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Can 11 million PS3s bring Sony CE back into black?

By Nate Mook, BetaNews

December 17, 2007, 11:45 AM

In an interview published over the weekend in Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kazuo Hirai said he expects global PS3 sales to top 11 million by the end of March.

While hitting the 11 million mark won't put the PS3 above Nintendo and Microsoft, it does bring Sony closer to its rivals, which is important to encourage development on the platform. The company recently slashed the price of its software development kit.

Sony has seen tremendous success in both Japan and abroad since introducing a lower price 40GB model last month. The PS3 reportedly outsold the Nintendo Wii in Japan during November, and sales tripled in the United States after Thanksgiving.

Still, Sony knows that games are everything if such success is to continue. Hirai told the paper that the PS3, "is starting afresh as a console to play games with...we would like to put our strength in the number of software games."

Sony Computer Entertainment's fiscal 2008 ends in March, and the company has nearly 4 million consoles to sell by that time. But with ample supply available around the world for the holidays and supply of the Wii constricted, Sony is confident it will hit the target, while at the same time returning the PlayStation division to profitability.

According to current statistics from VG Chartz, Nintendo has sold over 16 million Wiis worldwide, while Microsoft has sold around 14.5 million Xbox 360 consoles.

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By fernz33

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 4:19 PM

I wonder how long until Beta"News" reports on the Divx/BR1.1 update on the PS3. Way to be on top of things BN!

Maybe Ed is having a hard time spinning it as a bad thing.

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By Metfanant

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 3:27 PM

oh i LOVE it...if you guys had a clue what you are talking about you could be dangerous.... it makes me LAUGH that you think im dave...it makes me laugh that you think im from blu-ray.com....it makes me laugh that you think im in love with sony....it makes me laugh that you think hd-dvd has a chance...

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Dec 19, 2007 - 6:22 AM

Your funny Dave, thanks!

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By SGD

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 4:19 PM

Hi Dave

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By plague201

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 3:39 PM

Hi Davey :-D

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By Bladeforce

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 12:19 PM

And a final one to make you cry with laughter....

"Back in March 2006 Business Week reported that Sony was expecting to sell 200 million PlayStation 3 units in its first five years to the market. They were hoping to push 12 million units in their first year alone. Reaching those goals is important because it would allow Sony to decrease the cost of manufacturing for the Cell processor. This would, theoretically, allow them to compete with industry giants like Intel and AMD."

Nearly there Sony!!

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By Bladeforce

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 12:16 PM

There's more!!!

"Sony’s profit nose-dived 94% for the July-September quarter as a global battery recall (costing 51 billion yen or $430 million) and red ink in its video-game business (CELL development & PS3 launch costs) battered the Japanese electronics and entertainment company.

Sony Corp.’s group net profit for the fiscal second quarter totaled 1.7 billion yen ($14 million), dwindling from 28.5 billion yen ($240 million) the same period the previous year, the Tokyo-based manufacturer said Thursday. Sony cut PSP shipment forecasts by 25% (9 million units).

Meanwhile, Nintendo have seen a rise in profits of nearly 50% in the April-September first half of this financial year. Overall sales rose by 59%. And a 72% gain in profit was attributed by Nintendo to sales of DS Lite and New Super Mario Bros.

Net income rose to 38.8 billion yen ($327 million) compared to a year earlier. In this period DS sold 10.9 million units worldwide. Nintendo is expecting to ship 20 million DS players this fiscal year, up from its previous projection for 17 million. Sources: Bloomberg and Topix"

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By Bladeforce

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 12:10 PM

Oh and just to shut up the Sony lovers out there...
"Nintendo is now worth 10.1 trillion Yen (over US$86.5 billion!) in market value after the phenomenal success of their DS & Wii systems, which caused their worth to almost triple in value since the launch of the Wii console late last year.

Nintendo is now Japan’s third-most valuable listed company behind automaker Toyota Motor and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Nintendo’s Wii console and DS handheld machines have catapulted the once struggling brand past Sony’s latest PlayStation consoles and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. The stock rose 5.3% to 71,300 Yen yesterday, bringing its market capitalization to 10.1 trillion yen — a fivefold increase in the past two years.

Nintendo’s market capitalization is almost double that of Sony, whose total revenue is more than eight times as big as Nintendo’s. And Japan’s largest bank and analysts see shares setting more high scores in the future. KBC Securities analyst Hiroshi Kamide said: “There’s more upside than downside risk. There’s every reason to believe Nintendo will continue to execute its strategy well in expanding the gaming industry to strengthen its position… and really keep doing what it’s been doing regardless of what competition is doing.” Not surprising, since Nintendo estimate the total of DS units to reach 58 million by March 31, 2008.– Via Reuters

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By Bladeforce

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 11:57 AM

OMG!!! DO YOU ALL FORGET SONY'S ROOTKIT DEBACLE?? BOYCOTT ALL THEIR PRODUCTS!!

