Sony: 3.2m PS3s sold during Q2, 27m PS3s sold to date

Nick @ PS3Center writes:

When Sony axed the price of the PS3 by $100 in mid-August, everyone expected PS3 sales to skyrocket - and sky rocket they did, according to Sony. In their latest financial reports, Sony has announced that they've sold 3.2 million PS3s during Q2 at the new $299 price point, while the PS3 as a whole has sold 27 million units to date worldwide. Their data suggests they also outsold the 360 worldwide during Q2, and nearly matched the Wii at 2.1 and 3.5 million units respectively.

[3sq]

Not that I care about the sale but this is making me happy to see those bots get hurt by this news, ha~ha.

[d0nT wOrrY]

lool 8m gap
suck it xb!tches, by the end of 2010, with all great exclusives coming there's no room for FaceBox360.

[knightdarkbox]

recently ive been hearing over pscrapslim heats very fast.. On the other hand Ive never had my 360 over heat, The only thing I can say about it is sony is ridiculous in make broken consoles for yours consumers

ps3slim sucks balls ;)

[Queers of War]

"recently ive been hearing over pscrapslim heats very fast"

LOL B*TCH PLEASE
Articles, facts?....You have none, you say?

And as for your 360 overheating:

1) We know you're bs-ing
2) You =/= General Population

The gap is closing day by day.

Have a nice day, now GTFO.

[weazel]

Do you even speak english dude?

"recently ive been hearing over pscrapslim heats very fast.. On the other hand Ive never had my 360 over heat, The only thing I can say about it is sony is ridiculous in make broken consoles for yours consumers"

Huh?!?
(Seriously though folks, retardation is a serious issue, and young men like knightboxdark are flying the flag for community integration. Well done little fella,and hope the basket weavings going well.)

[The Iron Sheik]

^^^That is the dumbest bot comment I have ever read. And that is saying a lot.

"The only thing I can say about it is sony is ridiculous in make broken consoles for yours consumers"

Hypocrisy at its finest.

[artgamer]

HAHA, KnightDarkBox, PS3 succes is starting to get to you, I can tell.

I loves it.

Please sheds more tears for me love, they be my breads and butters.

[Rhythmattic]

knightdarkbox

One thing you must add

A 360 that doesn't turn on is....

Good night Dark Box.....

PS . Love the O Z..

Sony on 360 " All your base are us"

[N4G king]

@WenisWagon
sorry
what ??
"1.8 WenisWagon | 0 minutes ago - User is ignored"

oh i get it
:)

[Flawza Motorputt 3]

The day the PS3 is ONE unit behind the 360, you're going to say something like "Still in last place".

Yeah, that's what a retarded Xbot like you would say.

[PlayStation X]

27million ps3 owners gonna feel the luxury of getting spammed with AAA Games.
something you cant say about 360 owners =/

sit down penis, nobody takes you seriously lmao

[PopEmUp]

I thought the Global warming was affected by the 360 overheating lol

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

I just Play Games!!! ;) Games is all i follow;) Saying that -

WELL DONE SONY AND FECK THE INTERNET HATERS!!!...

YOU ALL FAILED TO BRING DOWN THE PS3!!! ;-D

[likedamaster]

"But still in last place"

With Xbox 360 @34 million ( http://forums.webrats.com/s... ) they will remain in last place even till the next generation.

.

1st. Wii
2nd. 360
3rd. PS3(last,fail)

[naughty57]

The gap is closing between the two consoles' Whoa, and they said Sony couldn't catch up? Big news

[Cyrax_87]

...is this accurate? Sony really sold over 3 million slims since September?

[kalebgray92]

with a year head start for microsoft .... plus christmas is coming up.... wow

[saint_john_paul_ii]

im pretty sure this is 3.2 million for the quarter.

[AKNAA]

I knew the sales would pick up after the price cut, But Damn!

[warzonegamer]

this is good for sony man

[ReviewsArePolitics]

Because every 360 fangirl out there was calling me names when I said their numbers were wrong when they said PS3 had sold below 25 million units. And since they called me names, they must know better. The username "mint_royale" comes to mind, lol

[Goomba12]

Who cares about consoles sold!
$292 million net loss, with a total of 5 billion in the hole....how is that good?

What I really want to see is next quarter when the slim really has the impact, but for right now you fanboys are looking at the wrong numbers just for the sake of "closing the gap".

Nintendo just had a almost 30% drop in profit while the Microsoft camp hasn't released their reports yet, but I'm betting you that won't be good.

It shocks me to think of how fanboys can turn such a bad situation into a good one with the right wording. This goes for all 3 consoels this generation.

[SnuggleBandit]

They deserve it.

[ActionBastard]

I guess Goomba12 missed MS's earnings report.

"Microsoft announced another down quarter this morning. Revenues in the September quarter were down 14 percent to $12.92 billion, and net profits declined even further to $3.57 billion, or $0.40 a share."

http://www.techcrunch.com/2...

As you want to focus on the entirety of Sony, don't forget good ole MS...don't spin the PS3 selling 1.4mil more consoles than MS this quarter. Let Greenburg do it.

EDIT: Why on Earth are you worried about the industry? It's not going anywhere. And to see members of that industry doing well, is a good thing. Be mad that the industry is down, but do it in an "The Gaming Industry is Down" article, not this one.

[Goomba12]

@ above
"Nintendo just had a almost 30% drop in profit while the Microsoft camp hasn't released their reports yet, but I'm betting you that won't be good."

I'm not cheering anyone on, video game industry is not performing like it used to and you guys are thinking this is a good thing.

I mentioned both Nintendo and Microsoft and their losses, this just happens to be sonys report so they came first in my rant on how the video game industry is down YoY.

And the consoles sold is great news for Sony, but it doesn't show as good news for the video game industry in general. This goes for net losses for any console maker.

[green]

@ Action bastard: Since this is N4G maybe we should stick to just the games divisions.

@goombar: Microsoft have have posted their result.

