Lights dimming for PS3

Despite Sony's Playstation 3 quarterly sales growth doubling from
last year, the end result from this year's holiday sales doesn't bode
well according to the Wall Street Journal.

Sony hoped the PS3 would take the number-two spot in video-game
consoles, as it currently trails the Wii and Xbox 360, respectively.
Instead, PlayStation 3 sales are down 19 percent from last holiday
season. Contrast that to Nintendo and Microsoft, which saw the Wii
double its sales and Xbox 360 sales rising by eight percent,
respectively.

Sony places a lot of hope on its videogame division as its electronics
business is suffering terribly due to the global economic crisis. Sony
projected last spring that its games division would finally make a
profit since launching the PS3 in 2006.

Earlier this month, I reported that by 2010, Sony plans to eliminate 8,000 jobs (four percent of its global work force). This is certainly the result of a tail spin of poor electronics sales.

Here's where Sony probably went wrong.

A pricey console featuring fancy components is backfiring on them as
this recession continues to spiral out of control and people are less
inclined to drop money on the priciest gaming console. And why should
they?

An entry-level PS3 model costs at least $150 more than the Wii or the
cheapest Xbox 360, right? And although the PS3 has Blu-ray
functionality that isn't in the Wii or the Xbox 360, it's still a
bitter pill to swallow when parents just want to buy a respectable
video-game console for their kids. Besides, the cost of actual Blu-ray
players are relatively inexpensive, and you still can get one with an
Xbox 360 for cheaper than what it would cost you to buy a PS3. Dang!

We also know that Microsoft helped its sales of the Xbox 360 when it
slashed the price this past fall and bundled games, too. Nintendo kept
the Wii's price at $249 but cranked out more consoles taking care of
the shortage problem.

Let's also be frank...Sony hasn't had the great exclusive titles it
enjoyed with the PlayStation 2. Microsoft has its heavyweight giants Halo and Gears of War
franchises. Nintendo's big money makers are mostly in-house games.
While Sony used to have a stronghold of exclusives, clever Microsoft
found a way to get game publishers to launch biggies simultaneous with
Sony.

Lastly, the PS3 just costs way too much to make. Last week, I told you Sony found a way to take the console which once took $840 to manufacture, and make it for $448.73.
Granted, it still loses money on every PS3 it sells because it retails
at $399, so Sony is going to have to cut the price to help boost sales.

Let the numbers speak for themselves. Since its launch, the Wii has
sold nearly 35 million units, the Xbox 360 has sold 22 million, with
the PS3 trailing at 17 million. Let's get even more specific. Last
month, in the US, the Wii sold 2 million, consumers bought 836,000 Xbox
360's, and only 368,000 PS3's were purchased.

While Sony's best seller last month (according to The NPD) was Call of Duty: World at War...dang again! The Xbox 360 version sold twice as much.

You guys think there's hope for the fledging PS3? I hope so...I love rooting for the underdog, don't you?

Honestly, developers can't make any decent games for it.

This is just like the Gamecube...

Lol i remember when i traded my gamecube in for a 64! cuz we already had a ps2 also

Elder Colonel Lunar wrote:

Honestly, developers can't make any decent games for it.

This is just like the Gamecube...

Not really
Gamecube sold well and had a lot of good games.
More games = Not better

Theres crap all over the PS2 and Xbox....if it doesn't land on the gamecube it doesn't matter.

Right?

-shrugs- All I know is that if it ain't doing well in the beginning then it's done for.

lol it was obvious the ps3 was loosing sales even way back as to last year. i feel bad for them. maybe if the ps3 was a little cheaper to produce and had some of the key functions the 360 and wii have its sales would go up. then again the ps3 favors a certain breed of gamer.

Yeah, a real damn shame for us....

I still ain't paying just to play online.

well people who have xbox live pay for online becuase it is revered as the best online experience and has much more features than psn and wii network put together. plus less lag issues. basically 360 is for online, wii is more directed to families and ps3 is a mix of everything that is trying to succeed and soon just might do that.

I dunno, man.

Sony is falling from grace and I'm not too happy about that.

yup but ya never know. then again the chances of it actually surpassing 360 or wii are very very slim. maybe they will learn something from their mistakes and when they make ps4 the issues will be fixed. they should also listen to their community on what they want to be done with the next system.

Seriously. >_>

Saw this coming from a mile...

DEFENDER OF EARTH wrote:

well people who have xbox live pay for online becuase it is revered as the best online experience and has much more features than psn and wii network put together. plus less lag issues. basically 360 is for online, wii is more directed to families and ps3 is a mix of everything that is trying to succeed and soon just might do that.

You can't really mix it.
Ps3 already has motion controls,and the game that used it the most was rank "Worst game of 2008"
Ps3 can already do what the Wii does,but the PS3 failed at making it that way.

Also they may not make a PS4,PS3 is already far passing techonology no need for it.
Look at Ps2,its still selling.

It could pass 360.......but not the Wii.
Also the Wii does mix everything.
It has games for family and hardcore games,like the new conduit game coming out with uses wii speak and its a shooting game with online.
Or james bond and Metriod and Mario etc.

Sony is loosing ALL THEIR MONEY from this piece of crap lol.

Autosaver wrote:

DEFENDER OF EARTH wrote:

well people who have xbox live pay for online becuase it is revered as the best online experience and has much more features than psn and wii network put together. plus less lag issues. basically 360 is for online, wii is more directed to families and ps3 is a mix of everything that is trying to succeed and soon just might do that.

