Wii Play/WiiFit:no:

 

At least its more of a game.

 

Three observations.

Wii = Gaming God in systems moved.

360 = finally found the right price range and is leaving the PS3 in the dust.

PS3 = The death bells are ringing...well as far as having a chance at not being third this generation.

 

Your chart sucks, mines always looked better! :cry:

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:knucks:

 

Wow, I almost feel bad for Sony. I wonder how much money they are going to end up loosing on that console?

 

To be fair, this is just american sales (sony does lead the 360 in japan for example). I think them having blu-ray continue to gain ground on dvd is more important.

 

A couple quick notes.

Wii broke the highest sales ever for a console during November.
PlayStation 2 (2002) - 1.30M
Wii (2008) - 2.04M

December and all-time record is...
PlayStation 2 (2002) - 2.70M
Wii (2008) - stay tuned

PlayStation 3's year over year sales actually dropped from last year.
November 2007 - 466K
November 2008 - 378K

 

No price cut needed!!

Sony is run by monkeys, monkeys I say!

Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 look sexy as hell though :knucks:

 

Its simple for Sony the system costs too much especially without backwards compatibility. Yes I know that over time the 360 with its Live fees costs more than the PS3 but the average buyer and especially parents look at the base price and buy on that.

However Stitches is right in Japan the PS3 is beating the 360 and I am pretty sure that is the case in Europe as well. So for the system overall its not doing that bad but here in the US it is just dreadful and no where near where Sony hoped it would be. Because of the US failures Sony has to view the PS3 as somewhat of a failure and they don't even seem to care about loosing a major market.

Mor I disagree with your Blu-Ray comment though. I still think people use it as a gaming console far more than they do a Blu-Ray player. However no doubt Sony made the PS3 to big and complicated for a wow factor and it blew up in their face.

 

The one thing lost in all this is the Xbox 360 doing 836K. That's really good and is being overshadowed by the Wii's complete dominance and PS3's dismal failure. The $199 price point is working.

The PS3 has cost the Japanese electronics giant $3.3 billion since its launch in late 2006 because of "strategic pricing" under which it sells the console at a loss...

Forbes

The "wait for _____" was popular among GameCube owners last generation. It ended up in 3rd place too.

Also, Sony's arrogance is what led to them to include Blu-ray into their console in the first place even though they knew it drove up the price to FIVE HUNDRED NINETY NINE U.S. DOLLARS.

I remember the quotes by various Sony executives basically assuming PlayStation 3 would roll over the competition just like the last two generations no matter what.

 

Yes I agree with you on Blu-Ray being too much, I disagreed with it being the only reason people still use their PS3.

Plain and simple Sony got cocky and it came back to bite them.

 

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I'd have bought a ps3 by now if they didn't lose all of their exclusives. thats one thing people don't talk about. Last generation, the ps2 had exclusives on GTA, devil May cry, final fantasy, tekken, and theres rumblings they may lose kingdoms hearts as well. and the ONE exclusive Sony managed to snag from Microsoft, Bioshock, didn't sell well on the ps3.

I mean, those are HUGE games and I'm sure im missing a few. I was considering buying the ps3 for Final Fantasy XIII alone until Microsoft took care of that. Microsoft may not be able to beat Nintendo at their own game but they've certainly got Sony backed in a corner this generation.

Blu-ray though, i simply couldn't careless. Too much for the player, too much for the discs, and no matter what, i can't shake that feeling the Sonys just trying to sell me the future rather then it actually being the future.

 

My PS3 is bad *** and thats all I care about. I do hope PS3 sales rise.

 

Mine is better. I only paid $250 for it. :tongue2:

 

Well then you are all misguided fools. :wink2:

 

I have a Wii too. It bores me.:tongue2:

 

I meant my PS3 only cost $250. :shifty:

Add alcohol consumption to your Wii play sessions. It'll help. :up:

 

The other thing that has to be bad news for Sony is that the PS3 is no longer a good value as a blue ray player. It used to be just about the best player on the market and with stand alone players being almost as much as the console a lot of people that just wanted a blue ray player bought a PS3.

Not any more. Over the last month there have been quite a few sales on good quality name brand blue ray player in the $150 range.... And those prices will continue to drop as the year flips over and older models are replaced by their 2009 counterparts.

I would REALLY like to see the world sales numbers though to compare the PS3 and the 360.

 

Oh, I thought you were referencing the Wii. $250 for a PS3 is sweet.

 

Alcohol consumption can make a lot of subpar things look better. :chuckle:

 

I can confirm that works on the 360 as well. Halo 3 after 2 screwdrivers in a party of 8 friends on a Saturday night playing big team.

Good times. :knucks:

 

VG Chartz.com - Video Game Sales Charts - Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Wii, PS3, Xbox360, DS, PSP, PC
***VG charts is not 100% accurate and you cannot fully trust them as a resource


(but they do kind of give you the right idea of what the numbers probably look like)

 

It would be nice if the NPD had a site like VGChartz

 

Wow if those numbers are correct the Wii has outsold the PS3 worldwide just in the US. That's unreal.

 

I can throw darts at random numbers and it would be more accurate than VGChartz. That site is worthless.

I'll find a chart that uses actual NPD (U.S) and Media Create (Japan) numbers. :wink2:

 

Wouldn't it? But theres flaws in NPD numbers too. Doesn't NPD not include Walmart? Or am I just making that up?

 

hence the disclaimer. But really, how much can they be off by? Givem them some credit, at least the numbers seem logical :lol:

 

Hard to get accurate world sales numbers since European numbers are very hard to come by but U.S. and Japan numbers are given out every month and every week, respectively. Here's U.S. + Japan combined sales numbers.



Credit: donny2112 at GAF

 

I like that they list SSBB for the Wii. Like it matters what game gets released.

 

Seeing as how Super Smash Bros. Melee was the GameCube's best selling game, pointing out when its sequel was released does matter a bit.

Didn't cause much of a spike in console sales though.

It is. Well, one game actually.

 

I'm pretty sure none of the blu-ray (:wink2:) players that were recently at $200 or less are as good technically as the ps3.