Are you interested in home décor? Do you think friends more important than family? Does standing out in a crowd make you sweat? If you answered ‘yes’ to all of those questions, then you’re probably a PlayStation 3 owner, according to the latest research.
The consumer research arm of credit reference agency Experian questioned PS3 owners about their views on a range of subjects, and compared them to the results of the same questions posed to Xbox 360 owners.
When asked if money is the best measure of success for example, more Xbox 360 owners than PS3 gamers felt that it is. Well, Bill Gates is said to have two Xbox 360s in his modest dwelling…
Of those questioned, 184 PS3 owners felt that friends are more important to them than family, while only 144 Xbox 360 gamers said the same - it’s not clear how many of either group still live with their mums.
Survey respondents who own Sony’s console also turned out to be more interested in nature than Microsoft’s gamers are.
However, equal numbers on both sides of the console divide felt that real mean don’t cry. Apparently.
Interestingly, a greater majority of Xbox 360 owners said they couldn’t live without their mobiles phones. PS3 gamers seem more intellectual: more of them can’t live without books than Xbox 360 owners are able to, although hopefully they’re not referring to strategy guides.
At the end of the day, however, gamers’ views could simply be due to their ages. The research found that while the Xbox 360 appeals most to those aged between 35 and 44 years old, the PS3 is more popular among people aged 44 and over.
By pricing the PS3 below its production cost, Sony has lost over USD 3 billion during the past two years according to information revealed in the company’s fiscal 2008 annual report.
According to a Kotaku report, Sony lost USD 2.16 billion in 2007 and USD 1.16 billion in 2008 on the PS3. The console allegedly cost over USD 800 to manufacture but which was sold in the USD 500-600 range when it was launched in 2006.
Sony has warned investors that its large-scale investment on the PS3 may not be fully recovered if the console does not achieve favourable market penetration.
For fiscal 2008, Sony’s game division saw a 26.3 per cent increase in sales to JPY 267.5 billion (USD 2.5 billion). Nevertheless, it reported an operating loss of JPY 124.5 billion (USD 1.2 billion).
The company previously said that it expected the profitability of its game segment to improve significantly due to hardware cost reductions and a strong line-up of PS3 software.
Sony reported the following worldwide unit hardware sales for fiscal 2008, compared to 2007:
PS2: 13.73 million (- 0.98 million)
PSP: 13.89 million (+ 4.36 million)
PS3: 9.24 million (+ 5.63 million)
Sony also reported worldwide software unit sales for fiscal 2008, as compared to the prior year:
PS2: 154 million (- 39.5 million)
PSP: 55.5 million (+ 0.8 million)
PS3: 57.9 million (+ 44.6 million)
As the data shows, the PS3 saw the greatest year-to-year improvement in both hardware and software sales. However, the PS2 sold almost three times the amount of software as either the PS3 or the PSP in fiscal 2008 and the PSP sold more hardware overall.
So many people are anticipating this PS3 game, and some say they are getting a PS3 just to play it! Here’s some new footage for the game if you’re interested in it!
58 out of the 69 current reviews on Amazon are 5 star, so it looks like this really is the add on of the year from the best console of the previous year! Keep it up Nintendo, I will be sure to get one when stock levels improve!
Personally i think this looks great, and might just give the PS3 a cutting edge over the Xbox 360! However it seems to have been in the pipeline for a while now but still no signs of a release! Here’s a video on youtube about it anyway!
I know it is old but I love it and I hope you did too, and I’m posting it to refresh one of the best adverts of recent years. ‘In the Air Tonight’, Phil Collins is the song played by the Gorilla. Pure Genius of a advert!
My personal favourite - Just stare at it and watch some cool things happen!
How many black dots do you see? … because there are none!!
This photograph is actually a composition of black shapes on a white surface, however the mind organizes the elements, based on past experience, into the image of a Dalmatian dog.
When you first look at this, do you see and old man with holly around him, or do you see a couple kissing?Be warned. This may take some time to see both “sides” of the illusion