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By Hollywood__

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 11:20 AM

For anyone who is keeping track, HD-DVD, with one tenth of the player base as BD is neck and neck in movie sales and has been for the past two weeks.

That's a fact and it's pretty sad.

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By MinuteMaid

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 12:50 PM

By neck and neck, you mean 70/30 in Blu-ray favor right??

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By Dale1v

edited Dec 18, 2007 - 6:21 AM

As a next gen console that the Wii was supposed to be released as, its rather poor. Its sales succeed because it targets a larger market and has more appeal to the market than the xbox and ps3, eg: those family games and the never ending plethora of Mario games :\ . The PS3's high price and expensive SDK made them suffer, but they might recover. As for Xbox360, they're sales are doing well. In my unbiased opinion, as I own neither console.

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By Metfanant

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 10:44 PM

haha...calling the PS3 weak and passing on it to play on the PC....ok sounds good to me....upgrade your PC every 6 months to play the newest games...90% of people that play Unreal on the PC will not be able to handle Unreal on high settings in anywhere NEAR the resolution/FPS that the PS3 can 720p/solid 30fps...it just will not happen PERIOD...for the 10% of PC gamers that can...more power to you....hows the 360 version of Unreal treating ya??...oh yeah...there isn't one...and there is no time table for a release...yikes, sorry 360 owners...not to mention more than one review site has stated they like the feel of the PS3 version of unreal better than the PC version...

Uncharted has too many jaggies?...why don't you just kill yourself...im sure you think Halo 3 is the best looking game right? :::rolls eyes::: you're stretching buddy...Uncharted is easily the best looking game on a console right now...it does have some screen tearing issues, but if you just play it instead of looking for reasons why the PS3 is bad then you won't even notice...

Gran Turismo...ok, you don't like it...still doesn't change the fact that its the best selling racing franchise of all time...but i guess everyone else is wrong and you're right...yup...

oh and Hollywood....you might like to know that as of oh...NOW...in the UK you should turn on your PS3 and download the Blu-ray profile 1.1 firmware update to that "cheap substandard BD player"...but i thought that couldn't be done?...

go home...Blu-ray outsells HD-DVD 3:1 in the US...way bigger lead outside of the US...the PS3 outsold the Wii in Japan for the month of November, and is catching the 360 in worldwide sales....

of course the 360 will have more good games right now...remember Gears was not released till almost a year into the 360's life cycle...the PS3 has R:FoM, Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank, GT5P, and Unreal 3 in the same time frame...

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By Hocuspokus

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 11:07 AM

Didn't take long for your unbiased not-a-Sony/PS3/Blu-ray fanboy mask to slip, huh Metfanant?

LMAO

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Dec 19, 2007 - 6:25 AM

I was thinking the same thing.

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By yountmj

posted Dec 19, 2007 - 12:28 AM

Hah... you remember those comments too, eh?

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By SGD

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 8:55 AM

You are such a liar it is amazing. You can play unreal very well on two year old hardware on the PC. Unreal will and is great on the PC. By the way if the PS3 is so great what happened to one of the great games that was coming that some how you have forgotten about? How is that Orange Box working out on the advanced PS3, oh yeah it stinks. Funny how the PC and 360 versions got like 9.6 while the PS3 is full of video and controller issues. Superior system my ass. One review site says they prefer the PS3 version of Unreal, WOW stop the presses one site likes it. Last time I checked there are I bet considerably more than one game review site. Oh yeah thats right there are tons of them. I'm guessing you pulled that off some Sony fanboy web site too.

On the topic of firmware when is the update coming for the Sony 300, 500, and other manufactures stand alone blu ray players? Oh yeah they aren't can't be done can you say obsolete as soon as you buy it. How about all the issues with Samsung bluray players with some of the newest titles? According to Samsung they are not provided the info in a timely manner in order to make updates as needed. How do you expect the average consumer to do a firmware update each time a new movie comes out? What a joke the format is. At least HD DVD is complete. You are such a sony shill.

From this time forward the only blu ray movies that I am going to buy will be used. Hopefully others will follow suite. 3:1 sales because of fire sales what ever you say there jagoff. B1G1 equals a fire sale. But oh no not if Bluray does it that is different. They are providing a service to the customer what a sack of crap you are.

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By pridewalker

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 11:20 PM

Sorry to crap in your cereal here, but the 360 version of Unreal 3 is slated for the 2nd quarter of '08... http://www.gamespot.com/...urnament2007/index.html. If that's been changed, I haven't seen anything about it yet.

Uncharted does suffer from jaggies. It still looks nice, but they're there...

