Sales are significantly below expectations, rising only 57% as opposed to the 117% predicted. The brunt of the sales come from the United States with 81k at a 166% increase due to Black Friday, a 52k gain. While Europe increase by 5k to reach 45k and Japan down to 9k from 13k. Notable software include Persona 4 Golden which sold 95k in the US bumping it to the 3rd highest selling Vita game at .34 million while still awaiting the launch in Europe. PlayStation All Stars sold 130k on PS3 in the US, a cross buy title, while the Vita version made the charts the expected sales according to pre order figures is around 20k. EU sales pending, Japan launch pinned for next year. PS Plus also launched that week.
Frankly I am dissapoint. I expected more gamers to take up the discount offerings. The system with a game and a memory card for $199 was a good deal, and while there are still some deals around more people should have bit. Perhaps the system was overshadowed by the surprising turn outs for 360, Wii, and DS. Also the Wii U launched that week.
Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(
