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PS3 is the best?

Yes! 40 38.83%
 
No, it's the greatest! 11 10.68%
 
No, it's in an own league! 11 10.68%
 
Spectacular! 10 9.71%
 
show results 31 30.10%
 
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Mnementh on 05 January 2013
Mnementh said:
Chark said:

You should probably add Vita's actual first week and not just the sales from the week early deal they had. The actual launch week in US had 140,520. The 66,585 is an early special. So realistically Vita's first week in the US should be 207,105


I knew something was wrong with these Vita-numbers. Now I remember, we discussed back then, that VGC tracks Vita-numbers before the official release. I change the OP.

Done. Thanks for the hint.



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Gilgamesh on 05 January 2013

Japan

PS3: 86,742 x 55,000 yen = 4,550,810,000

X360: 54,644 x 30,000 yen = 1,699,320,000

Wii: 362,592 x 25,000 yen = 9,064,800,000

DS: 458,825 x 15,000 yen = 6,882,375,000

PSP: 163,812 x 20,000 yen = 3,276,240,000

Wiiu: 306,462 x 26,000 yen =  7,968,012,000

for shits and giggle

PS2: 980,000(day one sales) x 40,000 yen = 39,200,000,000



babuks on 05 January 2013

I don't think the purpose of this thread is to make profit, rather 'money'. PS3 was expensive and it made gamers spend more money than others.



Branko2166 on 05 January 2013
kowenicki said:
brendude13 said:
kowenicki said:

ha ha haaa.

"Paid off"

How?

The PS3 wiped out the entire profits from PS1 and PS2 and still hasnt made any money for itself.

Making some profits recently doesnt repay all those previous losses.

Your last bit is subjective and Off topic. this is about evenue and profits.

Thank you.

Looking at the OP, nothing was mentioned about profits, it was purely about revenue.

They go hand in hand in any intelligent conversation about financial success.

Games has nothing to do with this topic.


Especially when it can be used by you to show how badly Sony is doing financially and to show what a disaster the PS3 has been from a financial standpoint. Please continue to to enlighten us with thou mastery of economic knowledge and your ability to turn anything remotely positive about Sony into posts about Sony's financial futility.

@OP

The fact that Sony grossed the most is to be expected considering the launch price and it's all good I suppose though it is a shame that Sony had to lose so much money per unit sold. Could have been mitigated if they had just gone with a dvd drive however as we all know Sony was determined to push Blu-Ray.

Edit- To me it wasn't the revenue generated but the sales themselves that were impressive considering the very high launch price. To put things in perspective, they cost $1000 at launch in Australia and this was when the Australian dollar was slightly above or close to the value of the US dollar so I guess they didn't lose money in at least one region.

 



 

 

Jay520 on 05 January 2013

I admit, I laughed when I saw the OP.

Even though this thread wad probably a joke, there is one interesting and perhaps practical fact in there. As the guy above me said, it shows us that more money was spent on PS3s than any other console. I think this figure shows that Playstation's brand power is much stronger that as sales numbers alone suggest. If a similar amount of money will be spent on the PS4 by consumers, then I think we'll have a rough estimate on how well the PS4 will sell if we know its launch price.



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Tallgeese101 on 05 January 2013

Each PS3 sold cost Sony about $200 at launch didn't it?
If so thats ~$130m. Ouch.



gergroy on 05 January 2013
Mnementh said:

As everyone knows, the only way to judge launches is with respect to the prices.

So let's take a look. Some consoles had different editions with different prices. As prices limit the sales, the people with not too much money to spend will tend to the cheaper version, so the cheaper version is the limiting factor in sales and will be used for this comparison.

first week USA, price-sensitive (sorted by success):

WiiU: 421,850 * 299$ = 126,133,150

Wii: 463,466 * 249$ = 115,403,034

XBOX 360: 305,237 * 299$ = 91,265,863

3DS: 350,918 * 249$ = 87,378,582

PS3: 139,044 * 599$ = 83,287,356

PS Vita: 207,105 * 249$ = 51,569,145

first week europe, price-sensitive (sorted by success):

PS3: 516,123 * 599€ = 309,157,677

3DS: 333,530 * 249€ = 83,048,970

Wii: 321,565 * 249€ = 80,069,685

XBOX 360: 231,802 * 299€ = 69,308,798

WiiU: 179,952 * 299€ = 53,805,648

PS Vita: 189,928 * 249€ = 47,292,072

Sum:

PS3: 392,445,033

Wii: 195,472,719

WiiU: 179,938,798

3DS: 170,427,552

XBOX 360: 160,574,661

PS Vita: 98,861,217

I have no prices for Japan, so I omit this.

As we can see, the PS3-launch was not only better than the competition, but spectacular: it doubles the numbers of the second-placed Wii.


Ok, first of all, you are wrong.  The only way to judge a launch is based on supply, not price.  First shipment will always sell out.  

Also, how is it that you compare the lower price sku of everything except the ps3?  The ps3 launched with two skus as well, remember?  60 and 20 gigs...  

Basically, your comparison is flawed and pointless, but good day to you



Branko2166 on 05 January 2013
kowenicki said:
Branko2166 said:
kowenicki said:
brendude13 said:
kowenicki said:

ha ha haaa.

"Paid off"

How?

The PS3 wiped out the entire profits from PS1 and PS2 and still hasnt made any money for itself.

Making some profits recently doesnt repay all those previous losses.

Your last bit is subjective and Off topic. this is about evenue and profits.

Thank you.

Looking at the OP, nothing was mentioned about profits, it was purely about revenue.

They go hand in hand in any intelligent conversation about financial success.

Games has nothing to do with this topic.


Especially when it can be used by you to show how badly Sony is doing financially and to show what a disaster the PS3 has been from a financial standpoint. Please continue to to enlighten us with thou mastery of economic knowledge and your ability to turn anything remotely positive about Sony into posts about Sony's financial futility.

@OP

The fact that Sony grossed the most is to be expected considering the launch price and it's all good I suppose though it is a shame that Sony had to lose so much money per unit sold. Could have been mitigated if they had just gone with a dvd drive however as we all know Sony was determined to push Blu-Ray.

Edit- To me it wasn't the revenue generated but the sales themselves that were impressive considering the very high launch price. To put things in perspective, they cost $1000 at launch in Australia and this was when the Australian dollar was slightly above or close to the value of the US dollar so I guess they didn't lose money in at least one region.

 

no... just because they do.

sorry if that upsets you.

 

No not really. It actually brings a smile to my face every time I see how quick you are to jump into a Sony thread and how you waste no time to either derail or spin threads toward a negative direction. More amusing than anything else :)



 

 

biggamejames79 on 05 January 2013

LOL at the OP because Revenue doesn't mean jack compared to Net Income.

I wish the PS launch was more successful because I want to see the return of Onimusha! LOVED those games on the ps2.



Netyaroze on 05 January 2013
kowenicki said:

Revenue alone means absolutely bugger all I'm afraid my friend.

Sony made a loss on each of those consoles sold. So all that revenue for bugger all. They made a loss.

Thread failure.

Thank you.


I don't think its the point he was trying to make. Sony squeezed twice as much money out of the market at launch in the same timeframe as Wii or 360 did which atleast is respectable to a certain extent.