Blu-ray outsold HD DVD 3:1 for ONE WEEK...which still isn't really all that great, when you factor in the number of BR capable players against HD DVD's.

The PS3 has sold 7.47 million units (to date) versus the 360's 14.73 million, and the Wii's 16.64. Granted, the PS3 is proportional to the 360 (when you factor in the time frames each has been on sale), yet it's being seriously dwarfed by Nintendo (who launched at roughly the same time).

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By Metfanant

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 11:39 PM

first off...release dates on those sites are iffy at best...but ill take the word straight from Epic about the 360 version...

"PSU: What was the main reason behind making Unreal Tournament 3 a timed exclusive on the PS3? Is there an idea yet, to when the Xbox 360 version might be released?

Brown: We’re really excited about the PS3’s open network, and the ability for users to make their own maps and mods and bring them to the PS3 like they’ve been doing with the PC for years. It means a stream of new content and fun that’s never been available on any other console platform before. Work on shipping the world-wide PS3 version of the game will carry us into the new year so it is far too early to predict a release date for the Xbox 360 version as there is a lot of additional work to do to get that completed."

source: http://www.psu.com/PSUco...eature--a0002200-p0.php

yes I know, its a Playstation fan site, but its still just a plain interview with an epic games employee...not a biased article...just a straight interview...

about Uncharted...all games have Jaggies...just the way it works....non of the "next gen" systems are powerful enough to pull off no jaggies...just the way it goes...but regardless Uncharted is simply beautiful...

Blu-ray outsold HD-DVD 3:1 for ONE week...but it has outsold it 2:1 in all time sales...and its 4:1 in Europe, and nearly 10:1 in Japan....thats BAD for HD-DVD....I realize there are more blu-ray players on the market (when you include the PS3) but all the HD-DVD fans here at Beta News always like to point out that only 20% of PS3 users even know about blu-ray movie support...

about the sales...you have to remember a couple things...1. The Wii is in a whole different league...with its price point, and perceived "family fun factor" its selling like hot cakes...and 2. the 360 has been out for twice as long and has sold twice as many units...sounds about right to me...not to mention MS has played their trump card for the time being...the big time system seller that is the Halo franchise...there are BETTER games on the 360...but nothing quite moves units (on almost ANY console) like a Halo game...(sadly)

I personally think the PS3 is doing well...and blu-ray is OBVIOUSLY doing well...well to anyone who isn't blinded by pure hate for Sony...

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By pridewalker

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 3:44 PM

It would seem as though we agree on a few points here (namely Uncharted looking nice, and the reasons for the sales disparities between the 3 companies).

I may be wrong here, but it would seem that MS's (notorious) dislike of user mods is the biggest 'issue' for bringing UT3 out for the 360.

The attach ratios you list may be accurate, yet it still fails to address one big issue: The ratio is still fairly low (in regards to the US and Europe), when you consider the numbers of BR capable players in homes. (Let's not forget Springer, himself, making reference to the format war being a stalemate, either.)

Personally, I don't want to see the PS3 fail. I've got a lot of good memories with the last 2 consoles that Sony produced (as well as a few bad ones, to be fair); and the competition can only benefit one group of people...the consumer.

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By Grazer

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 12:29 PM

"90% of people that play Unreal on the PC will not be able to handle Unreal on high settings in anywhere NEAR the resolution/FPS that the PS3 can 720p/solid 30fps...it just will not happen PERIOD"

"non of the "next gen" systems are powerful enough to pull off no jaggies..."

My 20 month old PC pulled off no jaggies at 1600x1200, with no noticeable fps lag (to someone who is sensitive to that) earlier last month when the UT3 demo was released. So much for the display capabilities of the PS3.

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By SGD

edited Dec 18, 2007 - 3:09 PM

The highest card on the specs is a GTX7800 hasn't that been out for like three years? He like always spews crap to make himself look smart but we all know better.

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By SGD

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 9:04 AM

If anyone here has hate that would be you. You hate anything that is not $ony and we all know it. The only person that fails to see this is you. The 360 has been out longer but still sells more per month then the PS3. Granted some markets the 360 isn't doing very well which you love to bring up. Who cares it is still outselling the PS3 month to month period. Nintendo did the right thing by making a system to appeals to a huge market not just young men and the PS3 and 360. Granted others do buy those systems but for the most part that is the demographic that buys or wants it. On the other hand little girls are asking for the Wii, don't see to many asking for the PS3 or the 360. Great job Nintendo you made a system that appeals to the masses. That is the way to win this generation.

