PS3 sales
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scooby_dooby
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Media Create reports JPN sales
mckmas8808
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Yeah Sony really needs to get more systems out there man.
I expect 360 to push 15k when BD is released
Well, if Sony can get their supply problems sorted, they might just start selling more PS3's than PS2 by a large margin very soon. Even at 3 times the price point.
PS3 shipping numbers as per EA
NA numbers only I assume?
http://today.reuters.com/summit/sum...01_N29358987_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-SUMMIT-EA.xml
NA numbers only I assume?
http://today.reuters.com/summit/sum...01_N29358987_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-SUMMIT-EA.xml
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Good luck on the "500,000 - 800,000", because the xbox, gamecube, and the 360 (don't know figures on PS2 and older consoles) have supplied less unit in december than in november at launch.
One could make an argument that production woes could have been alleviated, but one might expect that Japan would already seen an increased influx of supply since they are so close to the manufacturing plants.
One could make an argument that production woes could have been alleviated, but one might expect that Japan would already seen an increased influx of supply since they are so close to the manufacturing plants.
I have been out hunting for PS3s. Checked out 4 Best Buys and 3 Targets. All of them received shipments last week (Friday), and the day before (Tuesday). Rumor has it that more will come this Friday (Dec 1) or early next week.
Shipment size varies from a few to 12 (Some 60Gb, some 20Gb) or 20 (Twenty) 20Gb PS3. I missed all of them. The stalking continues
Shipment size varies from a few to 12 (Some 60Gb, some 20Gb) or 20 (Twenty) 20Gb PS3. I missed all of them. The stalking continues
tongue_of_colicab
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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 see about as much DS' as I see PSP's wich both isnt much. Both owned by people around the same age (around 19) though I did see some ''older'' people with DS'. You probably dont see much handhelds out in the wild because traveling times here are pretty short. Though you still seem to think as the psp as the uberleetzor machine for ''cool'' people and the DS for kiddies (hyping a cheap ripoff of braintraining
). But since the release of the DSL the DS now is cool too. The UK, wich is sony land, even has the DS outselling the psp more than 2,5 to 1 since the release of the DSL.I see about as much DS' as I see PSP's wich both isnt much. Both owned by people around the same age (around 19) though I did see some ''older'' people with DS'. You probably dont see much handhelds out in the wild because traveling times here are pretty short. Though you still seem to think as the psp as the uberleetzor machine for ''cool'' people and the DS for kiddies (hyping a cheap ripoff of braintraining
That's not very indicative of PSP selling "badly". It's a matter od DS selling really f**king well, and PSP selling "less well". They're both doing very well, only DS is just selling like hotcakes.
DuckThor Evil
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True, somehow that concept seems to be very hard for many people to understand, based on the writing I have seen on various forums.
The principle of console wars. There is only one winner. If you're not number one, you're a failure with no sales and no software etc. It's inconceivable that more than one product can be a financial success at the same time for their parent companies, or have their own markets. So if Wii sells 200 million and PS3 sells 100 million, for example, PS3 will be deemed a failure across the internet because it's not number one, regardless of the fact it's sold considerable numbers and is making Sony a ton of money (if that happens).
Of course it wasn't, from an economic perspective. Though in GC's case, Nintendo had a history of big selling consoles that GC failed to manage. If Sony had a history of high-selling handhelds, and then PSP sold much worse, it could be considered a flop from the POV of expectations.
Mintmaster
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They're still filling out pre-orders, though. I doubt PS3 will outsell PS2 in, say, 6 months when the initial demand goes away. If you look here, you can imagine that if the original XBox had only a supply of 30K per week, it would sell out for maybe the first 6 weeks, then disappear.
Not that PS3 has a chance in hell of doing that abysmally, but my point is that demand for a $600 console can't be judged from sales until the initial demand of "I must have this!" buyers is gone.
scooby_dooby
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Wow, X360 continues it's strong(er) sales for the month of Nov. And yeesh, the PS3 numbers are low, that's only around 120k/month...
Well, in absolute terms, i don't think anyone could say that selling 20-odd million units of a piece of hardware, and making a profit out of it, is a failure.
It's in competitive terms that GC is considered a "failure", because it sold so much less than PS2, and even less than N64 which it succeeded.
The console market is one strange little bunny, amazing hardware sales (in absolute terms) are often called "complete failures".
