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Is PlayStation 3 set for a Xmas beating?

There's still a week to go before we tuck into our turkeys and brussel sprouts, but speculation about the outcome of this year's Christmas Console battle is running rife. Although it's going to be a while before we see official figures for the complete festive period, there's a common consensus emerging: the PS3 is being handed is shiny black bottom.

At the end of the day, ordinary customers don't do the long and complicated maths, they look at the starting price tag, and that's where Microsoft has Sony well and truly beat.

La Chance6036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

They lost their lead in EU (Sony's 2nd homeland) since MSFT cut the price.In a couple of months Sony went from a slight lead on the 360 (they said it themselves) to being 1 million consoles behind MSFT.

Moreover they're getting outsold by hundreds of thousands every month in the biggest video game market of the planet since the price cut : USA

And last but not least their hyper mega exclusives (LBP , Motorstorm 2 , Resistance 2) arent selling as well as they were expecting.

At least they're outselling the 360 by 20 000 units a week in Japan.So there's still hope...

Good games + good price = what gamers are looking for.

@high defintion : nobody saying its doomed , just in for a very rough ride until the day the cut the price

HighDefinition6036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

The PS3 outsold the 360 in 2007
The PS3 outsold the 360 most of 2008, until the 360 price drop was killing it.

But sure, it`s doomed.

Genesis56036d ago

It will probably sell less. But the important part is that it is a platform that is making 3rd party publishers the most money.

Captain Tuttle6036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

The 360's price drop combined with the economy hurt PS3 sales...the economy was humming along just fine in '07 and the first half of '08. Things are different now and will be in '09...price matters now more than ever. So yes, I think the PS3 is in for a "beating" this Christmas.

Sony needs to drop the price on the PS3 but even if they don't they're not going anywhere. Blu-Ray will make them a ton of money...that's why Sony is pushing out cheap Blu-Ray players.

Man_of_the_year6036d ago

Why cause Take-Two says the PS3 sales sold 6% more than the 360? There are more than 1 Developer out there - you might want to check your sources.

Anon19746036d ago

Hi-end TV's aren't selling as well as lower to mid priced TV's! Should anyone even make Hi-End televisions based on this info? News at 11!

ActionBastard6036d ago

I have to agree with Cap and Genesis5. It's a double edged sword. As a company, they have to continue to be profitable. With the economy in the shape it is, dropping the price and talking a loss is not the smart business thing to do. Even if the year older, cheaper competition drops its price. Will it outsell the 360? I don't think so. But a beating? Not by MS, Nintendo without a doubt. They are making money, 3rd party devs are making money on the PS3 and they have a killer 09 lineup.

HighDefinition6036d ago

"The 360's price drop combined with the economy hurt PS3 sales...the economy was humming along just fine in '07 and the first half of '08."

I Can`t argue w/ that.

Genesis56036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

Ubisoft, EA and Konami also claim to have made more off the PS3 than other platforms.

Sarcasm6036d ago

"ordinary customers don't do the long and complicated maths, they look at the starting price tag"

I think everyone knows that.

Also

HD-DVD is going to win the format War!

:)

Liquid Dust6036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

Articles with headlines starting with a question

Is the PS3 a sinking ship?

Is PlayStation 3 set for a Xmas beating?

Is Sony's PS3 Losing the Console War?

Bigfoot a big fake?

Im Ron Burgandy?

come up with some original headlines and stories people, instead of the same rehashed story that I see submitted every other hour

Sarcasm6036d ago

"come up with some original headlines and stories people, instead of the same rehashed story that I see submitted every other hour"

LOL I know what you mean.

Here's one for yah.

"Will Playstation 4 have a built-in HD-DVD player seeing as how it's going to win the Format War?"

morganfell6036d ago

The PS3 won't win the Christmas season. And the 360 won't even p[lace second for the year.

These articles are par for the course when MS is in trouble. That is all that is going on here. Look at what happened this year when MS knew they were going to finish last in the NPD sales. You would have thought they bought every newspaper and website in the world. It is the same thing here. They will finish big the last two months. But the issue is they won't be able to place ahead of Sony on the calendar year for Worldwide sales and they know it.

So the real question? "IS THE 360 SET FOR A 2008 BEATING?"

gaffyh6036d ago

Yeah most likely it will sell less. The price of the 360 is too cheap for gift givers, obviously they don't understand how much more it costs if you want the full package.

