If you wanted to know how hard core Sony blokes in Europe were taking the news than look no further. With almost 500 posts in a couple hours you can finally know what the Europeans directly are thinking . All I can say is outrage.
November 2025 is the 61st month the PlayStation 5 has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the PlayStation 5 when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 3 by 1.57 million units.
In the last 12 months, the PS5 has grown its lead over the PS3 by 3.31 million units. The PlayStation 5 is currently ahead by 28.11 million units.
PS3 got a bad rap because of the price. I bought it day one (I was very lucky). A Blu-ray player was more expensive than the PS3 at the time around 800$+
And that was for a standalone player with no internet connectivity. A network enable BD players like the PS3 was, were around $1000 at the time
That's true, but it gets worse. I remember seeing independent analysis from CNET or something like that. They concluded that PS3 was not only the cheapest, but also had the best video quality of any BD player.
Good to see there is an improvement despite the challenges plaguing this generation.
At the end of year 5, the ps3 received a pricecut making the 160GB model $250 and the 320G GB model $300.
I miss those days when there was not so much demand for microchips and the prices of things generally came down.
Now everything seems to be a smart device with very few companies to supply the needed chips.
Why compare to the PS3? The machine was a total abortion.
Comparing to 4 would be best being it’s the previous generation and was hugely successful.
There is a ps5 to ps4 comparison. The PS4 currently has a narrow lead.
https://www.vgchartz.com/ar...
we should also not forget what shitstorm the ps3 got cause of the price bk then
it was still a phenomenal console
Western media did everything in their power to destroy the ps3. They shiited on its price and made fun of the CELL (I'm surprised there wasn't more dbz memes) calling it alien hardware. Still it gave us games like Uncharted 2 and TLOU.
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how sony have so little regard for europe, concerning their launch stratergies!!!
From day dot, with the ps1, it's always been the same!!!!!
That same lack of RESPECT is gonna bite them in the foot BIG-TIME!!!!
SONY-THE ONLY WAY IS DOWN
Forum posts are news? Eurogamer comments are as bad as Joystiq users, both mean absolutely nothing and draw out the rabid fanboys.
But hey, do you expect Europeans to be happy about this? Haha.
PS3 will be worth the wait.
Sony shipped 720,000 PS2's for the Japanese launch and is only shipping 100,000 for the PS3's launch. Furthermore, where as last time Sony clearly favoured the Japanese market (i.e. by launching in Japan first); this time around they appear to be favouring the American market by a substantially large margin.
I say "substantially large" because even if they allocated all of the 500,000 consoles to Japan they would sell out and Japan has long been thought of as their traditional / primary market.
I know that the American market is "technically" larger but it just seems like they might be alienating their traditional Japanese fanbase a bit. If I was a Japanese person - I would be thinking that Sony probably does have the right to be concerned about losing the #1 spot in America but that doesn't mean they have the right to take the Japanese fanbase as a given and abuse that fact by short changing them.
I wonder if the 360 will start doing better in Japan as more people start to give it more of a chance? Certainly the Wii will benefit!
Neil Thompson, UK Director of Home and Entertainment at Microsoft, was quick to point out: "We know how challenging it is to pull off a global launch so it's not surprising that Sony has backed away from their previously announced launch plan due to the unproven technology they are trying to pack in to their console. Europe remains a priority for us and that is why gamers have been able to experience Xbox 360 from day one."
MS is eating this sh!t up.