RSSPS3 sales triple in November, Wii shortage continues
By Nate Mook | Published November 27, 2007, 7:24 PM
Sales of the PlayStation 3 have rocketed 298 percent since Sony introduced its cheaper $399 40GB model on November 2, but much of that boost may be attributed to Black Friday, when such increases are typical.
The news follows a similar positive week in Japan, where the PS3 outsold Nintendo's Wii for the first time. Still, Sony has a long road ahead if it hopes to catch up to the Wii globally; Nintendo has sold twice as many consoles as its Japanese rival.
Ironically, the Nintendo Wii's success -- which has also put it past the Xbox 360 in sales -- could further aid Sony this holiday season. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said he spent Black Friday scouring retail stores for Wii units, and failed to find any available. The company already increased its production to 1.8 million Wiis a month, but that won't be enough to meet demand.
That means those in the market for a Wii this holiday could opt for a PS3 instead thanks to a dearth of Sony's console available in both 40GB and the pricier 80GB models. Microsoft is also making sure Xbox 360s remain on store shelves this holiday, and has introduced a new "Arcade" bundle to entice potential Wii buyers.
Surprisingly, Sony's PlayStation 2 is still selling well; the seven-year-old device saw a sales boost of 287 percent for Thanksgiving week in the United States. Although it wants gamers to plunk down $400 or more for a PS3, Sony seems to recognize that the PS2 still has some life left in it and recently unveiled an updated version of the console in Japan.
Who'd believe any Sony claims?
They have already been caught lying about their numbers this year.
"Nov 16th 2007
Earlier this week, we reported on an Associated Press story, which seemed to indicate that the PlayStation 3 was finally on a nice sales pace after the introduction of the $399 model. GameDaily BIZ and other media outlets were led to believe that Sony CEO Howard Stringer's 100,000 sold figure for the week ending November 11 was specific to the PS3. Apparently it was not.
Bloomberg.com found out from Sony Computer Entertainment corporate spokesperson Kimberly Otzman that the 100,000 actually was inclusive of all PlayStation consoles, which we would assume means PS2 and PSP as well – not so impressive.
We've followed up with Otzman for further clarification and to inquire about an actual PS3 specific sales total. In a release regarding the PS3's birthday earlier today, Sony did note that "since the availability of the new 40GB and 80GB PS3 models, sales have increased by 192% at the top 10 retailers in North America."
http://www.gamedaily.com...-so-big-after-all/18578/
PS3 sales did rise a little but they have now flattened off again
(and since it's launch the PS3 has trailed the Wii & the XBox 360, firmly stuck in 3rd place).
http://www.xbitlabs.com/..._Xbox_360_Down_NPD.html
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Nice try...
[UPDATE] And round and round we go. Now we ARE back to 100,000 for PS3 only. Kimberly Otzman has contacted us to clarify the sales total. She said she was misquoted in Bloomberg.
Sweet PS3 deal here.
$399, 5 Blu-ray movies, 1 game of your choice Blu-ray remote and Spiderman 3 on Blu..
http://www.walmart.com/c...t.do?product_id=8086959
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OMY GAWD, I better rush out and get my copy of LAIR!!! (sarcasm off)
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"$399, 5 Blu-ray movies, 1 game of your choice Blu-ray remote and Spiderman 3 on Blu.."
It looks like there getting pretty desperate to me.
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LMAO
So, the PS3 is still firmly bolted into 3rd (and last) place then even with another big price cut (losing yet more money on each one) & freebie movie deal.
Your blinkered hypocritical lies & spin are just too funny.
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There's no reason not to believe it really.
Like the article says (and others) black friday.... :)
It would be dam outright s*** if they didnt have a big increase this month.
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It's amazing to me how you don't call that a firesale...yet if MS gives a $5 coupon when you buy a 360 you yell out "look out! MS is desperate, this is nothing more then a firesale!"
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The high price is deterring the domination sony intended to achieve, and this proves it.