But that doesn't mean it's doomed. Slow and steady could win the race...you never know

Megatron086036d ago

morganfell your are just as f*ckin stupid as ever. The ps3 only had like 30k lead in worldwide sells going into Nov. The 360 will most likely outsell the ps3 in world wide sell by 1.5-2.0 million this years. And 09 isnt looking any better for the ps3 unless they have a huge price cut

Gun_Senshi6036d ago

Since when PS3 is loosing in Europe? The last news if you actually read the article which you don't was UK Germany Fance and Italy only. That is not whole europe.

morganfell6036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

Milk from the Microsoft tit is making your brain go sour. You must be disintegrating with rage after that Take 2 report. No. With Japan and the US the PS3 already has a 30,000 console lead. With Europe it is worse. MS has only won that ENTIRE (think globally you little monkey) ENTIRE territory 2 months. Sorry, but the MS hype machine won't help you now.

OH NOES!

The fact of the matter is the sales bump won't last. It is like cutting your calories to slim your wide rear. Well the body just burns less. I know exercise is foreign to your fat ass but whatever. It's an analogy. The fact is it becomes a race and the way to win the long term is quality. The PS3 cost less in the long term although MS has plied short term idiots so people look at immediate cost and think the 360 is cheaper. Long term. Always the Sony way of thinking. And MS has spent all of their time attacking it when they should have been building a better mousetrap. They are still losing. That has to be the maddening part.

Coming into 09 the biggest Bat signal in the sky is a Sony emblem. Killzone 2 is all that matters the first part of all of 09. What are you going to do, throw HALO Wars at me? I am buying it but you might as well shove a daisy down a tank barrel.

Then Co-op hits Killzone just a few months after it ships. With Uncharted, MAG, Infamous, and a ton more exclusives coming on the PS3 it is your outdated box that is in trouble. November and December are last gasp months for MS.

Just a second.....okay I am back. I was saluting your dying box.

dragunrising6036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

His rump must be hurting with this news, even though it is common sense. The thing that doesn't make sense are his figures, estimates and speculation. Go figure, fanboys, not fans created the console wars.

(More) On topic- After Nov PS3 sales, it is hard to argue it will finish 2nd. The economy and 360 price cut have really hurt PS3 sales and will continue to do so until a price drop. The only problem though is the PS3 isn't close to having a price drop anytime soon. The yen is at a decade high against the euro/dollar. This translates to no price drop until the foreseeable future. 09 PS3 exclusives will help sell consoles but it is hard to say when the PS3 will sell on par with the 360.

Edit: Hopefully consumers go out and buy stuff to prove all the analysts wrong. Buy more 360's and PS3's....don't buy a Wii. There is no reason the Wii should sell 2 million while the "hi-def" consoles sell fractions of that amount.

Gun_Senshi6036d ago

Hyocript.

Despite your change of avatar and gone for a while to put your bubbles back up it doesn't change that you only spam crap from your mouth.

Man_of_the_year6036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

"Ubisoft, EA and Konami also claim to have made more off the PS3 than other platforms."

Konami - well DUH!!! - Bungie sold more units for the 360...
Ubisoft - http://wii.ign.com/articles... Better read up sonny

"Breaking down Ubisoft's sales by platform, the publisher revealed their continued emphasis on the Xbox 360. Games for Microsoft's newest platform accounted for 33% of all of Ubisoft's game sales for the quarter, and 26% of all their sales over the past year. The Playstation 3 accounted for 23% and the Nintendo DS 27% of all of Ubisoft's game sales both over the last three months, each growing a few percentage points from their overall yearly performance. The combined sales for the Wii, the PC and the PSP accounted for a mere 15% of all sales for the quarter and only 21% for the entire year."

- we will need to wait for the actual FINAL YEARLY sales report to know exactly which console of the 3 Developers you stated actaully sold the most units.

EA - you probbably read a Q1 or Q2 report that was on N4G (or read a post from a misinformed Sony fanboy) But the Yearly earnings for EA favours the 360 - I have read it here on N4G but cannot seem to find it...can someone help me out here.

Genesis56036d ago

The figures I am referring to where for the 4 publishers last quarters as posted by the company for their stock holders. All figures have been published with in the last few months and have been news articles on N4G. It must be alarming to MS to see this trend from 4 of the biggest publishers in the video game industry that the PS3 is most certainly alive and well and moving more 3rd party software than they are.

PS
Thanks for the sonny compliment I haven't been called that for almost 40 years.

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Kinetix6036d ago

Yes it is. That's the simple answer and what most people want to hear. So there, you win.

Nineball21126036d ago

Good reply Kinetix.

Yeah, it's fairly obvious that MS will move more Xboxs this Christmas than Sony will PS3s.

Like High Def implied above, it's not the end of the world for Sony and they will do much better when the price cut comes next year (which it will regardless of what Sony execs are saying).

If it makes some people feel all warm and fuzzy by knowing this, then congrats. You can feel warm and fuzzy now.

