The latest figures from Chart Track on hardware sales reveal that the PS3 saw 55% of its sales to date within a month of its release.
It's not all bad news for Sony, however. The figures reveal that at this point the PS3 and 360 are neck and neck in terms of hardware sales, despite the 360 having had a 12 week headstart (this year) before the PS3's launch on March 23rd.
Then again, since the launch of the Elite and the 360 price cut (when sales jumped 260%), things have shifted somewhat. Speaking to industry magazine MCV, Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch said,“Prior to week 34, it’s fair to say that Xbox 360 sales were verging on the unimpressive, but since Elite was released and the 360 price drop has kicked in, Xbox is outselling PS3 week-on-week.
“The consoles are at different stages of their lifecycles, and long-term the sales balance could easily shift. But unless a PS3 price cut comes in – and after Tokyo Games show it looks unlikely – it’s difficult to see the 360 not selling more by the end of the year.
“It had Halo 3 arriving this week, is cheaper and has a raft of software after being on the market for over two years. PS3 is still in its relative infancy.”
Source: MCV
It's not all bad news for Sony, however. The figures reveal that at this point the PS3 and 360 are neck and neck in terms of hardware sales, despite the 360 having had a 12 week headstart (this year) before the PS3's launch on March 23rd.
Then again, since the launch of the Elite and the 360 price cut (when sales jumped 260%), things have shifted somewhat. Speaking to industry magazine MCV, Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch said,“Prior to week 34, it’s fair to say that Xbox 360 sales were verging on the unimpressive, but since Elite was released and the 360 price drop has kicked in, Xbox is outselling PS3 week-on-week.
“The consoles are at different stages of their lifecycles, and long-term the sales balance could easily shift. But unless a PS3 price cut comes in – and after Tokyo Games show it looks unlikely – it’s difficult to see the 360 not selling more by the end of the year.
“It had Halo 3 arriving this week, is cheaper and has a raft of software after being on the market for over two years. PS3 is still in its relative infancy.”
Source: MCV
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schnide 28 Sep 2007 14:57
1/5
FOR F**K'S SAKE SONY CUT THE PRICE!
deleted 28 Sep 2007 15:04
2/5
schnide wrote:
FOR F**K'S SAKE SONY CUT THE PRICE!
LOL, you tell em!
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moosa 29 Sep 2007 23:42
3/5
Sony went out and made themselves a $1000 console that they're selling for $600/$500. There's not much you can do for them.
thomasLogic 30 Sep 2007 12:58
4/5
Historically the PS2 sold the same numbers in it's first year. The internal price of the PS3 has dropped over the past 10 months so I'm positive that there will be a price drop this holiday. After this price drop most will stop complaining. The PS3 is a quality built piece of hardware. Leave it on for days, weeks if you want, no worries like it's half-baked contender giving you the 3 fingered solute and quiting the fight so to speak. Sony always delivers and this gen will be no different. I have not lost faith so don't any of you. Good times all around and enjoy.
deleted 30 Sep 2007 21:34
5/5
thomasLogic wrote:
Historically the PS2 sold the same numbers in it's first year. The internal price of the PS3 has dropped over the past 10 months so I'm positive that there will be a price drop this holiday. After this price drop most will stop complaining. The PS3 is a quality built piece of hardware. Leave it on for days, weeks if you want, no worries like it's half-baked contender giving you the 3 fingered solute and quiting the fight so to speak. Sony always delivers and this gen will be no different. I have not lost faith so don't any of you. Good times all around and enjoy.
agreed but the fact the PS3 doesnt overheat as easily as pre-additional heatsink 360`s doesnt really make it a half baked contender, a price drop would be an ecellent start but software is where its at, if Sony had the software the price drop would`nt be so much an issue.