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papflesje on 05 February 2009

@ gebx: you're just looking for it...

Knowing that the PS2 and PSP aren't exactly software cannons (for the PS2: not anymore) and that this has also been stated by Sony themselves (look for another thread on the main page), one could also see "hmm, must mean that PS3 games are selling rather well over there", but NOOOO, evidently it must mean "LOLZ, Sony doing shizzlebonkersly bad in AUS".

I eagerly await your next thread, probably about the increased suicide rate amongst PS gamers.



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puffy on 05 February 2009

Yes here the PS3's were free, it was all to do with Bravia marketshare, not a PS3 initiative..

Also GfK tracks sold not shipped so these are sold consoles.

Another thing is that if I wrote about how well Wii Fit sold on Australia I think the Wii would have been laughed at 'OMG only casual games sell on the Wii' so why bring up Singstar as the biggest PS seller in Aus?



 

shanbcn on 05 February 2009

Given away with 2000$ tv is indeed free.



gebx on 05 February 2009
papflesje said:
@ gebx: you're just looking for it...

Knowing that the PS2 and PSP aren't exactly software cannons (for the PS2: not anymore) and that this has also been stated by Sony themselves (look for another thread on the main page), one could also see "hmm, must mean that PS3 games are selling rather well over there", but NOOOO, evidently it must mean "LOLZ, Sony doing shizzlebonkersly bad in AUS".

I eagerly await your next thread, probably about the increased suicide rate amongst PS gamers.

 

He said I missed an important tidbit.. I showed him its not as important as he thought it was... and now you'r giving me crap cause of it?

ah!



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Serious_frusting on 05 February 2009

they should do a promotion like that in NA



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Zlejedi on 05 February 2009
gebx said:
Zlejedi said:

I don't know about Australia but when they had this "promotion" in Sony Centres in Poland price of Bravia with "free" PS3 was similar to price of same Bravia + PS3 sold separatly in independant online shops.

Of course considering how much thread opener loves his X360 he missed few other interesting tidbits from article

While PS3 wasn't the victor in hardware sales, the three current PlayStation platforms (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable) managed to have an impressive year in software sales. In total, 42 per cent of all software sold during 2008 was on one of the three PS consoles.

Consistent with last year’s boom in the "family games" category, the SingStar franchise saw a 47 per cent increase in sales, with the latest game in the franchise--SingStar ABBA--selling 92,000 units in the six weeks leading up to Christmas across the PS2 and PS3.

While the focus of today's announcement was primarily on the PS3, Sony also updated its figures for the PS2 and PSP. Over its nine years of sales, the PS2 still holds strong to its title of best-selling console down under, boasting 2.4 million consoles in Australian households. The PSP, on the other hand, has sold just over half a million.


# of PS family consoles/Handeld in Australia - 3.3 Million

# of Competing consoles/Handelds in Australia - 3.4 Million

% of PS console in Australia - 49%

Meaning that even with 49% of the consoles in Australia, Sony was only able to sell 42% of the software..

Thanks for those extra tidbits, I guess it just reconfirms the low attachement rates troubling the Playstation consoles/handhelds...

Perhaps you should check your numbers since 537k+1000k+2400k= 3937k :)

But feel free to spin numbers however you want :)



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321tttrini4everz on 05 February 2009

this is great news



gebx on 05 February 2009
Zlejedi said:
gebx said:
Zlejedi said:

I don't know about Australia but when they had this "promotion" in Sony Centres in Poland price of Bravia with "free" PS3 was similar to price of same Bravia + PS3 sold separatly in independant online shops.

Of course considering how much thread opener loves his X360 he missed few other interesting tidbits from article

While PS3 wasn't the victor in hardware sales, the three current PlayStation platforms (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable) managed to have an impressive year in software sales. In total, 42 per cent of all software sold during 2008 was on one of the three PS consoles.

Consistent with last year’s boom in the "family games" category, the SingStar franchise saw a 47 per cent increase in sales, with the latest game in the franchise--SingStar ABBA--selling 92,000 units in the six weeks leading up to Christmas across the PS2 and PS3.

While the focus of today's announcement was primarily on the PS3, Sony also updated its figures for the PS2 and PSP. Over its nine years of sales, the PS2 still holds strong to its title of best-selling console down under, boasting 2.4 million consoles in Australian households. The PSP, on the other hand, has sold just over half a million.


# of PS family consoles/Handeld in Australia - 3.3 Million

# of Competing consoles/Handelds in Australia - 3.4 Million

% of PS console in Australia - 49%

Meaning that even with 49% of the consoles in Australia, Sony was only able to sell 42% of the software..

Thanks for those extra tidbits, I guess it just reconfirms the low attachement rates troubling the Playstation consoles/handhelds...

Perhaps you should check your numbers since 537k+1000k+2400k= 3937k :)

But feel free to spin numbers however you want :)

 

Crap my bad.. So PS family accounts for 46% of the consoles..

Its still means it sold less software compare to the others, although definetly not as bad as previously thought. It doesn't change the fact that it still makes the tidbit "moot"..



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green_box on 05 February 2009

bad or good?



superbeast1370 on 05 February 2009

I see you've done your homework Dr. House/Mr. Freeman.