Posted by JoJo#1MSFanboy on 02/18/07 04:51

In article <4kJBh.28070$gT4.15347@newsfe18.lga>,
brenden.chaseREMOVETHIS@gmail.com says...
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>"JoJo#1MSFanboy" <JoJo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:ViIBh.28$Ep.11@newsfe07.phx...
>> In article <kpGBh.25379$gT4.1375@newsfe18.lga>,
>> brenden.chaseREMOVETHIS@gmail.com says...
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>>>"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.
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>>>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.
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>What exactly are the January numbers going to tell us??? That the Wii is
>still outselling the PS3? Big deal!
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>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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It's simply not selling near as well as the PS2. Not even close.

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