Quote:
"Folha OnLine", quoted by Sanmoo:
The fall on demand of the PlayStation 3 console is going to force Sony to focus on the sales of their other products, like televisions and digital cameras, to reach the earning goals for 2008.
The PlayStation manufacturer needs a rise of more than the double of the liquid profit got so far in the current fiscal year, up to the US$ 2,66 billions, according to the ecconomy newspaper "Nikkei". But the sales of the videogame console keep going down - among the reasons are the low range of games, that are around 60 (they are expected to reach 200 in March 200 cool .
Many games' enterprises show themselves in doubt about making titles for Sony's console, since it's high quality means high development costs for new games.
In January, were sold 240 thousand PS3 units. But, since April, sales fell to less than 100 thousand units in Japan. Sales fell to around 40 thousand units in June, a lot bellow Nintendo's Wii, that sold about 270 units in the same month.
Captain J Sheridan:
You can't even imagine what happened to the prices...
Right now they are:
PS3 60 GB -> $600
PS3 20 GB -> $500
Then Sony stopped selling the 20 GB one, and announced a price-cutting:
PS3 60 GB -> $500
PS3 80 GB -> $600
But as soon as the 60 GB stocks are over, they are going to stop selling o.O
People expect the price of the 80 GB one to fall to $500 in the end of the year, but even so, out of reach and full of problems
The fall on demand of the PlayStation 3 console is going to force Sony to focus on the sales of their other products, like televisions and digital cameras, to reach the earning goals for 2008.
The PlayStation manufacturer needs a rise of more than the double of the liquid profit got so far in the current fiscal year, up to the US$ 2,66 billions, according to the ecconomy newspaper "Nikkei". But the sales of the videogame console keep going down - among the reasons are the low range of games, that are around 60 (they are expected to reach 200 in March 200 cool .
Many games' enterprises show themselves in doubt about making titles for Sony's console, since it's high quality means high development costs for new games.
In January, were sold 240 thousand PS3 units. But, since April, sales fell to less than 100 thousand units in Japan. Sales fell to around 40 thousand units in June, a lot bellow Nintendo's Wii, that sold about 270 units in the same month.
Captain J Sheridan:
You can't even imagine what happened to the prices...
Right now they are:
PS3 60 GB -> $600
PS3 20 GB -> $500
Then Sony stopped selling the 20 GB one, and announced a price-cutting:
PS3 60 GB -> $500
PS3 80 GB -> $600
But as soon as the 60 GB stocks are over, they are going to stop selling o.O
People expect the price of the 80 GB one to fall to $500 in the end of the year, but even so, out of reach and full of problems
