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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:52 pm
by TheCatt
We finally had 4-person tennis on the Wii.

We need a bigger living room.

And a new lamp.




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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:58 am
by Leisher
Read an article about the numbers of consoles sold versus the number of premiere games sold for each console.

The point of the article was to show that due to the low sales of games for the PS3, they believed many PS3s were bought simply for resale on eBay.

Sony needs to do something fast to turn the ship around or just abandon the project ala the Sega 32X.

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:25 am
by TheCatt
2 years down the road, I think the PS3 will be fine. It's just an expensive machine without killer games, and with tech that's too advanced for a lot of peeps.

In 2 years, prices will drop, more people will have HD TVs, and there will be more and better games.

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:27 am
by Leisher
I don't think it'll be fine at all.

Consoles fail all the time. Nintendo's Gamecube started off slow and people thought it'd take off once better games came out for it, but that didn't happen.

The problem is that the PS3 has nothing that sets it apart from the crowd outside of the Blu-Ray technology. Ironically, that Blu-Ray technology is the main reason why they won't be able to drop the price to a more competitive level.

All the biggest name games that are being released for the PS3 are coming out the same day for the 360 and/or the Wii.

The PS3 has the highest price, they've sold the least amount of units, developers hate it, they've lost their exclusive games, etc., etc., etc.

Unless you want Blu-Ray, why would anyone buy it?

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:17 pm
by Vince
And Blu-Ray's the new Beta... :;):

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:58 pm
by TheCatt
Microsoft lowers XBox 360 forecasts

Maybe the PC's winning... who knows.

Immediately following yesterday's earnings release, Microsoft revealed that it's cutting back its original Xbox 360 hardware shipment forecast for the fiscal year ending June 30 from a range of 13 to 15 million units to just 12 million.

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:28 am
by WSGrundy
TheCatt wrote:2 years down the road, I think the PS3 will be fine. It's just an expensive machine without killer games, and with tech that's too advanced for a lot of peeps.

In 2 years, prices will drop, more people will have HD TVs, and there will be more and better games.
I agree with catt. In the end I believe PS3 will be the worldwide leader, just not by the same margin it has been in the past.

I think the 360 will sell the most in the US with the PS3 2nd and the PS3 will sell the most in Japan with the 360 in 3rd. The difference in sales numbers between the PS3 and 360 in Japan will make up for the lower numbers in the US.

IMO

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:12 pm
by Vince
True, but the game market (not console) is driven by US sales. If the console is doing poorly in the US, then it isn't going to attract the game developers and that'll only hurt.

I think Sony's in trouble. Not "out of the market" trouble, but I think in another year they'll be far from where they were 3 years ago.

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:06 pm
by GORDON
Vince wrote:True, but the game market (not console) is driven by US sales. If the console is doing poorly in the US, then it isn't going to attract the game developers and that'll only hurt.

I think Sony's in trouble. Not "out of the market" trouble, but I think in another year they'll be far from where they were 3 years ago.
China's emerging middle class will change everything, possibly.

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:18 pm
by WSGrundy
Vince wrote:True, but the game market (not console) is driven by US sales. If the console is doing poorly in the US, then it isn't going to attract the game developers and that'll only hurt.

I think Sony's in trouble. Not "out of the market" trouble, but I think in another year they'll be far from where they were 3 years ago.
For the time being the biggest game developers are in Japan and I think they still look to make what the Japanese will like first and then hope it translates and sells well in the US.

As more and more US and Euro game makers enter the market the influence will shift to the US but right now I think Japan still calls the shots overall.

The Xbox is changing that though.

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:25 pm
by Vince
GORDON wrote:China's emerging middle class will change everything, possibly.
Possibly. If they can get a grip on their blackmarket problem.

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:21 pm
by Leisher

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:01 pm
by Vince
I really think the PS3's in trouble.

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:12 pm
by Paul
So when is Halo 3 coming out, thereby driving the final nail into Sony's coffin?

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:40 pm
by WSGrundy
Paul wrote:So when is Halo 3 coming out, thereby driving the final nail into Sony's coffin?
The same day the PS3 gets released.

In other words no one has any real idea.

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:04 pm
by TheCatt
WSGrundy wrote:
Paul wrote:So when is Halo 3 coming out, thereby driving the final nail into Sony's coffin?
The same day the PS3 gets released.

In other words no one has any real idea.
Huh?

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:11 pm
by WSGrundy
TheCatt wrote:
WSGrundy wrote:
Paul wrote:So when is Halo 3 coming out, thereby driving the final nail into Sony's coffin?
The same day the PS3 gets released.

In other words no one has any real idea.
Huh?
Halo 3 was a launch title for the 360 then it was promised the same day that the PS3 was going to be released. Since then the date has changed a couple more times so until the game goes gold any date you are given should be taken with a grain of salt.

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:14 pm
by Malcolm
I want Sony to wither up & die. They've gone insane.

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:54 am
by TheCatt
Sony dropping their price to $500 for the expensive one. Still throwing in 5 Blu-Rays with purchase.

Somehow, still dont care.

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:45 am
by Leisher
Meanwhile, Microsoft is going to spend 1.2 billion to fix all the faulty 360s out there.