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News Sony Lose About $40 On Each Playstation 3 Sold
Sony has always lost money on the Playstation 3
But things are slowly starting to improve. Sony CFO Nobuyuki Oneda noted recently that the PS3's cost is still 10 percent higher than the system's price meaning about $40 are lost per system sold. Things used to be a lot worse, with the system losing around $100 per sale, so progress is definitely...
News SCEA Promise Most Aggressive Marketing Campaign. Ever.
Business is a bit like football
You have your teams like Manchester United, Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion. You have your managers like Sir Alex Ferguson. You have your fans or customers. You compete. Sony are a bit like the Arsenal of the football world. They have great products they're just a little bit too quiet about them. Thank goodness for...
News Sony Expect The Playstation 3 To Sell 13 Million This Year
Furthering its fiscal reports, Sony have announced they expect the Playstation 3 to grow from last year's 10 million sales to 13 million this year
They also expect the PSP to grow from 14 million to 16 million. Such growth could be attributed to hardware revisions, price drops and most importantly, continued software support - something the...
News Playstation 3 Closing In On 23 Million Units Sold
Who says the Playstation 3 isn't a success? So it's failed to dominate market share and the Wii is already miles ahead of it in the hardware race
But a lifetime sales stat of 23 million units is certainly empowering news for Sony execs, particularly given its current price status and its late release date. We're sure Sony will topple the 30 million...
News Playstation 3 Software Sales Spiked In 2008
While the Playstation 3's hardware saw slight increases in 2008, the software sales were the real talking point to come from Sony's fiscal report
While Playstation 2 and PSP software was down slight PS3 software was up nearly 80%. During the fiscal year, 103.7 million PS3 games were sold. That's an increase of 45.8 million (almost 80 percent!)...
News Playstation 3 & PSP Hardware Sales Up, Playstation 2 Hardware Sales Down
For those trying to predict doom in Sony's 2008 fiscal report - stop trying
Sales are up - for the PSP and PS3 that is. The fiscal report, which covers the period from March 31st 2008 - March 31st 2009 detailed a rise of 300,000 PSPs over last year and 940,000 PS3s. Good news for Sony considering the PSP barely had any software and the PS3 is by far...
News Resident Evil Franchise Nears 40 Million Sales
The Resident Evil franchise has neared the 40 million sales benchmark since the series' inception in 1996
Mega Man has managed 28 million with Street Fighter pushing 27 million. The Super Nintendo's Street Fighter II remains the companies best selling game with 6.3 million copies sold.
News THQ: No PS3 Price Cut Until Later In The Year
THQ are not expecting Sony to drop, what could be considered as a "megaton" at this years E3 - nope, they don't expect a price cut announcement until later in the year
PS3 software sales represented about 13% of THQ's revenue for fiscal 2009, an increase from 8% the year before. There's no doubt a PS3 price cut could drastically aid THQ's position,...
News Japan: PS3 Sales Up 288% On Last Year
We're heading towards three months of Playstation 3 dominance in Japan
The Wii has started floundering, the 360 has always floundered and the PS3 has had a lineup of killer, killer titles. One such title was a blu-ray that included a demo; you know the one! So we know things are looking pretty positive for Sony in Japan - but just how rosy are the...
News Michael "Pacman" Pachter Puts His Thinking Hat On
Super-analyst Michael "Pacman" Pachter has told EDGE Magazine that he doesn't expect the next generation of video game consoles to start until 2013
"We do not expect the next' generation to begin before 2013, if at all."</blockquote> We'd expect the Playstation 3 to outlive said date, given Sony's history with developing systems...
We speculated yesterday that the Playstation 3 had taken a massive sales boost thanks in part to the release of Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete
Those preliminary figures were actually beaten, with the Playstation 3 managing to shift a whopping 62,527 systems last week. In second place? The PSP with 40,065. Nintendo were down once again, with...
News European Lifetime System Sales Figures, 24.9 Million PS2, 8.0 Million PSP & 4.5 Million PS3
European video game retailer GAME have published a report specifying the exact lifetime sales data of video game systems across Europe
Be aware, that GAME only retails in the UK, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the Czech Republic, and Australia, so figures from Germany and Italy are excluded. The total sales put the PS3 just a million behind...
News PSP Piracy Levels Are Sickening
Once again, the video game pirates continue to ruin things for everyone else
Sony's Peter Dille has been the latest to come out and talk about video game piracy, specifically piracy on the PSP. Speaking with Gamasutra he said developers were "just about ready to jump off the cliff and pull support for the platform" and that "piracy has taken out a...
News PSP KOs Nintendo's DSi By Just 213 Units In Japan
Sony are doing brilliantly in Japan just now
So brilliantly in fact that the PSP managed to squeeze out Nintendo's handheld the DSi. Even if it was by just 213 units. It's an impressive feat for Sony, who have been having a slightly rougher time in the USA for a while now. To top the cake off though, the Playstation 3 managed another week above...
News Killzone 2 Sells Over A Million Worldwide
We've already read a ridiculous article this morning about how if Killzone 2 was an XBOX game it would have sold 4 million or something ludicrous
Keep looking in your crystal balls guys. Regardless, there's no doubt Sony's Playstation 3 exclusive Killzone 2 has sold a truck-load. And now that truck-load total has reached way over a million...
