Americans Buy Consoles
NPD results are in, seems like our friends still have some money to spare.Published 17/10/2008 at 9:06 by nofi
Assassin’s Creed II: Record Sales [19]
360 Sales Up, PS3 Outlook Is Good [34]
Sony Sales Slide [58]
We’re clearly not going to blame America for destroying our economy, raising our unemployment to record highs and sucking the life out of our banks. No way. Because despite the fact that we can no longer afford Jaffa Cakes over here, the Americans are still buying consoles. Lots of them, it seems, as the September NPD sales figures roll in:
PlayStation 2 173.5K
PlayStation 3 232.4K
PSP 238.1K
Xbox 360 347.2K
Wii 687.0K
Nintendo DS 536.8K
Yes, Nintendo are still running away this generation, if you’ll excuse the pun, but at least the PlayStation 3 is holding its own against the massive price drops from Microsoft… Oh, who are we kidding, it’s all over, even the PSP outsold the damned PS3.
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Michael | 17/10/2008 09:21
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Think I’ll start a new site: Ps3Graveyard.Com or something.
BrendanCalls | 17/10/2008 09:29
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc - YOHIMBÉ!!!
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So this is what it feels like to be a Newcastle Fan
online4ntagonist | 17/10/2008 10:08
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Ow, don’t bother. When the news gets around that, when you’ll have your XBox up and running, refurbished harddrive and all, wifi kit and special xbox cables, xbox live subscription and ready to (finally) go, you will have spent as much on your Xbox then on a new PS3 which already has al these features (and more). The tables might turn. Or not.
nofi | 17/10/2008 10:11
Wants a custom tag.
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That story’s old. It’s clearly not sticking.
online4ntagonist | 17/10/2008 10:47
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darn!
Metalgsean | 17/10/2008 11:30
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The PS3 is still too expensive, thats the only reason everything is outselling it, trust me when the price reaches £200 they will fly off of the shelves.
g00nerz | 17/10/2008 12:44
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What do Sony do?
Option 1. Sell console at £300 – lose £100 per console *
Option 2. Sell console at £200 – lose £200 per console. Pray software sales go through the roof *
Oooh, decisions decisions! It’s a tough one alright. Could be why Sony is just sitting there waiting for something to happen that forces their hand. I don’t think the relatively small 360 sales boost is worrying them too much though.
* Disclaimer – These figures are entirely made up
cc_star | 17/10/2008 13:34
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The Japanese figures are out for last week
I’m not sure it’s worth Sony continuing bothering… if they still are bothering
DS Lite – 31,914
PSP – 23,901
Wii – 22,877
Xbox 360 – 7,763
PS2 – 6,982
PS3 – 5,734
Bottom of the pile… the 3rd best selling Sony console, and sixth out of six overall
Make of that what you will, but this is Sony’s heartland, full of loyal fans, and these pathetic figures aren’t a one off it’s being repeated week after week!