"Xbox profits way up due to lower manufacturing costs, Halo 3 ODST (and no real price cut I might add).2.1 m units shipped in the quarter slightly down from 2.2m of last year.Xbox 360 LTD shipments at 33.5m E&D has an income of $312 million." http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

Anyway, good sales numbers from SCE.They sold 1.2million more consoles this quarter than microsoft but they need to start turning those losses into profit as soon as possible.
.

[WenisWagon]

But still in last place

[ReviewsArePolitics]

"$292 million net loss,"

OK, maybe THAT is right, but....

"with a total of 5 billion in the hole....how is that good?"

Uh, 5 billion? They haven't even reached 4 billion lost, they were at 3.3 billion (2 billion first year, 1 billion 2nd year, 0.3 billion 3rd year), so when did they lose another 2 billion? The aditional 0.6 billion puts them at 3.9 billion lost... so yeah, not even 4. I don't know where did he get the writer got 5 billion from, probably his ass.

Also, Microsoft lost 4 billion on the first Xbox which sold only 24 million in 4 years. It seems that PS3 will reach almost 30 million after the holidays end, and these loses are certainly more justified than the losses Microsoft incurred in because the PS3 was meant to cement a position for Blu-ray as a viable format, and it did. How is that bad? Do you have numbers to prove that Sony won't make all that money back and then some in Blu-ray sales and royalties? Wild speculation doesn't count, only numbers. I'm sure Sony didn't speculate when they decided to put blu-ray inside the PS3, just like they "gambled" with PS1 and PS2. Just for the record, the PS2 lost similar amounts of money in its first two years, so another year of losses is definitely justified for Blu-ray positioning costs.

[ActionBastard]

Yes Green, lets.

"The two businesses which held steady in terms of revenue were Servers and Tools ($3.4 billion) and Entertainment ($1.9 billion). Microsoft sold 2.1 million Xboxes in the quarter, and is now selling an average of 8.7 games per console, more than any other videogame console. Profits nearly doubled to $312 million, and Xbox Live revenues grew more than 50 percent, although Microsoft does not specify the absolute number."

(same link from my first post)

That's great for MS's game division. However, Sony sold more consoles than they did, and yes, that includes the 360 price drop. It is what it is.

[N4G king]

wow xbox fanboys are in some serous damage control
lol
this place is like a math class

on topic
good for Sony

[green]

You seem to have missed the part were i congratulated sony in selling 1.2million more than the 360.Even in the link i posted, this was my comment

"Anyway, it's always good news to hear that companies recovering from the recession. I hope Sony will report similar profits as well."

I am never really bothered about instal base but profit is my main concer for all 3 manufacturers.And since i care about the gaming industry that is the main concern for me.

[ultimolu]

....HOLY JESUS. O_O

Well done! That's freaking amazing. Go Sony go!

[nix]

today is xbutt-hurt day! q:

[nix]

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[SL1M DADDY]

It's supposed to take 10 years for the PS3 to catch up to the Xbox in sales!!!

/sarcasm

[gaffyh]

Wow 1.1 million more in just one quarter, and pretty much all of that was in September, meaning Sony were tracking with equal numbers at $200 more.

[sikbeta]

I want to see the face of the Emo kid who wrote this article:

"Will Playstation Survive Till the Next Generation?"

He is crying in the corner right now, or maybe...

[Jamegohanssj5]

I wouldn't be too surprised if Microsoft said something absurd along the lines of this; "We sold 4.6 consoles during Q2. We have sold 40 million consoles to date."

TGSI

[blackpanther25]

Vgchartz say PS3 is at 25.5 Million >.>

lol

[Tinted Eyes]

WOW, only a 5 million lead, Sony is really doing good.

[mint royale]

Awesome sales for the ps3 this quarter. This year looks alot better sales wise than last year for the ps3.

For MS, they made more profits than Sony but suffered in sales.

PSP did okay but it is struggling to keep up with last year and the ps2 is still a tank obliterating its own bestselling records.

Life to date shipments:

PS2 - 140.8 million

DS - 113.48 million

Wii - 56.14 million

PSP - 55.90 million

X360 - 33.5 million

PS3 - 27.02 mllion

@the guy up there that tried to call me out: try and find where I said that and I will give you a biscuit :)

[Lifendz]

and based off the U2 sales, it looks like they are.

[silvacrest]

as a sony fan i have taken note of the PS3 losses as well as sales but here is where most 360 fanboys have forgotten how sony operate, even with the the PS1 and PS2 sony started the same

they introduced new, expensive tech, initial sales where slow, they probably lost money at first because the hardware was still new and expensive, a few years down the road the hardware gets cheaper, sales spike, sonys playstation division is suddenly in profit once more

this sounds far fetched but its already happened twice

im just mirroring what other like minded sony fans have said

[frostypants]

1.3:"im pretty sure this is 3.2 million for the quarter."

Yeah, but that only makes it more impressive, given that leading up to the price cut PS3 sales were just average. Can you imagine how many they'd have sold if the price cut went into effect earlier in the quarter? This bodes very, very well for Sony.

[percephone]

I'm tired of these peoples saying that PS3 owners do not buy games.

PS3 owners buy games faster than 360 and Wii owners in the USA.

Software LTD (NPD Up to Sept 2009)

PS3: 59 Millions
Wii: 140 Millions
360: 143 Millions

Hardware LTD (NPD Up to Sept 2009)

PS3: 8737696
Wii: 21557481
360: 16251786

Months In Market

PS3: 35 Months
Wii: 35 Months
360: 47 Months

Attach Rate

PS3: 6.75
Wii: 6.49
360: 8.8

Using attach rate and time in market, we can evaluate the time it takes for each console's owner to buy one game. ( Time on market / attach rate)

One game every:

PS3: 5.18 Months
Wii: 5.39 Months
360: 5.34 Months

[eagle21]

My cousin just got a PS3 and it has been fun hearing him telling me all the awesome things I already know about PS3. I saw multiple PS3 ads during game 2 of the World Series and many more during my favorite shows. Sony is going to be happy this holiday. Get ready for Final Fantasy XIII on top of Japan. Oh, Eurogamer has an awesome God Of War III preview that all GOW fans need to read! :)

[XBLGT B1GMACNFR1ES]

BEFORE YOU ALL GET SAYING 5 MILLION BEHIND! you have to take away the xbox sales for that period of time which will be atleast 1.5million, then you see what damage slim really did to the xbox sales

[The Lazy One]

impressive numbers. I'm surprised M$ didn't drop the price again. They should at least chuck a 20gb hard drive in the arcade or something.