Christmas is a big event, and parents want to give their kids the world, and if there is a point in the year when you can spend this amount on a games system then this is it.
This is not the steady rise and eventual domination, rather the yearly extravagance parents do to please their children. I Expect sales numbers to sharply decline in January and fall behind Nintendo and Microsoft's consoles and follow this trend for the rest of the year.
Im a happy PC Gamer and enthusiast, and have no plans to buy any console, but im getting some interest from the kids who are all dropping hints for the Wii.
Good games are what we want, and they sell consoles. Right now the price is the killer.
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I'll give the PS3 a chance, but that will be next year when the good games are out. Never mind what Davey claims that there are good games out already, they are all bull sh!t or multi-platform games. I'm still waiting on GT5, although Sony's Achilles heal for me will be the lack of backwards compatibility. I hope I can still find a 60 gig PS3 next year.
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As i have been saying...
Good luck finding a Wii for the holidays. I got mine ;)
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I can walk into stores by me and pick one up so what is the problem. They are not as hard to find as you wish they were. How many of the millions sold are in the closet?
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Sure, in your dream world. But in the real world...."SOLD OUT" is all you will find; The Wii sells out as soon as stores get them in.
Pretty impressive considering they produce ~1.8 million a month.
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You are so full of shi*. I saw some on the shelf today at Best Buy. You are such an idiot. In fact the Gamestop down the street still had them in stock on Monday. Yes that is without a black Friday restock. Did you get your check from Nintendo yet?
Santa should go around the peoples houses that he delivered Wiis to last year and raid the closet and reissue to someone else.
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if they are so readily available then explain why every new wii on ebay is bringing $550-$650? people are willing to pay more for a wii then a xbox or ps3....
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Because people are dumb? I was at best buy the other day and they had at least 6 Wii's.
Don't get me wrong it's a fun system, Mario is one of the funnest games I've played in a while, but I wouldn't have orgasms over the system like Pit does...I really don't know what his deal is with his Wii fetish.
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Like I said I can buy on at Best Buy by me. If you are stupid enough to buy on eBay that is your fault. People spread stories about it not on shelves to inflate prices thats why.
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"As i have been saying..."
As everyone elses has been saying, who cares?
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Unless they reinstall PS2 compatibility into the 40GB model (to have some good games at least) I am going to stick with the PS2.
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Shortage... nice spin.. you mean THEY CANT MAKE ENOUGH...
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Problem with your statement is there are really no good games for PS3 yet Nintendo's making a profit both on games and the console.
While PS3 might, and thats a big might, catch up. The fact the Wii is still hard to a year after its released speaks volumes for its true worth.
Put a good advertising, good software from big companies, and quality first-party games and you have a killer on your hands.
Lets be honest....
PS3 is only being purchase because its a cheap blue-ray player that happens to play quality video games for the kids.
$200 - Blue-Ray Player for the framily
$200 - Playstation Console for the kids
= $400 Quality Family Entertainment for the Holidays.
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"Problem with your statement is there are really no good games for PS3 yet Nintendo's making a profit both on games and the console."
I think you need to relook, there are plenty of great games for the PS3 this season.
R&C Tools OF Destruction (truely fantastic game)
Unchartered Drakes Fortune
Unreal Tournement 3
Lair (if that's your thing, it's still a great game, despite some reviewers not getting it).
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Orange Box
Warhawk
Even the launch titles Resistance and Motorstorm still hold up.
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R&C Tools OF Destruction (truely fantastic game) (KIDDY GAME)
Unchartered Drakes Fortune (WHAT IS THIS)
Unreal Tournement 3 (WILL THIS BE RELEASED THIS YEAR)
Lair (GAME SUCKS).
