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After what has been some good news on the Sony front (the announcement that 27 PS3 games would be on-hand at TGS), it appears that Sony is in for some more pain, this time in the form of analyst doubts. Specifically, Mitsubishi UJF Securities of Japan has dropped Sony’s rating from a 3 to a 2, predicting that Sony’s 6 million PS3s sold mark will miss - by about 3 million consoles. As a result, they will only have sold 3 million consoles by the end of this fiscal year, March 31st, 2007. This has resulted in Sony’s stock taking a stumble, dropping 3.1% to $44.42 USD.
If this prediction turns out to be true, then Sony might very well be extremely short of consoles for the first year of the PS3’s life, which could turn out to be crucial in its success. Sony has announced that they plan to have 2 million consoles ready by November for launch - already a low number as it gives each territory only around 700,000 consoles to sell to eager gamers. If that number gets any lower, Sony could be looking at a massive shortage that will make the Xbox 360’s woes seem like nothing. Given the amount of bad press and less-than-stellar rumors floating around about CELL yields and the like, the PS3 might very well be in for a very, very bumpy ride.
[via IGN]
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Ingame ads and high prices cause PS fans to grumble, lack of innovation leads Sony to copy the Wii’s controller but with less accuracy and no rumble.
Sick of the hype and management lies, PS3 does not sell and the company dies. The end xxxxx.
Kaz Hirai is a noob, Harrison is a dag, both are ****.
Sony management stink - Suck Foney.
Claire, what console woudl you buy and why you buy it?
I agree totally with Claire!!!
At last someone who writes interesting & funny comments.
As far as Sony goes, I am selling my stock, personally I think the PS3 will kill the company, well at least be the last nail in the coffin… such a pity, they used to be such a nice company. Then came all that DRM, rootkits, etc… Oh well.
I doubt it’ll kill Sony, though after the massive battery recalls and negative publicity over the PS3’s many flaws I can see many users shutting them out completely. But I think the PS3 will be successful, to a degree; there are a lot of gamers who see Sony’s name and instantly assume it MUST be the best product out there. However, I think the Xbox 360 (and possibly even the Wii) will do much better, and Sony will find its current position as top-dog reduced to a distant second (of even third) place.