PS3 Sales slump in Japan.

[Koa]

The unthinkable has happened and PS3 sales dipped over the last week.
Even the old PS2 is outselling it, and the Wii is simply whooping it's arse with a giant eel.

In its 26th week on the Japanese market, the PS3 has managed something previously unthinkable for the PlayStation brand. Media Create reports that the system dropped under the 10,000 sales mark over the week of 5/7 to 5/13.

Coming in at 8,839 units for the week, the PS3 was beaten by the PS2's 10,414 units and the PSP's 34,433 units. Despite continued supply problems, Nintendo's platforms slaughtered all three PlayStation platforms, with the DS pushing 163,785 units and the Wii 52,544 units.

The PS3 did beat the Xbox 360's 2,105 units for the week. Although the gap is certainly getting closer than anyone would have expected prior to last November's PS3 launch.

 

[fenton_jd]

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | Total 2007 Sales | Lifetime Sales

1.) Nintendo DS Lite - 163,785 | 285,123 | 3,050,213 | 10,188,414
2.) Wii - 52,544 | 101,320 | 1,504,716 | 2,424,359
3.) PlayStation Portable - 34,433 | 35,172 | 873,828 | 5,405,957
4.) PlayStation 2 - 10,414 | 14,815 | 335,018 | 20,489,877
5.) PlayStation 3 - 8,839 | 12,974 | 425,895 | 883,453
6.) Xbox 360 - 2,105 | 3,205 | 95,655 | 360,357
7.) Game Boy micro - 408 | 340 | 17,946 | 587,687
8.) Game Boy Advance SP - 343 | 302 | 15,848 | 5,941,573
9.) GameCube - 315 | 394 | 7,078 | 4,176,546
10.) Nintendo DS - 39 | 69 | 1,934 | 6,974,463
11.) Game Boy Advance - 18 | 11 | 598 | 8,542,631

from http://www.cubed3.com

 

[arc]

it's their own fault.. they should've made a better console, and ditched the expesnive blue ray. i mean, why is it there? if i had the kit to be able to watch blue ray dvds (i mean the screen and sound system) then i'd want a dedicated player to play the discs - not a console that happens to be able to play them too!!

 

[Steven]

I'm not surprised at all. I don't know anyone that has bought one. The price is ridiculous and hard to justify.

 

[FuzzyPanda]

I think a big problem is the still lacklustre games line up, the only game I've seen which has got me interested is LittleBigPlanet.

 

[custard]

this shows just how well the WII is selling



this shows the 1st 6 months of sales(USA only) for the big consoles of the last 2 generations

• Wii (2,470,000)
• PS2 (2,200,000)
• Xbox (1,900,000)
• GameCube (1,540,000)
• Xbox 360 (1,384,000)
• PS3 (1,271,000)
  

 

[T14086]

Could this mean the return of the board game? scrabble anyone

 

[Jai]

RISK - more chance of a punch up!!!

 

[Chas Uno]

Nah, Buckaroo and Kerplunk are the way to go. Don't play either if you're pissed though

 

[T14086]

RISK - more chance of a punch up!!!

dunno about that.....

"fsiskwkow" that aint a word!
"yes it is its what a cat says when it attacks"
"b*llox you cant have animals words in scrabble"
"ahh so you admit its a word then,in which case its ok...so triple word score means I get 273 points"
"no no no look you cant have animal words"
"where it say that in the rules"?
"it dont of course but you cant have it"
"you can have woof so why not fsiskwkow"?
"because its my game"
"oh right so your losing & then you bring out the old its my game crap.Your just a bad loser"
"up yours you t*sser"
"what you call me"?
"you heard"
"take this then" *punch*slap*"fsiskwkow"*thud*....

stupid hame anyway!

 

[Jai]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6283170.stm

no word on europe though.....still it is only 5 shopping months to christmas....:chin:

 

[maddogmorg]

dunno about that.....

"fsiskwkow" that aint a word!
"yes it is its what a cat says when it attacks"
"b*llox you cant have animals words in scrabble"
"ahh so you admit its a word then,in which case its ok...so triple word score means I get 273 points"
"no no no look you cant have animal words"
"where it say that in the rules"?
"it dont of course but you cant have it"
"you can have woof so why not fsiskwkow"?
"because its my game"
"oh right so your losing & then you bring out the old its my game crap.Your just a bad loser"
"up yours you t*sser"
"what you call me"?
"you heard"
"take this then" *punch*slap*"fsiskwkow"*thud*....

stupid hame anyway!

that'd be red dwarf.

 

[stilosporting]

sales to date and the ps3 has sold more than double to the 360!?!

 

[custard]

source?

 

[stilosporting]

source?

post "2

 

[custard]

tsk old news

 

[stilosporting]

so is it right then? or not?

 

[custard]

so is it right then? or not?

depends on the data.thats most likely jap only sales in which case the 360 always struggles being the only 'foreign' console

 

[4RL]

he move also comes just ahead of the launch of the latest version of the PS3.

The new console will boast an improved 80-gigabyte hard drive and is expected to sell for around $600.

Seriously... that much money for a crappy 80Gb HD! Is it like some super quick one?

Think it was Arc that said about the blu-ray thing, I think Sony's idra was to try and help boost blu-ray disc sales as I think Sony have invested alot in them.

 

[custard]

Seriously... that much money for a crappy 80Gb HD! Is it like some super quick one?

Think it was Arc that said about the blu-ray thing, I think Sony's idra was to try and help boost blu-ray disc sales as I think Sony have invested alot in them.

the inclusion of BR or exclusion on 360 is a tricky one.
it makes relativly cheap BR player however now the market is moving and prices are dropping on standalone units.
for the likes of me with no hi def display the extra cost of BR functionality is pointless