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (MAYBE MID 2008)
Orange Box (THIS IS A JOKE FOR THE PS3, VALVE DIDN'T WANT TO PUBLISH FOR PS3. EA IS HAVING A HARD TIME FOR THE PS3. EXPECT GLITCHES AND LOW FRAME RATES FOR THE PS3 VERSION)
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R&C Tools OF Destruction KIDDY GAME - Please, I suggest you actually play it before pretending you know anything about it.
Unchartered Drakes Fortune (WHAT IS THIS)
Well it's the best looking and best playing open game, on ANY platform this season.
Unreal Tournement 3 - Released PS3 Dec 10th. Visuals on-par with the PC version on a high end PC.
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue - Next week in Japan. You can import any PS3 game, as there is no region locking.
Orange Box - Suggest you read the IGN review, NOT the 1Up PREVIEW.
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Did you look at sales of the fantastic R&C, they suck.
Uncharted the jaggie game, took it back
Unreal have it for the PC coming for the 360 I'll get that one if I get any console version
Lair you are kidding that sucks major *&^. Even reviewers at PSM said that one was a turd.
Gran T who cares
Orange box have it for the PC plus it is on the 360 already
Warhawk online only and not very good.
My God what a pathetic list you have there. Resistance is alright if you like brown games and Motorstorm is the only game I would play but not for very long, just not interesting enough for me.
You really are a desperate idiot. Keep trying to fight the good fight it is laughable at best.
Did you hear that EA is only going to port games to the PS3? System is not worth the time because of cost so they are plan to port only. To bad for you troll boy.
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Drake and Heavenly Sword a game that can be finished in about 5 hours. No thank you
Again Gran Turismo have never been fun at least for me.
Funny how some of the games you claim to be so good are multi platform. I'll wait for Unreal to come out on a real system like the 360.
Your post so stinks of desperation.
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this is really funny and sad at the same time.
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OMFG, I can't believe you put LAIR in that list. You can't even spin that game into a positive work of art.
"it's still a great game, despite some reviewers not getting it"
Your a fuc$en retard, show me one positive review that isn't from a Sony biased website. Keep in mind that you might find a site, but man are you going to struggle.
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Unreal for 360 ain't even started yet. You got a VERY long wait...
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I guess in his eyes ET on the Atari was a good game if you were into it. The same would apply to Superman on the SNES, great game if you are into it. To bad millions of ET games were sent to the landfill since no one apparently got into it. He is so clueless it is actually funny.
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Once again you prove your ignorance. Unreal is out for the PC correct? The tools that MS has in place make creating the game for the 360 is a piece of cake. Even if and that is a stretch a long wait I would wait since the PS3 is junk, always was always will be.
I don't expect to understand since your beloved Pcrap3 is a nightmare to program for. I hope enjoy the ports that EA is planning to bring your way. I even see the turds over at your home on bluray.com are calling for a protest of EA and Orange box. Guess you missed that one.
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Here ya go Nancy boy. Just to prove how wrong you and your mispewing facts are;
http://www.joystiq.com/2...nament-iii-just-on-hold/
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Let me know when Unchartered Drakes Fortune comes out, I wanna play it. Is that a sequel or something?
Until then.... I think I may just rent Uncharted Drakes Fortune... and then go back to my 360 6hrs later.
The smart will catch on.
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While the 360 has:
Halo 3
Bioshock
Gears of War
Ninja Gaiden 2
Mass Effect
Forza Motorsport 2
Fable 2
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (ok, you named a bad game, Lair, so I can too)
And some multi-platform games (with better online with the 360):
Call of Duty 4
Ace Combat 6
Virtal Fighter 5 (Online only on Xbox)
Rock Band
Assassin's Creed
Orange Box
The Darkness
Unreal Tourn'a'ment 3 (Coming Soon)
Timeshift
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
BlackSite: Area 51
Soul Calibur IV
Devil May Cry 4
Resident Evil 5
Which list looks better to you?
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Apparently Nintendo didn't learn from Sony's mistakes last year regarding supply and demand. And Sony can afford to sell the consoles at a loss. They will easily make it up in games. Sort of like Lexmark selling printers. They could give them away and rake in the profits with toner.
