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We won't worry about low PS3 games-to-console ratio |
Listed in: PS3 Tags: Enterbrain, playstation 3 updates, Sony
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Good news. In a GamesIndustry.biz news item earlier today, Enterbrain said there's been about 88,400 PS3 units sold (although the figure we keep seeing on the Internet is "close to 90,000"). Enterbrain, the publisher of Famitsu, said that the ratio of PS3 games to PS3 consoles sold is 0.98 - that's less than one game per console sold. In other words, some of the people who bought those 88,400 consoles never bought a game.
Now why would you buy a console and not buy any games? Because you're not really planning to hold on to that console. Yep, you're planning on selling your PS3 on eBay.
Enough about Enterbrain, let's do a QJ analysisfication, shall we?
- You know that a bunch of people bought two games, so if the games-to-consoles ratio is close to 1, that means that for every person who bought 2 games, there were 2 people who were just buying for the gray market, and for every person who bought 3 games, there were 3 people buying for the gray market.
- This means there's a lot of PS3s in the gray market.
And when those PS3s get to where they belong (in the homes of Sony fanboys who will love them and polish their smooth black surfaces and take care of them forever and ever) BOOM! We'll see game sales go up. Because the people that matter, the hot-blooded gamers, will be ready to buy games.
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we just want the ps3 as soon as possible.
So dont talk about ebay ***** if the are crimminels, they are just friendley people whits buy a ps3 for me/you (even sometimes fight for it:P) and sell it to you.
So respect for the Ebay sellers
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If some kid buys 1 ps3 + 2 games it only takes one gray market ps3 to get the ratio to 1, not two.
I'm actually quite amazed the ratio isn't even lower having heard stories of groups of chinese and homeless japanese being paid to que.
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And some could also wait before buying the games, I mean, you can download demos and "arcade games" like flow so you don't "need" games directly at launch, you can wait for the best games, playing demos and arcade games ( if the game you want launch 1-2 weeks after the ps3 ).
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Thanks
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That being said, not really a good development if you ask me. But it wont matter in the long run
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