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BKK2 on 06 January 2009
johnsobas said:
so dec is 5 weeks going into january right? I have 738k for the 4 weeks in december but we don't have the data for the last week yet. Looks pretty accurate.

NPD Dec ended Jan 3, VGC also includes Canada and Latin America though. He also said nearly 40%, so maybe a bit less than 760k, but I already rounded down a bit too.

 



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johnsobas on 06 January 2009
DaGreatestHope said:
Why wont the media mention this? Everytime there is some good PS3 news they stay mum about it but one little bad thing they jump on it and blow it out of porportion.

What you need to think about is the price of the PS3 and thus the price of the games. Of course they cost alot and people wait til things are cheaper especially games because they drop in price fast(just picked up World at War for only $40). So with this logic and this economic recession the PS3 is selling pretty well for its price.

I expect Kotaku and other media gaming sites that usually sprout PS3/Sony negatively to accurately report this news, but fearing their bias I am sure they wont.

Maybe because it's not good news.  It basically confirms that december sales are down from last year in addition to sales being down in november.  The 130% part 100% spin, nothing to talk about.  The 40% YOY is nice but ignores that sales are decreasing and that a few days ago the same man said sales were 60% YOY (http://www.endsights.com/?p=538).

 



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Diomedes1976 on 06 January 2009

Well ,130% over BF points to some 800 000 units for december ,maybe a little more ,for US only .

The sales for 2008 have been very solid ,no matter how the haters want to spin it.And it will keep growing year over year ,so dont panic (or have an orgasm haters) ,the PS3 isnt going anywhere .



SpartanFX on 06 January 2009

if Sony announces that they have shipped around 4 to 4.5 million in the last quarter (bringing the LTD to 21.3 million units) ,then I think PS3 is under tracked. 2 million units on the shelves is just too much.



 

 

 

BKK2 on 06 January 2009
DMeisterJ said:
I don't get what they said.

This year is 40% better than last year, and Black-Friday to 12/31 is 130 percent better than last year?

No, that's impossible, the math doesn't add up. He means 2008 was up 40% on 2007, and PS3 sales from Black Friday were up 130% compared to the period prior to Black Friday, which isn't surprising, it just makes for good PR spin.

 



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johnsobas on 06 January 2009
SpartanFX said:
DMeisterJ said:
I don't get what they said.

This year is 40% better than last year, and Black-Friday to 12/31 is 130 percent better than last year?

 

actually you nailed it but remmebr he is talking about NA only not WW.

no, december sales this year (doesn't say exact timeframe) are 130% higher than black friday sales this year.  It's kinda vague.

 



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Louie on 06 January 2009
SpartanFX said:
DMeisterJ said:
I don't get what they said.

This year is 40% better than last year, and Black-Friday to 12/31 is 130 percent better than last year?

 

actually you nailed it but remmebr he is talking about NA only not WW.

 

Nope, that's not what he is saying, look:

(...)an increase of more than 130 percent of PS3 hardware sales for the holiday season--since Black Friday--and we're also seeing a growth of nearly 40 percent in total PS3 hardware sales for the calendar year.

 

So he says 2 things:

1) PS3 YoY sales increased by 40% compared to last year

2) PS3 sales increased 130% during the holiday season (NOT compared to last year).

 

Do the math, it wouldn't make sense - if the PS3 had really seen a 130% holiday boost compared to last year (which means selling more than double the amount of units during the holiday season compared to last year) the YoY increase would be much higher than 40% as the PS3 sold much better YoY for the first half of 2008.

 



johnsobas on 06 January 2009
BKK2 said:
johnsobas said:
so dec is 5 weeks going into january right? I have 738k for the 4 weeks in december but we don't have the data for the last week yet. Looks pretty accurate.

NPD Dec ended Jan 3, VGC also includes Canada and Latin America though. He also said nearly 40%, so maybe a bit less than 760k, but I already rounded down a bit too.

 

yea they might have it barely undertracked, it'll probably reach around 800-820k after the the newest data comes in.



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Seece on 06 January 2009
SpartanFX said:
if Sony announces that they have shipped around 4 to 4.5 million in the last quarter (bringing the LTD to 21.3 million units) ,then I think PS3 is under tracked. 2 million units on the shelves is just too much.

 

Microsoft said today that it had sold more than 28 million Xbox 360s since introducing the game console in November 2005. That compares with more than 20 million PlayStation 3 consoles sold by Sony since it debuted the device in November 2006, according to Microsoft executives.

 

I think Sony will anounced 20 Shipped/Sold?



 

SpartanFX on 06 January 2009
Louie said:
SpartanFX said:
DMeisterJ said:
I don't get what they said.

This year is 40% better than last year, and Black-Friday to 12/31 is 130 percent better than last year?

 

actually you nailed it but remmebr he is talking about NA only not WW.

 

Nope, that's not what he is saying, look:

(...)an increase of more than 130 percent of PS3 hardware sales for the holiday season--since Black Friday--and we're also seeing a growth of nearly 40 percent in total PS3 hardware sales for the calendar year.

 

So he says 2 things:

1) PS3 YoY sales increased by 40% compared to last year

2) PS3 sales increased 130% during the holiday season (NOT compared to last year).

 

Do the math, it wouldn't make sense - if the PS3 had really seen a 130% holiday boost compared to last year (which means selling more than double the amount of units during the holiday season compared to last year) the YoY increase would be much higher than 40% as the PS3 sold much better YoY for the first half of 2008.

 

 

oh yeah ,,,I didn't understand DmeisterJ fully.

 

I knew what the article is saying ,,,but all the figures that he is giving are for NA right(SCEA)?