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IDC comments on PS3 sales figures

Posted Jan 14, 2007 at 11:32PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Billy Pidgeon, Jack Tretton, NPD, playstation 3 updates, PS2, Sony
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According to IDC analyst Billy Pidgeon, Sony must produce more first-part software for the PS3 or risk seeing more and more units left on shop shelves. His comments follow the release of the NPD video game sales data for 2006, which, according to Sony's Jack Tretton, prove the power of the PlayStation brand.

The IDC analyst said that while he agrees with Tretton's assessment of the PS2's power in the market and the boost that it has given to most third-party publishers' bottom lines, the PlayStation brand doesn't appear to be helping the PS3. Here are his words:

The PlayStation brand doesn't appear to be helping the PS3. If NPD's numbers are correct, there are over 300K PS3s on retail shelves. That is not good for a console launch of only a million and it's not good for publishers with PS3 software.


Pidgeon warns that Sony must focus on the games that are available for the PS3. He says:

Software libraries are the key driver of console sales, and no console is going to sell on the promises - they've got to deliver. Sony needs more must-have first party titles to sell consoles. Gamers know Halo 3 is coming on the Xbox 360, and they can expect Mario on the Wii, but there are no established first party franchises coming to the PS3 except Gran Turismo - and that is delayed.



Via GamesIndustry



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# ...Guest 2007-01-15 00:51
Broken please put a spin on this and show us the PS3 is awesome.



Lets face it, the 360 is going to outsell the PS3 for another year until GT5 hits stores. MS is going to have a 25 million plus market share. Sony's first party developers have a lot of work to do this year to help sony dig it's way out of this hole they have created. 2008 needs to be sony's comeback year.

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# hmm...Guest 2007-01-15 00:56
みんな仲良くしましょ。昔ノアのころの楽しさお思い出してください。 ファミコンの時代に戻れたらいいな~~。

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# MoreGuest 2007-01-15 01:33
I await a reply to and I bet it will be "But But But the PS2 is outselling the xbox etc, LOL.

By the time GT5 is out there are going to be at least two very big 360 60 fps driving games out (and they have the advantage of rumble).



"The PlayStation brand doesn't appear to be helping the PS3. If NPD's numbers are correct, there are over 300K PS3s on retail shelves. That is not good for a console launch of only a million and it's not good for publishers with PS3 software."

Wow that is bad maybe it's time to stop mentioning that PS2 now.

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# right...Guest 2007-01-15 02:01
MGS, Final Fantasy, Tekken. Nuff said.

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# ...Guest 2007-01-15 02:49
Have you got some release dates for us?

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# hahaGuest 2007-01-15 03:39
I noticed the expression "nuff said" on these forums really means "God I hope so. Please god don't let me down again sony!"

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# wow guysContrAss 2007-01-15 05:56
the 360 forums are pretty freakin barren, i guess it's because all their idiots like to stumble on the PS3 side to s.h.i.t all over the place huh.



As for Sony first party exclusives, yes you're right in saying they need more releases however many and i say many, 3rd party titles are as powerful as some of the Sony published titles.



And just for sh.it.s and giggles, how many Microsoft exclusives are there...without guns? HMMMMMM?? Like what? 1! and even then it sold ~okay~. HA! Talk about awesome. I can't wait for Saints Row 2 on the 360, because it's soooo cool. Or maybe generic shooter 5 coming out in Q4! Seriously douchelydoucheb ags, it's pretty sad when you're only system is doing good when it happens to steal another console's title.



remember: It's all about the games ^^!

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# No exclusives huh?Guest 2007-01-15 08:20
I've heard it so many times before. No non-shooter exclusives on the 360. What about Project Gotham Racing, Star Trek Legacy, Dead Rising, Ninety Nine Nights, Left for Dead, Viva Pinata, Fable 2, Dead or Alive 4, Dead or Alive Extreme 2, Blue Dragon, Kameo, Table Tennis, Tomb Raider Legends, or Chromehounds? That's more than PS3, and so far the only decent exclusive game out for the PS3 is a shooter! XBOX 360 owns every category!