You can't really mix it.
Ps3 already has motion controls,and the game that used it the most was rank "Worst game of 2008"
Ps3 can already do what the Wii does,but the PS3 failed at making it that way.



Sony is loosing ALL THEIR MONEY from this piece of crap lol.

lolz i just said this but in a smaller sentence. oh and they are gonna make a ps4. It is already in development for 2011 (estimated date they gave out) the reason sony says that the ps3's tech is so advanced is becuase producers of the games find it extremly hard to make games for the ps3. this is becuase of all the space given to them. the way the producers see it is that it takes too much time and money to create a game on ps3. they find it much much easier to just go and make that same game on 360 or wii. as for the wii. the games that do come out for it that are actually "hardcore" usually are too short or are not good at all. though some games like metroid and super smash brothers are fun to play the wii lacks the hardcore games you get on 360. not only that but 360 has over 200 family games and most other games are online shooters.

i guess the console one chooses depends on what they are looking for. if you are looking for good motion based games get the wii. if you are looking for online get the 360. STAY AWAY FROM PS3.

ok dont have time to read all that shit
and hey gamecube nintendo is awesome
^^ i have animal crossing for it
love it!!!

DEFENDER OF EARTH wrote:

i guess the console one chooses depends on what they are looking for. if you are looking for good motion based games get the wii. if you are looking for online get the 360. STAY AWAY FROM PS3.

Did you know...No More Heroes *FPS for the Wii was ranked better then Halo 3?

Well anyways they may not make PS4,PS3 is still in stock and they need to sell the rest.
I suggest PS4 when the next 360 is like...a year or 2 passed its life time.

Elder Colonel Lunar wrote:

Honestly, developers can't make any decent games for it.

This is just like the Gamecube...

I can still remember the intense anger I felt about the lack of games for the GCN. NINTENDO HAS BEEN AVENGED!!!

Go Wii!

Autosaver wrote:

Despite Sony's Playstation 3 quarterly sales growth doubling from
last year, the end result from this year's holiday sales doesn't bode
well according to the Wall Street Journal.

Sony hoped the PS3 would take the number-two spot in video-game
consoles, as it currently trails the Wii and Xbox 360, respectively.
Instead, PlayStation 3 sales are down 19 percent from last holiday
season. Contrast that to Nintendo and Microsoft, which saw the Wii
double its sales and Xbox 360 sales rising by eight percent,
respectively.

Sony places a lot of hope on its videogame division as its electronics
business is suffering terribly due to the global economic crisis. Sony
projected last spring that its games division would finally make a
profit since launching the PS3 in 2006.

Earlier this month, I reported that by 2010, Sony plans to eliminate 8,000 jobs (four percent of its global work force). This is certainly the result of a tail spin of poor electronics sales.

Here's where Sony probably went wrong.

A pricey console featuring fancy components is backfiring on them as
this recession continues to spiral out of control and people are less
inclined to drop money on the priciest gaming console. And why should
they?

An entry-level PS3 model costs at least $150 more than the Wii or the
cheapest Xbox 360, right? And although the PS3 has Blu-ray
functionality that isn't in the Wii or the Xbox 360, it's still a
bitter pill to swallow when parents just want to buy a respectable
video-game console for their kids. Besides, the cost of actual Blu-ray
players are relatively inexpensive, and you still can get one with an
Xbox 360 for cheaper than what it would cost you to buy a PS3. Dang!

We also know that Microsoft helped its sales of the Xbox 360 when it
slashed the price this past fall and bundled games, too. Nintendo kept
the Wii's price at $249 but cranked out more consoles taking care of
the shortage problem.

Let's also be frank...Sony hasn't had the great exclusive titles it
enjoyed with the PlayStation 2. Microsoft has its heavyweight giants Halo and Gears of War
franchises. Nintendo's big money makers are mostly in-house games.
While Sony used to have a stronghold of exclusives, clever Microsoft
found a way to get game publishers to launch biggies simultaneous with
Sony.

Lastly, the PS3 just costs way too much to make. Last week, I told you Sony found a way to take the console which once took $840 to manufacture, and make it for $448.73.
Granted, it still loses money on every PS3 it sells because it retails
at $399, so Sony is going to have to cut the price to help boost sales.

Let the numbers speak for themselves. Since its launch, the Wii has
sold nearly 35 million units, the Xbox 360 has sold 22 million, with
the PS3 trailing at 17 million. Let's get even more specific. Last
month, in the US, the Wii sold 2 million, consumers bought 836,000 Xbox
360's, and only 368,000 PS3's were purchased.

While Sony's best seller last month (according to The NPD) was Call of Duty: World at War...dang again! The Xbox 360 version sold twice as much.

You guys think there's hope for the fledging PS3? I hope so...I love rooting for the underdog, don't you?

stop posting everything u find out about ps3

Corruption wrote:

Lol i remember when i traded my gamecube in for a 64! cuz we already had a ps2 also

nintendo 64 was the bom back then.

i still have mine and it works

DEFENDER OF EARTH wrote:

well people who have xbox live pay for online becuase it is revered as the best online experience and has much more features than psn and wii network put together. plus less lag issues. basically 360 is for online, wii is more directed to families and ps3 is a mix of everything that is trying to succeed and soon just might do that.

Plus you get netflix with xbox live too