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Lastgengamer on 18 November 2009

http://www.vg247.com/2009/11/18/sony-70-sales-growth-yoy-for-ps3-receives-17-vga-nominations/

Sony: 70% sales growth YoY for PS3; receives 17 VGA nominations

November 18th, 2009 @ 19:32
By Stephany Nunneley

SCEA has announced that it has seen a 70 percent growth in sales for PS3 when compared to October 2008, making it “the only console to experience significant growth year over year”.

According to a statement from Sony, October also marked the “highest month of revenue on record for the PlayStation Store, with downloads increasing 60 percent over October 2008.” To date, more than 650 million bits of content have been downloaded worldwide and there are more than 31 million registered users for PSN.

“Many believe a console race is a 100-meter dash, but it’s really a marathon. The PS3’s ten-year lifecycle is clear testament of Sony’s commitment to providing entertainment value to consumers,” said EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich. “PS3’s growth in recent months is a perfect example of how a new low price along with upcoming innovative, exclusive titles such as MAG, Gran Turismo 5 and God of War III, will act as large catalysts for driving the PS3’s install base even higher.

“Add in the robust offerings on the PlayStation Network and there’s no doubt that PS3’s success will continue well throughout 2010, and beyond.”

Sony received 17 nominations for the 2009 Spike Videogame Awards today which according to the company is “more than any other first or third party publisher”.

 

I'd say pretty impressive for Sony.



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chefsean on 18 November 2009

And most of those nominations are due to Uncharted 2, well deserved.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 18 November 2009

Wow the VGA awards are so amazingly lame, I was looking at their Wii choices, how did Madworld even get on the list?



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

Akvod on 18 November 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Wow the VGA awards are so amazingly lame, I was looking at their Wii choices, how did Madworld even get on the list?

cuz its super hardcores



radiantshadow92 on 18 November 2009

ftw



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Soap_McTavish on 18 November 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Wow the VGA awards are so amazingly lame, I was looking at their Wii choices, how did Madworld even get on the list?

I mean, not to be insulting or anything, but what else are you going to put there for the wii?



OurGunzNeverTire on 18 November 2009
Soap_McTavish said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Wow the VGA awards are so amazingly lame, I was looking at their Wii choices, how did Madworld even get on the list?

I mean, not to be insulting or anything, but what else are you going to put there for the wii

i know right lol



steverhcp02 on 18 November 2009

I could die happy if Sony neevr says the phrase "10 year life cycle" ever again. They only said it because they started so slowly out of the gate they needed to save face.

On topic, of course theyre going to experience such an increase, when you go from as low as they were the increased percentage is obvious with the current and past circumstances. However, im still somewhat impressed that the PS3 is selling so well after 3 years, i never thought theyd get to this point, even with the price drop and slim so kudos for that which is impressive.




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Soap_McTavish on 18 November 2009
steverhcp02 said:
I could die happy if Sony neevr says the phrase "10 year life cycle" ever again. They only said it because they started so slowly out of the gate they needed to save face.

On topic, of course theyre going to experience such an increase, when you go from as low as they were the increased percentage is obvious with the current and past circumstances. However, im still somewhat impressed that the PS3 is selling so well after 3 years, i never thought theyd get to this point, even with the price drop and slim so kudos for that which is impressive.

No, they said that because Sony has been saying that since the PS1. And they have provided us with 10 year life cycles for both consoles.



Avinash_Tyagi on 19 November 2009
Soap_McTavish said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Wow the VGA awards are so amazingly lame, I was looking at their Wii choices, how did Madworld even get on the list?

I mean, not to be insulting or anything, but what else are you going to put there for the wii?

Seriously?

 

If just 2009 Wii games in NA:

Wii fit plus

Prime Trilogy

Rabbids go home

Little Kings story

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

are some of the better options

 



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)