PS3 Fanboy

WTF is going on with PS3 advertising? It is virtually nonexisant! Did Sony lay off their entire marketing department? Because I haven't seen a single PS3 ad since Motorstorm was released! You'd think the with the 60 GB price reduction that it'd be all over the media. It's called getting the message out guys and it often works. Micro$oft are masterful at this while Sony's marketing sucks!

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Um... when is this U.S. price cut supposed to come?

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@gamingeek

err I dont recall seeing any 360 ad's recently. Oh, and the the 60 GB SKU price drop was all over the media. PS3 Being number 1 on amazon.com for quite a while is advertising in itself.

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@2

A 61% increase over June is good news indeed.

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@gaiming geek

actually, i did saw an ad. about the starter pack for ps3. apart from that we get loads of advertising in eruope, when there is soccer games and stuff

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The PS3 is wiping the floor with the 360 in Japan, just a matter of time before it picks up momentum in other countries. The writing is on the wall.

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@EDGE

That all I see is XBox 360 ads. For Madden 08, for Bioshock, for Halo 3. No ads for Warhawk, Lair, or Heavenly Sword on TV I have seen. Sony is as bad as Nintendo with the lack of support ads for their big games coming out, I am looking at you Metroid Prime 3.

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I would have figured it would outsell the 360 in July but I guess not.

The price cut was after E3 right? If they announced it at the beginning of July it might have surpassed 360 sales.

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@8/RPGJock

I think Sony should save their advertising dollars for the holiday season and spend ad money on games like Uncharted and LBP.

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i think i have never seen in my whole life a playstation ad in quebec, canada
i saw xbox and wii ads, but never from Sony
i hope sony will try a little here as long its not "this is living" incredibly stupid european ad

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@10

No doubt Bioshock/Halo 3 played into the mix, as will new PS3 games, but lets face it, the 360 is still the cheaper console, cheaper for a reason ( if you know what I mean ).

Nobody can doubt the PS3 has been battling in sales, until now, seeing the 61% jump is massive, and the PS3 sales will only get better.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6961737.stm

An easier climb on the books perhaps?

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we got them for sure in July by looking at the numbers, August will be the 360 by a small margin. I do expect the 360 to be on top for the next two months b/c of the mainstream game called Halo coming out.

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Yeh proud new pS3 owner

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Welcome Jam!

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There's no question that a 61% increase is great news for the PS3, however, I'm still left asking a few questions:

First off, will these sales be sustainable once the 60gb models are all gone? I'd love to see a breakdown of how many 60gb, and how many 80gb were sold.

Will the holiday line up be enough to keep those sales just as high (if not higher)? I've heard nothing but good things about Heavenly Sword, and Warhawk, but Lair has been getting mixed reviews. Let's not forget that they'll be up against Halo 3.

As for Japan, while the PS3 is currently outselling the 360, but the 360 did have a headstart, and that likely means they're on fairly even footing as far as install base is concerned. That won't last - the PS3 will likely surpass the 360 on that front soon unless Microsoft pulls an amazingly large rabbit out of their hat.

I guess the point I'm really getting at here is this: Yes, the sales boost is good news.... but don't plant your flag until you make it all the way to the top of the mountain.

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@ poster

xbox 360 is only outselling ps3 in america (not exact figures). in the rest of the world, ps3 is winning (not exact figures). sony doesnt need to spin this b/c they have two systems selling. did everybody 4get the console that is second to wii- PS2! the writing is on the wall alright and it reads...
"There are no games comin out for the 360 starting summer 08"
can anybody name a good one?

diclaimer- i am in no way an expert (except on GH2) and neither are you. i own a ps3 and a wii.

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FYI- PS3 has sold over a million units is japan. xbox 360 is ALMOST @ the 500k mark.
poster, are you sure the lack of sales in japan is made up in america?

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Poster, and Jay Are Baboon,

http://www.maxconsole.net/content_img/wiisallsss.jpg

That chart shows roughly what each console has sold in each territory. The writing is actually on the chart, and it reads: "The Wii will step on your face and slap yo mama's ass with it's sales"

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I need to know something, how do they tabulate sales?

I just learned a few things two of my friends have been doing for about a year now.

It seems they go to Target/Walmart and exploit the 90-Day return policy. They buy a 360 and then return it. They but it again and return it.

I asked them why they kept doing this one said "there aren't many games to play for me to just keep it and I don't want the RROD."

The other one had a more logical response saying he keeps switching it and will keep it once he knows they have the Falcon chips.

I'm sure there are tons of people that buy a 360, get an RROD and return it probably not saying anything then go and buy it again.

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