@Action Bastard:

I care because I own stock in all the major publishers in the industry (except sony and M$ because their gaming divisions are only a small part of their companies). Good sales for sony though. Should help with game sales for the holiday.

[Homicide]

Weird, I thought sales didn't matter.

[trancefreak]

Wow and vgchartz has Sony around 25 mill sold lol http://www.vgchartz.com/

[Sibs]

And people said VG Charts are accurate...

BULL

[likedamaster]

"so thats only 5 mil behind 360
with a year head start for microsoft .... plus christmas is coming up.... wow"

Try 7 mil behind... http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... http://forums.webrats.com/s...

Attach rate is also @ 8.7 now for Xbox 360.

[The-Warranty]

"Try 7 mil behind.."

Actually using your link to wikipedia, it has Xbox at 31 million.

[mint royale]

Vgchartz are estimating sales to consumer. All 3 companies are giving us shipped numbers, that is why there is a discrepency.

[Perkel]

@ mint royale

lol, only ms state shipped numbers :)

look at the source they say : SOLD 3,2 mln due new SKU not SHIPPED !

page 4 , ehhh

may i remind you that this is official financial record so they can't lie..

[The Lazy One]

it says 34 as of october 09.

[mint royale]

@perkel

I'm not even going to go into how wrong you are theres just no point sorry.

The articles on MS's sales said sold too. SO using your logic ....

[DaTruth]

You are the biggest fanboy in the world if you can't accept that Sony reports "SOLD THROUGH TO CONSUMER", when they state this to their "SHAREHOLDERS" and not for the purposes of any stupid console war!

To pretend that such a thing is impossible in "the digital age", is just stupid; especially when so many companies are already doing it(including the one I work for)!

Just because you want to win a console generation, doesn't suddenly make possible and practiced things impossible!

[mint royale]

'when they state this to their "SHAREHOLDERS" and not for the purposes of any stupid console war'

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Exactly!! And who do sharholders care who Sony sells to? Retailers! Because they are the ones that pay sony for the consoles. Seriously N4G is the only place I'd be called a fanboy for stating solid facts. Sorry but thats just the way it is. Sony's sales launches aligned are more impressive than MS's theres no need to lie to make them seem better like alot of N4G seems to do. There is no need to be insecure they are good sales.

And before you call me an xbot or whatever you should know I like and respect Sony and Nintendo alot more than MS. All I am doing is stating facts. This is the sort of business i'm in.

[commodore64]

Microsoft has sold 33.6 million as at their latest financial report.
In fact they have sold more than this since then, as this figure is now nearly one month old.

http://www.microsoft.com/ms...

With Sony announcing 27 million sold and MS announcing 33.6 sold,
the gap is officially at 6.6 million.

The gap before the SLIM release and ps3 pricedrop, using official figures, was 7.7 million consoles.

Thus, the net effect to date of the ps3 SLIM/pricedrop has closed the gap by a mere 1.1m.

Please, all you guys that are quoting different numbers can now please shut up - maybe even apologise for lying and spreading disinformation.

Let's all calm down and stick to the facts.

[The Lazy One]

Someone edited the wiki after the post? really?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/i...

[morganfell]

This report is making some MS supporters want to throw themselves off of the roof. The gap is closing and it is closer than you think considering many 360 owners have had multiple consoles.

[Dark General]

Those numbers say Q1 2010 and Q1 2009. Now those Q110 numbers depending on when MS starts and ends their Fiscal calender either with Oct 1st being the beginning of Q1 or Oct being the start of Q4. Those could either be estimates for what they expect to sell through to Q1 (Jan) or their current units moved so far.

[killersmoke]

After rereading this thread, what I marvel at most is - how, even after horrible quarter, Sony fans are quick to say 'Well, MS still has to pay for the Xbox loss, the RROD and the like.' If that makes you feel good and sleep at night, cool. Roll with it. Hug your PS3 a little tighter tonight.

So now, as MS continues to see a profit, and yes, fewer sales, but guess what? They are still making loot off the 360 - while Sony goes further in debt on every PS3 sold - I must be on the wrong planet.

I, for one, wishes Sony would figure out a way to stop the bleeding and admit they are behind the 8 ball. It's a shame to see the past champ coming up short for the past 3 years. Sure, the PS3 is outdoing the 360 with aligned launches, but guess what? MS was finally making a profit 3 years after its release. The PS3 can forget that.

In the end, anyone who didn't expect this needs some help. While the Slim may save them a lot of funds, it's not NOW. Stockholders want returns NOW, not later. The place I used to work at CLOSED not because it wasn't making a profit - in the ballpark of 15 percent - but not at the level they were used to - 20 percent. And we didn't make anywhere never the amount of cash Sony is making, but we would have been shut down years ago had we been tanking like that.

MS's loss with the Xbox was an investment - a way to get into video gaming. And it is paying off - a substantial console lead over Sony, the console is making a profit AND no real need for a pricecut.

MS is basically letting Sony carve the console lead some, drive up debt, then hit consumers with another price cut that Sony will have no choice but to hope to weather.

This is so very painful to watch this unfold.

[commodore64]

@ dark general

Microsoft quarter 1 ended September 30th.

In my link, MS reports 'life-to-date sales' at this time, which represent the MS estimate of installed base.

(hover your mouse cursor over the 'ltd xbox 360 unit sales' tab, to verify this definition for yourself)
http://www.microsoft.com/ms...

