I'd like to throw a little theory out in the open. Are the people that are buying new PS3's the kind of people that are interested in the online service? I'd like to give a few examples. Most of the people who enjoy onlining gaming could be considered to be a part of the higher end of the market, those people would have most likely have already purchased the PS3 earlier in it's life time and straight after the Slim launch. I'd be willing to argue that the people that are buying the most Playstations and Xboxes today, are people that fall on to the more casual side of the market. My cousin just bought a PS3 recently for FIFA, my other cousin bought one for Gran Turismo earlier this year and my uncle is planning to buy one with a Band Hero set and a few fighting games. I'd consider them all to be on the more casual side of the fence, who have finally seen good enough deals on the console and they'd have no interest in using PSN, something similar could be said for people buying the 360 with Kinect.

This PSN situation was likely to never have a huge effect on hardware sales, the only thing it could directly harm is the current owners of the console and their future purchases on PSN.

No big surprises, things seem relatively stable. Wii should get a boost from the price cut but nothing earth-shattering. How much will the 3DS pull off weekly though? Seems awfully low for a brand new console.

sales seem to be messed up, or at least when searching for games. really buggy now I was hoping it would get better throughout the day.

When did the PSN shutdown first begin? I'm surprised it hasn't drastically affected PS3 sales with still being down roughly 2 weeks or more later and with all the bad press it's gotten lately.

Also, PSP on crack in japan??

Crazy week for sales it looks like.

Affected some games focused in online play like Portal 2, Killzone 3, SOCOM, etc.

Why people expected PSN down to affect hardware sales?

awesome sales

Because if a major feature isn't going to be working, why buy the device? At least wait until it is operational again. And with all the bad press about the hacking and personal information stolen it would shake potential consumers' confidence in the machine/company.

But most and best games for PS3 are single-player... no online... no PSN required... so people are playing and buying PS3.

I still need to update my PSN with two new Platinum trophies... I hate you Sony... return my PSN.

On the contrary: it would motivate consumers knowing that now PSN will be more secure than before. We are talking about Sony a very big and praised corporation. Sony's reputation is shaken a bit but not destroyed. PSN hack is not enough to do that.

I don't think ANY average consumer would think that way...