News March NPD's Are In, Fanboys Fight, Playstation 3 Fares Ok
The American sales data, also known as the NPD's, constantly bring the worst out of everyone
Particularly the XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 fanboys. Boy does it bring the worst out of them! The figures are in a predictable order, with Sony occupying the bottom half of the chart and Nintendo the top: Nintendo Wii - 601k. Nitendo DS - 563k. XBOX 360 -...
News Gamestop: PS2 Pricedrop Wasn't Worth Doing, $50 PS3 Pricedrop Won't Change Anything
The CEO of American video games retailer Gamestop reckons the recent Playstation 2 pricedrop "really wasn't worth doing"
He also questions whether a $50 Playstation 3 pricedrop would have any effect at all. With the Playstation 3 currently the most expensive console on the market, both the recession and American misconception have left Sony in the...
News Sony Assume A 10-15% Sales Rise For Both PSP and PS3 This Year
Sony just dropped the price of the Playstation 2 and expect it to eat into some of the Wii's market share
Not content with those figures, they also expect the Playstation 3 and PSP to see a boost."We had our largest sales year ever last year, and we'd look to go about 10-15 percent north of that this year," said John Koller, head of SCEA...
News SCEA Reckon The PS2 Will Steal Market Share From The Wii, Analysts Predict 30% More Sales
The Playstation 2 is now $99
99 in the USA</a>. Sony have confirmed they are targeting the product directly against the Wii, noting both systems have "similar customers". In an economic crisis, and considering the variety of games on offer, it's a shrewd business move for Sony to make. However, we can't help but think they're a bit...
News Flying The Flag In Japan, Playstation 3 Sells Three Million In As Many Years
News from Enterbrain today that the PS3 has now shifted 3 million systems in Japan
Sony can thank the likes of Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5 and Yakuza 3 for pushing them over the milestone, all of which have been massive sellers for the Playstation 3 in recent months. Coincedentally the XBOX 360 has also sold a million units in the region...
News Playstation 2 Official Price Drop Is Official, $99.99/EUR99.99 From April 1st
Sony have just announced that the Playstation 2 will drop price to $99 (roughly £69
00/99.00 Euros) as of tomorrow, April 1st. Sticking out the 10-year lifecycle plan, the PS2, which has already sold 50million units in North America, will continue to make an impact on the video games market. With 1900 games already available, and more big...
News Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg Critiques PS3, Concludes "Hemorrhaging At Retail"
Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg reckons the PS3 business is failing
Speaking with Gamasutra, the Microsoft man goes on a corporate gloating attack on the Sony business model claiming "PS3 is heading south" and speculating that the GTAIV DLC, "The Lost & The Damned" outsold Killzone 2. We're not sure how much of his interview is...
News Sony Want Profits, Not Interested In Market Share
According to SCEA's VP of marketing, Peter Dille, Sony aren't focusing on market share, they want profitablity
Interestingly, they seem to be failing on both counts. He said:I think it's already well publicized that we have a very clear objective from our parent, Sony Corp., that we're to focus on a profit objective, and with those marching orders...
News February NPD's Tell Same Old Story For Sony In The USA
The February NPD's are in and show great growth for the video game industry as a whole, which was up 10% on the predictions for the month
Killzone 2, which launched two days before the end of February, secured a mildly respectable 323,000 sales, losing out to Street Fighter IV which sold 403,000 on PS3 and 446,000 on the XBOX 360. The big seller, as...
News Sony Dominates The Japanese Software Sales Charts Yet Again
Playstation 3 has been kicking some ass in Japan lately
Literally. With the Wii floundering of late and the 360's lack of presence, the charts have been open to Sony domination for a few weeks now. This week is no different, with six Sony titles in the Japanese top ten. Resident Evil 5 slipped to second place after an amazing launch. It fell to the...
News UK Retailer Reckons The PS3, PSP Price Cut Is Coming Soon
We reported on a rumour yesterday that the PS3 is on the cusp of a price drop
An unnamed UK retailer agrees. The major highstreet retailer (cough: GAME) said on the subject: "It's been on the cards for a while," they said, "but manufacturers are not in the habit of giving exact dates so as not to effect sales." Interestingly,...
Rumour USA's EB Potentially Leaks A Playstation 3 Pricedrop
According to an excerpt on 2old2play
com</a> via an overhead conversation (we know!), March 22nd is the day the PS3 will get its price-cut. We quote:"Last night one of community members was in an EB Games store and an employee mentioned a PS3 price drop occuring Sunday March 22nd just in advance of the Game Developer's Conference (GDC)...
News Developers Would "Love For The PS3 To Be Free"
In what seems to be a bitter response to all the developers seemingly urging Sony to cut the price of the PS3, SCEA have claimed that they would "love for the PS3 to be free"
Everybody in the development community would love for the PS3 to be free, so they could just sell razor blades, said Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing for...