Thus, MS expects 33.6 million 360s to be INSTALLED across the globe.
This is not a forecast, it is the ACTUAL result as at sept 30th.
Like I said, more xbox360s have been sold since then, so the number is probably closer to 34 million!

I have gone to the trouble of digging out official MS numbers and calculating the REAL gap, instead of the usual fanboy exaggerations and references to wikipedia and/or VGchartz.

I find it sad to see that i have posted these official, verified MS numbers and people still doubt and disagree.

The official gap is at 6.6 million, probably a little higher.
If you pressed disagree, why not tell me why you think i am wrong?

After all, I am just posting the figures that MS and Sony both publish....

[Dark General]

MS operates on a weird fiscal calender (Q1 beginning in July) then if that's the case, I'm used to Fiscal years for companies beginning during October (for the Holiday sled) or January. I didn't discredit your claim I was merely questioning if it was projections or the sell through rate to date as I stated above.

Also I did not press disagree, it isn't my style and quite honestly I don't have the time to scour this site like I used to. I usually only give bubbles now either to fuel funny comments or intriguing comments. This whole "fanboy thing" isn't even on the level that most people think it is but really it's just a machine of hype by a few zealous fans on both sides of the coin with arguments for the sake of entertainment. Be it for sh**s and giggles of making the "other side" mad or just to waste time. But that's a but a derivative subject from gaming news such as this which doesn't even have a cardinal effect on us the consumer.

I like reading these numbers since I plan on going into marketing very soon and I like to read the comments from both sides every once in a while since I have no real huge preference for consoles since they're only the middleman for the thing we all enjoy. Games.

[KingKionic]

So gap is now 5.78 Million .

Keeps getting smaller by this rate they might be ahead Microsoft by november .

This is insane !

[7thNightvolley]

Sony is killin it.. now.. MS be very scared.. they are coming.. ur aces aint working.. no more .. dude.

[SuperM]

ahead of microsoft by november? hate to break it to you but your math sucks, and obviously the math of everyone else since they agree with you.

(waits for alot of disagrees from ignorant people)

[hay]

Q2 next year would be the breaking point probably when PS3 will reach or surpass X360 sales at latest.
We still have Slim sales in Q3, holiday season in Q4(where PS3 is now the cool one to have) and Q1 and Q2 in 2010 with tons of great games and system sellers.

[Arsenal4Ever]

Kionic Warlord, if you believe that then you're quite dumb, no offense.

[CBaoth]

who prefers gaming on his 360 (at least judging from prior remarks). His phrase is an obvious exaggeration but nonetheless he's complimenting Sony. Is that so hard? As a PS3 biased gamer, when trophies came to fruition, I thanked MS numerous times for introducing the concept of achievements. And no I'm not a A/T whore. What, when all else fails and there's no fanboys to attack, you cannibalize your own kind?

[sikbeta]

The Power of Playstation reside in The Gamers, that's why all the Sony Consoles sell so well and I always support the brand as much as they invest in gaming

GAMERS FTW

[frostypants]

November of 2009? No way.

November of 2010? Maybe...

[ThanatosDMC]

Dont worry im sure MS will announce some random number to jack up that lead of SHIPPED consoles. Just like the whole Live accounts debacle when Sony announced how many PSN users there are that have actually bought something.

[gauntletpython]

Wow, hopefully we get update numbers from MS and Nintendo. 27 million is way more than anyone put them at.

[Odion]

I thought they had said 34 million

[Arsenal4Ever]

Yeah I thought I saw MS numbers somewhere at 34 million.

[DaTruth]

32 "SHIPPED"

[Tesselation 360]

I will be hurt when PS3 is like 5 million ahead lol not... as if i care. All i care about is games games games.

[artgamer]

Yo say you care about games, at the same time you own a console that has none.

[d0nT wOrrY]

huh games hahahaha
when ps3 sell more bots sayin we care about games ( well, you don't have any )

and when they see the great exclisives coming up for ps3 they care about SALES SALES SALES
hahah you're a joke bots.

[Rhythmattic]

artgamer

True GOLD !

You just made me cough beer into my nose......

[PopEmUp]

Hahaaaahaa Classic shiit Man

[redsquad]

All you care about is 'games'?
Yet you will be "hurt" when PS3 is ahead?

Sad, sad little hypocrite.

[xcox]

i almost pooped myself, BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA!
you xb!tches are so full of sh!t

[JonnyBigBoss]

BEAST! Praise the PS3!

[skatezero246]

agreed, it was only a matter of time before the ps3 took off ... I knew it was the high price that was holding the system back ... and now that the system is affordable for alot more people ... the results are clearly showing

[saint_john_paul_ii]

TREY 4 LIFE!

[Rhythmattic]

Even though your catholic, welcome to the brotherhood.

[artgamer]

...and with you last breath bare witness to the end of 360.

[snp]

Another arrow in the VGChartz websites heart, i'd suggest... being that they have the PS3 at one and a quarter million less than that (and conversely aren't exactly known for underestimating the PS3's competitors).

[Neo604]

but Sony is droping bombs. Thanx for the great service Sony.

[The Wood]

ill take last place if it means i play MORE quality games of a wider variety than the other consoles anyday pretty much every game of the year is on the platform...its still free to play online....im good. Congrats to sony and all but congrats for bringing the games without 9 month gaps and stuff

[Tru_Blu]

Amen.. I have games sitting around I haven't got to yet. They are unleashing a barrage of quality titles. I don't care if any company only sells 1 consel as long as it's me and I get quality entertainment out of it.

[DaTruth]

The best part about playing online for free is I don't feel compelled to "get my money's worth"; I can just dabble in online play or play hard when I find a game that compels me to!

[Queers of War]

Now would be a perfect time to remind the bots in denial

Edit: Found it on some other gaming website

[artgamer]

HAHA, Queers where did you find that, its awesome.

HAHA, such a good laugh.

