Sony shipped 1 mil in NA!!! ~_~

[EvilTaru]

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/pro...107&ID=6320540

Yep yep!!!

Thanks to Elios83 from gaf for the link.

Keep up the good work, Sony!!!

Please keep the system war garbage to a minimum in this thread, thanks.

[cliffbo]

"Are we worried about strong sales of the Wii or Xbox 360? Not really," he said. "It was a great year for the industry overall. With the tide all ships rise."

i love this quote

[gibmonster]

i love this quote

I concur

[Pumpkin Head]

+ rep to you buddy.Also +rep to sony..

[frosty]

and they've shipped 500k in japan last I checked, so looks like us that predicted 1.5 mil were right.

[jaxmkii]

OMG and its reported buy MSN!

this is good...

how dose this compare to PS2s time line?

[Pumpkin Head]

keep rolling them ps3s in sony.

[BahnNZ]

how dose this compare to PS2s time line?

Don't ask.

[Clixx]

If PS3 indeed has sold more than 1 mil, then the adoption rate is comparable to that of 360 a year ago,
except of course 360 was selling in all 3 territories as opposed to just NA and Japan.
People tend to overlook this little piece of information for some reason when comparing sales numbers.

[jaxmkii]

Don't ask.

no realy tell me the truth good or bad.

to be honest i dont care about 360 or Wii i want to see how it stacks up to its daddy.

[Gegenki]

Applefiend does that mean bad good or just tooo damn long to find out

If PS3 indeed has sold more than 1 mil, then the adoption rate is comparable to that of 360 a year ago,
except of course 360 was selling in all 3 territories as opposed to just NA and Japan.
People tend to overlook this little piece of information for some reason when comparing sales numbers.

They also tend to talk about the amount sold only rather than the amount sold against the amount put onto the market but hey, thats the way the media runs

[BahnNZ]

On the first weekend PS2 went on sale in Japan 900,000 units were sold.

But obviously the supply issues are different so you know...

[Gegenki]

And cost, but wow, ps2 made a killing

[Garfunkel]

and still is making a killing.

+rep

[gozirah]

They also tend to talk about the amount sold only rather than the amount sold against the amount put onto the market but hey, thats the way the media runs

I keep on hearing this, but I must ask whether there is ever any reliable source of information on actual sold versus shipped. Isn't NPD the only organization that bothers to do this difficult research? And they only provide press releases once in a while. It seems like without reliable reports gathering reports from all retail vendors, the only number that are available are those for shipped.

[OmniStalgic]

Well unless there's like a serious drought of software...those shipped number usually get sold eventually. Sony got some flak on the boards about shipped vs. Sold because it took much longer for those PSP's to actually sell there shipments because of lack of software.

360 is not at 10 million yet, probably, but it soon will because it can't be far behind (Gears of War sold a few consoles I believe)

The Wii is actually the fastest selling console, at this rate, it'll catch 360 sales in Spring and will be the market leader for the remainder of 07 (Depending on Halo 3 sales)

Good start for PS3...They got the shipments worked out, now all they need to do is load the system with compelling software for the units to actually sell. March is gonna be HUGE!

It'll be interesting to see what software really gives a system the advantage in 07. MS looks to have a lot of compelling software for 07-but it's all kinda of action/FPS stuff. I think Wii will certainly have a big year. And Lair/Heavenly Sword should sell a few PS3's if the developers live up to the hype.

[Smokey]

If PS3 indeed has sold more than 1 mil, then the adoption rate is comparable to that of 360 a year ago,
except of course 360 was selling in all 3 territories as opposed to just NA and Japan.
People tend to overlook this little piece of information for some reason when comparing sales numbers.

except 360 didnt get to aus till march 06 as with ps3 not long now though

[Elios]

Well unless there's like a serious drought of software...those shipped number usually get sold eventually. Sony got some flak on the boards about shipped vs. Sold because it took much longer for those PSP's to actually sell there shipments because of lack of software.

360 is not at 10 million yet, probably, but it soon will because it can't be far behind (Gears of War sold a few consoles I believe)

The Wii is actually the fastest selling console, at this rate, it'll catch 360 sales in Spring and will be the market leader for the remainder of 07 (Depending on Halo 3 sales)

Good start for PS3...They got the shipments worked out, now all they need to do is load the system with compelling software for the units to actually sell. March is gonna be HUGE!

It'll be interesting to see what software really gives a system the advantage in 07. MS looks to have a lot of compelling software for 07-but it's all kinda of action/FPS stuff. I think Wii will certainly have a big year. And Lair/Heavenly Sword should sell a few PS3's if the developers live up to the hype.

You're overstimating Wii, Nintendo plans to ship only two million units worldwide in the January-March period, 6 million units by the end of March are expcted,the same target Sony still holds to officially.
Nintendo was smart to sell all the units they could using the holyday season and thanks to the low price and easy to manufacture hardware.But sales will slow down in 2007.

As for the PS3 in actual sales they are ahead of where Microsoft was last year in the same time frame which is postive thing.Now it would nice to have news (positive ones) about the european launch.

[OmniStalgic]

You're overstimating Wii, Nintendo plans to ship only two million units worldwide in the January-March period, 6 million units by the end of March are expcted,the same target Sony still holds to officially.
Nintendo was smart to sell all the units they could using the holyday season and thanks to the low price and easy to manufacture hardware.But sales will slow down in 2007.

As for the PS3 in actual sales they are ahead of where Microsoft was last year in the same time frame which is postive thing.Now it would nice to have news (positive ones) about the european launch.

Yeah but the demand for the Wii is still high even after Holiday's. While you can find PS3 now in January, the software just isn't sending it flying off shelves. Wii's are gone in the same week though. If Nintendo can get them out there, I think they can have a very strong early 07...PS3's software won't catch up until march at the earliest. And won't offer up enough unique and compelling experiences until that time either. We'll see though I have high hopes for Lair...

[Elios]

Yeah but the demand for the Wii is still high even after Holiday's. While you can find PS3 now in January, the software just isn't sending it flying off shelves. Wii's are gone in the same week though. If Nintendo can get them out there, I think they can have a very strong early 07...PS3's software won't catch up until march at the earliest. And won't offer up enough unique and compelling experiences until that time either. We'll see though I have high hopes for Lair...

It's highly probable that at this point Sony is outshipping Nintendo by a good margin.In the article posted above Sony says they can continue to do weekly air shipping through spring if necessary,that's unbelievable,it's a terrific commitment to get units on the market as soon as possible.It's true that PS3 software lineup will start to get strong only in late February/March but Sony is still at a point with the installed base where all the units are still bought by fans who are going to buy it anyway so a January software black out it's not a big damage.Spring will be a strong period for PS3 and as times go on the Wii novelty effect will fade out and it's all about the software (which honestly I don't believe the Wii has compared to PS3/Xbox360).Of course in late spring Sony should start worrying about the price.... but that's an other story.