News Resident Evil 5 PS3 Outsells The 360 Version By 4:1
We said we were curious how the PS3 version of Resident Evil 5 would fare against its 360 brother
According to GameZine.co.uk pretty well. They've uncovered that 222,000 copies of Capcoms zombie-action shooter were sold on the PS3, with 56,000 on the 360. It's hardly surprising given Sony's greater presence in Japan. What's more interesting is that...
News Sony Dominate 49.9% Of The Japanese Hardware Market Last Week
The release of Yakuza 3 should put an end to Sony doom-slaying
The PS3 continues to sell very well despite the economy and its high price tag. SEGA's Yakuza 3 is the latest game to prove that Sony's console can shift units, with 372,000 copies sold in its first week. Naturally this had an effect on the Playstation 3's overall sales, where it...
News Playstation 3 Breaks 2 Million Sales In UK, PSP 3 Million
Just shy of its second year on the market the PS3 has broken the 2 million sales barrier
"It's a premium product, so therefore it costs a premium price, and that does give us issues in terms of the expected sell-through that analysts and the media want," explains Sony Computer Entertainment UK's Ray Maguire, "but actually when you...
News Yakuza 3 Has The Second-Best PS3 Launch, Ever
The numbers are in
It's official. Yakuza 3 didn't sell 300,000 copies but actually more — 372,000 to be precise. That puts the game right behind Metal Gear Solid 4 as the PS3's biggest Japanese seller. This also pushed PS3 system sales up to 35,000 — early reports are indicating that's 23,000 more systems sold than Wii. Those "PS3 is...
News Yakuza 3 Sells Big In Japan
We reported last week that Yakuza 3 had sold 232k copies on its first day
But it seems that number has risen a little with lead designer Toshihiro Nagoshi claiming the game has sold 300,000. Either way, it's a bumper first few days for the SEGA exclusive and really improves the chances of a localised version making it to the West. We'll keep our...
News Japan's February Charts Are Dominated By PSP
PSP really is making a comeback
There are the PSP-4000 rumours alongside tons of new game announcements and now comes the news that Sony are kicking some metaphorical butt in the land of the rising sun. According to Famitsu, PSP dominated the February software charts with four games taking place in the top ten. Hit the jump to see what they are. 1...
News Killzone 2 Tops The UK Charts, Becomes 4th Fastest Selling Sony Game
Killzone 2 is on store shelves worldwide and is doing pretty well
It currently sits pretty atop the video game charts in the UK, outselling rivals Halo Wars and last weeks number one Street Fighter IV. It marks an end to Sony's two year long drought from the chart top, the last being God Of War II all the way back in April 2007. See the full charts...
News Sony Launch Irritating PSP Advertising "Campaign"
You may have heard the PSP is back
With Rock Band, Motorstorm and LittleBigPlanet on their way and fresh PSP2 rumours, there's no reason to not be excited. In fact Sony think it's time everyone should be excited. So they've launched a new ad campaign via YouTube. The premise is, you make a vide
News Yakuza 3 Sells 232k On Its First Day In Japan
SEGA's hotly anticipated Yakuza 3 has sold 232k on its first day
The game topped Japanese charts ahead of 360 rivals Halo Wars and Way Of The Samurai 3. With the 360 outselling the PS3's hardware totals in Japan last week, it will be interesting to see what effect Yakuza 3 has on the nation.
News Analyst Says PS3 Price Cut Is Imminent
Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey says that Sony are on the verge of dropping the PS3's price
He believes the market is expecting a price cut of at least $100USD before June.Recent channel checks indicate increased speculation for a PS3 price cut announcement from Sony in the next couple of days, he said. We think the company needs to reduce...
News Killzone 2 Consistently Tops Online Retailers Sales Lists In The UK
Amazon
co.uk</a> and Play.com are arguably the two biggest online retailers of entertainment products in the UK. Both companies have been showing Playstation 3 exclusive Killzone 2 as their top seller for some time. The game has lingered in the top 10 of Amazon's top 10 hourly sales list for a good 2-3 months now. Furthering predictions that...
News Sony Begin To Power In Japan -- Occupy The Top Four Of The Charts (No Nintendo)
Many believe Sony's Playstation 3 will temporarily overtake Nintendo Wii sales for at least a week in the coming month or so
With Street Fighter IV, Yakuza 3 and Resident Evil 5 all poised to release and White Knight Chronicles and Demon Souls already out it's certainly a strong Q1 lineup. So it's rewarding to see Sony dominate the Top 4 of the...
News Sony Talk PlayStation 3 Sales & XBOX 360
Under performing?
We're not going to deny that we've found more than a little of the press surrounding the PS3 in these past few months a bit unfair. It's obvious Sony's system isn't selling anywhere near as well as many predicted but it's nowhere near dead in the water like some media outlets are trying to claim. So it's refreshing to see some of...
News PS3 Sales 9% Down When Compared With 2007 Sales Of The Same Period
Sony have announced that 4
3 million PS3's were sold from October-December of 2008. In comparison to the same period in 2007 sales are down 9% (with Sony shifting 4.9 million consoles). The PSP was also down selling 5.08 million consoles compared to 2007's 5.76 million. Perhaps it is time for that price drop after all?