[Flawza Motorputt 3]

You are a retard if you're trying to spin the point of the picture. Behind the 360? So what if it is? This is a marathon, not a sprint you dumbass bot. Why don't you bookmark this page to come back to later when the PS3 takes over the 360?

And you know what? It's so f*cking sad that the 360 had a year's head start and it's still losing its lead.

[Cyrus365]

Wow Sony Vaio over priced, lost big market share there..

Plus with game division, loss of 600 million+ in 1 quarter...

But nice PS3 sales number, and clearly ahead if you line up PS3 worldwide numbers vs. 360, and behind 5-6 mill of 360, including the year head start.

[ultimolu]

Yeah, they lost a lot of money there, nothing to sneeze at. Hopefully they make back some of that money through software sales.

[DaTruth]

Well, 3.2 million more gamers buying games should help in that department! Finally they will have some add-ons to sell to, with the PSWand

[Odion]

Congratz to Sony on a successful quarter, keep on doing your thing and success will follow.

[The Wood]

..

[playstation123]

hhahah pathetic M$ had a year head start and sony is catching up, Poor bots.

[K-man00]

But i hope they regain their loss by the softwear sales, and falling tech prices.

[n4gno]

Don't listen xboxfan's bullcrap, today sony is making enormous $$$ with michael jackson, bluray, now with ps3, software, psp, bravia, etc

it's true ps3 was a big investment, hard to launch (with biased medias, and crazy fanboyz, or angry frustrated poor players : understandable)

[knightdarkbox]

Sony fails so bad due to the fact that it has no backwards capability..

Sony are obviously fails in psslim

[Queers of War]

LOL is this all you have left to grasp at?

"Bu-bu bu but therez no bakwerdz compatabellyty!!!"

Thank god for awesome PS3 exclusives then, as I always say. Too bad the same can't be said for the 3sh*tty.

[weazel]

Mummy and daddy knightboxdark are obviously fails in producing offspring
(fixed)

[K-man00]

BC is no big deal. I have the original PS3 and i never use it. Besides no bc is stil better than RROD flopbox.

[Cyrax_87]

Luckily for people that want to play PS2 games, they can actually go out and buy a new PS2 for cheap.

Can't say the same about MS though seeing as they abandon their old console and screw their fans over.

[skatezero246]

lol spin away dude spin away it's funny as hell who knew 3.2 million consoles shipped in 3 months (3 MONTHS!) is bad/fail? but w/e

[artgamer]

HAHA, KnightDarkCox, you're just a shadow of your former self, what happend ?

Slim got ya tongue ?

EDIT: Dammit, I need bubbles guys...

Anyway DarkCox anything you have to say is covered in failure and 360 fanboyism.

[d0nT wOrrY]

@artgamer

i've got your back, here's a bubble

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

Perfect example of a complete idiot.

[Ilikegames76]

Here have a bubble, now, go bubble rape the stupid bot.

[Optical_Matrix]

Good news. That 8 million gap that was touted around most of the year has been cut by 3 million. At this rate Sony will catch up by mid or late 2010. Good news for PS3 gamers...expect more PS3 support from 3rd parties.

http://i493.photobucket.com... bums/rr292/kowenicki/YOY241009 . jpg

This table also shows the state of sales atm. As you can see, the myth of the PS3 getting beaten out by the 360 every year is as false as the hollocaust not happening.

[saint_john_paul_ii]

your link is not posted right.

[DaTruth]

We'll never know as questioning the Holocaust is a felony, so no in depth analysis can be done.

I would wholeheartedly believe, but I'm naturally skeptical of any fact where debate of that fact has been stifled.

Unquestionable truth is unafraid of questions!

[tripewire]

I agree.

Questioning something like the holocaust would only remind us how disgusting WW2 was. With the world on the verge of tearing itself a part, I think it would be a good reminder of what we cannot let happen again.

[Perkel]

especially if everybody remember holocaust and don't remember that almost every country losed lots of people,

civil casulties ~ 50 milion ..... mainly due hunger.

[xoxideu]

or fail in.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

By the way knightdarkbox know one at the moment even gives a crap about B.C.

Yes a couple of weeks back it was hyped up but now no one actually cares but guess what? B.C is coming back and I can confirm it.

[xoxideu]

bubbles+

[d0nT wOrrY]

sooner or later, all bots will come to the dark side.

[Cyrax_87]

lol, it's hilarious that Sony's the "dark side" despite them being more professional and not talking trash like MS.

Darth Vader FTW

[Obama]

Some already have. Like Fairy X tail and Droid Control.

[lonix]

By putting in full backwards compatibility?

Ps2 > xbox360

[table]

Interesting. Add onto this the impact of FFXIII in Japan then GT5 to continue the onslaught into the spring of 2010 then it won't be long until the 360 is in 'last place' as we call it.

[supremacy]

bundles are a good way to sell new units, and no fanboy can spin that so...

once those final fantasy 13 bundles hit the streets in japan, im gonna go and say about 2.5mil of them are going to sell with that number probably increasing as time goes, also right after that Sega has another yakuza in the works, and another white knight game and final fantasy 13 versus. yes granturismo 5 will do good, but its Europe Sony will take with that one.

im also assuming they will bundle this game for that territory as well, so expect big sales in the coming months.

on a side note i do see ms making a stride or two with certain games, among them multiplatform titles such as call of duty modern warfare 2.

so far the marketing has helped Sony, just seen the new ratchet and clank commercial, its good keep it up i say.

[ultimolu]

I see the 360 fanboys are crying yet again. Dry those tears boys! Ur supposed to be men! >:D

[XDF]

Sony is really turning things around. Now bring on GOW3, Heavy Rain, and GT5. Happy PS3 owner since 2-22-09.

XDF TOP 5 PS3 games in 2010 as of 10-29-09:

1. GOW3
2. Final Fantasy 13
3. Heavy Rain
4. GT5
5. Agent

[Cyrax_87]

Trade FFXIII for The Last Guardian and we'd have the same list =)

[HolaTarola]

Good to read that XDF..I remember when you were major Xbox fanboy, how things has changed.

