Sony Share Price Rises With PS3 Shipment Target Met
Though Wii Outsells PS3 in Japan Twice Over
The latest figures from Tokyo-based games research firm and Weekly Famitsu publisher Enterbrain Inc. show that Nintendo's Wii outsold the PlayStation 3 two-to-one in Japan last year.
The Wii sold 989,118 units in Japan since it launched on Dec. 2, while Sony sold 466,716 PlayStation 3 consoles since its Nov. 11 launch, according to Enterbrain’s figures.
However, despite the PS3’s shaky start late last year, shares in Sony Corp. gained 6.5 percent this week, the biggest jump in a year, following recent news that the company met its PlayStation 3 shipment target of one million in the US last year.
Sony still plans to ship 6 million PlayStation 3 consoles by the end of March after diverting laser diodes originally meant for its Blu- ray DVD players.
Evan Wilson, a research analyst at Pacific Crest Securities in Portland, told Bloomberg News: "It appears everything is on track from a supply perspective. Now, all we have to figure out is if the demand will live up to the supply.''
March is only a mere two months away. Are you planning on getting a PS3 this Easter when it finally launches in the UK and Europe?
The Wii sold 989,118 units in Japan since it launched on Dec. 2, while Sony sold 466,716 PlayStation 3 consoles since its Nov. 11 launch, according to Enterbrain’s figures.
However, despite the PS3’s shaky start late last year, shares in Sony Corp. gained 6.5 percent this week, the biggest jump in a year, following recent news that the company met its PlayStation 3 shipment target of one million in the US last year.
Sony still plans to ship 6 million PlayStation 3 consoles by the end of March after diverting laser diodes originally meant for its Blu- ray DVD players.
Evan Wilson, a research analyst at Pacific Crest Securities in Portland, told Bloomberg News: "It appears everything is on track from a supply perspective. Now, all we have to figure out is if the demand will live up to the supply.''
March is only a mere two months away. Are you planning on getting a PS3 this Easter when it finally launches in the UK and Europe?
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king skins 10 Jan 2007 10:53
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March is only a mere two months away. Are you planning on getting a PS3 this Easter when it finally launches in the UK and Europe?
No, its to expensive. After a price drop I'll pick one up.
Aren't there already PS3's hanging around in shops in the US? I'm getting the impression that damand isn't that high.
SCiARA 10 Jan 2007 16:50
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Me neither due to price and blu-ray, wasn’t Sony's estimate 4 million, then 2 million, then 1mill?
I'm sure given that trend that they would have met any target.
I'm sure given that trend that they would have met any target.
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tyrion 10 Jan 2007 18:14
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SCiARA wrote:
Me neither due to price and blu-ray, wasn’t Sony's estimate 4 million, then 2 million, then 1mill?
Original estimate was 2mil worldwide at launch, 4 mil by end of 2006 and 6 mil by end of March 2007.
That then dropped to 2 mil worldwide by end of 2006 and 1mil in US.
Of course they only just met the 1mil in US and didn't meet 2mil worldwide.
Yet they are still claiming 6 mil by end of March 2007!!
king skins 10 Jan 2007 23:16
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tyrion wrote:
Yet they are still claiming 6 mil by end of March 2007!!
Well you can't fault them for their optimism!! :)