All I know is that I'M going to have a great Christmas with my new 52" Sony Bravia and more new games and blu-ray movies. I can't wait!

Nineball21126036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

To the disagree(s) above, I promise you that I WILL have a great Christmas with my new 52" Sony Bravia and more new games and blu-ray movies. And I really can't wait!

Oh, I get it... the disagree is because I CAN wait, because I have no choice but to wait.

Silly trolls...

ultimolu6036d ago

Nineball, don't worry about it.

There's a lot of cowardly trolls around here.

I shall enjoy my 32inch Bravia, the games, and movies as well. :3

Happy Days!

Anon19746036d ago

I can't wait to really flex the Blu-Ray goodness across a 92" screen once I have some time off around the holidays. So far I've just watched Wall-E and Hellboy 2 blu-ray's on the new projector. The Dark Knight has been in my work bag since launch day and I can't wait to give it a whirl. Sweeeet!

Nineball21126036d ago

@ ultimolu - Yeah, it's no big deal... I know ppl disagree just because they are bored. :-) hahaha...

@ Darkride... Man, that's sweet! You basically have a movie theater in your house! Haha... Just make sure you sit back far enough that you don't get neck strain.

chasuk086036d ago

LOL at all the disagrees ! Theres some jealous trolls out there.

I will to be enjoying my 1080p plasma whilst watching dark knight and iron man on blu ray, and playing Fallout 3, Prince of Persia, LBP, Resistance 2, GTA IV, COD5, Street Fighter and more.

Megatron086036d ago

(which it will regardless of what Sony execs are saying).

Cause stupid internet fanboys know more about the company then the people that run it.

Oh and btw they already announce a price cut idoit

Nineball21126036d ago

Are you talking to me, Megaturd?

"Cause stupid internet fanboys know more about the company then the people that run it.

Oh and btw they already announce a price cut idoit"

So, you, as a stupid internet fanboy, think you know more about the company than the people that run it? I'm surprised you admit that.

Oh, and it's spelled "idiot", you freakin' imbecile. /facepalm

And Sony execs HAVE denied a price cut:
http://gamer.blorge.com/200...

X360 fanboy morons... like little annoying gnats buzzing around every PS3 article.

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Mr PS36036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

What's next for Microsoft
Giving 360's away with a Tenners worth of Fuel !!!
But at least you Get a Free RRoD with your Xbox you just Got at the Petrol Station

XXXRATED6036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

I think you will all be surprised when sony outsells xbox.
People are looking for bang for the buck. but if you can buy your kids a game system and you a bluray player then you kill 2 birds with one stone.

People are starting to see ps3 has more future to it lots more.

btw isnt xbox 1yr 4 moth ahead of ps3 so really the ps3 is killing the xbox by sales per time on market plus rrod is the only reason xboxes sell more monthly.

I was at gamecrazy last week monday a cust bought a new 360 and out of the box it rrod they were getting a new one. then I was there on thursday and the same guy was yelling at the store employees because he was swapping out his 3rd one and made them get it out and check it before they left, needless to say I was laughing to myself the whole time. Because I own 2 ps3 and sold my 3rd xbox long ago

Nineball21126036d ago

I don't disagree with you about the value, but I really don't think Sony will outsell MS this Christmas. At least not comparing the PS3 to the 360.

Now, we'll just have to wait and see how Sony does overall with the PSP and the PS2 as well.

But we all know that Nintendo dominates the handheld market and the DS sells like hotcakes.

Anon19746036d ago

The PS3 might squeak out over the 360 for all of 2008, but this Christmas season...price rules.

Witty Comment6036d ago

That's where some of the logic could be flawed in some instances.

Speaking as a parent (although of a small child), especially in this economy, I don't give a damn about a Blu-Ray player, not even for myself. I want a PS3. I want to play Metal Gear Solid 4. Killing two birds with one stone last year was a great idea, but now that everybody is basically on a needs canceling out wants basis, if your little child NEEDS to have the Dark Knight then DVD will have to settle in most cases. Not to mention that to really get the effect of it, you need a TV that can output that signal, which translates into more dollars spent.

yoghurt6036d ago

And if Sony finish bottom this xmas what does that mean? oh yes that's right, nothing. With over 17 million PS3 owners, more buying each day and a stellar 2009 line up xmas 2008 will be a mere bit of gum on the bottom of someones show by Feb. No one will care. I dont why there is always such a big deal about who sells most, ok, so it would be different if ps3 had sold 2mill worldwide, but its not like that, the ps3 is doing very well and only 5 mill or so behind xbox - worlwide. Not bad for a year head start from the comp huh.

Xmas Smishmas, it really doesn't matter.

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