[Consoldtobots]

sorry, I've seen this "kid" do too much hating on the PS3 to ever believe he is anything more than a follower.

[FiftyFourPointTwo]

It Only Does Everything™ >>>>>> Jump in

[BXbomber]

TREY 4 LIFE

[Kushan]

I love how people get so upset and make such a huge deal with these numbers. As if Sony suddenly outselling the 360 will make a difference, its not like MS will suddenly just pack it in simply because there's one or two more PS3s out there (Which hasn't actually happened yet as far as I'm aware, I'm just saying IF it does), nor will devs really change their tune much, they already tend to develop on the PS3 as the primary console then port to other platforms so I really don't see what's going to change.
Having more consoles out there, be they PS3s or 360s, is good for EVERYONE as it means Developers will get more money in the end, which means more and better games. That's fine by me and I wont get upset about it.

[HolaTarola]

bu-bu-bu-but..

[DaTruth]

Who said MS should "pack it in"! Almost all PS3 fanboys were created with one goal in mind; See the day when all 360 fanboys eat their words! That is enough.

360 fanboys are the ones who want to see the end of a console, because of the end of their previous console!

[IVYvsTAKI]

it's about time people got on board with the hotness that is the PS3. Some of us have known for years, now more people are experiencing it too.

That to me, is exciting!

[Hudahudahuda]

God bless sony.

[stonecold1]

good work sony looking forward to christmas and the game that have been brought out through this year

[saimcheeda]

so gaps now 7 milion right? coz i read somewere b4 that 360 sold 34 million!

[DaTruth]

You read that on VGChartz, who often overtrack 360 sales and undertrack PS3 sales for their own fanboy agenda.

Funny thing is, they are suppose to track sales, while MS counts shipped, and yet somehow they've come up with more 360 sales than MS has even shipped!

[saimcheeda]

ur right, i used to be on vgchartz until i figured that they were very biased!

[xryls]

Who aims at excellence will be above mediocrity; who aims at mediocrity will be far short of it.

[cmrbe]

The PS3 is entering a period leading up to it's peak. In other words this comming months will be similar to how the PS2 preformed in it's early second year. PS3 is now 299 and most of it's big hitters is starting to arrive back to back similar to the PS2 early second year. PS3 has really now is starting to get the attention of the masses with unriavled value and gamelinup for everyone.

The PS3 is building up to be the it console for everyone. Both the wii and especially the x360 time is up soon. The x360 is past it's peak. It did in 2007. It's soon Sonys time to show up everyone that doubted them and why they are the real leader in the gaming industry and how powerful the PS brand really is. People who said only the NA market matters will ffinally see how wrong they were.

I'll say this though. If you guys think this is good, just wait and see the PS3 at 199 like both the wii and x360 are now. Supernova sales and PS2 all over again I say. The PS3 will be on fire all over the world.

[ApocalypseShadow]

is watching the haters squirm. and watching other "two faced" gamers reposition themselves as playstation fans....all happy now that sony is selling consoles.

people like us knew that sony would do well..cell processor,bluray,home,graphics ,reliability,online gaming,etc.the price is just waking the unbelievers.

i'd bet now,gamers like mart,power of green,elite gamer,kewlkat and the rest are telling their friends how they always supported sony and knew that they would do well.

looks like they are buying their tickets for a ride on the super train.and you are right,the train picks up speed at $199.hope they have on their seat belts.with games like uncharted 2 dropping,looks like they are in for a h#ll of a ride.

........hahahahaha!!!watch as microsoft picks up these numbers and spins their shipping numbers.should be fun to watch.

[cmrbe]

I never really understood why people wrote off Sony. It's like most just started gaming this gen and has no clue sony's usual strategy is and how really really powerful the PS brand is. I really really feel sorry for the fools that thought that Sony will have less content than MS initially forever LOL. Anyone with half a brain knew that PS3 will sooner or later have more content. That was a given. I really felt sorry for the fools that thought that only NA matters or that X360 can outlast the PS3 LOL.

Now it was alright if you are a young gamer like most x360 fans are which could be forgiven for not knowing Sony and gaming long enough like we older gamers do but the gaming media is inexcusable. They knew very well what happend last gen and the one before and what will eventually happen but most of them still wrote Sony off. I don't know weather they were just looking for hits or just plain ignorant.

The funny thing is even when the PS3 reach 100 million sold and Sony releases the PS4 with same strategy Sony used in all their previous consoles cycles. The media will forget history and repeat all over again.
People will never learn.

[hakis86]

Just looked at VGChartz the other day which says 25mill PS3s.. but it's 27mill? The gap is closing so fast :O

[DEADEND]

I just went to vgchartz.com and they still have the PS3 at 25.74 million that's just 7 million behind the 360(32.78). They really need to update their numbers, every time I go there it just seems off and now I know why. Hurry up Vg and update it.

[dameon77]

These number look impressive, but the one question I have is how many of these are new sales compared to trade-ins of old systems for the slim.

[LesterCorncrake]

Im very proud to say i contributed to those numbers, i had an xbox for 3 BQSTARD YEARS!!! soon as i bought the playstation i never touched the xbox again!!! i think most people who have an xbox would do exactly the same THEY JUST DONT KNOW WHAT THERE MISSING !!! i feel kinda sorry for anyone who decides to buy an xbox over a ps3 they need to understand that they're screwing themselves over!

[spinbot_lv1]

great move!you're jumping out from a nightmare.

[spinbot_lv1]

gap is closing very fast with these numbers at the end of this fiscal year ps3 could be say bye bye to xbox360.

[LesterCorncrake]

tell me about it, i owe sony an apology for taking so long. people need to realise.

[bjornbear]

WHA?! Is this accurate?! this is insane!!! cool! =)

[Getoffdiznuts]

am so glad to see the Playstation brand doing good.
thank you Sony for giving me the best years in gaming.
the Playstation brand truly is the best.

