Don't know where you pulled that number from. PS3 hit 10.5 million units sold last month, and to be the dominant segment it only needs to have >50% of the 29.4 million, so basically they need to sell 5 million more this year, leaving about ~14 million stand-alone players (total, not sold this year)
What about the predictions do you think they got wrong? They are predicting 29 million total BD players sales with 50% made up of the PS3. The ps3 selling an additional 5 million units for the remainder of 2008 is a very achievable goal.
I might take issue with the idea of there being 14 million standalone players.
I think they may be off the mark. The ps3 will make a larger dent selling between 5-8 million this year. They will sell more if MS drops the price on the 360,due to reciprocal price cuts. The standalone players will sell MUCH better than last year due to the end of the format war and the US dtv switch. Even then I can only see a sales number of 8-10 million and that high.
That would leave the estimate short 5 million.
2009 will be the year for BD. the us tv switch will have most people buying new flat panel displays. This coupled with sales pressure, an actual use for HD content and lower player prices will make 2009 a rocket year. 2010 should be a slower grow.
“The other one is a biggie, and it's something very noticeable in the videos: touch sensitivity is pretty bad. Using the virtual keyboard proved to be far too painful, and we're pretty sure it wasn't multitouch-friendly.”
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These guys have got it wrong every time they make a prediction.. they love to predict numbers in billions every time and never get it right.
So they are basically saying that PS3 will have 20 million+ PS3s sold this year? LOL!
Don't know where you pulled that number from. PS3 hit 10.5 million units sold last month, and to be the dominant segment it only needs to have >50% of the 29.4 million, so basically they need to sell 5 million more this year, leaving about ~14 million stand-alone players (total, not sold this year)
14 million standalone!!!, at $400+, ROFLMFAO!
What about the predictions do you think they got wrong? They are predicting 29 million total BD players sales with 50% made up of the PS3. The ps3 selling an additional 5 million units for the remainder of 2008 is a very achievable goal.
I might take issue with the idea of there being 14 million standalone players.
I think they may be off the mark. The ps3 will make a larger dent selling between 5-8 million this year. They will sell more if MS drops the price on the 360,due to reciprocal price cuts. The standalone players will sell MUCH better than last year due to the end of the format war and the US dtv switch. Even then I can only see a sales number of 8-10 million and that high.
That would leave the estimate short 5 million.
2009 will be the year for BD. the us tv switch will have most people buying new flat panel displays. This coupled with sales pressure, an actual use for HD content and lower player prices will make 2009 a rocket year. 2010 should be a slower grow.