I think you're all being a bit harsh in regards to Nov/Dec sales being down YOY. Everyone knows the effect of a pricecut last year was huge and to compare around those numbers and say that the PS3 is struggling this year is a bit off. 800k units sold in any territory in a month is a good effort.
Time for some happy news for Sony fans:
- Sony looks likely to have won the 2nd calendar year on shipped numbers. They only need 4 mill total shipped. Official numbers had a gap of 1.5 mill at end Sept. If MS shipped 5.5 mill this quarter, Sony need 4mill. VGC has them at 3.7 sold. Should be more enough fluff in the channel to keep a half mill lead. Expect Sony to trumpet that in 2 weeks.
- YOY numbers look set to be well up in Europe and US. Down in Japan around 20%, but so is the Wii. Shhh MS fans, keep quiet about your increase because where else could it go?
- Sony has won the VGC HD war in 2 out of 3 territories this year in units sold - Japan and Others, even with data to come
W/E 05th Jan 2008 to 03rd Jan 2009:
| Console | Wii | PS3 | X360 |
|
Total
|
26,408,660
|
10,461,692
|
11,341,607
|
|
America
|
12,230,473
|
3,922,378
|
5,537,230
|
|
Japan
|
2,909,197
|
1,004,037
|
326,119
|
|
Total Others
|
11,268,990
|
5,535,277
|
5,478,258
|
- Sony look set to have beaten the sales forecasts of 10mill shipped in the fiscal year. If they do around 4mill in Q3, they need around 2.3 mill shipped in Q4 to beat their own targets. Given they shipped that last year Q4, this looks highly likely to have been exceeded this year.
