PS3 Sales 'Very Strong' Through October, says GameStop

Cyrus365 - 48 days 8 hours ago

While I agree with almost everything you said, I think 360 is in this battle as well, only like you stated price point, and 360 has a cheapest console out of them all with the 199.99 arcade, well I guess as cheap as the wii.

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PirateThom - 48 days 8 hours ago

The 360 has been the cheapest console for a long time now. It doesn't really matter, what matters is affordability. The PS3 price drop brought the PS3 into the range of a larger consumer group, while the 360 hasn't really changed at all.

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cmrbe - 48 days 7 hours ago

I am with Pirate. Yes the x360 will still do well in NA but everywhere else not so much.

x360 is past its peak. There really is nothing left for the x360 that will attract new gamers. Its hardware is ageing fast for a suppose HD console. Its major games are already out and its has been 199 for over a year now. Xboxlive is perhaps their biggest draw for new gamers but the thing is the PSN is imporving quite fast and the PS3 is the better media player in anycase.

The x360's times up. Its the PS3's time to shine. In coming months you will see what i mean.

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Cyrus365 - 48 days 7 hours ago

I was definitely talking only America, as in Europe/Japan, you know the story there.

But in US, 360 has a fighting chance...I agree with Pirate and yourself, 360 at 199/299 has probably exhausted most consumers who were willing to "jump in", while Sony at the new 299 has just started grabbing all those people who were waiting on a price cut or who were on the fence...

But if say 6 months from Msoft dropped it's price to 149/249, it'll attract a whole new range of people, just like any price cut would.

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Cold 2000 - 48 days 7 hours ago

The PS3 outsold the 360 by 150 000 units in the USA at the peak of the PS3 slim hype.

Now lets wait for the October NPD and you'll see that 150 000 gap shrink like it almost never existed.

Mark my words, bookmark this post or whetever and just wait.

@cmrbe: "The x360's times up. Its the PS3's time to shine. In coming months you will see what i mean."

See you in the next NPD :)

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HolyOrangeCows - 48 days 7 hours ago

PS3 owners will be playing a multitude of awesome games, while Xbox only owners are playing DLC and Forza.

But, I know these new sales have been tough on you and the cult of sales, and denial is your only hope.

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Unicron - 48 days 7 hours ago

See you in the next NPD :)

Yay! I play numbers too! It's my GOTY! A winner is you! =)

Kinda sad when ALL you have to talk about is sales instead of how awesome the train level was, or how great that last race was, or how amazing it is to travel from moon to moon. You "new age" gamers sure are silly with all your statistics and percentages and yearly growth and profit margin talk. I guess I just don't fit in no more with the cool kids like Cold there...

LOL.

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Cold 2000 - 48 days 6 hours ago

Funny u call me out.

The only ones in last months NPD were PS3 fanboys.

The first ones up in here are Sony fanboys.

The only ones up in here chatting about sales are Sony fans.

Lol u fail dude.

Once again see you guys next NPD :)

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Sevir04 - 48 days 6 hours ago

because you seem really hurt... we already know whats gonna be expected. The PS3 is Selling like it should have been selling since it launched. get over it. I'm sure you have some 360 games to go play for your 360. and thats funny saying PS3 fans were the only ones in last months NPD. I'm pretty sure you were in it doing your damage control because you had to have been in there to know that PS3 fans were there. :) you are sad.

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Godmars290 - 48 days 6 hours ago

The thing is to you "almost nothing" could be anything from 90K to 140K. SO why bother marking your words?

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kws1065 - 48 days 6 hours ago

recent NA ads for 360 shows "Xbox 360, now $100 off" but now they change back to "Xbox 360, from 199."

Maybe some consumers complaint and said "Hey, MS. You said 100 bucks off but it's still 199!"

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HolyOrangeCows - 48 days 6 hours ago

....like Xbox fanboys weren't crying and saying:

"It's.....it's just teh fad....*SOB*...the Xbox will sell more next month!"

Oh right, you're doing that HERE, too.

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pharmd - 48 days 6 hours ago

i expect very strong sales all the way through the holiday.....

sales of all consoles will dip at the beginning of the new year, but watch for the ps3, especially to pick back up very strong come March 2010 w/ GOW III and GT 5..

sony has the momentum and also has the greatest potential of keeping it for the long haul

:D

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Unicron - 48 days 6 hours ago

"The only ones in last months NPD were PS3 fanboys."

