[QUOTE="iluvmachines"]well it's a real problem. but it does inflate xbox360 and wii hardware sales. like it did with the ps2. only that the first 2 aren't that impressive as the latter.RAGINGxPONY

Wii hardware sales are very impressive lol.

[QUOTE="iluvmachines"][QUOTE="Mazoch"]1) Selling less than your competition 2) Not turning a profit It doesn't matter how you twist and turn it, the PS3 is not doing very well in sales. It might be a great platform, heck it could tuck you in at night and make you coffee in the morning.. it's sales are still bad. 2009 didn't change this. The PS3 did have a good year with a lot of great games.. and yet it still sold less than it's competitors and they still failed to make a profit.Ultra_Combo

I don't think anyone cares about your insinuation about how piracy "inflates console sales'" if this was such a huge factor then how come 360 software sales are so huge ? how about you answer that question.

[QUOTE="patriots7672"]

It's an unproven game, it hasn't released anywhere, no reviews or claims of how it will score by any credible site, and it's got a lot cut-scenes playing throughout it which could help or hurt it's score.

People should hype only proven great games or franchises or games that have come out somewhere in the world like Demon's Souls did in Asia and scored well.

There's no credible basis to be hyping this game yet. I'm a PS3 only owner but this is pure fan-boy goggles hyping!

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[QUOTE="ihsanqueen"]

[QUOTE="RAGINGxPONY"]

Maybe that is why in your country they out sell the PS3. But overall I bet that has little effect.

RAGINGxPONY

Ehh....just for you know Indonesia is the 4th most populated country in the world, only behind China, India, and USA

And in Indonesia here lived 200 million people, although not all of them gamer almost all gamer in Indonesia buy piracy games

That's just in my country, not counting the other country, I think that hasn't only little effect

Yeah I know, these piracy issues are in all third world countries. But even though Indonesia is the 4th most populated country. It is also a Third World country where not many people will be able to afford gaming consoles.

The piracy man, seriously!!

Just for you know, I lived in Indonesia, and here in my country you can buy the games for 360 and Wii only $ 1.5!!

Yeah, seriously, if you have $60.00 on PS3 you can only buy 1 game but on 360 and Wii you can buy 40 DIFFERENT GAMES!! Awesome eh?

Sure, you buy the piracy games, but for consoles you must buy the original, didn't you?

All of my friends bought the Wii and 360 and then all the games they bought are piracy games, thats why 360 and Wii sold more than PS3

ihsanqueen

Probably best not to mention that here. ( >,>)Mr_Splosher

[QUOTE="iluvmachines"]i find funny how this was a topic not only about ps3 doing fine, but also how piracy affect sales and yet nobody has said a thing about it yet. i think it works like this - your console has piracy: you sell a lot of hardware, you get publicity (word of mouth) and sales skyrocket. -your console has no piracy: people realize games cost A LOT of money and it's a lot harder for people to jump into your console. P.S: againn! i dont' encourage piracy i just want to remark how it affects sales.shoryuken_

I'm not sure if that is necessarily true. Piracy is rampant on the PC, but that doesn't exactly lead to skyrocketing sales. It makes developers bleed money, that's all.