[DEADEND]

I just went back to vgcharz and they are claiming that these are shipped numbers and not sold, I tell ya they are trying so hard to do damage control. They still haven't even updated their numbers, as of right now they have the PS3 and 360 gap by 7 million. Something needs to be done right away because as you can see by the sell numbers the gap is now 5 million not 7 million, it's like they are afraid of the truth and they just refuse to update their info.

[IcyJoker187]

Cool only 5.5 million behind.

[Shane Kim]

I can promise you that the gap is more like 3 millions or something similar. By the end of 2010, the PS3 will be ahead of 360. Bookmark ths page.

[Jack Klugman]

Lol.. playtards still living in some alt-reality.. Look at both MS's numbers and Sony's numbers.. Straight from the sources the gap is 7mil. Spin more.

[Bumpmapping]

This holiday PS3 will be 30mil or more units.

[horndog]

for sony. I honestly don't see that 5 billion as a number to ignore but i guess some of you don't want to see the big picture or don't care that sony is hemerging with every ps3 sold. I don't have a business degree but I honestly don't see that report as something to brag about but i know most of you here don't care about that and are just to concern with closing the gap. Good job sony. Very profitable quarter.

[jeseth]

Anyone who's been around long enough to see how Playstation systems sell knew this was coming. PSone and PS2 both got off to "slow" starts because they both introduced "new" technology (CD and DVD based console gaming) that was pricey for their time. Once the tech becomes more popular and cheaper to manufacture the price of the systems comes down and the allure of the system and its tech becomes greater and system sales just take off.

It happened for PSone and PS2, now PS3 is taking off and everyone I know that doesn't own one is talking about getting one now that its $299. Its only a matter of time before PS3 goes on a rediculous sales spike.

Some of you guys can argue and fanboy spin this crap all you want...all I'm thinking about is the GAMES and content PS3 has been pumping out lately. Amazing gaming experiences this year KZ2, inFamous, MLB09 The Show, Fat Princess, Uncharted 2, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Ratchet & Clank ACIT, and Demon's Souls. And may I personally recommend Demon's Souls to everyone who like action RPG's and a challenge. Demon's Souls is the most challenging, engrossing, and satisfying gaming experience I've had in years! Seriously, this game can be NES hard at times! But the world and environments are amazing.

Anyways. Keep the games coming Sony. The PS3 sells itself, no fanboy crap needed.

[Pootangpie]

I'm pretty sure 360 farther ahead by now then 31 Million keep trying and btw it alreay mentioned sony losses $654 million despite the increase in hardware sales so no so yeah PS3 still in the same position keep trying

[n4gno]

need your head examined, old fan.

[DJ]

Damn, PS3 Slim is a savior for the platform.

[silvacrest]

time for epic 360fanboy damage control!!!!

oh, its already happened....

[testerg35]

What I love about PS3 fans is how they're not hypocrites. You know they don't care about sales and only care that they have their console.
/sarcasm

[Persistantthug]

But in this case, I care that the PS3 reaches 35 million, hopefully by March 31 (End of their fiscal year), which is the number Sony Predicted. Why do I care for this "magical number"?

1. Because no console has sold 35 million units and has been considered a "failure".

2. Because there's been 1 thorn in my side since joining this console generation last January.....Timed exclusives. Microsoft has been really annoying to me with their timed exclusive strategy. I'm annoyed because some of those third party game, I wanted to play on my PS3. First party games I definitely understand, but most AAA quality third party games I feel should be played on all consoles.

I'm also annoyed by it because instead of Microsoft Making their own games like Sony or even Nintendo, they've been treating this largely art driven industry like their Windows OS business...."just throw money at the problem till it goes away or fixes itself", as if they are just gonna strong arm the games industry. Yes, I'm annoyed by that attitude.

At anyrate, Once Sony hits that number (35 million by March 31), I think pretty much all of that timed exclusivity tactical stuff will largely be a thing of the past and Microsoft will have to start relying on their own creative muscle in order to get exclusive material. Why? Because most developers will not take paltry money to do timed/termed exclusives if it means losing even more potential revenue through PS3's large userbase.

So for me, this is the extent of the importance of sales, otherwise....not so much.

[gossip565com]

Ok all you guys are forgetting that the only reason xbox has sold more is because half of them broke they had the red ring of death so people had to buy more before microsoft came with the extended warranty. So if you really look at it Sony has either sold more or the same amount. I'd be it is more a lot more.

[Pootangpie]

gossip what you just said is the biggest load of BS i've ever heard MS didn't make any money with the free repairs they have however made money thanks to good software sales besides

Overall though, Sony's game division lost $654 million, despite the increase in hardware sold. This is likely due to the fact that, with the introduction of the 120GB SKU, they are once again selling the console at a loss. Sony also pointed at dwindling PS2 sales, falling Viao sales, and the appreciation of the Japanese yen as reasons for the loss.

[Ultraplayerxd]

Come on PS3 beat the 360! sell more! sell more!

[artsaber]

It seems to have been crafted by true masters of the game. The PS3 has trojan horsed Bluray technology into the veins of America. It has spread like a virus, with the point of true origin being at the PS3. Sony will make tons of profit in rights & logo usage and residual income. The PS3 will make them so much money, it will actually fund the development of their next console.

People always try to separate the PS3's losses/gains from Bluray's ultra successful gains. When we all know that Bluray is only successful off the back of the PS3 - period. The PS3 has set Sony up to make incredible amounts of residual cash hand over fist for at least a decade.

The PS3 - It Only Does Everything (Including securing the next HD format, and securing multi-millions of dollars for its parent company on a spin off of its advertised purpose.

[DaTruth]

Yet, they will tell us that we don't look at the "big picture", and state the $652 mil loses in the gaming division!

I bet the company that invented DVD is laughing now! Sony will be laughing with them in 5 years!

[feejo]

PS3 is about to surpass 360 in europe.

[Drake64]

lol what u talkin bout ps3 has the lead in every corner of the world except in the us

[jeanm3306]

vg chart doesn't represent the actual numbers, their always so late....

