gameruk2010"]

i wont type out the whole article because im not insane..lol

but here are some noteworthy snippets:

"putting its initial sales up against its direct competitor,the 360, the numbers tell a different story, according to NPD group data the PS3 has outsold the 360 by 50,000 consoles in the same amount of time since launch."

"why the doom and gloom surrounding sony?"

"the media are plain stupid" says Michael Pachter
"people are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been we're too high"

"despite the public perception of folly, the console is selling well without a true blockbuster title"

"a year from now we'll all be laughing because the PS3 will have a price cut, Bluray will be the standard high definition movie format and there will be a lot of software for the box"

 

Nuff said

shungokustasu

I've been saying this all along. PS3 standards were higher than any other system, that being average made them look bad. Haters are feeding on the fact that PS3 didn't bring their "A" game out the gates. They expected PS3 to have Blockbusters hits every month. 500,000 units sold every month. PSN that blew XBL away form the start. The haters (media and fanboys) set the bar where Sony had no choice but to stumble out the gates.

EVERY console this gen has a long life ahead of it. Dare even day ps3 is doomed and I will bring up the great DS drought of 05. DS was in nearly the exact same position ps3 was.

EVERY console this gen has a long life ahead of it.

kittykatz5k

Indeed, I think that's the only reasonable conclusion we can draw from all this madness.  None of the consoles are going away any time soon.

I would still appreciate a link.raynimrod

It's from a magazine. An actual magazine printed on paper. Unless they scan it and host it somewhere you aren't getting a link.

EVERY console this gen has a long life ahead of it. Dare even day ps3 is doomed and I will bring up the great DS drought of 05. DS was in nearly the exact same position ps3 was.

kittykatz5k

Who is that in your sig getting owned by a bottle?  

i wont type out the whole article because im not insane..lol

but here are some noteworthy snippets:

"putting its initial sales up against its direct competitor,the 360, the numbers tell a different story, according to NPD group data the PS3 has outsold the 360 by 50,000 consoles in the same amount of time since launch."

"why the doom and gloom surrounding sony?"

"the media are plain stupid" says Michael Pachter
"people are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been we're too high"

"despite the public perception of folly, the console is selling well without a true blockbuster title"

"a year from now we'll all be laughing because the PS3 will have a price cut, Bluray will be the standard high definition movie format and there will be a lot of software for the box"

 

Nuff said

gameruk2010

I agree, but to be fair...

The 360 had shortages going into May...the ps3 didn't. However more important the 360 for the most part is outselling ps3 now, and too will have a price cut...a lot sooner then sony will.

Yes the public hyped it too much, but whos fault was that? Sony's PR machines is about the most ridiculous I have ever seen, and it was no different with the ps2. Things like 4d and 120fps? I mean wtf...lol, and wit thhe sales the ps2 had...it was automatic expectations to come out swinging...but they didn't.

[QUOTE="shungokustasu"][QUOTE="gameruk2010"]

i wont type out the whole article because im not insane..lol

but here are some noteworthy snippets:

"putting its initial sales up against its direct competitor,the 360, the numbers tell a different story, according to NPD group data the PS3 has outsold the 360 by 50,000 consoles in the same amount of time since launch."

"why the doom and gloom surrounding sony?"

"the media are plain stupid" says Michael Pachter
"people are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been we're too high"

"despite the public perception of folly, the console is selling well without a true blockbuster title"

"a year from now we'll all be laughing because the PS3 will have a price cut, Bluray will be the standard high definition movie format and there will be a lot of software for the box"

 

Nuff said

kage_53

I've been saying this all along. PS3 standards were higher than any other system, that being average made them look bad. Haters are feeding on the fact that PS3 didn't bring their "A" game out the gates. They expected PS3 to have Blockbusters hits every month. 500,000 units sold every month. PSN that blew XBL away form the start. The haters (media and fanboys) set the bar where Sony had no choice but to stumble out the gates.

SSo how is it Sony's fault that DEVELOPERS decided to make CG trailers?

[QUOTE="kage_53"]

[QUOTE="shungokustasu"][QUOTE="gameruk2010"]

i wont type out the whole article because im not insane..lol

but here are some noteworthy snippets:

"putting its initial sales up against its direct competitor,the 360, the numbers tell a different story, according to NPD group data the PS3 has outsold the 360 by 50,000 consoles in the same amount of time since launch."

"why the doom and gloom surrounding sony?"

"the media are plain stupid" says Michael Pachter
"people are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been we're too high"

"despite the public perception of folly, the console is selling well without a true blockbuster title"

"a year from now we'll all be laughing because the PS3 will have a price cut, Bluray will be the standard high definition movie format and there will be a lot of software for the box"

 

Nuff said

thedarkomen

I've been saying this all along. PS3 standards were higher than any other system, that being average made them look bad. Haters are feeding on the fact that PS3 didn't bring their "A" game out the gates. They expected PS3 to have Blockbusters hits every month. 500,000 units sold every month. PSN that blew XBL away form the start. The haters (media and fanboys) set the bar where Sony had no choice but to stumble out the gates.

SSo how is it Sony's fault that DEVELOPERS decided to make CG trailers?

[QUOTE="gameruk2010"]

i wont type out the whole article because im not insane..lol

but here are some noteworthy snippets:

"putting its initial sales up against its direct competitor,the 360, the numbers tell a different story, according to NPD group data the PS3 has outsold the 360 by 50,000 consoles in the same amount of time since launch."

"why the doom and gloom surrounding sony?"

