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AirRaid

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:40 am
Post subject: Sony PlayStation 3 Sells Worse than Nintendo GameCube in the U.S. - NPD
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Sony PlayStation 3 Sells Worse than Nintendo GameCube in the U.S. -
NPD.
Nintendo GameCube Was More Successful than PlayStation 3 Today

by Anton Shilov

[ 10/04/2007 | 11:25 AM ]

Plagued by initial production issues, extremely high manufacturing
costs and excessive retail price, PlayStation 3 from Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. is even less successful than heavily-criticized
Nintendo GameCube. At least, in the first ten months of sales Nintendo
GameCube was sold in larger quantities than Sony PS3.

According to data from NPD, based on the first ten months of
availability, the troubled PlayStation 3 sold 22% less than the
Nintendo GameCube for the same period, reports GamePro web-site. In
the first ten months of availability about 2.12 million Nintendo
GameCube were bought by end-users, whereas only 1.742 million Sony
PlayStation 3 gaming machines were sold in from November '06 to
September '07.

Nintendo GameCube was released in November 2001 and sold in 21.6
million quantity worldwide, below sales of Microsoft Xbox, which
reached 24 million, and five times less compared to Sony PlayStation
2.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/news/2007-10/ps3_vs_gamecube_sales.png

Sony PlayStation 3 is currently available at $599 in the U.S., the
price-point that is widely considered to be too high. Despite of the
fact that Sony's PS3 comes with built-in Blu-ray drive and features
high-quality graphics games, the price is believed to be one of the
major factors that keep gamers away from PlayStation 3. By contrast,
Nintendo's GameCube could offer neither DVD playback, nor high-quality
graphics, nor unique motion-sensitive game controller, like that of
Nintendo Wii.

Sony PlayStation 3 console is based on the Cell processor developed by
IBM, Sony and Toshiba, the RSX graphics chip by Nvidia Corp., wireless
network and Bluetooth connectivity and is equipped with Blu-ray
optical disk drive. There are several versions of the consoles
available around the world with 60GB or 80GB hard disk drives and
variable compatibility with PlayStation 1/2 games. In the U.S.
PlayStation 3 80GB is sold for $599, whereas the hard-to-find 60GB
model retails for $499.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:23 pm
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Oh I can't wait for mid 2008.
This place is going to be a mad house.
That's all I am saying.

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Brenden D. Chase

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:44 pm
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If somehow magically we could go back in time, and sell the PS3 for the same
price as the Gamecube was at launch, i doubt we'd even be giving this thread
the time of day.


"AirRaid" <airraid1400.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1191580851.940353.130480@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
> http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20071004112437.html
>
> Sony PlayStation 3 Sells Worse than Nintendo GameCube in the U.S. -
> NPD.
> Nintendo GameCube Was More Successful than PlayStation 3 Today
>
> by Anton Shilov
>
> [ 10/04/2007 | 11:25 AM ]
>
> Plagued by initial production issues, extremely high manufacturing
> costs and excessive retail price, PlayStation 3 from Sony Computer
> Entertainment Inc. is even less successful than heavily-criticized
> Nintendo GameCube. At least, in the first ten months of sales Nintendo
> GameCube was sold in larger quantities than Sony PS3.
>
> According to data from NPD, based on the first ten months of
> availability, the troubled PlayStation 3 sold 22% less than the
> Nintendo GameCube for the same period, reports GamePro web-site. In
> the first ten months of availability about 2.12 million Nintendo
> GameCube were bought by end-users, whereas only 1.742 million Sony
> PlayStation 3 gaming machines were sold in from November '06 to
> September '07.
>
> Nintendo GameCube was released in November 2001 and sold in 21.6
> million quantity worldwide, below sales of Microsoft Xbox, which
> reached 24 million, and five times less compared to Sony PlayStation
> 2.
>
> http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/news/2007-10/ps3_vs_gamecube_sales.png
>
> Sony PlayStation 3 is currently available at $599 in the U.S., the
> price-point that is widely considered to be too high. Despite of the
> fact that Sony's PS3 comes with built-in Blu-ray drive and features
> high-quality graphics games, the price is believed to be one of the
> major factors that keep gamers away from PlayStation 3. By contrast,
> Nintendo's GameCube could offer neither DVD playback, nor high-quality
> graphics, nor unique motion-sensitive game controller, like that of
> Nintendo Wii.
>
> Sony PlayStation 3 console is based on the Cell processor developed by
> IBM, Sony and Toshiba, the RSX graphics chip by Nvidia Corp., wireless
> network and Bluetooth connectivity and is equipped with Blu-ray
> optical disk drive. There are several versions of the consoles
> available around the world with 60GB or 80GB hard disk drives and
> variable compatibility with PlayStation 1/2 games. In the U.S.
> PlayStation 3 80GB is sold for $599, whereas the hard-to-find 60GB
> model retails for $499.
>
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El Guapo

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:44 am
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"Brenden D. Chase" <brenden.chaseREMOVETHIS.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> If somehow magically we could go back in time, and sell the PS3 for the
> same price as the Gamecube was at launch, i doubt we'd even be giving this
> thread the time of day.

Well, of course not. If Sony had been smart enough to release a nice
machine at a decent price, they would be dominating right now.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:57 am
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> "Brenden D. Chase" <brenden.chaseREMOVETHIS RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:_LBNi.9941$pX5.6857@newsfe14.lga...
>> If somehow magically we could go back in time, and sell the PS3 for the
>> same price as the Gamecube was at launch, i doubt we'd even be giving
>> this thread the time of day.
>
> Well, of course not. If Sony had been smart enough to release a nice
> machine at a decent price, they would be dominating right now.
>

I still believe Sony did the right thing in supplying the best technology.
However, i think where they messed up was in the delays. The console was
delayed, the games have been delayed... everything is being delayed, and
it's seriously not helping them. They need to get into sync with the
developers, and get this thing rolling at full speed.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:49 pm
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"Brenden D. Chase" <brenden.chaseREMOVETHIS.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "El Guapo" <plethora.RemoveThis@pinatas.com> wrote in message
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>> "Brenden D. Chase" <brenden.chaseREMOVETHIS.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:_LBNi.9941$pX5.6857@newsfe14.lga...
>>> If somehow magically we could go back in time, and sell the PS3 for the
>>> same price as the Gamecube was at launch, i doubt we'd even be giving
>>> this thread the time of day.
>>
>> Well, of course not. If Sony had been smart enough to release a nice
>> machine at a decent price, they would be dominating right now.
>>
>
> I still believe Sony did the right thing in supplying the best technology.
> However, i think where they messed up was in the delays. The console was
> delayed, the games have been delayed... everything is being delayed, and
> it's seriously not helping them. They need to get into sync with the
> developers, and get this thing rolling at full speed.

Delays are not the problem. PS2 had lots of delays, and people bought it
anyway. The competition had more and better games, and people bought it
anyway. Developers really struggled with the hardware at first and most of
the early AAA titles were delayed, but people bought it anyway.

All Sony had to do was release a nice machine at a decent price, and it
would be selling in big numbers. We'd be talking right now about developer
support making the move from 360 to PS3, rather than the other way around.

See, what Sony really squandered when it released an overpriced,
overcomplicated console was the perception of inevitability. That
perception alone can determine the winner of a console generation, as long
as the manufacturer doesn't screw it up in a major way. I didn't expect
Sony to do that this generation, but it appears that they have.

That doesn't mean that the PS3 can't be home to some great software, or that
it can't make money for Sony or be a success on its own terms. It just
means that Sony gave up its stranglehold on the #1 console position when
they really didn't need to.
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