PS3 = Fail???

**supremelord** · Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Posts: 520 Location: Minneapolis, MN

So im at Best Buy the other day with my friend while he yells at the Geek Squad, and I of course wander over to video games to see if there is a Wii around. Longshot, but still worth a shot. There aren't, but there are a dozen PS3's sitting there. I checked some forums, and there are other reports all over of PS3's just sitting in stores waiting to be bought. I then checked EBay, and while there are still 2000+ units on sale, the only ones getting serious bidding are the ones offering something special like free shipping or free DVDs or something. So my question is thus: Has the PS3 already failed after only a month? With demand for the Wii so rediculously high, and the 360 selling fairly well, I would expect the PS3 (with its practically infinite supply of gaming power) to be just as hot, but evidently it isnt. Discuss amongst yourselves.
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**Huwonk** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2432 Location: Marysville, Ohio

The price is just way too high to be a consistent seller, plus only having one killer app currently makes it a hard purchase to justify even if you have the money to spend on it.
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**CrackerRiley** · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 3085

IMO, yes it is a failure. as soon as they put that price on it... gone, dead, i dont know... fail. i know i will never own one.

edit: hey, this post was made when it cost $600! Don't give me no troubles, lol...

**kriller** · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject:

i hope it doesn't fail

it is just having a rough start in a few years it will back up

**eman2101** · Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 210

The PS3 was doomed to fail regardless of what it did. Even if they end up winning the market share over the next few years they still fail. Going from the dominant #1 to the just barely #1 is still a failure.

Of course, Sony messed up even further so they might not even finish #1.
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**Ensiferous3** · Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1629

*Sigh* as long as i want it to fail because I don't have $600 to spend, it sure as hell won't. In 5 years, it will have regained a sizeable portion of the gaming market. It seems Nintendo will easily steal the top spot and MS and Sony will battle for 2 and 3.

People want innovation and when MS and Sony won't comply, the Wii is the obvious choice. Sorry but the whole insane graphics thing just doesn't seem appealing now especially since the 360 can get almost as good graphics for 200 dollars less.

The big debate is Blue-Ray/HD-DVD. If you buy the HD-DVD player I think it cranks the 360 up to 600 dollars. The thing I like about that, is MS gives you a choice whether or not you want to get a BR/HDDVD player. I don't.

But I guarantee you the PS3 will succeed, its just a matter of how much.
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**cobainage1994** · Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 2020 Location: Whitewater , WI

ill buy a ps3 once it gets under 300

and once it gets some better games

**suspectfenster** · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 1771 Location: Portland, OR

**Dynasty99** · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 911

the PS3 is failing....if it had a smaller company behind it, they would have a serious problem on their hands. However, if you want to put Sony out of business, buy PS3s, for how much money lost on each one, they surely cant last too long.

PS: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=sony_bullshit

**supremelord** · Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Posts: 520 Location: Minneapolis, MN

**ThrashingKittey** · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 70

Its proboly costing Sony about $350 - $400 to make a ps3 but after the retailers up the price so they can get money its $600
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**buttfaceninja** · Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 1567 Location: Springfield OH

I hope the ps3 doesnt fail. Sony has some great series behind it like MGS and final fantasy. Those two games alone will sell a bunch in Japan regardless the price. Since the ps3 has only 1 good game out and it is still less than a year old, wait till the bigger games come out before we can decide if it fails.

**ThrashingKittey** · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 70

We have been looking at the small picture
if im correct, X-Box 360 isnt as big in Japan as it is here
and Japan buys as many games as we do in the U.S.A. and there is half as many people there
so even if ps3 doesnt do good in the states it will proboly do good else where
and as for me i hope to get a ps3 in about a year or two
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**Riz** · Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 2011

**ThrashingKittey** · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 70

No it wouldnt because how would the reatailers make money if they bought them for $600 and sold them for $600
Retailers usualy sell items for about 3-4 times the amount they buy them for
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