Playstation 2 surpasses Playstation 3 in weekly sales |
02-03-2007, 01:50 AM
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#1 | | CobraIsland.com Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 17,519 Location: NJ (Spanish for "more corrupt than your state") | Playstation 2 surpasses Playstation 3 in weekly sales
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Sony's Playstation 3 may be setting its sights on Nintendo's Wii in the continuing next-gen console war, but a new competitor has emerged to challenge the cell processor-powered behemoth: Sony's very own Playstation 2. The venerable last-gen console outsold its heir by nearly one thousand units in Japan for the week of January 22-28, racking up 20,955 purchases versus the Playstation 3's 19,996 - according to digital entertainment analyst Media Create.
Several factors came together to make the Playstation 2 more appealing to players, such as its lower price tag, its wider selection of games, and its higher availability. Sales of the Nintendo Wii continue to remain strong, topping 83,000 units during the same period. Despite all of this, several analysts continue to predict the long-term success of the Playstation 3, citing its superior technology. Market research firm Research and Markets even went so far as to predict an install base of 75 million worldwide for the Playstation 3 by 2010, though they do not expect it to meet the success enjoyed by its forebear due to Blu-ray and PAL issues it faced upon launch and the earlier release of Microsoft's Xbox360.
| Not exactly a stretch with low availabilty of the PS3. I'm just surprised that the PS2 is still selling that strongly. link
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02-03-2007, 02:23 AM
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#2 | | PAC-MAN HAT!!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,186 Location: Texa$ Collection Count: 355+ | Maybe the situation is different in Japan, but unless it is, I don't think availability is what's hurting the PS3. You can walk into pretty much any store here in the US and get one easily... if paying $600 is easy for you. The other factors they mention all make sense though. PS2 is currently a much better value than PS3.  | |
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02-03-2007, 02:26 AM
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#3 | | I voted for Super_Megatron and all I got was this stupid user title. Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,723 Location: Lansing Michigan Collection Count: 486 News Credits: 2 | They're plentiful in Japan, the 20gb model is only $400, and one entire chain has them marked down to around $350. | |
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02-03-2007, 02:31 AM
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#4 | | Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,180 Location: Cincy Collection Count: 90% less than before! | I could cough up $130 a lot more quickly for a PS2, which is a great system, IMO. Not that I think the PS3 is a bad system, its just that $600 is a bundle of cash for something that doesn't seem to have much play value yet. Sig Removed | |
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02-03-2007, 02:48 AM
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#5 | | CobraIsland.com Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 17,519 Location: NJ (Spanish for "more corrupt than your state") | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Valkysas They're plentiful in Japan | Ahh. That makes the article even more scary. Wasn't aware of stock levels there. I know the Japanese are usually on these things as soon as they hit.
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02-03-2007, 03:03 AM
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02-03-2007, 03:06 AM
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#7 | | PAC-MAN HAT!!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,186 Location: Texa$ Collection Count: 355+ | Actually, it's a good thing for Sony that the PS2 is still selling so well. It will help make up part of the losses being caused by the PS3. It's just a bit of an embarrassment that it's outselling PS3 at the moment. | |
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02-03-2007, 03:46 AM
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#8 | | Never Forget Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 28,199 Location: Sheffield, UK News Credits: 1 | It's not that unusual, as it happens, I beleive the PS1 outsold the PS2 in both games shifted and hardware for about 6-12 months after the launch of the PS2. | 
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02-03-2007, 03:47 AM
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#9 | | Stroke me, Stroke me! Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 7,725 Location: From Parts Unkown Collection Count: God only knows! | Especially after they came out with the PSone with screen. 
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02-03-2007, 01:05 PM
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#10 | | Custom Made Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,224 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii is Home. BEAVERton, Oregon is where I live and work at. Collection Count: Enough | well, the PSP overtook the PS2 and PS3 in sales in Japan. Quote: |
Originally Posted by gamesarefun.com http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=7440
Japanese hardware sales for January 15 - January 21:
System - Weekly sales - 2007 sales - Lifetime sales
1. DSL - 194,526 - 756,338 - 8,179,662
2. Wii - 83,754 - 459,188 - 1,378,831
3. PSP - 35,700 - 239,722 - 4,771,851
4. PS2 - 20,995 - 115,864 - 20,270,723
5. PS3 - 19,996 - 136,576 - 594,134
6. 360 - 7,365 - 41,676 - 306,378
7. GBM - 1,177 - 8,311 - 568,241
8. GBASP - 1,023 - 6,432 - 5,925,383
9. NGC - 347 - 2,770 - 4,172,238
10. NDS - 82 - 341 - 6,582,599
11. GBA - 34 - 244 - 8,823,450
Total sales: 364,999 (up 61,477 from last week)
Last week's sales: 303,522
For reference: Last week's sales
Source: Media Create |  | |
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