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Hyruken on 15 January 2009
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Million said:
Hyruken said:
Hate to piss on the parade but the Playstation sales that you call "strong" are actually all DOWN on the same week last year.

Sales this week last year for all formats

Wii sold 83k this week last year meaning sales are DOWN 40k (Down 50%)

360 sold 5k this week last year meaning sales are UP by 4k (up 80%)

PS3 sold 37k this week last year meaning sales are DOWN 8k (Down almost 25%)

PSP sold 91k this week last year meaning sales are DOWN 24k (down almost 20%)

DS sold 101k this week last year meaning sales are UP 6k (up 6.5%)


So these sales you talk of in comparison to this week last year and the year before that are pretty damn awful. I do find it slightly funny that the playstation brand is credited with strong sales but yet they all lower....

Would hate to see what a bad week is if that is a strong week

"Economy" trigger any thoughts ? , sales of most expensive luxuries will be down year on year.

 

 

 Sorry but by that lodgic mate would mean anytime something decrease then that is seen as good? We see the total opposite everywhere else with the Wii,360 and DS all posting better figures then they were last year. Is the rest of the world not suffering from the same economic problems? If what you say is true would that not be the same everywhere?

The reality is in Japan 2008 saw hardware sales lower then in 2007, 2009 looks like the pattern is still staying the same. The Japanese market seems to be going down while the other markets especially the european seems to be going up. The sales are not that great considering the numbers we have seen before. Look at the Wii, even the almighty Wii is down 50%, that is a vast difference. The pattern in Japan looks unique to everywhere else in my view.