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By SGD

edited Dec 18, 2007 - 7:42 AM

I can not believe you have the gall to bring up the Wii and the PS3 in the same sentence. The Wii is killing the PS3 and the 360 combined.WOW it outsold in one month, the world is a big place douchebag. And the Wii is trouncing in all of them. OH yeah I am supposed to be a 360 troll according to you. You do not need a state of the art system to play Unreal you are a confusing that with Crysis. You are such an idiot. Uncharted as I stated before lasted a couple of days in my house and then sold it. Nothing special. Did you hear that, nothing special. Just because ypu can not afford a good PC does not make it a bad platform for games. I will pick a PC anyday over ANY console.

Your mindless PS3 is the only system is laughable at best. The 360 and Wii are selling very well but I guess that doens't count since its not made by Sony. You will never get any respect from anybody except your lovers over at bluray.com with your blind ignorance of that fact. You and you buddies over at that site act like the PS3 and blu ray is a religion and it really makes yourself look like children. All I see you people post is your buy a thons and last time I check this is the season of given not giving to yourself. At this point I could really care less about any HD format. They could both go away and frankly it wouldn't matter to me.

Oh and by the way the PS3 is still in last place here. These are the order that I play the systems that I own. Read them and cry trool boy.
1. Pc
2, 360
3. Wii
4. PS3

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By Metfanant

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 12:02 AM

haha...the only thing you are right about is the fact that the PS3 and the Wii shouldn't be in the same sentence...one is a next gen system and one is not...the Wii is simply not in the same league as the PS3 or the 360 in terms of games...while it may have that fun factor, if you're looking for a next gen experience the PS3 or 360 is the way to go...

as far as UT III

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista
• 2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
• 512 Mbytes of System RAM
• NVIDIA 6200+ or ATI Radeon 9600+ Video Card
• 8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
Recommended System Requirements

• 2.4+ GHZ Dual Core Processor
• 1 GBytes of System RAM
• NVIDIA 7800GTX+ or ATI x1300+ Video Card
• 8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space

i'd still wager that maybe 10% of all PC users can match those system requirements...not to mention that i've read anyone using anything less than an ATI 1600+ is seeing HORRIBLE frame rates with the game...i'd love to see you list what your PC specs are...and just so you know...im sure i could afford to put together a PC that would trounce anything you own...I just choose not to fall into the idiotic trap that you have and to consistently pay out the @$$ for companies like Intel, AMD, ATI, and Nvidia to r@pe you by releasing faster CPU's and GPU's every 3 months...not worth it to me...I could do other things like move out of my mother's basement....

And am i supposed to believe that Uncharted is no good because you didn't like it? please...you're nothing special. Did you hear that? nothing special...regardless of what you thought of the game its better looking graphically than anything currently offered on any console...period...you go ahead and pick your PC over a console anyday...and ill enjoy the fact that i spent $600 for a launch PS3 that also doubles as a high def media player and allows me to surf the web and talk to my friends...while you spend as much as the cost of a PS3 for a new video card every 6 months so you can beat off to the new c***pit view in the latest version of Flight Simulator and send instant messages to little girls on AIM (i know the transparency features on that old version of Dead AIM you're running are real resource hogs!)....

I agree the Wii is selling well...but how can the 360 be selling well and the PS3 not....the PS3 has sold half as many units, in half the time...and M$ already blew their load with Halo...what do they have to move systems now?...

and i don't think ive ever even posted on the blu-ray.com forums...and apparently you know enough about whats going on over there...you must spend a lot of time on the forums as well...

I love your rankings btw...PC #1 where did you get that from? are we talking about total PC sales? thats a stupid stat...and I thought the Wii was selling better than both...that would put the Wii at #2 no?...oh and btw...everywhere outside the US the PS3 TROUNCES the 360...but whatever...

i don't really care which format wins...i just happen to support blu-ray and think its going to win...if i didn't have a ps3 and had a 360 i probably wouldnt support blu-ray and would be an HD-DVD supporter with an HD-DVD add-on for my 360...but at the same time the numbers do not lie and blu-ray outsells HD-DUD EVERY week...even when Transformers released HD-DVD coudlnt' outsell blu-ray for ONE week....sad...

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By Grazer

edited Dec 18, 2007 - 12:32 PM

"Recommended System Requirements

• 2.4+ GHZ Dual Core Processor
• 1 GBytes of System RAM
• NVIDIA 7800GTX+ or ATI x1300+ Video Card
• 8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space
"

Seriously, I have had a system better than that for about 20 months now. (Also, I don't own an ATI card, but you do realise they are in the 3000's now. Don't you?)

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By Hocuspokus

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 11:04 AM

"Recommended System Requirements

• 2.4+ GHZ Dual Core Processor
• 1 GBytes of System RAM
• NVIDIA 7800GTX+ or ATI x1300+ Video Card
• 8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space

i'd still wager that maybe 10% of all PC users can match those system requirements"

- Casual family users, perhaps.

Low rent console freaks like yourself, definitely.

Those specs are so 2 or 3 (or more) years ago.

Wake up.

