Week recap: PS3 fall; Xbox 360 HD DVD; Wii No. 1 U.S.

Sales for Sony Corp.'s Playstation fell 43 percent at Japan retail in the latest tally. The hardware ranked No. 4 in overall video game console sales.

iSuppli this said that the PS3 will lead in overall console sales in 2011. It predicts an install base of 38.4 million in target estimates.

NPD Group Inc. this week reported that the PS3 outsold Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 in U.S. Jan sales. It ranked No. 2 in overall video game hardware sales for the month. - by the Punch Jump crew

[sonarus]

ps3 needs to spark its momentum back up. They are about to hit 2 million in Japan they need to ramp up advertising but 20,000 a week is unnaceptable

[Iamback]

First of all it is just one week, second PS3 in Japan need JRPG, not Uncharted or Call of Duty 4.
Once Yakuza 3 gets released in March we should see smaller but obvious boost in console sales.
FF13 games and potentially White Knight Story are games that could make big difference.

BTW- this article is garbage. 38 million worldwide by 2011? LOL

[ruibing]

Everyone's sales has been failing.

[Clinton514]

Recaps of week old news. As if we can't just click back a couple of pages and read them ourselves. :|

[Willio]

yet we still read it , sigh =( lol

[undacovabrothe]

Well I think its ssbb every1 in japan prob going crzy over dat n the ps3 is in the darkeness for a bit. Once every1 gets over tryn to buy ssbb then ps3 sales will get back up there. There prob mayhem in japan looking for wiis/ssbb

[darkshiz]

People buying HD DVD I swear are dumb.

[AllroundGamer]

not dumb, just... special :)

[ReBurn]

HD-DVD players are going to be collector's items and people will want to have them. Like laserdisc players.

[gambare]

just like all the other consoles due the economic valley IN JAPAN. I guess the poster tried to do some kind of flame war here.

[Harry190]

seems like things are moving up.
the slow start might have been due
to the 'wait and see what happens'
philosophy of intelligent consumers.

[replikka]

the only way i would give a damn about how many consoles are being sold, is if and only if i have shares in sony or MS or Nintendo. i dont have shares in any of those companies, so i dont give a damn. it seems that some of u on here have shares in one of the three companies, cuz u are really concerned about total system sales lol. all i care about is good games coming to the system i have.

[moparful99]

If you look at the history of games and the consoles I think you can find the root of these passionate fans. Historically only one console survives any given generation and gains complete support of the industry. Alot of people love their 360's and alot of people love their ps3's, so its a given that they do not want their console to fall to the wayside. Its not far fetched to think that all three consoles will be very successful in this generation, but there is always that chance that only one will prevail. This increased competition is a blessing to the companies and the gamers as it drives innovation and creates more awareness around the games and consoles. Seems like the only thing that can kill a console this generation is the BIG 3 themselves. But alot of gamers still have a bad taste in their mouth from past consoles. I've been lucky in that I've never owned a console that has lost its generation. But for all of the gamecube and xbox fans out their that have had to move onto current consoles its easy to see why they are gun shy.

[gamesblow]

yawn

[RiceFiend]

HD-DVD is on the verge of being ousted by Blu-ray; Toshiba is close to abandoning their own HD-DVD format. But then again, this is just a projection.

[sonyfanonly]

ah when sony can hit the sweet spot of 200 for the ps3 it will fly off the shelves better than the nintendo wii all that matters is the price point so no worries there sony has always had a plan and with mega titles for the ps3 in 08 thats more than enough reason to own a ps3