Blu-ray investment justified, says Sony

[acn010]

lets not forget that the hddvd are still around :P

[Shadowblind]

Sorry but IGN is a more reliable source than some unknown UK website.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/808/808656p2.html

I dont know, man. Last time I posted something from IGN about the 360 being equal to PS3 in power on Maxconsole, I was called a liar and banned. Then I posted something about DC2 and, well we know.

So how reliable is IGN again? Maxconsole doesn't think so....

[JKKDARK]

Sorry but IGN is a more reliable source than some unknown UK website.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/808/808656p2.html

lol 6 million consoles purchased by the retailers, also you should read the comments on the IGN forum


http://play.tm/story/12089

http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/1599.html

[Classic80s]

With Sony's reported Install Base of 6 million I fail to see how thats a failure... via: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/808/808656p2.html

(And before you noobs go arguing, INSTALL BASE means IN USER'S HOMES. And secondly, Sony would violate International Trade Laws had they fudged the numbers. So don't bother saying it, your points are already refuted, just accept it fanlosers.)

I find it amazing that you actually believe Sony sold 6 million ps3s 4 months. If my memory serves me correctly the Nintendo Wii sold around that same amount by the middle of March.

[DPyro]

If Sony's only sold 3-4 million, it wouldn't make sense for them to think 14.5 million by March '08.

[Classic80s]

Like others have said, Sony reports sells as shipments. I know I know, that makes no sense on Sony's part, but it wouldn't be the first time Sony reports shipments instead of sales! So 14.5 million shipped is highly possible

[F9zDark]

The slide in the IGN article says INSTALLED BASE. (Meaning in USERS HOMES.)

And again, why is it only the PS3's numbers are questioned? The PS2 numbers are on the same slide and they are at 120 million (which is substantiated by plenty of other sources).

Sony having sold 6 million consoles to USERS is not outside the realm of possibility.

Last time I posted something from IGN about the 360 being equal to PS3 in power on Maxconsole.

But the PS3 and 360 are not equal in power... Stanford university went with the PS3 because it is SUBSTANTIALLY more powerful than the 360. A security firm uses a PS3 to handle its biometrics devices and said that the PS3 has a QUARTER of the computing power of their 80,000 sq ft super computer.

So no, the 360 and PS3 are no where near equals in terms of sheer computing power.


Added:

Regardless of sales or power, the topic at hand doesn't change. Almost 2 years into the 360's life, games maxed out the DVD. Now Microsoft has a choice, gimp further games because of their shortsightedness or adopt HD-DVD as a game medium. Who wants to take bets that Halo 3 will be the first game to require HD-DVD?

I wouldn't put it past Micro$#@! to make all their Halo 3 fans buy the addon just to play the game.

[JKKDARK]

The slide in the IGN article says INSTALLED BASE. (Meaning in USERS HOMES.)

ONE site says 6 million, and 75624523 sites say 4 million...

[Shadowblind]

If Sony's only sold 3-4 million, it wouldn't make sense for them to think 14.5 million by March '08.

Hold on, when did Sony became sensible?

[Classic80s]

Well the numbers were from March, it is now August. The price drop increased sales of the ps3 by how much? Over 100% right that was IN JUNE right? Then using the numbers from ign lets say the ps3 was selling at a rate of 1 million every month. Worse case scenario is the ps3 sitting at around 10 million units sold. Putting it right behind the Nintendo Wii.


WTF am I talking about? You caught me I'm bullshitted my numbers. Much like another site we all know!!! Hint: it's a site F9zDark and $n!pR L-O-V-E.