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By SGD

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 1:43 PM

"Low rent console freaks like yourself, definitely."

=priceless

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By SGD

edited Dec 18, 2007 - 10:14 AM

I could do other things like move out of my mother's basement...." Well maybe you should.

Uncharted 182,000 sold after what a month. WOW those suckers are flying off the shelf, oh wait.

Same with you jagoff nothing special. I am scared that you can build a better PC then me. Is that supposed to impress me? Does that make you sleep better at night that you think you are better than me. Looks like I hit a nerve with the shill. I use a PC for a media server so much better than anything that the PS3 can do. Don't expect you to understand there is much better products then what Sony puts out.

AIM ok what ever you say there. The way you talk you are speaking more about yourself not others.

In comparison the PS3 is in third place so that equals not selling as well. Guess you didn't take basic math in school.

Again most people do not care about HD anything when it comes to disk formats and the sales show it. Let me use your language, blo ray is out selling HD DVD but SD DVD is killing both by what 9.3-1. Yeah that is something to really get excited about. Hopefully something better will come out soon. I don't like the DRM infested blo ray when compared to the competition. Sooner of later the $ony hammer will come down and you will be crying to mommy about how you are being screwed. But then again you are blind to $ony patents and the possible implications to the consumer. By the way Dave how is that great dust covered no center speaker home theater system working out for you?

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By bobthegoat2001

edited Dec 18, 2007 - 8:35 AM

"i'd still wager that maybe 10% of all PC users can match those system requirements..."

Just because your too poor to own a decent PC and spent your parents life savings on a PS3 doesn't mean anyone else can't afford one.

"and i don't think ive ever even posted on the blu-ray.com forums"

Yeah you have Dave. Notice the word 'think'?

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By SlapShot

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 5:54 AM

"HD-DUD"

are you 11 ?

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 8:36 AM

No he's 1.1 (just like the new BD spec).

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By SGD

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 7:40 AM

He is a troll from blu ray.com and that is their fav saying over there. The people of there and this piece of work are children or at least act like one.

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By Adrian79

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 8:41 PM

guy below, get ur facts straight, or actually.. dont talk like u have facts... u should start by saying "IMO".. because thats all it is.

I love my 360, but i love my ps3 even more.. blue ray movies selling just fine! ask disney, renting? ask blockbuster

peace

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By yountmj

edited Dec 17, 2007 - 9:03 PM

Guy above... learn how to reply (and spell).

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By SGD

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 8:48 PM

Yeah selling what like 3% of total sales that is just fine I guess. That is not opinion its something called fact.

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By Hocuspokus

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 7:52 PM

Well as incredibly stimulating & interesting as the Sony/PS3 fanboys comments about how staggeringly great they find everything PS3 & Sony to be the answer to the original (on topic) question -

Can 11 million PS3s bring Sony CE back into black?

.......is no.

They are selling each and every PS3 at a loss (even if it is a reduced loss compared to before).

They aren't selling the volumes of games to offset these losses either and Blu-ray movies are selling in pitifully tiny numbers - which means even smaller numbers of the Sony studio movies so less direct profits there too.

It'll be interesting to see what they strip out of the George Foreman grill next to try and reduce their losses.......

......or how long they are able & prepared to sustain those losses.

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By Joey Deacon

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 4:01 AM

What a load of tripe. Have you seen the sales of PS3 games compared to other systems?

Take COD4, it's sold 70% of the amount the 360 sold, but with 40% of the install base.

The fact is PS3 gamers spend more on games than all the other consoles. The worst system is the Wii, where 70% of owners have never bought a game, outside the bundled Water Sports, or whatever it's called...

PS. I see you have run out of spin now about Profile 1.1, now there are over 7 million players supporting it (yep, 10x more than the dire HD DUD sales).

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By Hocuspokus

edited Dec 18, 2007 - 11:26 AM

Typical Blu-ray.com lying little sh!t trying to spin numbers desperately for his beloved.

What a tw@t.

The actual latest numbers I've seen are 'Call of Duty' on XBox360 1.57 million & on PS3 444k.

I'd wait and see just how 'great' their 'interactive CD' type profile 1.1 turns out to be.
BD+ caused a lot of problems when it was introduced.

Personally I'm amazed they didn't go strauight to profile 2.0 cos without the net connection it's still all pretty lame compared to iHD.

(and there's sweet FA in the way of any movies that use it yet.....or is there 1 movie about to come?
LMAO)

......and what about this stupid limitation being placed on it (2GB), for a high definition console the only divx files/movies you could play on it under that wouldn't even be HD (or would be so low-bitrate it wouldn't look any better than SD)?

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By MinuteMaid

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 12:53 PM

Hang on, didn't you tell us all that PS3 could not be updated to Profile 1.1? Now it seems it can, but you don't want that, you want Profile 2.0...

