Comments on: May NPD: Lack of GTA hardware boost is a “surprise,” says Frazier

By: patlike

patlike — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:38:25 +0000

The press conferences are on the Monday and Tuesday.

By: Killerbee

Killerbee — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:36:58 +0000

I have to agree – the Americans seem to be lapping up the Playstation 3 and MGS4. Especially the sell-out 80GB bundle.

It’d be interesting to see whether the same happens in Europe where we don’t have such goodies though… I can see MGS4 selling well, but I’m less sure it’s a console shifter. Particularly since the MGS4 bundle is just the same old 40GB, Sixaxis and a game thing Sony have been doing for months now…

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:33:51 +0000

Week beginning July 13th. Kicks off proper on the Wednesday, but there are conferences and stuff earlier than that.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:32:37 +0000

When is e3 btw?

By: patlike

patlike — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:25:13 +0000

It’s almost as if some kind of major 360 channel announcement could pop up in the next few months. Maybe even at a trade show in LA.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:23:01 +0000

Seems like a good time for Microsoft to announce that US price cut, doesn’t it?

By: patlike

patlike — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:15:26 +0000

What Blerk said. It’s pretty obvious. PS3′s going to destroy 360 in June.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:13:03 +0000

Well…. New PS3 packs + MGS == sales. No new 360 deals + no big 360 releases == fewer sales. Wii + metoometoometoo == jumbo sales.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:10:34 +0000

Why and why not?

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:00:28 +0000

Next month should be interesting. I doubt even Pachter can balls that prediction up.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:59:01 +0000

I’m not overly surprised to be honest. I would have thought any major boost would have occurred week 1 (like they always do. Since there wasn’t any it would have been strange to see a huge increase this month.

But I do believe there was a boost. If it wasnt for GTA the 360 would have sold less than 100K both this and last month.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:44:05 +0000

I’m astonished, tbh. Where the hell is everybody?

Although I suppose I’ve some need to talk, being a last-gen die-hard and all. Maybe there are more people like me than I expected?

I still think Sony need to drop their price at least $100. If top-notch games can’t kick-start the market, it can *only* be the hardware price that’s holding it back.

By: patlike

patlike — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:30:29 +0000

PS3 figures were up. 360 sales were actually down. I bet Microsoft’s pleased about that.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:23:16 +0000

Maybe there was a boost.