Posted by Brenden D. Chase on 02/17/07 20:12

"JoJo#1MSFanboy" <JoJo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ViIBh.28$Ep.11@newsfe07.phx...
> In article <kpGBh.25379$gT4.1375@newsfe18.lga>,
> brenden.chaseREMOVETHIS@gmail.com says...
>>
>>
>>"JoJo#1MSFanboy" <JoJo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:f8GBh.43896$0y4.9144@newsfe14.phx...
>>> In article <1171693411.212796.288300@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>,
>>> asjbiotek@gmail.com says...
>>>>
>>>>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&align=0
>>>>
>>>>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!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> LMAO!! Wait till you see the January numbers show up on that chart. I
>>> find
>>> it
>>> sad that the PS2 sold twice as many units as the PS3 did in December and
>>> had
>>> already been out a month longer. I like my PS3 but lets not lose grip on
>>> reality.
>>>
>>
>>Your over zealous statement makes no sense. What exactly had 'already been
>>out a month longer?' It's amazing how everyone wants to side step the
>>facts
>>that PS3 is selling better than the PS2 did in the same amount of time,
>>and
>>the price is doubled. By the numbers alone, this was a successful launch
>>for Sony and its negatively surrounded console. All the negative pub, and
>>they are still doing better than they did for PS2. And because PS3 was
>>outsold by all other consoles out there everyone wants to call DOOM for
>>Sony
>>as a contender. Do you forget that the top selling console this christmas
>>is
>>owned by Sony? And its a fact that they are making money on every single
>>"slim" PS2 sold these days, not to mention the money made from all those
>>PS2
>>games already out there... add to the that 'must-buy' ps2 games that are
>>still coming out.
>>
>>Just to recap, that's cash from PS2 consoles, PS2 games, PS3 games, and
>>Blu-ray movies. The only thing Sony loses out on is PS3 consoles. And by
>>the
>>talk of the anti-sony people out there 'those consoles are just stacked up
>>in the store collecting dust!' So why should it be such a big deal that
>>PS3
>>numbers arent as high as everyone else, when PS2 is still out there crush
>>the opposition and taking names?? Maybe you need to take a look at
>>'reality'.
>>
>>I have no doubt in my mind that the PS3 is going to be just fine. This
>>spring and summer will prove that.
>>
>>
>>
> Like I said... just wait for the January numbers and stop drinking the
> Sony
> koolaid.
>

What exactly are the January numbers going to tell us??? That the Wii is
still outselling the PS3? Big deal!

We already know that PS3 lacks games. This will change this spring and
summer. So what exactly is your point about "january" numbers?

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