PS3 sales

Good thing this thread is not about comparing the 2 consoles then!

 

NPD number are useful when looking at trends, but as absolute numbers NPD is rather faulty. You can't simply add a factor of 1.25 and then "presto, chango..you get the correct number". If you could then NPD would have changed their algorithms to account for such a consistent anomaly.

 

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=8383411&&#post8383411

Here is some info. Ask more on avsforum if you want more.

 

It is about estimating total PS3 sales from NPD figures (ignoring the fact official shipping numbers will probably be available), and with the ultimate intention to compare NPD derived PS3 sales to MS numbers on 360 sales, right?

 

Yep, you hit the nail on the head. We are basically going to end up arguing over sales using to sets of NPD and other estimates, because of our inability as posters to wait for official MS and Sony numbers before starting the debate.

 

It is about estimating total PS3 sales from NPD figures
- Yes

ignoring the fact official shipping numbers will probably be available)
- No. Shipping numbers are not available.

with the ultimate intention to compare NPD derived PS3 sales to MS numbers on 360 sales, right?
- No. Read Laa Yosh's repeated requests to leave XBOX out of this thread.

 

Shipping numbers are not available YET. So what are we going to do with this derived sales number? Comment on how it coincides with the number of times a person blinks in his lifetime? Or more likely, to make a passing comment on how the sales compare to that of another system?

 

Speaking of NPD, can anyone explain the unusually large gap between shipped and sold for the PSP?

 

He also requested we leave out predictions and look at real numbers? Which do you consider NPD estimates closer to, predictions or real numbers?

 

What games did you get?

 

I picked up Viva Pinata and Tony Hawk's Project 8 but they're not much use with the HD-DVD drive

Movie wise I got King Kong in the package and I picked up the Bourne Supremacy and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I thought I had the Bourne Supremacy at home on DVD for a direct comparison but couldn't find it last night.

 

I thought you a PS3 today.

 

Yeah, sorry, wasn't very clear without a quote, espescially given what the thread is supposed to be about

If you thought I'd picked up a PS3 today I'd have thought the first question would be where I managed to find one

 

Of course NPD can be considered real numbers, though they are merely estimates. That's not the point though, NPD was only brought up when the thread was taken off on a tangent by someone else bringing up 360's LTD #'s, and Laa Yosh feeling the need to clarify that NPD shouldn't be used for LTD #'s.

The point of this thread is simple, how much is PS3 selling? That's it. We'll take whatever we can get as sources.

So, with that out of the way, we do have some estimates from PJ Mcnealy:
125k - 175k shipped in US.
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14540

With only 80k in Japan, and 175k in the USA, this is damn near a paper launch.

 

Paper launch with estimates. Even if sony shipped 400,000k to US it would still mean weak launch.

Laa-Yosh, it wouldn't make much sense about the report of them releasing more consoles in Japan than expected, I think I would have sold more than almost 90k console then in Japan in launch, no?

 

Where I live there are PSPs on display in all kinds of "lifestyle electronics" shops, which normally sell cellphones, mp3 players, digital cameras - far out of proportion to its actual popularity.

 

Yeap ! They are selling PSP everywhere and relatively cheap too. Off-topic... I bumped into PSP owners quite often in public places in Asia (2-3 times a week, sometimes 5 in 1 day). Almost as often as GBA folks. In US, once in a long while.

 

Yeah i see loads of people on the tube with their PSPs. It is doing quite well here in the UK after all...

 

I meet quite a few PSP owners at work, and in the trains. Even played Tekken with some of them, which was quite cool. Hardly ever see a DS - seen 3 in total so far, my sister owning one of them. I'm thinking if the DS outsells the PSP in the Netherlands, then mostly to high-school kids or younger (who typically cycle to school).

 

While playing a DS?? WOW... I knew you dutch people were cycle crazy, but that's just awesome!