Posted by Sammus McMouldenus on 02/17/07 13:56

On 17 Feb, 11:26, blue <b...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> asjbio...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Whoaaa!!!! Since the PS3 is a blu-ray player and has been criticized
> > as having forgotten its gaming roots, i was surprised to see this
> > graph, which shows it actually is outselling the PS2 when that was
> > first launched...
>
> >http://www.vgcharts.org/aconscomps.php?name1=PS2&name2=PS3&type=0&ali...
>
> > PS2 is STILL the top-selling console (it beat all other consoles
> > during the last holidays for example), so I guess PS3 ain't doing too
> > badly ;-)
>
> > Plus, you get these news:
>
> > PS3 game is top-selling game:
> >http://ps3center.net/story-259.html
>
> > PS3 is most pre-ordered console:
> >http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=22810
>
> > HOORAY for Blu-ray!
>
> This is all true but seeing as there are no games out for the PS3 the
> sales aren't that great. Considering the time of year and that a lot of
> those games on the list have been out for a long time this isn't great news.

'Record breaking pre-orders' just means that lots of people put down
interest. It doesn't mean they will follow through though.

A lot of people will put down a pre-order just because they are afraid
that if they don't, there's no way to get one on the day if they
change their minds or not.


>
> As for Play, there have already been online articles saying that it
> sounds fishy that an online distributer has been hyping up a product
> before launch.

They are Sony PR releases, pumping up the pre-orders trying to paint a
very positive picture for the PS3. Considering how poorly it sold on
release thanks to cut production figures in the US and Japan, it's
sony's last attempt to make the PS3 look like a must have item.

What they aren't saying is how poorly it's selling now that it's out
of the gates and in plentiful supply.

Japanese gamers are buying less than 20-25k a week.

Furthermore, VF5 has sold very poorly compared to previous must-have
titles. It may be at the top of the charts, but it only added 5k extra
sales to the PS3s total for that week, and furthermore, 45k is pitiful
in the context of the market it's in.


>If Sony can meet the demand then good on them, but
> preorders for both Xbox360 and Wii were cut drastically months ahead of
> time by an email sent out to customers because of supply problems. So
> therefore if Sony don't have supply problems they are of course going to
> have more preorders than either of the other two. The guy at Play is
> just putting spin on the figures to hype the product up at a time when
> it is more difficult to sell machines.

Sales will plummet after launch. With plentiful supply on launch day,
those that really need it will have it already.

My prediction is that once people see how big a hole it's going tomake
in their bank blanace, they will think twice and give up on it until a
price cut!


>
> Ps2 had a very soft launch from what I remember - you have to put
> everything in context. Sorry for bringing it down to earth.

As for the blu-ray sales outselling HD-DVD in January - it's obvious
that is this has more to do with the number of releases in January on
each respective format, and the rebate PS3 owners got off Blu-Ray
disks than any preference in the early adopters market.

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