Those worldwide sales a definitely on the mark. 0.o
Worldwide = America now?

did the worldwide console sales info given in that segment seem a little low to anyone else?

Wow Sony FTL They better work magic at e3 or else Jack Tretton will be in his local unemployment office and Miyamoto will be Mrs. Tretton's new"Special Friend"

http://kotaku.com/gaming/so-dull/wii-outsells-ps3-6+to+1-in-japan-274121.php

Mr. Haley.

Where is world-famous portmanteau?

:(

Awww, you remembered!

It begins again on this Friday and will never stop. Won't stop. Can't stop!

Yes! Portmanteau. I thought you said it was going to happen on the friday of last week.. then I checked and it didnt. I was sad. Perhaps you could give us a start time?

Ten year life cycle my ass. No console has a ten year life span. The PlayStation 2 was released in October 2000. I doubt it will see any support past this year. That's seven years. By this guy's reasoning, the PlayStation 2 is viable another three years from now. The original PlayStation may have enjoyed a long production run (note: that's just how long Sony was making the things), but quite frankly, that will not happen with the PS2.

You want to know how long this generation will last? Until the first competitor releases their new system. Then give a year for the other two companies to finalize development and push out their systems.

Sony keeps mentioning how successful the PlayStation 2 was, like that matters at all with the PlayStation 3. Nintendo was king until Sega released the Genesis which was put Nintendo in second place until the Saturn got its ass kicked by the PlayStation. I won't even mention the poor Dreamcast, or how Atari screwed up every business decision they ever made. Who was in the lead last generation has no bearing on the current generation, video game history tells us that much.

"MOOOOM LOOK! The PS3 is $100 cheaper!! Can you please buy me one?"
"Shut up and pay your Wii... And let me know when you are done cause I want to play bowling."

Damn that reporter was truly informed!! When he pointed the losses Sony was having I was looking at Trettons neck and see if he was going *GULP!* on that one!! Good his ass was tight enough to give the "WE ARE WIN!" talk back.

Still $499 dont justify the PS3 right now. In maybe a year is plausible. But right now? Nah. Inflation is a bitch and $399 is the sacred price point for at least 5 more years.

Leon and Derfel, actually I have E3 this week so if not Friday then Saturday for sure. Maybe I will get some ridiculous swag to throw in as prizes...

And when Nintendo releases an even more powerful completely backwards compatible Wii in a couple of years, I'm sure Sony will be sitting on top since it's only half way into its product's ten year life cycle...right?

Right guys?

...guys...?

correction: i hate sony's gaming division (and betamax and UMD and Blu-ray)

Worldwide = America?

America does realise that the world outside of it isn't some barron landscape populated only by hicks living in mudhuts doesn't it?

I also think it was pretty refreshing to see a news anchor actually know something about gaming.

Wow he really went into that unprepared. Poor Sony.

I hate all suits, but the suits at Sony are the worst.

I wonder if that guy has even played a PS3 game for more than 5 minutes.

"We are still Dominating"

Opps... Sorry for the mutiple comment...

The best way to avoid answering a question is to repeat the same shit over and over again.

Way to go, Jack.

I just want Sony to admit they made a huge mistake by bundling in the Blu-ray drive. If only they took Microsoft's add-on strategy I'm sure Sony would still be on top. Oh well, I win either way since I have both consoles!

i can't emphasize enough how much blu-ray inclusion wasn't a mistake. yes it probably tacked on an extra two hundred to the base price but then again, it wasn't the specifically the gaming market sony as a whole was aiming for. they know the ps3 will sell even if the rate of sales aren't what they were expecting. but let's take a gander of the potential of future movie sales on HD.

the united states congress is in part to blame for sony even including a blu-ray drive into their machines -- all broadcasts will convert to HD broadcast standards.

now that means that all major hardware manufacturers will see an uptake of HDTVs. all content providers will have to deliver their content on HD media. that is why we have hd-dvd and blu-ray.

if you didn't know, the most lucrative aspect of next-gen dvds are the royalties from individual discs sold as well as every machine built.

sony, aside from a hardware provider, is also a content provider. it is in their vested interest to include the blu-ray into the ps3 knowing full well that it was a foot (albeit a massive foot) in door to the HD market. they sell HDTVs AND next gen DVD. how would it make sense to not include the blu-ray?

i wouldn't feel too bad about toshiba if they lose the dvd war -- they still co-developed the cell processor and makes money off of the ps3 regardless of which medium is adopted by the masses.

That News Reporter knows his shit considering he does his own E3 Report live on MSNBC.. He seems to get straight to the point.. last year around this time he was all about sony and Xbox Grpahics and saying how this is the future of gaming .. Till he got a Wiimote in his hand and his whole story started to change.. but he still kept things respectable .. He seems to be very up to date with the video game Industry... Maybe he is a OLd school gamer.. He did a great job...

We're still dominating, my mommy said so!

Awesome. Swingers. Reference.