Wait a second this can’t be right!
Everybody is saying that the PS3 is dead in Japan NOT America.
Well I was looking over ioi’s sales numbers (thanks ioi) like I find myself doing all the time. There it was staring me right in the face. PS3 sales were less than 10% market share last week in America compared to 12.43% in Japan.
Now I know that there are a lot more PS3’s sold in America vs. Japan because it is a bigger market and a lot better software sales also. But trending to capture new market share at below 10% rate in this business has always been considered a kiss of death.
Why don’t more people mention PS3 being dead in America? It is obviously selling at a better rate In Japan compared to its competition.
So here are the last 4 weeks sales for America and Japan to give you something to look at.
America last 4 weeks (4/29/07-5/20/07)
Weekly YTD Weekly YTD Weekly YTD Market Share (weekly)Wii PS3 360
| 134,631 | 2,682,979 | 22,148 | 1,371,972 | 56,465 | 6,037,374 | 63.13% | 10.39% | 26.48% | |
| 130,989 | 2,813,968 | 25,102 | 1,397,074 | 64,537 | 6,101,911 | 59.37% | 11.38% | 29.25% | |
| 125,928 | 2,939,896 | 21,921 | 1,418,995 | 63,778 | 6,165,689 | 59.50% | 10.36% | 30.14% | |
| 121,277 | 3,061,173 | 19,539 | 1,438,534 | 58,825 | 6,224,514 | 60.75% | 9.79% | 29.47% |
Japan last 4 weeks (4/29/07-5/20/07)
| 90,511 | 2,301,182 | 14,010 | 891,143 | 3,446 | 380,183 | 83.83% | 12.98% | 3.19% | |
| 90,982 | 2,392,164 | 15,892 | 907,035 | 3,583 | 383,766 | 82.37% | 14.39% | 3.24% | |
| 55,217 | 2,447,381 | 9,079 | 916,114 | 2,304 | 386,070 | 82.91% | 13.63% | 3.46% | |
| 56,605 | 2,503,986 | 8,376 | 924,490 | 2,427 | 388,497 | 83.97% | 12.43% | 3.60% |