"the media are plain stupid" says Michael Pachter
"people are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been we're too high"

"despite the public perception of folly, the console is selling well without a true blockbuster title"

"a year from now we'll all be laughing because the PS3 will have a price cut, Bluray will be the standard high definition movie format and there will be a lot of software for the box"

 

Nuff said

shungokustasu

I've been saying this all along. PS3 standards were higher than any other system, that being average made them look bad. Haters are feeding on the fact that PS3 didn't bring their "A" game out the gates. They expected PS3 to have Blockbusters hits every month. 500,000 units sold every month. PSN that blew XBL away form the start. The haters (media and fanboys) set the bar where Sony had no choice but to stumble out the gates.

If Sony hadn't hyped the console to the moon with the whole "You'll work more hours to own one" / "The PS3 is a computer" routine, people wouldn't be so disappointed. Of course, the high standards they set with their performance the last two generations didn't help things. 

I agree with a few of the posters earlier in this thread. None of the consoles are going away anytime soon. This is going to be the closest generation, saleswise, since SNES/Genesis.  

[QUOTE="gameruk2010"]

i wont type out the whole article because im not insane..lol

but here are some noteworthy snippets:

"putting its initial sales up against its direct competitor,the 360, the numbers tell a different story, according to NPD group data the PS3 has outsold the 360 by 50,000 consoles in the same amount of time since launch."

"why the doom and gloom surrounding sony?"

"the media are plain stupid" says Michael Pachter
"people are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been we're too high"

"despite the public perception of folly, the console is selling well without a true blockbuster title"

"a year from now we'll all be laughing because the PS3 will have a price cut, Bluray will be the standard high definition movie format and there will be a lot of software for the box"

 

Nuff said

shungokustasu

I've been saying this all along. PS3 standards were higher than any other system, that being average made them look bad. Haters are feeding on the fact that PS3 didn't bring their "A" game out the gates. They expected PS3 to have Blockbusters hits every month. 500,000 units sold every month. PSN that blew XBL away form the start. The haters (media and fanboys) set the bar where Sony had no choice but to stumble out the gates.

That's a nice take on it. I bet they thought the Gamecube did really well too since it wasn't too far behind the Xbox.NECR0CHILD313

At the end of their lifecycles, not the start. Al though, knowing MS, they will abandon the 360 soon & claim a victory for this gen, then release the 720 in 6months.      They think I want upgradable consoles like a pc card.

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If you read the gaming blogs during the PS3 launch, Sony was dead on arrival. It certainly wasn't the smoothest of launches, with console shortages, already lofty pricetags inflated due to eBay auctions, no online strategy to rival Xbox Live, and a dearth of compelling games for the nascent machine.

   But did the PS3 really limp out of the gate that badly? Putting it's initial sales up against it's direct competitor, the Xbox 360, the numbers tell a different tale. According to NPD Group data, the PS3 sold approximately 902,000 consoles during it's first 3 months in the United States. The Xbox 360 sold 50,000 fewer consoles during it's first 3 months on the market in the United States, coming in at roughly 854,000. Comparing the PS3 with it's highly successful prodecessors, it outsold both the PSone and PS2 during the same time frame. So why the doom and gloom surrounding Sony?  

"The media are plain stupid," says Michael Pachter, analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities. "People are being overly critical on how well it's doing mostly because their expectation for what the sales should have been were too high."  

Billy Pidgeon, an analyst with IDC, agrees that Sony received an overabundance of criticism. "Initially, there was a scarcity of consoles and people were overpaying on eBay. But all of a sudden those auctions dried up and there was a surplus on consoles on retail shelves - this led to a negative perception of the PS3. The press developed a script, which often happens. Nintendo was the victim last time of being out of touch with the Gamecube, even though the system was pretty capable and Nintendo was dominating the handheld market. This time it's Sony who is out of touch. It's easy to write the script that they are out of touch, they don't understand the market, and that they are arrogant. I don't think that's fair, but it's an easy story to write."  

One of the other problems facing Sony was the overwhelming success of it's current heavyweight, the PS2. "The fact of the matter is that the PS2 is still entrenched," says Pidgeon. "That is Sony's biggest problem for the PS3. What is the incentive to buy a PS3 when you can still get great titles like God of War II for the PS2?"  

Despite the public perception of Sony's folly, the console is selling well without a true blockbuster title, and the marquee games will come in time. Pachter sees the console's future as being bright. "A year from now we'll be laughing because the PS3 will have a price cut, Blu-ray will be the standard high-definition movie format, and there will be a lot of software for the box."

  When forcasting the future of the console, both analysts see the PS3 trailing in the short term, but breaking even and eventually overcoming the Xbox 360 and Wii. "It will be a slow build," says Pidgeon. "I expect the Wii and Xbox 360 to stay in the lead in North America for the next two years. Where that flips is in 2010, 2011, where the PS3 has a huge install base and surpasses [Nintendo and Microsoft] while they are prepping their next box."  

"I think it ends up in first," says Pachter. "But all three consoles will all have 30 percent or greater market share, and all of them will win."

A year from now, all the Japanese developers will be making Wii games, and all the western developers will be making 360 games.Smoke_ManMuscle

The NPD data Gamespot has reported tells a different story. Not once has the PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 since launch and unlike you I have links to prove it.

Novermber: 360 - 511k, PS3 - 197k

http://gamespot.com/news/6162870.html

December: 360 - 1.1m, PS3 - 490k

http://gamespot.com/news/6164101.html

January: 360 - 294k, PS3 - 244k

http://gamespot.com/news/6166199.html

Feburary: 360 - 228k, PS3 - 127k

http://gamespot.com/news/6167512.html

March: 360 - 199k, PS3 - 130k

http://gamespot.com/news/6169379.html

Toal: 360 - 2.3m, PS3 - 1.2m