The fact is, PS3 also has the hardware to do 2.0, and 2.0 is much easier to implement that 1.1 is.

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By wreckedchevy

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 5:09 PM

i wouldn't claim the ps3 as having the hardware to support future and present (1.1) profiles considering they have to use software emulation to pull of 1.1... from what i've experienced emulators never work as good as hardware based

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By SGD

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 1:47 PM

I wonder how long until $ony announces a planned profile 3.0 then 4.0. They seem to love constant changes.

I also wonder how much more heat the PS3 is going to make since the cell is going to be working even harder doing 1.1 dual tuner crap. Damn thing already runs like a space heater while watching movies.

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By SGD

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 9:27 AM

Wow Dave nice spin. Maybe it has something do with the fact that more games are coming out for the 360 then the PS3. Do you understand what that means? Let me spell it out for you more choice. That is something that the PS3 does not have. I bet that every PS3 game that comes out 3 or 4 come out for the 360. Nice try to spin the facts spin doctor.

10x but still have way less than that sales advantage when it comes to disks per machine. Like I said all my new blu ray sales will be used media. Looking at the amount of blo ray on sale on Amazon and eBay I am guessing the $ony shills go hog wild on the B1G1 fire sales then realize that they went over their credit card limit and have to unload them. I also find it funny how the blo ray religious right will buy anything that comes out on the format even if it sucks. Here is an example over at your fav web site (bluray)they were foaming at the mouth to pick up I know who killed me. Talk about a train wreak of a movie. I buy what I like and that is it. What you fail to understand is there is a big difference between loving movies and loving a format. I buy good movies not any movie just because it comes out on HD DHD or blu ray. That is childish but I really do not expect you to understand that. As they say if the shoe fits....

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By pridewalker

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 6:30 AM

YAY!!! Now there's a BR player that can do things that HD DVD has done since DAY ONE.

I'll reserve any further comments on the PS3 and profile 1.1 until there's a disc that takes advantage of it.

To Sony's credit, the Divx portion of the update works great.

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By MinuteMaid

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 12:53 PM

Actually Profile 1.1 vastly outclasses the basic support than HD DVD has.

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By SGD

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 1:48 PM

You are right the internet content on 1.1 is by far better, opps doesn't have it.

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By JSDvs9172

edited Dec 17, 2007 - 9:22 PM

I sgree. In fact, I reckon by this time next year we'll be hearing one of the options Sony has as a result of it's videogame failures this generation:

Option 1: Sony buys Nintendo, hoping to get retribution for losing the war this gewneration. Nintendo is folded into Sony Computer Entertainment, the next Wii is refocused on HiDef with support for HD-DVD instead of the now-dead BluRay, and the PlayStation 3 is killed off immediately in favor of Nintendo's technologies, as is the PSP within days after.
Option 2: Sony kills off the PlayStation hardware line when the PS2 comes up for retirement, and development for the now-dead PS3 goes along with it. As with Sega, SCE goes multi-platform, effectively following the path of the Saturn and Dreamcast ad infiniteum.
Option 3: Sony kills off SCE and liquidates the unit entirely in court via U.S. Chapter 7 (as well as international equivalents) in order to save the entirety of Sony Corp. itself from such a horrendous fate. Sony then uses the proceeds to start manufacturing HD-DVD players as BluRay loses favor, thus sealing the fate of the HiDef version of Betamax.

Three options, similar outcomes. Not much of a choice, Kazuo. And it's your fault, you @#$%ing moron! You and Kutaragi! And it's a shame that HE WENT FIRST, JAKOFF!!!

Anyway, that's my open letter to Sony on the matter, as well as my prediction. You be the judge on the rest.

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Please note that this post is my own personal opinion and in no way represents the views of Sony, Nintendo or BetaNews in any manner AT ALL.
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By gregmlr

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 6:51 PM

Wii's are evidently still very hard to come by, why else would the PS3 sales have risen?

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By Ramhound

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 4:44 PM

http://img.hexus.net/v2/...3/wii_mario_large_1.jpg

WORST SCREENSHOT EVER.

The picture on the tv itself is faded, while you compare it to a freaking marketting picture.

Super Mario Galaxy looks amazing, 10x better then Zelda, and Zelda look amazing.

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By Joey Deacon

edited Dec 17, 2007 - 5:49 PM

Sorry, the PS3 shot of Ratchet and clank is IN GAME..

Here is another one to cry over..

http://ps3media.ign.com/...n-20070816085213487.jpg

Show me a decent Mario Galaxy ingame screenshot. They all look crap.

http://wiimedia.ign.com/...y-20071107021545369.jpg

Enjoy the Wii's mono sound, 480i, resolution, and Gamecube innards..

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By pridewalker

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 10:54 PM

It really does chap your a** that the lowest tech console of this generation is beating your beloved PS3 in sales, doesn't it?

