Doomsday prediction: 150 to 200 thousand PS3s for U.S. Launch

There’s already been a whole bunch of forecasts on the would-be sales of Sony‘s PS3. And while Sony‘s sure had its share of both optimistic and negative forecasts, this is definitely one that we oh-so would not want to happen. At all.

Lazard Capital Markets has boldly predicted that the U.S. may receive a lower number of units than expected on the day of the PS3’s launch. Why is it bold? Because the launch is only two days away from now. How low are the numbers? A dreadful 150,000 to 200,000 unit, a definite huge drop from the promised 4000,000!

Colin Sebastian, a Lazard analyst, gave retail checks as the source for their cited figures. By the end of the year, their estimate is that Sony would have been able to sell around 750,000 PS3s in the U.S. he also pointed out that some form of substitution could happen, with Microsoft‘s Xbox 360 reaping the benefits. Because of the high-in-demand of the PS3 and Wii, some might just opt to go for the Xbox 360. This substitution effect may also be given a further boost by key Xbox 360 titles like Gears of War, as well as those cross-platform PS3-Xbox 360 titles.

Well, that certainly sounds like doomsday! Let’s keep our fingers crossed tightly that Sony may prove them analysts wrong on this one! Puhlease, let them be wrong on this one!

Via Next-gen biz

There’s already been a whole bunch of forecasts on the would-be sales of Sony‘s PS3. And while Sony‘s sure had its share of both optimistic and negative forecasts, this is definitely one that we oh-so would not want to happen. At all.

Lazard Capital Markets has boldly predicted that the U.S. may receive a lower number of units than expected on the day of the PS3’s launch. Why is it bold? Because the launch is only two days away from now. How low are the numbers? A dreadful 150,000 to 200,000 unit, a definite huge drop from the promised 4000,000!

Colin Sebastian, a Lazard analyst, gave retail checks as the source for their cited figures. By the end of the year, their estimate is that Sony would have been able to sell around 750,000 PS3s in the U.S. he also pointed out that some form of substitution could happen, with Microsoft‘s Xbox 360 reaping the benefits. Because of the high-in-demand of the PS3 and Wii, some might just opt to go for the Xbox 360. This substitution effect may also be given a further boost by key Xbox 360 titles like Gears of War, as well as those cross-platform PS3-Xbox 360 titles.

Well, that certainly sounds like doomsday! Let’s keep our fingers crossed tightly that Sony may prove them analysts wrong on this one! Puhlease, let them be wrong on this one!

Via Next-gen biz