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Re: wii selling for $400+ again on ebay
Are you factoring in how well PS2 still sells?
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Re: wii selling for $400+ again on ebay
yeah; i think ps2 will end up around 135-140mil when it's done, with maybe 90mil unique buyers (rest of sales are 2nd/3rd/4th/etc after 1st broke)
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Re: wii selling for $400+ again on ebay
Are you seriously trying to claim the PS2 has a 35% failure rate?
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Re: wii selling for $400+ again on ebay
failure rate is time-sensitive
automobiles have a low failure rate in year one, but a much higher one in year 10 anecdotally, everyone i know who has a ps2 purchased at least 2 of them, with many purchasing 3-4 of them, because theirs broke but it usually breaks after 2-3 years, not 1 year...so it's not counted in any counts and doesn't count for the 'failure rate' which would normally be over a 1 year period to put it another way: i don't believe that there are 100 million currently working ps2s out there...i believe that of the 120-125million currently sold, 20-25% failed at some point (some are 6 years old and failed, some fail in the first year, some fail after 2 years) there was even a lawsuit about the high failure rate |
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Re: wii selling for $400+ again on ebay
I would believe maybe 5-10% but no way do i buy 35% of PS2's have failed over time. I know there were some bugs in the first few versions, but they corrected it much quicker then MS has corrected their problems.
What is the typical failure rate after 2-3 years on consoles say from 16 Bit on? Are you saying that failure rate is the norm, or excessive? |
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Re: wii selling for $400+ again on ebay
bugs usually get corrected for problems that occur in first year of ownership
when ur ps2 breaks after 2 years, u just go to store and buy a new one; u don't report it to sony or anything, so nobody knows someone could do a survey of people who own/owned a ps2 and how many they bought total...that would be the only way to really get a good handle on the actual % also, one of their major issues was the 2004 new model ps2; that's what the lawsuit was over...so wasn't just the first few years |
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Re: wii selling for $400+ again on ebay
I'm certainly on my 3rd PS2. I'm probably an anomaly, but I wasn't even an early adopter
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Re: wii selling for $400+ again on ebay
[ QUOTE ]
I would believe maybe 5-10% but no way do i buy 35% of PS2's have failed over time. I know there were some bugs in the first few versions, but they corrected it much quicker then MS has corrected their problems. What is the typical failure rate after 2-3 years on consoles say from 16 Bit on? Are you saying that failure rate is the norm, or excessive? [/ QUOTE ] 16 bit on is not the right comparison. It is optical media and hard disk drives on. Sensitive moving parts = bricking consoles. I know a decent chunk of people with PS2s along with myself, every single one ended up replacing it at least once. Same story with PS1. Heck, even back to the days of Sega CD - anecdotally at least, those things fried faster and more often than probably any console to date. |
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Re: wii selling for $400+ again on ebay
Apparently, the PS3 actually outsold the Wii in Japan this month. This could be relatively big news for the PS3 and equally bad for the Wii if this turns out to be true.
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