[JJFNIGHTS80]

Only 10 million more units to catch up to the Xbox 360 then SONY PS3 will take the lead.

[Crystallis]

I beleive it far less then 10mil units, more like 5 mil.

[FwanK]

Just wait for 2010...

Finish Him!

Fatality

Flawless Victory

[Cmoney]

Sony has now lost nearly 6 billion dollars on the ps3 with no signs of profitability. Sony would have been better off not even creating the money blackhole (also known as the ps3.) Another 600 million wasted, still in last place, never making a single yen of profit on the ps3. INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!

Please stop comparing microsoft to sony. In 3 months microsoft made 3.5 BILLION NET PROFIT....and 312 mill net profit in games division. Microsoft makes more profit in 3 months than sony makes in 3 years.

Microsoft's games division has been profitable for 2 straight years....sony's games division hasn't been profitable since ps3 launched. Sad but true...what the **** were they thinking with the ps3???

[n4gno]

are you working for fox news ?

desinformation is the only way to dammage control their already dammaged brain.

6 billions, in your head ! (2010 investor prediction = strategy to cut cost, etc)
and ms lost big with 1 billions (more) rrod and enormous marketing, medias plans, etc (billions and billions) to try to win against sony, and they don't, despite desperate price reduction, biased medias, etc

today, ps3 is dominating, with 2 years better exclusives, better graphics, bluray, free online, etc

[cmacdonald]

Blu-ray royalties will help whatever they have lost so far.

[ReBurn]

That hasn't been the case up until now.

[Thoreau]

i might only have a ps3 and there would be no senseless bickering.

[Arnon]

You know... these sales things are pretty stupid, but can some of you seriously not do simple math?

Playstation 3:
Worldwide: 27 million (as of October, 2009)

Xbox 360:
Worldwide: 34 million (as of October, 2009)

7 million difference, folks. Not 5. Not 4, but 7. They've closed the gap by about 1 1/2 million, which is awesome. Keep up the good work, Sony. I'm loving every bit of your console.

[n4gno]

34 (shipped !), where ?

[Lumbo]

"34 (shipped !), where ? "

Sounds perfectly normal to me considering that all manufacturers sell their goods to the retail chains and report that number as SOLD (to retail) for their financial reports. Which is right as they SOLD the item and got the money for it already. It's pointless for the financial reports whether the retail chains sold all the stock or not. In the long run shipped = sold to customer as retail chains only backorder stuff when the previous shipment gets low on stock.

Hence MS "sold" reportedly 34 mil units of their Xbox360 while Sony reportedly "sold" 27 mil of the PS3.

[jeanm3306]

If i remembered correctly i though sony only report what is actually sold since 2006. vs microsoft who only report what is actually being ship. but i think i'm wrong but correct me if i'm wrong. because i remembered reading a article about that in 2006.

[DaTruth]

Not this stupid argument again! Trust me, they all know by now that Sony doesn't report shipped and are just acting stupid!

I work for the biggest soft drink company in the world, and they report sold to consumer, because they guarantee all customers that they will buy back anything that doesn't sell and they easily track all sold to consumer for this reason. They actually just laid off this department and outsourced it to Guatemala.

[Arnon]

Sony can say whatever they want.

"We only report sold to consumers who have been in outer space." I take it you would believe this too just because it's coming from Sony?

However, to try and give us an analogy of a worldwide soda company reporting sold to consumer versus a worldwide company reporting sold to consumer with a $300 product is asinine.

This "sold to consumer" and "shipped to retail" is essentially the same thing. A company wont overstock a product at a certain store. They usually wait until the stock of the store is out and then ship more, which is "sold to consumer", because it's physically impossible to report every single PS3 that has been sold, unless you go by this theory.

[Saaking]

The gap is only 5-6 million Now. What were you saying bots?

[Jack Klugman]

How funny. MS and Sony have both announced their recent numbers not even a couple months apart and you still manage to spin.

The gap is 7 million using MS's and Sony's numbers.. And even Sony said "Close" to 27million so more like 23-24mil I would guess.

Ugh.. droids.. actually droid is a compliment.. should just start calling you playtards..

[call_it_like_ic_it]

are any of you dumb fangirls stock holders of MS or Sony stocks that you fighting over whether Sony increase their sales on their PS3 product? If you don't own none, then STFU and play your games on whatever system you own is that simple.

[Relientk77]

nice, keep it up Sony

[jeanm3306]

can any body imagine the ps3 at $200, what sort of damage it would do to nintendo and microsoft......

[ReBurn]

By the time it hits that price the next generation will be dawning. So probably not much meaningful impact.

[zoks310]

And they will start to profit, which is the reason why Sony pushed GT5 into 2010, instead of releasing their biggest franchise when they are loosing on each console sold, they will release it in the spring of 2010 when they expect the PS3 to start profiting.

This way they will sell huge amounts of GT5 along with huge amounts of hardware all while making profit. Very smart idea. If they had release GT5 now Sony would have lost Hundreds of millions due to the hardware demand that comes with GT5.

[lightning_gundam]

i personally been true 3 xbox and only got one using the extended guarantee,so i literally true away 2 360s in the trash,and my best friend true 3 xbot on the trash and bought a 4rth 360 that is 6 consoles only by me and my friend.and we both got the same launch ps3 that is 1 console per person.so if Microsoft counting all those consoles that are thrown away than that means that sony has already caught up to the 360 along time ago.

[ReBurn]

So what's the question?

[Jack Klugman]

Still in the red, losing even more money and still have only managed to close the gap by 1 million and the 360 doesn't show any signs of slowing down with being the only system with YOY growth.

And here some idiots were thinking the gap would be closed by 2010. Sony are practically giving them away with how much they lose on each system and they've managed to lose every bit of profit the PS2 brought them..

/golf clap

[Britney Spears]

the inevitable is coming,i told you9 ps3 will outsell 360 eventually. it will overtake 360 soon and then go after wii.

[ReBurn]

Good news for gamers. More awesome exclusives on the way.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

so when do sales not matter?