Yahoo! says “Sony is in serious trouble”

David Marcus, of Yahoo! gaming video magazine Playback, has said that after going from first to last place in just two console cycles, “Sony is in serious trouble this generation.”

Playback’s latest instalment is supposed to be a handy guide to buying a console this Christmas, and reckons that Blu-ray no longer justifies PS3′s high price tag as cheaper players are now entering the market.

On the other hand, Wii demand is going to stretch stocks again this Christmas, says the programme, and apparently “there’s never been a better time to buy Microsoft’s concave console,” after 360′s latest round of price cuts.

Full thing after the break.

By Mike Bowden

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#101

Gamoc
22/09/08, 5:40 pm

One-oh-one-oh-one-derful

#102

morriss
22/09/08, 6:57 pm

One hundred and two, how are you?

#103

BartonFink
22/09/08, 8:34 pm

@Shatner – BC eh?

I wonder how much of an impact that will actually have in the coming months and year as people previously with PS2 and have not bought into this gen yet.
Will they even know that Sony have dropped it on the floor like a hot shite until they have handed over their PS2 and gotten home?

And 103 \o/

#104

Psychotext
22/09/08, 8:41 pm

Joy, the BC argument again. The one that absolutely no-one can prove…

Still, I suppose if no-one cared about BC then the new PS3 hardware available in the US in September should provide a significant bump to their sales.

#105

Syrok
22/09/08, 8:48 pm

Here we go.

Can’t stop myself from giving my opinion on the BC issue so here it goes:
I think matters little to most of those who are thinking of buying a PS3 now and that they are only waiting for the price to come down. BC only matters to those who could be called hardcore (hate that expression just as much as casual) and those who’s PS2 is broken/broke (Moi.) and now want to step up.

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morriss
22/09/08, 9:07 pm

Nah! I know loads of people who are gutted that their old PS2 games won’t play on PS3, and they’re as casual as you come.

Anecdotal evidence ftw!! \o/

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