Sony Comments on Low PS3 Sales, Laughs a Little, Cries a Little
- August 24th, 2007
- 6 Comments
Matt Richtel wrote a quick piece on Sony’s crowing — then cowering — this week as the NPD sales numbers placed the PS3 far below 360 and Wii.
Dave Karraker, the Sony spokesman who predicted the PS3 would overtake the 360, told me that: (1) He was only wrong by a bit, and (2) NPD doesn’t provide an exact count but estimates some portions of the market and (3) No, he would not care to make a prediction about August’s sales figures.
As we keep saying, the software will make or break the PS3 and with GoW and Bioshock bouying up the 360, it will take Metal Gear Solid 5: Lots of Girls Naked in HD to get the slow moving PS3 up to 360 numbers.
In all fairness, however, June PS3 sales were strong, about 100,000 units, and the 360 is already long in the tooth. However, they’d better get something good out before Halo 3 drops or those NPD improvement numbers are going to be in the single digits. Both companies, however, definitely didn’t see the Wii coming.
Sony Defeats Truman [Bits]
Lewington (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Low PS3 sales?
Its selling faster than the PS1 & PS2 did at the same stage after launch.
The most significant figure in that report was the one stating that the PS2 is still outselling the 360.
David Jones (Who am I?)
1 year ago
The PS1 and PS2 took a while to take off. The PS2 suffered from some of the same problems as the PS3, no game selection. but both of those systems where the only system in the game at the time.
This time however is a little different. They do have competition. So even though the low numbers may be the same as it was in the same time frame of the other systems, being low now really matters…a lot.
Another thing to mention, the PS2 got some system selling games that took them over the top in the second year, GTA3, FF etc. right now it doesn’t look like there are any system sellers anytime soon for the PS3…unless a game takes us by surprise. While the 360 just released Bioshock, which is huge, with Halo3 and Mass effect still to come. GTA4, while still a system seller, is going to be released on both the PS3 and 360 at the same time, and the longer it takes for that game to release, the worse it is for the PS3 as long as the numbers continue to fall further behind the 360.
MGS5 is really the only sure thing system seller that is being released (barring any surprised).
The PS3 still outselling the 360 is a saving grace for Sony, but it means absolutely nothing for the PS3
David Mackey (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Sony has been taking a slamming recently. They need the PS3 to succeed. They’ve made a lot of mistakes (e.g. rootkit debacle) and need some positives…or else…
lessly
11 months ago
hey was up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!well me nothing gust cilig with my cru
Reply
Pens (Who am I?)
11 months ago
Hello, here you can read all info about pen pal
24\7.
pens (Who am I?)
11 months ago
Hello nice blog! !!
pen
It’s my new page.about pens.