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Analyst group says Sony must cut PS3 price if they hope to boost salesDVDBack23 @ May 09, 2007 00:31 | 32 comments According to Lazard Capital Markets, Sony will not have a boost in sales for the fourth quarter 2007 for its PlayStation 3 console unless it delivers a stronger software line up punch and cuts the price of the console.
Colin Sebastian, an analyst for the firm, revealed those thoughts in a note to investors saying, "We continue to believe that a significant pre-holiday ramp in PS3 unit sales is unlikely without a more robust title line-up and/or a hardware price cut."
Sebastian noted that the financial reports of a few publishers such as Activision and Ubisoft were very impressive and he expected software sales to steadily grow for the rest of 2007.
"We believe videogame sales remain generally healthy year-to-date despite tougher year-over-year comps for the remainder of 2007. We continue to expect solid 15 per cent plus growth in software sales in North America this year," Sebastian said.
Sony should use that software growth to their advantage if they hope to get a boost in sales.
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Comment by: duckNrun (May 09, 2007 10:43) LOL I should be an analyst!
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Comment by: fgamer (May 09, 2007 11:17) .. |
Comment by: fgamer (May 09, 2007 11:20) Quote:
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Comment by: pigfister (May 09, 2007 11:36) Is Bluray really a good medium for games?
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Comment by: cashman91 (May 09, 2007 15:12) Quote: Thank you captain obvious. |
Comment by: djeazyg (May 09, 2007 15:38) Originally posted by duckNrun: So very true.......
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Comment by: oofRome (May 09, 2007 17:01) **edited**
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Comment by: NexGen76 (May 10, 2007 11:13) Originally posted by pigfister:
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Comment by: pigfister (May 10, 2007 11:53) Originally posted by NexGen76 : OK then the FACT that at sony gamer day in front of worldwide journalists is all the evidence that is needed, as it was PROVEN that installing the game to the hard drive reduced load times by over 10 seconds.Gamer Day Link
Originally posted by pig: STORY LINK INCLUDING VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH MR JAFFE
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Comment by: NexGen76 (May 10, 2007 13:09) Originally posted by pigfister: Dude form you own opinion & not live off what other people say.I haven't heard not one issue from a PS3 owner about load times not some dam journalists, he is doing what he getting paid to do create story's.So are you going to listen to gamers or a journalists.I care less whats under the PS3 hood.I feel i'm getting my money worth thats all that really matter to me,Games make system successful not systems spec's. |
Comment by: djeazyg (May 10, 2007 15:44) Quote:Originally posted by pigfister: Agreed…… but you have to admit that the load time for Motostorm was horrible. The load time is the reason I stopped playing that game. I think it was more the game and not the PS3 because that’s the only game I’ve had trouble with so far.
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Comment by: lxfactor (May 10, 2007 17:32) Originally posted by azndrake: shares falling have nothing to do with good sales... they can sell alot... and shares still fall from other consoles.. other buisness decisions. ect. |
Comment by: lxfactor (May 10, 2007 17:36) Quote: HD-DVD is for movies only. no one does buy it.. cus its expensive and its garbage and they have playback problems. the blu ray is used for "GAMES" so they included it to benefit you by having something that can play games and high def movies and up to 200GB. but if your still suck with an analog TV and the 360. then hate on ps3. |
Comment by: fgamer (May 10, 2007 22:29) lxfactor you're that type of fanboy gamer that can't look at things from another side. If you really think just because they added a Blu-ray player and put games on Blu-ray disk that that gives the PS3 an advantage you must be suffering from a brain tumor. 360 games are blowing PS3 games out of the water and their still placed on regular DVD-9 disk, so you my friend need to revaluate your distorted views. |
Comment by: NexGen76 (May 11, 2007 07:46) Originally posted by fgamer: Actual it does give the PS3 a advantage,how much we wont know until at lease two year down the road.But i think it was a great idea that i have a gaming system & a BD player all in one.
Originally posted by fgamer: Slow down because 360 only have one game that does that & its Gears of War.But most of the reviews i seen when compared,most people think that they are on the same level or some 360 games are just a tab better but not by much.But you got to look at things this way 360 had a year head start,So think about it if PS3 game are on the same level as 360 PS3 games are only going to get better.I feel that 360 will never have a game that look better than GoW not even Halo3 going to look better than that game. |
Comment by: ChromeMud (May 11, 2007 10:45) I'm amazed when people think the PS3 is new technology.
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Comment by: djeazyg (May 11, 2007 16:38) Originally posted by ChromeMud: I don't remember it that way. As I remember it, production costs because of expensive parts and build design was the problem. Maybe I missed something.
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Comment by: oofRome (May 11, 2007 18:32) Quote: Each delay was supposedly because of Blu-ray diodes this or Blu-ray drives that. I don't know what the actual reasons were for the delays, but Sony maintained it was was Blu-ray. |
Comment by: ChiefBrdy (May 12, 2007 09:10) Wow! Lower prices to increase demand. Such insight and brilliance. |
Comment by: ChromeMud (May 13, 2007 15:16) @djeazyg
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Comment by: pigfister (May 13, 2007 15:35) Originally posted by ChromeMud: the ps2 had no competition for many years other than the dreamcast that failed due to a great sony marketing pr machine, and had plenty of exclusives which is why it did so well and was a great machine other than the macrovision green screen with dvd's via rgb. How many exclusives has sony lost thus far?
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Comment by: ChromeMud (May 13, 2007 15:51) @ pigfister
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Comment by: hughjars (May 13, 2007 16:17) Originally posted by lxfactor: - Well obviously enough people are buying it for the BD fanclub to be so bothered about it that they invariably feel moved to continually slam it, lie about it & generally can be relied upon to talk utter cr@p about it.
Originally posted by lxfactor: - Rubbish.
Originally posted by lxfactor: - Oh dear. More lies.
Originally posted by lxfactor: - Well a BD drive is what is there in the PS3 and it's all it's got so it's kind of a moot point that one.
Originally posted by lxfactor: - BS.
Originally posted by lxfactor: - LMAO.
Originally posted by lxfactor: - Given that under 30% of US homes have HD TV (and far far less than that in Europe) I'd suggest that problem is one that applies to PS3 too perhaps it'd be wise not to sneer, huh?
Originally posted by 1xfactor: - LMAO again.
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Comment by: djeazyg (May 13, 2007 19:03) ChromeMud
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Comment by: Thoatih12 (May 13, 2007 19:33) some people need to get a life and stop fighting over a dam gaming console...play for the games like the gaming industry used to.. Imperfection is inherited,
therefore we all sin, but fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all because we all die in the end no matter how hard we fight =Tupac Shakur= |