Pachter: PS3 price cut with Movie good move - Blu-ray Forum

sodrock · 10-18-2007, 08:24 PM

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...FPg&refer=home

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Sony may sell as many as 450,000 PlayStation 3 consoles in November and almost 1 million in December, Pachter said. Consumers have purchased 6.3 million Xbox 360s, introduced a year earlier, according to NPD Group Inc., a Port Washington, New York-based researcher.

Xerious · 10-18-2007, 08:30 PM

Tretton said Sony's holiday marketing will stress the Blu- ray player in addition to game play. He declined to say how much the company will spend.

now how many people are going to say they didn't know the PS3 was a bluray player...

ckenisell · 10-18-2007, 08:31 PM

There's no mention there about how many XBox 360's failed and had to be returned to Microsoft.

Galley · 10-19-2007, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ckenisell

There's no mention there about how many XBox 360's failed and had to be returned to Microsoft.

All of them?

SBrooks1 · 10-19-2007, 12:37 AM

Sony only sold 119k PS3's in September. What game(s) are going to come out that will make those sales triple?

JAGUAR1977 · 10-19-2007, 12:38 AM

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now how many people are going to say they didn't know the PS3 was a bluray player...

More likely informing them it's better than DVD, not just an equal quality alternative, plus how to get the best out of it.

JAGUAR1977 · 10-19-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SBrooks1

Sony only sold 119k PS3's in September. What game(s) are going to come out that will make those sales triple?

Haze, UT3, Rachet and Clank, Pro Evo etc., but most importantly price.

September was also influenced by Halo 3.

SBrooks1 · 10-19-2007, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by JAGUAR1977

Haze, UT3, Rachet and Clank, Pro Evo etc., but most importantly price.

UT3 is being delayed 'til 2008 and none of the rest of those titles will sell consoles like Halo 3 did for the 360.

DetroitSportsFan · 10-19-2007, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Xerious

now how many people are going to say they didn't know the PS3 was a bluray player...

Probably many. Today at Gamestop I dealt with a clerk that didn't even know what component cables were.

Maxell · 10-19-2007, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by SBrooks1

Sony only sold 119k PS3's in September. What game(s) are going to come out that will make those sales triple?

Christmas shoppers.

HK-48 · 10-19-2007, 03:03 AM

Unreal Tournament 3 didn't get delayed. After Midway said it was, Epic clarified it by saying that it may get delayed.

devonthedude · 10-19-2007, 03:11 AM

Hell yea its a good move for both Blu-Ray and the PS3 install bases. Insomniac said that Ratchet and Clank ToD is supposed to ship next Tuesday, they beat the week delay (the first PS3 game to do this)

Razzy · 10-19-2007, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JAGUAR1977

Haze, UT3, Rachet and Clank, Pro Evo etc., but most importantly price.

OMG! Can't believe you included Uncharted in "etc". Blasphemy!

Magic · 10-19-2007, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Probably many. Today at Gamestop I dealt with a clerk that didn't even know what component cables were.

Ouch! That's too bad.

sodrock · 10-19-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by devonthedude

Hell yea its a good move for both Blu-Ray and the PS3 install bases. Insomniac said that Ratchet and Clank ToD is supposed to ship next Tuesday, they beat the week delay (the first PS3 game to do this)

No delay? Nice

TruBlu2 · 10-19-2007, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SBrooks1

Sony only sold 119k PS3's in September. What game(s) are going to come out that will make those sales triple?

Haze...drakes fortune....warhawk!!

Teazle · 10-19-2007, 04:23 PM

Resistance, a game almost a year old, is enjoying a sales spike in the UK following the console price drop. This is a sign that there's a lot of latent demand for the PS3. New titles aren't the only thing spurring on PS3 uptake.

eat_me_cool · 10-19-2007, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SBrooks1

UT3 is being delayed 'til 2008 and none of the rest of those titles will sell consoles like Halo 3 did for the 360.

Halo 3 sold very few consoles. As big as Halo 3 is, it isn't going to sell 10million x360's and the disappointment factor means it may not outsell Halo 2. Virtually every Halo owner is going to be a Halo 2 and xbox 1 owner, it very much preaching to the converted.

Razzy · 10-19-2007, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by eat_me_cool

Halo 3 sold very few consoles. As big as Halo 3 is, it isn't going to sell 10million x360's and the disappointment factor means it may not outsell Halo 2. Virtually every Halo owner is going to be a Halo 2 and xbox 1 owner, it very much preaching to the converted.

Agreed. The people who bought Halo 3 already had 360's. Of course they're all at M$ being repaired.

TruBlu2 · 10-19-2007, 04:38 PM

I think they may sell even more than 1.5mil. Possibly 2-3mil.

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10-18-2007, 08:30 PM	#2
Xerious Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Washington, DC Blu-ray collection:238 Blu-ray reviews:4	Tretton said Sony's holiday marketing will stress the Blu- ray player in addition to game play. He declined to say how much the company will spend. now how many people are going to say they didn't know the PS3 was a bluray player...

10-18-2007, 08:31 PM	#3
ckenisell Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Round Rock, TX Blu-ray collection:368 Blu-ray reviews:3	There's no mention there about how many XBox 360's failed and had to be returned to Microsoft.

10-19-2007, 12:37 AM	#5
SBrooks1 Special Member Member since:Sep 2007	Sony only sold 119k PS3's in September. What game(s) are going to come out that will make those sales triple?

10-19-2007, 03:03 AM	#11
HK-48 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	Unreal Tournament 3 didn't get delayed. After Midway said it was, Epic clarified it by saying that it may get delayed.

10-19-2007, 03:11 AM	#12
devonthedude Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	Hell yea its a good move for both Blu-Ray and the PS3 install bases. Insomniac said that Ratchet and Clank ToD is supposed to ship next Tuesday, they beat the week delay (the first PS3 game to do this)

10-19-2007, 04:23 PM	#17
Teazle Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Canada Blu-ray reviews:1	Resistance, a game almost a year old, is enjoying a sales spike in the UK following the console price drop. This is a sign that there's a lot of latent demand for the PS3. New titles aren't the only thing spurring on PS3 uptake.

10-19-2007, 04:38 PM	#20
TruBlu2 Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	I think they may sell even more than 1.5mil. Possibly 2-3mil.

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