Sony CEO sees stalemate with HD-DVD

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johnsobas said:

shams said:

FishyJoe said:

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The CEO said the console is the best-selling console in Europe after a price cut three weeks ago. In the U.S., a recent price cut has doubled sales.

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I'm not too sure where those stats come from.

Sure, ignoring handhelds AND the Wii - the PS3 was the best-selling console. The PS2 is outselling it now though.

...and "doubled sales" in the US? Guesswe'll find out soon enough. More than possible though - the challenge is for them to KEEP sales high.

 

i'm not sure exactly where the europe figure comes from, but vgchartz also had PS3 selling more than all other systems for 1 (or was it 2) weeks. The doubled sales in the US was from NPD that one month when they dropped the 60 gig to $500. The problem is that the effects of these price drops he is talking about have already cooled down and it is selling at a much lower level now.

Check the figures. The PS3 did 100k in the week in question - which was more than the PS2 & 360 - but not the Wii (according to VGChartz of course).

Problem is, now two weeks later - sales have dropped to half the figure. PS2 back on top, although still outselling the 360 (but not my much). This weeks sales will be real interesting.