"PS3 A Sinking Ship"

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/siliconalley/personal-tech/2008_12_sonys_ps3_a_sinking_ship_sales_plummet_sne.html


Ouch.

[Jumpman]

No surprises here.

[Viper_Fujax]

nope

but i would disagree with their statement saying you dont see a difference in blu ray if the tv is smaller than 50"..mines 42" and i will never pay 10 bucks less for the dvd version of a movie

[Paul2]

Its interesting that I now realized the Wii is more expensive than the cheaper XBOX360 but sells more than 360.  Really surprising too.  Its has been over 2 years and Wii hasn\'t had a price cut at all but still sells nevertheless.  I guess since consumers are still buying it, they continue to sell at that price until the demand is really declining.  A smart business move from Nintendo.

I guess the average consumers don\'t know the Wii has last generation graphic performance, and cannot support High Def.  I think they are sold into the hype of the unique and different game play there.

Yeah, I agree that article is wrong saying you won\'t notice a different between HD and SD on display smaller than 50".  Even on a 30", you can still see a different between HD and SD...it\'s mostly depends on how far away you sit from the screen.

[Viper_Fujax]

you new to this \'casual gamer\' demographic er something?



theyre going to fuck up my hobby

[Paul2]

not sure what you are asking but i am just surprised the Wii still sell like hotcakes even without a price cut in 2 years.  You would thought consumers would get the cheaper 360 over the Wii, but the Wii still sells better than its competitors regardless...lol...

[Viper_Fujax]

because theyre casual gamers. stupid stuff like the xbox\'s crazy complex controls with more than 3 buttons and games like gears makes the 360 not even cross their mind..which means MS/Sony is going to have to change to cator to that demographic since it racks in so much money..hence fucking up my hobby

[Paul2]

i see.  i think this is a first in history that a console to still sells well even without a price cut in over 2 years.  I always thought the biggest reason why 360 or ps3 doesn\'t sells as high as the wii is the cost.  Now, it seems like that\'s not the case here, lol.

They should just focus on ps4.

[GmanJoe]

When he wrote

The differences between Blu-Ray and DVD are hard to see on a TV less than 50".

I realized this guy is a complete idiot.

[clips]

Meh..the ps3 will be fine...sure it\'s not the heavyweight it once was during the ps2 era, but games like metal gear, unchartered, heavy rain, and big blockbuster crossovers like resident evil 5, will keep it a solid competitor.

Those clowns like time magazine and other entities that normally don\'t cover console gaming usually end up not knowing what the f**k they are talking about.

i see.  i think this is a first in history that a console to still sells well even without a price cut in over 2 years.  I always thought the biggest reason why 360 or ps3 doesn\'t sells as high as the wii is the cost.  Now, it seems like that\'s not the case here, lol.

To put things in perspective, the Gamecube was always the cheapest console of last generation and it was always in third place.

I like that they say "the problem isn\'t the recession, it\'s the ps3" and their first reason why the system is flopping is "the recession."
 
Woo.

When he wrote

I realized this guy is a complete idiot.

I\'ve said it before and I\'ll say it again.......a lot of the public truly feels that way.  I\'m not saying they\'re right, just saying that\'s how it is.

I like that they say "the problem isn\'t the recession, it\'s the ps3" and their first reason why the system is flopping is "the recession."

Like you said, he stated in the opening it\'s the PS3 not the recession.  Then in his first reason he pointed to the price of the PS3 as why price-conscious buyers aren\'t going after it, not the recession itself.  No contradiction there.

[Paul2]

To put things in perspective, the Gamecube was always the cheapest console of last generation and it was always in third place.

I know, but the Gamecube don\'t have lots of killer games like PS2 had back then.  Most of Gamecube games back then are kiddish and the graphic performance between the 3 consoles are small compare Wii to PS3/360.  Now, the Wii which has last generation graphic and mostly kiddish games sells more than PS3 or 360 that has this generation graphic...

Viper is right, casual gamers didn\'t know Wii is last generation graphic, and they are sold into the unique game play like the controller and a weight machine for push up or something...lol.