PS3 sales exceeds 360 sales by 200k, congrats to Sony !

Looks like Sony fans were right... again.

Eh, Uncharted 2's hardware moving results are hardly definitive.  I'd make the case the game rode the $299/slim's momentum if anything, not the reverse.

It's did okay though (with glowing industry support, a humongous ad campaign and even a forced hardware bundle), which means people on either extreme likely had their expectations "shattered".

Carl2291 said: darthdevidem01 said: Carl2291 said: darthdevidem01 said: Carl2291 said: darthdevidem01 said: Carl2291 said: darthdevidem01 said: Carl2291 said: Software is up too MW2 PS3 passes 6m GT PSP passes 1m LBP passes 3m VC passes 800k! GoW Collection passes 500k CoD4 on PS3 will pass 5m in a few weeks also Not noticed any big other milestones. {goes & checks in shock} WTF wasn't it "doomed" like a month back!!?!! just WOW at its uprise in sales, great legs + adding in online sales it could be at 1.5 Million by now MW2 is a beast LBP has done well VC WOW! GOW collection BOO!....j/k well done to it HOW DARE YOU NOT MENTION FF13 & how its ergh umm yeah sold off its first shipment with 1.8 Million & is 19th despite being released in 1 region! Didn't get a mention because i was speachless at how well it has done. I mean, it outdid Famitsu's lifetime prediction in its first week, and since then... My jaw has been on the floor. Oh, and your Uncharted 2 prediction enjoys rough prison shower fun with big men. I know its done AMAZING sales, almost 50% attach rate & counting, next week will see a huge drop as holiday weeks over, but it will still sell big imho! oh btw your 23rd in the 10 week countdown, I'm in the top 5 (according to preliminary data) Predicting hardware sales for all consoles > uncharted 2 predictions FF13 FTW! Well, there is bound to be a drop. It is a FF game afterall, it must keep with tradition just to keep people happy. Should reach 2 Million though in Japan alone! The only reason i am there is because of PSP. Sony should discontinue that thing right now. Agreed! Yeah, with FFXIII whe neogaf & a lot of this site wer epredicting like 1.5 Million LTD, 1.7 Million LTD & so on I was getting a bit scared, but stuck with 1.5 Million week 1 & 2.3 Million LTD including re-releases BUT if it gets to 2 Million like this then I could see upto 2.5 Million with re-releases & xbox 360 version in Japan + as reception is better than FF12's in general, it should have better legs than it Did IGN say they should discontinue PSP? Agreed! We kept the faith in Lightning and Co 2.5 is possible in the long run. Will be a stretch, and will have to count GotY versions and International versions. Along with a possible Versus 13 boost. Doubt it will be released on the 360 over there though... IGN also said GTA4 has an oscar worthy story. Not everything they say is... Sane. Yeah we did & we will keep faith here. It WILL get great reviews & sales! I trust IGN the most in terms of reviews, so far GTA4 has been the only "miss" I have had from them but otherwise I never really liked IGN Damn right it will! GTA4, Uncharted 2... MGS4 should have been an 11. There are a few things i can pick at from IGN.

GTA4 boo.....it deserved a 9 no more

IGN SAID they wanted to give MGS4 an 11, just like dengeki said FF13 deserved a 120/100, not the 100/100 they gave it!

I SEE A TREND!

Once again, nothing unexpected, there.

It's so intriguing why the inquisition is only famous in spain when it caused much more victims in central-europe

It's like the "non-spanish" spanish influenza from 1918

Say what!?!

USA is the cheapest PS3 market in the world. Cheaper even than Japan. WTF more do you want? How much more does the rest of the world need to subsidise the US PS3 market? Sony is losing most of its money in the USA now. They need to start focussing more on the markets where they are already selling at a HW profit or break even (and outselling 360 in most of them to boot). Like releasing Demon's Souls for one thing (though it would probably be cheaper for me to import the US version from Play Asia than pay the NZ retail price if/when it gets launched here; gotta love region free game SW). Sony would be financially better off dropping prices a bit (25-50 currency units) everywhere other than the USA.

Keep treading water in the USA until they can actually turn a per unit profit there, then put the marketing into overdrive. I expect some 2010 SW titles will be reasonably attractive in the US market which will help to keep it in a competetive (though not superior) position to the 360.

one thing I will have to say here.

Uncharted 2 once again shows how important luck & being there at the right place & right time is

I mean it got it all:

1. A rejuvenated PS3 selling like crazy

2. A huge fanbase waiting to hype it

3. Amazing online

4. Stellar reviews, getting 96, which puts it at 15th among all time rankings, legendary reviews & reception hardly any games get

5. Some of themost effective marketing done in the last many years by SONY, with huge ads & a marketing push

Basically it got it all & made a big splash. Not every new IP or even sequel gets this kind of luck.

We shouldn't use it as a "trend" or as a game that shows "hey this sequel can sell so well as uncharted 2 could do it" because uncharted 2 is most definetely an exception to that rule, not many games come out at such a perfect time as it did, ones that do get remembered as legends forever!

Now onto your discussion, whoever is saying GOW3 won't impact PS3 hardware sales should literally not come to this site on GOw3 launch week as they will get embarassed, Yakuza 4....debatable

& DS had great sales too soriku!

Exactly, PS3/Wii/DS, as how it should be! :P

Wii sales exceeds PS3 sales by 300k, congrats to Nintendo !

Looks like Nintendo fans were right... again.