PlayStation 3 hits an install base of 6 million worldwide

[joeorc]

i am just passing along the info .
before any one who thinks there is no way this can be true. unless you work at SONY there would be no way anyone other than SONY to know for sure what those INSTALL BASE numbers world wide are:



AU: Sony 'Experience More' Event Coverage
Sony's local tech and games show kicks off. IGN gets the skinny on proceedings.
by Patrick Kolan, IGN AU
Australia, July 26, 2007 - The Sony Experience More event, Sony Australia's annual consumer electronics trade event, was on again this year in Sydney. Move over, Nintendo - if you want to see a gaming console turned into a mainstream consumer do-all device, you need not look further than today's presentation.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/808/808656p1.html

[joeorc]

an look what was said in may:
PS3 launch hammers Sony's bottom line

Posted May 16th 2007 7:14AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Gaming
then sold only 5.5 of the 6 million PS3s they had targeted for the entire fiscal year. Still, Sony's once highly profitably games division is expected to make a recovery -- at least in part -- after they "strengthen" their game lineup this summer in their quest to sell 11 million PS3s before March of 2008. Godspeed Sony, you'll

http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/16/p...s-bottom-line/

[supersix4]

its just because so many cheapos once the $399 40gb ps3 comes out + the great games they will be back on top

[Ascended_Saiyan]

That presentation chart says March 2007. There is no way that is anything but their projected shipping numbers turned to install base. Another indicator is the fact that all the numbers end in triple zeros. That basically tells you that these are not accurate "sold" numbers.

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

That presentation chart says March 2007. There is no way that is anything but their projected shipping numbers turned to install base. Another indicator is the fact that all the numbers end in triple zeros. That basically tells you that these are not accurate "sold" numbers.

AS OF JUNE the install base was 4.48 million systems sold as of 30th june 2007
that would make for Sony would have to sell (1,520,000) systems from the first of JULY to the 26th of july. there are 12 locations around the world listed that SONY ships playstation 3 systems too. 1.5 million systems sold through in a little under a month world wide is not unreasonable sony produced over a million playstation 3's a month. in production that would only be (126,666.67) sold in a month per location. and already in NPD the playstation 3 has sold (98,000) systems sold for the month of june in NA that's by NPD number's before the price drop.

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by joeorc

AS OF JUNE the install base was 4.48 million systems sold as of 30th june 2007
that would make for Sony would have to sell (1,520,000) systems from the first of JULY to the 26th of july. there are 12 locations around the world listed that SONY ships playstation 3 systems too. 1.5 million systems sold through in a little under a month world wide is not unreasonable sony produced over a million playstation 3's a month. in production that would only be (126,666.67) sold in a month per location. and already in NPD the playstation 3 has sold (98,000) systems sold for the month of june in NA that's by NPD number's before the price drop.

Your first sentence means you agree with me. If you are saying that as of June 2007 the install base was 4.48 million, how can 6 million install base as of March 2007 be right?

[sdlrjr]

Originally Posted by supersix14

its just because so many cheapos once the $399 40gb ps3 comes out + the great games they will be back on top

Please, the 40GB PS3 is still a rumor.