You mean like the first ones in every NPD otherwise harping "teh ps3 am doomed!" being 360 fanboys? Yup, oh no, the big bad PS3 fanboys tossed back a taste of their own medicine. Boo hooo hooo. Don't play the victim card then spend almost every post starting crap with PS3 fanboys or whining about crap.

I'm glad the NPD can bring you such comfort though. Let me know when the overpriced NPD DLC comes out too, maybe that can keep ya busy.

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jut420 - 48 days 6 hours ago

I'm no expert analyst, but all these recent promotions from Microsoft seemed like they came out of the blue. I mean I've been following gaming news since the PS3 first came out and I don't think MS has ever had so many promotions so close to eachother. I think they were shocked to see the PS3 sales keep momentum and eclipse the 360's numbers in America. It leads me to believe that MS is just trying to keep pace with the PS3. First it was an immediate price cut...Then it was a $50 rebate and now it's get $100 gift card...and also giving away points to random people. I mean can anyone here honestly remember this many promotions going on in this short period of time? I own PS3 and 360 so I try to follow all of each of their news and I never remember them giving back so much. It just makes me think that they are getting desperate because all of those promotions all occured within a month after PS3's price cut. I mean all these things are great for the consumer it just seems like MS is relying less on quality games and more on telling people how much they save when buying the console.

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Marceles - 48 days 6 hours ago

"You mean like the first ones in every NPD otherwise harping "teh ps3 am doomed!" being 360 fanboys?"

And not to mention the one week the 360 sold more than PS3 in Japan while the Slim was coming, and all of a sudden the PS3 was doomed in Japan by the media lol. Gotta love double standards, I don't know why any fanboy side accuses another of anything because there's always a counter to the argument and it always goes both ways.

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Cold 2000 - 48 days 6 hours ago

It dont change the fact that:

1 - The only ones in last months NPD were PS3 fanboys.

2 - The first ones up in here are Sony fanboys.

3 - The only ones up in here chatting about sales are Sony fans.

Cant wait for the next Sony fanboy (like u for instance) to complain about 360 fans talking about sales when it wont be in favor of the PS3 lol.

@jut420: I dont know about the USA but in EU its like that every year starting from October till Xmas.

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FlipMode - 48 days 6 hours ago

"The only ones in last months NPD were PS3 fanboys."

-Wrong, there were many 360 fanboys like JOY & Soxfan doing damage control about how the gap should have been bigger.

"The first ones up in here are Sony fanboys."

Obviously, its about PS3 sales.

"The only ones up in here chatting about sales are Sony fans."

Obviously, its an article ABOUT PS3 sales.

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Unicron - 48 days 6 hours ago

I agree Marceles.

Oh and Cold...

I can't wait for a 360 fanboy, say yourself as you make it so painfully obvious, to actually pull MS's phallus out and talk about games instead of sales. Would be freaking amazing. I could care less where Sony is at, I don't work for them. What I DO know, is that their 2009 lineup puts MS's to utter shame. There's a FACT for ya. Enjoy your NPD, I'm enjoying the most contenders for GOTY 2009. ;-)

Do you remember games? No? Aw, that's okay, I'm sure those pie charts will keep ya company.

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gaffyh - 48 days 6 hours ago

@cold - you really are showing your fanboyism, of course sony fanboys would be in this thread, IT'S A STORY ABOUT SONY! Why are you in the thread when you don't even have a PS3?

On topic- I doubt the sales gap between PS3 and 360 will be anywhere near 150k this month, in fact i'd be surprised if it is even 100k. But this story is pointless without figures for this month.

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Cold 2000 - 48 days 6 hours ago

"The first ones up in here are Sony fanboys."

Obviously, its about PS3 sales.

"The only ones up in here chatting about sales are Sony fans."

Obviously, its an article ABOUT PS3 sales."

The funny thing is 360 AND PS3 articles theyre the ones :)
It doesnt matter to PS3 fanb0ys.

@Unicron: lol dude give it up already, I dont really care that you're a PS3 fanboy so you can stop pretending already, I promise you're not fooling me a single second so dont waste yr time.