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# ps3 defense secretaryGuest 2007-01-15 16:05
motorstorm, final fantasy 13, formula 1 championship, killzone 2, metal gear 4, lair, 8 days, unreal championship 2007 except on pc, ninja gaiden sigma, final fantasy versus that aint nowhere near it and you wanna know how ps3 will win this generation like all the others first of lets take wii out because if you were smart youd know they will last no longer than 2 years know why games may start out alright on the wii pretty good but nintendo left a very key element and thats the fact that they made a nice controller new next gen inovative but same graphics now the games are ok but in a few years gamers will and i guarantee they will be looking for truely next gen graphics and i dont mean gears of war now come to think of it there really aint noting next gen about the wiik but now lets turn to why microsoft will loose you see microsoft is doing well, sort of but you say that the 180 is got alot of ps3's exclusives thats because they need them they knew that they got slaughtered without them last time dont worry same thing this time except ps3 will earn back its exclusives you see over the next year as we speak there are games in developement for ps3 and i guarantee they will be exclusives they are secret projects the reason its a guarantee that they will be exclusives is because they are only possible on the ps3s supercomputer hardware now killzone 2 will be released the second half of the year and that means the game has either made it to the level of the trailer or maybe extremely close but guerilla games has promised that the game will exceed the trailer this game without a doubt will not be surpassed for a very very very very very long time guaranteed but i said all of that to say this the reason why this will be the reason that microsoft will loose this time around is the same reason why the ps3 will earn back its exclusives ill explain you see many of the developers have to see to believe alot like you people now when sony shows off these true next gen games they will surely have an example of what they could achieve if they use true time and money like movie making money not chump change and not being lazy like these first few games just to even the playing feild with the weakbox180 already maxed out system basicaly a supped up xbox now the main reason weakbox180 will loose this is because of you the weakbox180 fans know why you 180 fans have been posting on sites for nearly a year and a half about the 180 being more powerful than the ps3 and 180 only being a little weaker or even that the two machines are equal now that is true if your talking about the new 360 the real 360 that will come out in 2011 thats the real next gen of weakbox now if i were microsoft of course i would just give up if i suffered such a hummiliating defeat such as this next 5 or 6 years but they may just try again but now back to the reason that 180 will loose many of you are still saying that the two are equal if thats so then why is the 180 already maxed out yes ill explain how children gears of war really exceeded what the 180 was built for you see ill show you how this is my logic see bill gates said a good while ago that this gears of war is what the 180 is built for now that could only mean 1 thing its the most the 180 specs could stand for and one more thing that i just thought of for the amount of time and money that microsoft epic games and whoever else that was working on the game was the game outta had looked a whole lot better they were working on this game well before e3 05 all the way til november 06' you tell me they also put over 40 millon dollars into building this game now ill ask this once if the 180 is really stonger than the ps3 then why is sony and guerilla games only using 21 million dollars to build killzone 2 now correct me if im wrong but both those numbers are number for the cost for making entire movies so why doesnt gears of war look anyting like a movie it looks miles away from its cutcenes now i will scare you killzone is only the tip of the iceburg for the ps3 the ps3s capacity can us much more money than th

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# who will winGuest 2007-01-15 20:49
everybodies talking about what console will win, but it seems that nobody wants to actually support their system. Im behind sony all the way. Ive got a ps1,2, p, and 3. I also got about 10 people to buy ps3's. if sony fails thats 10 people that will kill me. I hope that the sony fans pull it together and support playstation. there are about 100mil playstation owners out there, atleast half of them can get a ps3. Im also tired of everyone talking about ps3 losing to the wii in japan, because ps3 out sold the 360 in japan and the 360 had a year headstart, but nobody wants to talk about that!!!! the 360 launch was worst then the ps3's launch, but lets not talk about that!!!!! and in a hole year the 360 still havent got to 10mil, but nobody has to know that. sony might not be doing as well as expected but its better then what the 360 did, and all of these analyst are saying that the 360 is doing well, then in that case the ps3 is doing great.

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# LOLGuest 2007-01-16 00:28
Do you seriously believe anyone is going to read all through thats peech,Man that is even longer than any politician would dare to go..

Other than reading the first word MOTORSTORM(whic h has now been confirmed as having a puny 32fps and NO RUMBLE UGH)go compare the specs with Forza 2 OUT THIS MARCH not sometime in the next YEARS,all I can make out mainly is the word 180 sorry to disappoint you mate but we are talking about the 360 not the old xbox1(180+half 360 you see?).

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# HahahahahaGuest 2007-01-16 05:40
This Fanboy BS made me laugh. Do some more research ok, hahahaha. And yes, your friends are going to be mad at you. hahahaha.

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