Edcase

Jesus, did I use enough smileys in the last post?!

Iain Young

I didn't say the launch didn't mean anything. I meant that trying to form any sort of conclusion from comparing the launches is meaningless at the moment. You can't determine an popularity / trend information simply because the surrounding circumstances are so different.

It's the 6 month figure I'll be interested in. If the Europe sales trends follow those of the USA, then the PS3 will be lagging behind both the wii and the 360 (despite the impressive opening weekend). Will be intersting to see if it happens

That's never stopped Sony or MS from doing it in the past. Why should they be any different now

Edcase

But who is trying to form any conclusions? Not me. I am simply posting up the result of the launch and commenting on how impressive it is in isolation, given the price point / lack of gift purchasing.

DrEvil

Typical sales person!

Awesomepossum

Ed, i wont turn you into an ostrich on my Live buddy list

Well after yesterdays play on the neighbours machine i went and bought one from Game. Console plus 2 games (Resistance and Motorstorm) and 3 yr warrenty for Ł510, inc a rebate for some loyalty points

Just updating the thing the now

Hate having to input everything by txt style format, suppose i need a USB keyboard.

Will download the GT HD demo later and give that a good thrashing

So quiet compared with the 360

Edcase

i got this:

KeySonic Compact 2.4GHz Wireless Keyboard with integrated Touch Pad (KB-ACK-540RF)

works and looks a treat.

ex-webby

People that feel the requirement to use a keyboard for use on a games console need to be hung, drawn and quartered. Never the twain shall meet in my world!

mart360

Alle bloody lulia

its a games console not a PC

when will they learn..

Mart

STi wanna Subaru

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UK: PlayStation 3 hardware sales plummet 82 per cent
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Edcase

Inevitable really, there's not enough quality launch titles and the price is too high



To be fair it's the same with most big product launches, it was similar for PS2 etc. It will stay fairly slow through to autumn then it will start picking up. Xmas 07 will be where the real battle will start and we will begin to get a realistic view of the market. Should be very interesting to watch.

Iain Young

I found this quite amusing

Mr Biffo's Blog: Spiked!

Edcase

mart360

Some how i dont share your view. I dont think the PSŁ will excel, if you look at the industry today, its all about profits, pure and simple. Given that there are always a plethoria of games released around christmas, the buisness model is alway profit on your return.

If a company has to maximise its return, its going to hit as many platforms as possible, the fastest way is to give each platform the same product (game) at the same time, Code for the minumum spec that will run on each platform uniformly, that maximises your return. (thats what i would do )

How many s/w houses can devote coders to exploit the potential of the PSŁ at the same time as coding the other games, even allowing for the same core engine etc being used? Back in the eightys, when there wasnt the same business ethic, then you would see coders exploiting a consoles strengths, as they had the time and no business model to work to. Commodore tried the extra coding trick on the 020 based Amiga's, how many games were released? Not many i know of!

OK so MGS 4 will be an exclusive, and may set a new benchmark, but will it be enough? die hard fans and some people new to the genre will buy it, but will it generate enough sales to convince other s/w houses to do the same?

As you well know its a cutthroat market, how many will comit to a console that may or may not pay off. You mentioned that MS dumped the xbox without warning, they certainly wer'nt the first, and they certainly wont be the last.

Now i,m not a fan of the Xbox, and have been loyal to sony following the PS1 & 2, but even i'm struggling to put together a good case to purchase the new unit. To the point that the 360 is looking to be a tempting case given that it has a good portfolio of games allready released.

As for the other apps the PSŁ has, unless your going down that route, most housholds wont want to duplicate what they allready have (pc, internet etc)

OK bluray is good, but unless you have the capability to use it what do you gain,

I think the only way sony will gain ground, is to get the consoles into more homes, and at the moment the only way to do that is to drop the price, even then, it will be touch and go given MS's 1 years headstart

Mart