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Earlier we reported on Sony's first quarter financials in which figures for both PS3 and PSP were mentioned - there was not mention of the ageing PS2. Well, the PlayStation 2 outsold both the PS3 and the PSP in the financial quarter ending June 30th.
While the PS3 sold 1.1 million units, and the PSP shifted 1.3 million, 1.6 million PS2s were sold. That's an increase on the 1.5 million PS2s sold in the same period last year.
Curiously, Sony didn't actually mention the PS2 figure in its earnings report - the information's tucked away on its corporate site here.
Why would Sony overlook the fact that one of its platforms had outsold its previous year sales? A lack of joined-up thinking? An oversight? Or because relying on Last Gen sales makes your current generation of hardware's under-performance even more ingloriously than it is?
It occurred to SPOnG that the fact people were still buying PlayStation branded hardware - albeit a generaion-old, means that price could be a factor. We had the brilliant idea that maybe Sony should cut the price of the PS3! Wonder if Sony's thought of that...
More on Sony's sombre financials in our earlier report.
While the PS3 sold 1.1 million units, and the PSP shifted 1.3 million, 1.6 million PS2s were sold. That's an increase on the 1.5 million PS2s sold in the same period last year.
Curiously, Sony didn't actually mention the PS2 figure in its earnings report - the information's tucked away on its corporate site here.
Why would Sony overlook the fact that one of its platforms had outsold its previous year sales? A lack of joined-up thinking? An oversight? Or because relying on Last Gen sales makes your current generation of hardware's under-performance even more ingloriously than it is?
It occurred to SPOnG that the fact people were still buying PlayStation branded hardware - albeit a generaion-old, means that price could be a factor. We had the brilliant idea that maybe Sony should cut the price of the PS3! Wonder if Sony's thought of that...
More on Sony's sombre financials in our earlier report.
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morpheusx 30 Jul 2009 14:18
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alot of people just buy PS2's as a replacement DVD player because they have gotten so cheap. In my house we have 2 of them which are both used almost exclusively as DVD players. We haven't bought a single PS2 game in probably at least 3 years.
ajmetz 30 Jul 2009 14:47
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@morpheusx It is a shame that PS2 has such a massive userbase and yet hardly any big name games coming out for it. That said, I'm curious to see what the PS2 version of Ghostbusters is like.
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Andy P 30 Jul 2009 15:56
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@morpheusx : my DVD player was £15 from Tesco. Are new PS2s £15 yet? Don't think so. So they're only cheap for consoles, not cheap for DVD players.
deleted 30 Jul 2009 17:24
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@morpheusx
Why spend near ton on a PS2 for a DVD player when a 360 isnt far off that price and gives you media centre, and video streaming as well?
still if that s what people are doing then im not in the groove then.
Why spend near ton on a PS2 for a DVD player when a 360 isnt far off that price and gives you media centre, and video streaming as well?
still if that s what people are doing then im not in the groove then.