Other's Up

[Reasonable]

Goddbless said:

Smeags said:

WoW:

Console	Last Week	This Week
	438,787	262,237
	124,376	136,253
	69,165	79,818
	58,629	67,298
	55,287	59,736

Wii: +11,877
360: +10,653
PS3: +8,669
PSP: +4,449
DS: -176,550

YoY:

Console	Last Year	This Year
	217,829	262,237
	154,638	136,253
	101,579	67,298
	84,089	59,736
	70,931	79,818

DS: +44,408
360: +8,887
Wii: -18,385
PSP: -24,353
PS3: -34,281

Can't believe how big of a YoY drop the PS3 had. They can't be happy with those numbers at all.

 

I doubt Sony like it either - but it does make sense in the current economic market.

The PS3 is priced/positioned as a luxuary choice.  It's price unlike 360 hasn't changed within the recession and a YoY drop was therefore almost inevitable - most consumer electronics companies I know (I work in retail) are seeing dips in most similar items YoY unless the price has dropped or something else is helping prop up demand.

The Wii for example has enough demand to withstand the change without a price drop - which interestingly implies that Nintendo could in fact have been selling it for a higher price without hurting demand prior to the current market conditions.