Sony : sales of PSP and PS3 to rize 10-15% this year

[koffieboon]

TheThunder said:

kowenicki said:
PS3 2008:

10,359,672

so far 2009:

2,179,038


15% increase would mean 11,913,622 in total by end of the year

taking total sales to 31,204,583

Seems likely I guess... but they arent tracking that way right now

They are currently tracking to get to about 29,000,000

the only thing is that sony's year just started yestrday. The past 3 months were 2008 to them

 

Yes, but it does show that so far the PS3 is tracking lower in 2009 than 2008, so unless they drop the price it seems unlikely to see a growth of 10-15%. But I expect we'll see one somewhere this year which makes it possible to see this kind of growth for the PS3. Actually given the fact that the PS3 didn't have a stellar holiday season in 2008 it doesn't even have to be a big problem if they fall behind last year's performance at first.

I'm actually more sceptical as far as the PSP goes. Last year it had a good run in Japan with the release of Monster Hunter 2nd G and later in the year the PSP 3000. It seems unlikely to match that performance this year. And since it is currently also down in the other markets compared to 2008 the newly announced software alone doesn't seem to be enough to result in a 10-15% growth. Actually they'll be lucky to sustain sales with it.