Comments on: PS3 passes 2 million, PSP over 3 million in the UK

By: theevilaires

theevilaires — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:38:59 +0000

that would be considered incest Retroid and im not european

By: Retroid

Retroid — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:30:06 +0000

A guy with rabbis?

“Oy vey, why don’t you marry a good Xbot like your mother?”

By: theevilaires

theevilaires — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:41:03 +0000

Rhythm said:
March 5, 2009 at 9:41 am

@Tf53

If they’ve hit 2 million in two years then it’s selling faster than the 360 did – that took 2 years and 5 months to get to the same level

Don’t waste your time. You have better luck talking to a guy with rabbis than a xbot.

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:52:42 +0000

TBH, they should release one more which sees MGS4 added.

And then for first party, LBP.

Well, that or Resistance 2.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:43:00 +0000

That’s not an unreasonable bundle but it’d have been better if they’d left Killzone 2 in there as well. Or chucked LBP in or something.

By: Syrok

Syrok — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:41:32 +0000

I thought that GTA bundle was released with GTA at least I saw a few of them in Australia last summer/winter.

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:40:07 +0000

Actually, this could be a hint.

Or not, whatever.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=nl&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http://ps3life.nl/nieuws/2844-sony-lanceert-een-ps3-verjaardagsbundel-in-maart/&prev=hp

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:30:33 +0000

I think March is too soon after the Killzone 2 bundle. I reckon it’ll be Spring/Summer that they’ll drop it.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:28:11 +0000

Rumours of the PS3′s demise have been greatly exaggerated, I suspect.

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:22:02 +0000

4get Obama

Shatner 4 prez, brud.

Seriously, like Blerk is saying, considering that its selling at a steady rate, they wont need to drop the price until something big comes along like E3, that could be when they’d do a price cut if any.

That said, I reckon a PS3 price cut on March 23rd, 2 years to the day since PS3 launched in Europe. Be that a Euro price cut or a worldwide pricecut, I dont know.

By: Tf53

Tf53 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:12:55 +0000

According to the latest 4 guys 1 up podcast, there’s already talk like “why bother with the third place manufacturer?”. In America, Sony’s doing worse than last year at the exact same price point. Chalk it up to the recession, if you will, but the recession doesn’t seem to affect the other two players.

By: Shatner

Shatner — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:02:45 +0000

Blerkspeaksfortheentireworld?lol

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:59:17 +0000

Well, I actually was talking about the whole world. It’s not setting the charts alight, but it’s selling roughly half of what the 360 is selling, which isn’t exactly single-digit figures.

By: Shatner

Shatner — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:56:12 +0000

TF53speaksfortheentireworld?lol

By: Tf53

Tf53 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:48:59 +0000

Ah, you’re only talking about the UK. The sticky situation is that it’s selling ok-ish in Europe, but worldwide it’s getting dangerously close to the “why bother with a PS3 version” situation.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:43:44 +0000

It might not be “flying off the shelves” but it’s selling steadily and probably not losing them any money. If they drop the price too soon then they’d sell more but lose money. As long as it’s actually moving boxes still, I’m sure they’ll keep the price where it is until such a time as they can significantly reduce their costs to a level where they can safely drop the price and maintain their profit.

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:41:18 +0000

@Tf53

If they’ve hit 2 million in two years then it’s selling faster than the 360 did – that took 2 years and 5 months to get to the same level

By: Tf53

Tf53 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:39:28 +0000

Blerk, what do you count as selling? It’s not exactly flying off the shelves.

By: Eregol

Eregol — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:38:58 +0000

@Rock

It is very good numbers. Especially seeing as the PS3 passed 1 million in a shorter time than the PS2 did. They say Sony has it rough with the PS3, but with the console shipping numbers the way it is I don’t see it as a bad thing.

By: Rock_Me_Amadeus

Rock_Me_Amadeus — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:37:06 +0000

Two million in two years is good numbers

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:33:37 +0000

I think it was clear from other statements pre-Christmas that they really did want to drop the price but had to show they could turn a profit to those higher up. Once that was done they then had the go ahead to drop the price.

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:32:49 +0000

I dunno, they desperately need to close the gap on 360 if they want to stay in the running.

How many are Microsoft up to in the UK now?

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:31:22 +0000

I’m wondering if they’ll ever drop the costs as long as it’s selling, tbh.

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:28:06 +0000

That is a pretty badly worded statement though. I guess they’re internally expecting a huge boost should they drop the price this year.

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:26:49 +0000

/is part of the problem

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:07:14 +0000

Actually, reading that second quote a bit more carefully, maybe he really did mean it like that. Look forward to lots more stupidly expensive Sony consoles in the future.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:05:57 +0000

lol! I’m sure he didn’t mean it to sound like that!

“Man, I’m fucking shocked anyone’s buying the damn thing! It’s soooo expensive!2