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tombi123 on 17 June 2008

I predicted that the PS3 would outsell the 360 by 170K this week. But it looks like it will be closer to 180K.

Next week PS3 sales in NA will be much lower because of supply constraints.



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Viper1 on 17 June 2008
Stever89 said:
I'm disappointed in Nintendo's ability to ship units to America, to "counter" MGS4.

There are a few possibilities though, the first of which is that they are stockpiling for Brawl's Europe/Others release, which is in a few weeks. Though since America has bounced from 150k to 250k weekly, I would think that they wouldn't worry about more than 200k extra units for the first and week after Brawl's release (meaning 250k available first week, then 250k available the week after). So I'm a bit surprised sales have been this low for this long, just because of that.

The other possibility that I can think of is that some manufacturing plant is either down or not producing as high as usual, because of them increasing production to 2.4 million.

Of course, they may just be starting a major stockpile for the holiday season, and thus 150k in America, 150k in Europe, and 40k in Japan should be the expected normal for the rest of the year, except for big releases, and of course once the holiday season comes around.

Overall, not a bad week, except for the PSP and 360, which kinda get lost in the monster sales of the other platforms. Can't wait to see software, though it'll mostly be boring stuff except for MGS4 numbers and how much WiiFit has sold this week (see how supply is going).

The real question is, did they even need to counter MGS4? 

 

Congrats to PS3 for the week.

 



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DMeisterJ on 17 June 2008

I wish some people on this site (and in this thread particularly) would just cut the bull-shit and congratulate Sony/Konami.

Damn.

Let PS3 owners have a freaking week. Is it that hard? Everyone deserves a chance to be happy.



dareware on 17 June 2008

Way to go, PS3 and MGS4, great week, enjoy



Consoles LTD, end 2009, end 2010 - prediction

Wii -  68 million, 90 million - Wii HD in late 2011 - $249

360 - 38 million, 47 million - 720 in late 2010 - $299

PS3 - 31 million, 43 million - slim PS3 in mid 2009 - $299 

Zuhyc on 17 June 2008

Wow, the PS3 will actually outsell the Wii. Ps3 fans, enjoy this moment!



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kingofwale on 17 June 2008
tombi123 said:
I predicted that the PS3 would outsell the 360 by 170K this week. But it looks like it will be closer to 180K.

Next week PS3 sales in NA will be much lower because of supply constraints.

 

I don't know.. bestbuy store I work for is expecting 2 seperate shipment of PS3 80GB version next week (next Tuesday and again next Sat). I don't think it will be any supply constraint.

 

Shortage due to high demand, yes, but Sony will ship out as many as they can.



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Mummelmann on 17 June 2008
peetee said:
I heard a container ship full with wiis was delayed last week.

That explains everything.

 

I heard Ninty decided to give this weeks shipment to charity.



ToastyJaguar on 17 June 2008

a good week for Sony.

I admire all those people that brought a 360 this week, they are the true 360 fans!

I don't see 360 coming back strongly now until Fable 2 or Too Human.




DMeisterJ on 17 June 2008

I haven't been this happy in a week (since I bought my Wii). But before that, it was like five days before I was happy (I bought a PSP game), and before that it was like a day before I was happy (found twenty bucks).

I don't know where I'm going with this, but it's been a good two weeks.



tombi123 on 17 June 2008
kingofwale said:
tombi123 said:
I predicted that the PS3 would outsell the 360 by 170K this week. But it looks like it will be closer to 180K.

Next week PS3 sales in NA will be much lower because of supply constraints.

 

I don't know.. bestbuy store I work for is expecting 2 seperate shipment of PS3 80GB version next week (next Tuesday and again next Sat). I don't think it will be any supply constraint.

 

Shortage due to high demand, yes, but Sony will ship out as many as they can.

Really? I didn't realise they would be able to get the next shipment in so quickly. Well I guess we can expect good numbers for PS3 in NA next week as well then.