PS3 Not beiing solely bought as a games machine.

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selnor said:

Good to see PS3 sales increase over christmas. I expect them to drop to last throughout the year again though.

However, Look at the game attachment sales on this site. Gaming wise for Sony this is serious trouble.

Call of Duty 4 has sold 4.3 mill on 360 and only 2.6 mill on PS3.

Mmmm...if you look at Europe you will see that the PS3 version of COD4 has sold nearly as much as the 360 version.  It would have sold more if it wasn't for low stock on the high street.  Look at the sales of Assassins Creed in Europe.  It has sold more on the PS3 than the 360 and don't forget that the 360 has a much higher usebase than the PS3.

Uncharted has only sold a measily 1 mill.

The game was only released in late November early December and it's sold 1m, thats not bad at all. 

Ratchet and Clank 750,000

This is surprising, but maybe there is just to many other games that come before Rachet on peoples wanted list.  I don't own it, but would like it, but I'd rather pick up Burnout Paradise or Assassins Creed before it. 

The orange box is also dire on PS3.

Delaying the game on the PS3 wasn't a good idea.  Any multiplatform game that appears later on the PS3 will have dramatically reduced sales. 

My point is I take an educated guess that 30% of PS3's are sold purely for the Bluray films. It's the cheapest way to view Bluray. And these people arent interested in the games side.

This poses a big problem for Sony. Developers will be reluctant to bring everything to the console. And with these attachment rates so far behind 360, Microsofts machine remains firm favourite for devs first choice. And for that matter It's definately the gamers system. It's a shame because the PS2 was so good. Hell I still play mine now. Another problem Sony have is that the porn industry is and will always be exclusive to HDdvd because Sony turned them down(same thing happened in betamax era). So HDdvd will never fade away because of the porn industry.

The way you are talking is as if these games are only selling a few hundred thousand units on the PS3.  And game over 1m units is a reasonable success, more than 2m, and its a resounding success.  I think Ubisoft will be happy with the Assassins Creed sales for a 3rd party deceloper and the same with COD4. 

Where Sony go from here I dont know?