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Greetings from Owensboro. :)
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To bad there aren't any games.
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Nintendo knows exactly what they are doing with supply. If you keep a high demand product basically non existent, the demand will stay hogh.
As soon as Sony flooded the streets with PS3's last year, no onw wanted one anymore.
It's not a mistake by Nontendo, they know most Wi''s are bought up to scalp on eBay and they have found the right formula to keep the game going.
They dont care if they end up on eBay because they make money with every console sale. When PS3's were going for $1000 on eBay, not only was Sony losing on every console but I'm sure a lot of the people buying them didn't have a lot left over for games and accessories.
Only people with lots of disposable income buy whatever they want at any price.
If you want another great example of fake demand and low supply, try buying those Pixar die-cast cars. Matell produces just enough to feed the eBay scalpers and keeps the perceived high demand alive since June 2006, it's the hottest selling die cast line in history.
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Good news for Sony, sales have tripled.
Bad news for Sony, staggering losses on every console sold have tripled.
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All consoles lose Money, all the profit is in the Software (Games).
When I worked my last Retail job was aroudn when the PS2 came out. I looked up "Employee Price". PS2 retailed for $200 and even then we said "$200 for a Game Colsole???" Well employee price on it was "$212" (Yea, $12 MORE then the Shelf Price), but when I Looked @ the price of the games which were $50 each (Shelf), employee price on them was only $9.
So regardless of weather the PS3 sells for $599, the 360 Sells for $479 or the WII sells for $249, each Console loses $$$. Once you have the Hardware (Console) you ONLY need the Software (Games).
I grant that hardcore gamers that are not MODDING their systems and truly spending $$$ on the game have upward of 25 - 50 games. 25 - 50 games per consumer means MEGA $$$!
Sony makes Money on EVERYTHING that has the PS3 logo on it. Christ, you have to pay 10k as a software developer for the PS3 SDK from them and that is more or less a product less sale!
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Sadly for Sony their attach rates are terrible as well. Not good for the bottom line.
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Your second paragraph sounds like a load of crap to me.
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Only Sony & Mircosoft loses on money sold on every console so they can make it up in the software sale.
Nintendo makes a profit on everything it sales from Consoles (Wii,DS, GC, GB series), Attachments(Controllers ect.), & Softwares (Games).
This has always been nintendo sale plan.
This is why nintendo is able to compete with Corporations.
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MS has not lost money on console sales for a long time. Granted they don't make much but the claim they loss is just wrong.
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Actually, you are VERY wrong.
Ninendo Wii attach rates are truely dire. With most Wii owners never venturing outside Wii Sports.
The 360 has a slightly better attach rate that the PS3 (PS3 = 4.7, 360 = 6 ), but then it's been out a year longer. At the 1 year mark the 360 attach rate was 3.5
So acually, of all the current consoles, the PS3 is acually the best attach rate.
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Wow... you are good at this.
I bet you could spin the Earth in the opposite direction if you tried hard enough.
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Did you read that article in the recent XB magazine about each persons cut on a game? MS (and sony) take almost 30% of the cut on a $60 game.
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as of october 2007
360 has 7 game per console
ps3 has 4 games per console
wii has 3.44 games per console
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Can you prove that? Thought not.
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His posts are always good for a laugh. His posts are based on emotion and never actual fact.
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Whoa there cowboy, the Wii makes somewhere around 100 to 125 per console. So not all consoles lose money.
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of course the games per console is low for the wii and high for the ps3.. the ps3 sold less, so the games number sold would naturally be higher
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Last time I checked 6>4.7(If that is even an accurate figure). Nobody cares what happened last year. All that matters is what is happening NOW & the future.
"Ninendo Wii attach rates are truely dire."
No argument there. The reason is because most of their games are kiddy games or they just plain suck. Nintendo always has been geared more towards children.
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