Retailer: 45% of my PS3 sales not for games

[Teazle]

Excerpt from letter to the editor in this week's Home Media Magazine:

"As a retailer with nine video stores that sell equipment and movies, and rent titles and games ... We have sold more than 4,920 PS3s, 1,787 Blu-ray standalone players, 824 HD DVD players and about 253 HD DVD add-ons for the Xbox 360. ...
...
Close to 45% of the PS3s we have sold have been to consumers who want to use it only to play movies, so the statement that the PS3 is a game machine is not accurate. This is the $399 40GB model. We do sell more of the 80GB model to gamers.
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Bob Johnson
Owner, Video World (locations in Minnesota)"

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ques...0308/index.php

[Rike255]

Wow that is some very interesting information. Makes sense that the 40GB would be the more popular choice for Blu-Ray movie players.
Good find.

[meckel]

Originally Posted by Teazle

Close to 45% of the PS3s we have sold have been to consumers who want to use it only to play movies, so the statement that the PS3 is a game machine is not accurate. This is the $399 40GB model. We do sell more of the 80GB model to gamers.
...
Bob Johnson
Owner, Video World (locations in Minnesota)"

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ques...0308/index.php

WOW, 45% just for movie playback is WOW

[HDPerfection]

Originally Posted by Teazle

Excerpt from letter to the editor in this week's Home Media Magazine:

"As a retailer with nine video stores that sell equipment and movies, and rent titles and games ... We have sold more than 4,920 PS3s, 1,787 Blu-ray standalone players, 824 HD DVD players and about 253 HD DVD add-ons for the Xbox 360. ...
...
Close to 45% of the PS3s we have sold have been to consumers who want to use it only to play movies, so the statement that the PS3 is a game machine is not accurate. This is the $399 40GB model. We do sell more of the 80GB model to gamers.
...
Bob Johnson
Owner, Video World (locations in Minnesota)"

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/ques...0308/index.php

is it 45% of the 40gb models or all.....it states "This is the $399 40GB model" maybe I am just looking to deep but that is what I am getting

[Shaman]

Well I have both a stand alone and a PS3, I bought the PS3 because it updates automatically.

[Teazle]

45% of 4,920 is 2,214. For this retailer the movie-only PS3 outsold all Blu-ray standalone models combined (1,787).

"Times have changed, and the standalone is not the only means of playing movies anymore."

[HDPerfection]

Originally Posted by Shaman

Well I have both a stand alone and a PS3, I bought the PS3 because it updates automatically.

the updates are a great reason to pick up the PS3, I bought it for the combo games/BR

[tru2blu707]

i bought my ps3 for gaming first and foremost....but i also have 3x as many blu ray movies as to games. this is not to say im not gonna buy a standalone in the future...which i think the 40gig ps3 will fit the bill quite nicely