Anyways Im off to Forza 3 again, cant get enough. Have a great time chatting about sales while I actually go play some videogames :)

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Ragz017 - 48 days 6 hours ago

= R | A | P| E

edit - forgot agent..

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Unicron - 48 days 6 hours ago

LOL dude, I dun really care, ur a 360 fanboy.

Enjoy ur "definitive" racer. lulz.

I'll also enjoy your hypocrisy when you're one of the first children posting come NPD doing some major spinning.

Thanks for the laugh son.

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OnlyOnN4G - 48 days 6 hours ago

Cold2000 = la chance, if you hadn't already guessed

On Topic

Good for Sony and Playstation

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Unicron - 48 days 6 hours ago

Gah, silly me. I should have just blocked him. Time to rectify that mistake.

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FlipMode - 48 days 6 hours ago

"The funny thing is 360 AND PS3 articles theyre the ones :)"

Funny you should say that because in this article about Sony losing money, you were the first to comment, and even made a dumb comment about them not profiting even though they are.

http://www.n4g.com/industry...

Yeah you could say its not exactly sales, but you were the one who said you don't comment on the PS3 and Sony because you don't like them, yet you always do.

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Ravage27 - 48 days 5 hours ago

I still say there's a chance of outselling the 360 in US, though worldwide PS3 sales will still overtake 360 regardless.

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eagle21 - 48 days 5 hours ago

PlayStation can't be beat by a old 360....lol :)

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cmrbe - 48 days 5 hours ago

weather the x360 at 159 will do much more for the x360. Once you are past the mass market price its the value that matters to gamers and not so much the price point because its already cheap. What consumers will look at is hardware and software value and not so much the price.

The thing is, the x360 doesent have a backlog of franchise from last gen to rely on later on their console cycle. Every one of the xbox franchise are on the x360 already and there is very little left for MS content wise to attract new gamers.

Sony still hasen't even brought most of PS2 and PS1 franchise yet to the PS3 which i believe will keep sales momentum up for PS3 hardware sales in the long run.

Add the fact that Sony has more devs than MS and Nin combine as well as the PS3 hardware superiority people will overlook the x360 for the PS3 since the x360 is the PS3 direct competitor.

I honestly don't see how MS can come back for this.

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Sarcasm - 48 days 5 hours ago

"Cold2000 = la chance, if you hadn't already guessed "

Ah no wonder he claims he has a PS3 and does the whole "I'm Neutral" thing but is obviously a 360 fanboy.

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AverageBOT - 48 days 5 hours ago

Cold is always on damage control, i guess he just needs to get all those tears out.

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ultimolu - 48 days 3 hours ago

Hey Cold2000, maybe you should change your name to Crying2000. Just a thought because I mean...you're spinning around there.

But anyway, of course sales are strong for the PS3. With strong sales come strong software sales as well.

Maybe the media could stop bashing for a change but that's just asking for the impossible.

And Unicron, that was some slick ownage. o_o

Remind me not to piss you off. >:P

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TheDesperadoKING - 48 days ago

Goodbye Xbox fanboys, good bye Xbox, and GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH!

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SL1M DADDY - 47 days 18 hours ago

And the sales have not gone up at all. The PS3 is still the most expensive and is outselling the others by a large margin. It only goes to show that the people want the PS3. Heck, it ONLY does EVERYTHING!

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cmrbe - 48 days 7 hours ago

When PS3 reaches 100m sold i will publish on N4G the top ten PS3 doom articles.

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oldskoolgamer - 48 days 7 hours ago

Lol sounds like a good read

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fishd - 48 days 7 hours ago

LMAO dude!
That'd be awesome!

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Sevir04 - 48 days 7 hours ago

why wait till then. at 50 million Sold you'd be sure as hell justified that the Console is Successfull

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cmrbe - 48 days 6 hours ago

I have seen some pretty amazing stuff that i just shake my head at what analyst and media people said then in the PS3 early days. Its not until HD eara is in full swing will people realise how shortsighted and stupid they were.

