PS3 Slim sales more than TRIPLE previous PS3 price cut first week sales.

[vitoaf27]

ph4nt said:

vitoaf27 said:
People talking about "sustaining" these sales haven't thought about their software and bundle lineup. We have U2 and PES in October, GT5 in early December, FF13 in mid December[Japan], GoW3 in March, and FF13 in spring. Plus we have Agent confirmed for '10 release, ModNation Racers, and a nice looking holiday lineup for next year. That French website confirmed 7 bundles this holiday season, all of which looked very appealing. I don't see the X360 outselling the PS3 until '11, besides possibly Halo weeks.

And out of all those games, only FF 13 (in Japan) and GT 5 are system movers. Sure there are tons of great games, but there effects will be minimal.

 

Back on topic. I think the 400-500% increase can be rather misleading.

 

The slim was leaked months ago, and sales took a huge hit dropping to (pretty much) there lowest ever. shortages occurred for several weeks as the old PS3 stock was clearing out.

I'd say there was probably 200-250k pent up demand worldwide looking at how low PS3 sales got before the slim. The $100 price cut and slim release obviously had a huge boost as well coupled with an improved advertising campaign.

I think it would be best to compare the weekly average in October to see how it will perform in the holidays.

GoW3 will be a system seller. Anyways, I know they aren't all system sellers, but if you consider the normal bump for a large exclusive game, combined with how much the PS3 will be selling on a normal week, the numbers will be high. Thus, they will be sustaining the high sales.