The simple fact is, both Super Mario Galaxy AND Ratchet and Clank Future are fun to play. The graphics have nothing to do with this fact. If the graphics make the game, then why does Lair suck so badly?

And for your information, the Wii is capable of outputting Dolby Pro Logic II. It's a far cry from 'mono sound', oh master of misinformation...

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By Hollywood__

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 11:16 AM

It's absolutely killing him (Dave) that the inferior Wii is killing the PS3. I love to see him squirm.

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By SGD

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 7:57 PM

Once again you seem to think that the only concept that makes a game good is graphics, guess what moran? You are wrong yet again. I think Mario has sold millions yes millions more than Rachpuck and clank.

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By Joey Deacon

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 3:57 AM

Is that the school bell, I think it's English lessons you are missing...

I always laugh when the village idiots turn up, SGD, Hocuspokus..

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By SGD

edited Dec 18, 2007 - 9:30 AM

WOW like you have never had typos. What a douche!

Guess that is the best response you have.

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By SlapShot

edited Dec 18, 2007 - 6:12 AM

congrats, for once the english major didn't make a typo, congrats steve

and we all still laugh about "8 per store"

crazy 8

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By pridewalker

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 6:32 AM

Yeah, I'll be the nitpicky one here.

Actually, he did:

"...SGD, Hocuspokus.. "

Elipses have 3 periods, not 2.

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By SlapShot

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 6:53 AM

damn missed that, haven't had the morning coffee yet, oops i can't drink coffee, morning water for me

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By Hollywood__

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 4:05 PM

Here come the little cheerleaders to drum up fake interest in the PS3. My launch PS3 is nothing more than a cheap substandard BD player. I've seen Elton John on a top end BD player with uncompressed audio, it's as good as anything I have seen on HD-DVD e.g Eagles Live.

If you are true movie fan and want to enjoy HD movies, you have to have both players or a good combo. Wait it out if you havent chosen a format yet, no matter which one you chosse, you are losing out on titles you will want but can't have.

Cheap a** brainwashed retards like Dave have no business in a HD format war as he had to save for 6 mo's just to buy a POS3.

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By mshulman

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 4:33 PM

I wouldn't call it a cheap substandard BD player. I think its arguably the best BD player available right now. Its likely the only one to be updatable to profile 2.0 and it has built in wifi.

As a gaming console, I feel completely different, but it is a very good BD player.

And I disagree with waiting it out. I say get an HD DVD player for nearly free - just pay for 10 movies :)

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By pridewalker

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 10:59 PM

In comparison to some of the standalone BR players (such as the sub $300 one), the PS3 is decent; however, I've yet to be truly 'wowed' by any movie I've played thru it (just my opinion).

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By SGD

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 8:09 PM

If that is the best then blu is in trouble.

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By MikeTechno

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 12:22 PM

The PS3 is a great machine, no question about it, same with the XBox 360, but the sad truth here is that the ONLY reason why these things are selling at all this Christmas season is because NO ONE can buy a Wii due to the fact that they are totally sold out everywhere.

Very, very few sales of PS3 or XBox 360 are actually to people who are buying them because they are their first choice. I know this because I work in retail and I talk to the customers that are buying these units every day. If the Wii's were readily available, we would likely sell almost no XBox 360's or PS3's.

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By SGD

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 12:18 PM

Great games are very hard to come by since their aren't any yet.

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By Joey Deacon

edited Dec 17, 2007 - 2:34 PM

Hello, this is December 2007, you are still using your silly Xbox bile from last summer.

There are plenty of great PS3 games idiot..

Frankly, I don't understand the fascination with the Wii.

I mean come on..

Mario Galaxy:
http://img.hexus.net/v2/...3/wii_mario_large_1.jpg

Ratchet And Clank:
http://ps3media.ign.com/...n-20070711052140350.jpg

Whilst great graphics alone don't always make a great game (Lair..), in this case, both games have great gameplay, but I would play R&C anyday over ANOTHER mario game, and a poor looking one at that...

Finally, lets all remember Hollywoods And Hocuspokus posts about PS3 and lack of Blu-ray Profile 1.1, and laugh at their newbie ignorance..

http://www.joystiq.com/2...w-features-divx-support/

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By mshulman

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 4:35 PM

Owning both a 360 and PS3, I have to say there are FEW games on the PS3 that are of interest. If I had unlimited income, sure I'd own more. But not wanting to buy game after game, most of the games that have appealed have been more apppealing on the 360. Warhawk is the only retail game I own for my PS3.

Now, for those that ONLY own the PS3, there's a decent selection to choose from.

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By SGD

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 4:17 PM

Mario Galaxy is much more fun then Ratchet and Clank. You only rave about Clank because it is on the PS3.