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BlackTar187 - 48 days 6 hours ago

or for me when i read it. I hear xbox fans say this game is better because it sold more. I see the ps fans just happy it is selling well. am i wrong can you point to some evidence to prove otherwise other then the 3 normal people?
I mean i understand what your saying but i dont see anyone in hear saying well since such and such sold more its obv. better. they seem just excited to see it sell well and kinda push boulders back at the other console crowd for a couple things. I like them both but im on the ps side when it comes to how many articles and stuff is submitted without proper research.(this happens on both sides i just see it more from one compared to the other and i see liek big name places make these articles with little research and thats a real kicker)

Flame me if you want i can take it i play every platform i don't play favorites to often but the constant hey they did it we do it. ohh sales matte now as if insuiting that ps fans have been the ones running around saying. Well the game is good but i mean it didn't sell well so its obv. not as good as example 1 over here.
Now with that said i do see it sometimes but it always seems to be written in a way to kinda snub the others in more of a mockery form then a serious one. and trust me i can tell some fans use the sales of games =quality in 100% honest feeling fashion.

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nightelfmohawk - 48 days 6 hours ago

bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-but zee salez?1

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Guitarded - 48 days 6 hours ago

Figures. Only PS3tards would shop at GameStop!

Get your towel before you droids start jizzing on each other.

Droids in the gamer zone are funny, acting as if EVERY single story on N4G isn't at least 2:1 droid:Bot. Probably more like 5:1. Sad with all the so-called great exclusive games that don't seem to sell to well without being bundled or platinum in 6 months, one would surmise that they should have yet another great game just waiting to be played. Apparently not.

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Sir Ken_Kutaragi - 48 days 6 hours ago

The 'xBox 360' has been $199 in the USA for over a year now and it has NEVER beat the 'Wii'!!! ;-D

But the $299 'PS3' DID!!!(September 09') ;-P

+ NPD Sales(September 09')for any ChatBots that missed them -

PlayStation 3 491.8K TOP!!! ;-P

Wii 462.8K MIDDLE

Xbox 360 352.6K BOTTOM!!! ;-D

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silverbeld - 48 days 6 hours ago

PS3 is doing great job!

Soon they will be on track 200mil. units.

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Guitarded - 48 days 5 hours ago

The 360 has been $399 over that period. Besides all these PS3s are purchased as BluRay players judging by PS3 game sales. Especially exclusive game sales. Ouch! So there still won't be anybody playing games on PSN:The place for introverts and the socially inept.

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eagle21 - 48 days 5 hours ago

PlayStation FTW! :)

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AverageBOT - 48 days 5 hours ago

CRY MOAR!!

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ZOMBIEMAN1 - 48 days 4 hours ago

Uncharted 2 over 1 million sold says hi and lets count every 360 sold as computers because most of em use it for twitter , facebook & netflix judging by 360 exclusive games sold , GT5P over 600,000 copies week 1 Forza 3 TEH DEFINATIVE RACING SIM around 200,000 week 1, ouch . OWNED B!ATCH

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ultimolu - 48 days 3 hours ago

;.; Sony just crushed them like a giant.

OMG, I can't wait for that God of War III demo. *___*

I heard the graphics are like...whew. I just can't wait. Damn you Sony, damn you! The PS3 is the best system I ever owned, bar none.

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buying1999 - 47 days 8 hours ago

The PS3 is building up steam and anything in it's way is gonna get rolled over.
Lamebox is out of breath and is yesterday's news!!

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Optical_Matrix - 48 days 6 hours ago

There is this little thing called a headstart. Which MS had a year ( 18th months in Europe) of until Wii and PS3 released in late 2006. A whole year of having no competition gained them a 7 million lead which has shrunk to less than 5 million recently.
It's selling strong and in the same time frime is outselling the 360. So thats how it's sales are strong

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W831SOLIDSNAKE - 48 days 6 hours ago

You are so smart lol ure right the PS3 might have less consoles sold here in the USA, and it's the 3rd best selling system....BUT it's the #1 gaming system, and to me that's what count. After all PS3 has the best AAA exclusive and non exclusive :) the best of both worlds.

AND FORZA SUCKS!!!

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W831SOLIDSNAKE - 48 days 6 hours ago

Xbox has good games but the PS3 has the better games :)

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Anorexorcist - 48 days 5 hours ago

Oh boy I hope you were being facetious when you made that post. Otherwise you deserve to be put out of your damn misery!

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ultimolu - 48 days 3 hours ago

Wow...you're a smart one aren't you?

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AverageBOT - 48 days 5 hours ago

bubbles for speaking the truth.

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The real killer - 48 days 4 hours ago

FLOPBOX TRIPLE SUCKS

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