I never said anything about those being fringe sites. What I am saying is that you can't use the opinions of review sites to judge future sales. Many of the top selling games get medicore reviews while a lot of top rated games don't sell that well. Reviewers who have to play through games for a living don't have the same perspective on games as the mainstream audience does. Look at movie reviews...was Spider Man 3 hurt by poor reviews? Did it matter? How many high-rated flicks get passed over by audiences? My point is that reviews don't matter nearly as much as some people think.
Oh and don't tlak about "specious points" when your argument consists of talking to a few people and taking soundbytes from a website. Hardly a meaty argument for high sales. If you don't like what people are saying, fine. But don't get combative and act as if you posted a detailed analysis when you did not.
And the PS3 has stumbed since launch, don't pretend it's a new development. And yes, there can be a slump in spring. Doesn't explain why the Wii is selling 4 times the amount of the PS3 (and the 360 is even selling twice as many units). When your console has only been out for half a year, it shouldn't be slumping like this.
Just because the SE price for the lifetime PS3 sales is still very overpriced doesn't mean that the last few months is an unimportant blip in sales.
3
My point is that reviews don't matter nearly as much as some people think.
Oh and don't tlak about "specious points" when your argument consists of talking to a few people and taking soundbytes from a website. Hardly a meaty argument for high sales. If you don't like what people are saying, fine. But don't get combative and act as if you posted a detailed analysis when you did not.
And the PS3 has stumbed since launch, don't pretend it's a new development. And yes, there can be a slump in spring. Doesn't explain why the Wii is selling 4 times the amount of the PS3 (and the 360 is even selling twice as many units). When your console has only been out for half a year, it shouldn't be slumping like this.
Just because the SE price for the lifetime PS3 sales is still very overpriced doesn't mean that the last few months is an unimportant blip in sales.