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By Joey Deacon

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 5:36 PM

Both are fun games. 1 looks like s***, worse that a PS2 game, the other looks truely next generation...

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By SGD

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 1:50 PM

Funny were you not the one telling me the school bell is ringing? Back at ya douche bag.

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By SGD

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 9:31 AM

Isn't the PS2 still outselling the PS3? Opps don't bring that up.

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 8:16 AM

Who cares about graphics (Lairs). Wasn't that what you were saying back in the PS2 and Xbox1 days?

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By terminalx

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 10:25 PM

Yet, the ps2 is outselling the ps3, yep graphics mean a WHOLE LOT...

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By SGD

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 8:32 PM

Once again I say graphics do not make the game. I would prefer a fun and addicting game of Mario Galaxy over the two you mentioned any day. Frankly I could give a shi& if a game looks next generation if it isn't fun I am not interested. I guess that is why I have more games on the Wii then I do the PS3. It is about being fun end of story. I don't expect a raving fan boy like you to get it.

I find it interesting that you only troll the PS3 posts and anything about the 360 or the Wii. You are the definition of a troll.

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By Metfanant

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 12:59 PM

what!?...Unreal III just launched...period the best multiplayer FPS experience...name me another console shooter with the vast user created mod scene that Unreal has?...oh and when is the 360 going to see that game??...yeah good luck...

Uncharted is THE BEST looking console game PERIOD...not to mention its a great game and an exclusive....Ratchet and clank is a great game....Gran Turismo 5 Prologue just launched in Japan and its amazing....come on there are great games...

not to mention you get a blu-ray player so you have the proper format when the format war ends... :)

is there any confirmation that MS's gaming division is turning a profit right now?...and if it is it took them nearly a year to do so...MS never made a cent of profit on the original xbox...

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By SGD

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 4:15 PM

Unreal on console, I'll pass I have it on the PC the weak PS3 doesn't hold a candle to the power of a PC. Drake bought and already sold it didn't find it very exciting plus to much jaggies for my liking. Ratchet and Clank you mean the game that is selling very poorly yes it must be great to have sale numbers that sad. Then on to Gran Turismo, like I have stated before I have hated that game for the last couple of rehashes so I could care less. THE BEST looking game does not make it good, in fact that is why I sold it, not good.

This is in response to both the above idiots.

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By Joey Deacon

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 6:40 PM

You realise sales have no relation to the quality of the game..

Fact is American gamers are mostly idiots that wouldn't know a good game, or a good console for that matter, if came up smacked them in the face.

They are brainless, and do what the media tells them to do. Anyone seen Stepford wives? American gamers...

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 8:22 AM

He must have hit a 'raw nerve'. Thanks for this entertainment Dave.

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By pridewalker

edited Dec 18, 2007 - 6:39 AM

"You realise sales have no relation to the quality of the game.."

Call the folks over at Ripley's, because I actually agree with something that you've said. R&C is in the same boat as Beyond Good and Evil, and Psychonauts...well done games, who's sales were lacking.

It's really too bad that you don't know how to stop talking while you're ahead though. You, of all people, have absolutely no business calling anyone an idiot...

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By terminalx

edited Dec 17, 2007 - 10:30 PM

You truly are a farking moron, its called buzz and it happens in every country.

EU is no different in that aspect, there are also fat, lazy and stupid people there as well.

Stop being a cheerleader and play a farking game because its fun not because it looks pretty.

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By siryak

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 9:18 PM

"You realise sales have no relation to the quality of the game."

Umm...actually yes it does...Are we getting desperate Joey? It must suck having to sound like a total and complete idiot in order to have a come back. You would have came out better if you would have just said nothing at all.

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By SGD

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 8:35 PM

Is that the best you can do! You really are clueless. A game falses to sell so the consumer is stupid, priceless. I guess Final Fantasy actually sucked it was all hype and marleting. See spin just like you. Jagoff.

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By preinterpost

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 1:12 PM

relax... it's just a game...

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By MikeTechno

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 4:01 PM

Here is a dose of reality for you. The store I work at has been sold of of Wii's for well over two months now. When they got in a batch of 60 of them, over 350 people waited in line in freezing rain and 25 degree temeratures for over three hours from 6am to 9am to try and get them. At the same time, stacks and stacks of XBox 360's and PS3's sit in the store unsold.

Now, you tell me who it is that has the attention of the marketplace and who it is that is generating all of the demand/excitement in this space?

I rest my case.

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By wreckedchevy

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 12:16 PM

pretty sad when the ps3 is banking on short supplies of the wii's to get them there sales

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By KSzostek

posted Dec 17, 2007 - 5:01 PM

Oh true that!

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Dec 18, 2007 - 8:23 AM

You missed spelled that. It's 'Oh true dat!'

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