January NPD: PS3 tops 360 in the US

[CouchPotato]

Official NPD numbers

Total by system:

- Wii: 274,000
- PS3: 269,000
- PS2: 264,000
- DS: 251,000
- PSP: 230,000
- 360: 230,000

Total by manufacturer:

- Sony: 763,000
- Nintendo: 525,000
- Microsoft: 230,000

http://www.thesimexchange.com/blogpost.php?post_id=474

[Shin-Ra]

Wow.. no way.

If true, Microsoft's recent excuses about underestimating demand would start to make sense. They knew what was coming.

[blitz6speed]

2008 - The Year of the PS3. GUARENTEED.

[mightypen]

big day for the ps3, no doubt. hardware-wise anyway.

[davidPS3]

combine thread?

[Blu boy]

to bad the 80gb is gone. hopefully they bring in the 120gb really soon and a price drop on the 40 in march wouldnt be bad. if the 40 was at 300 it would dominate the wii and 360 and if the 120 was at 450 that will destroy the elite. just some wishful thinking.

[Blu-Generation]

Originally Posted by Blu boy

to bad the 80gb is gone. hopefully they bring in the 120gb really soon and a price drop on the 40 in march wouldnt be bad. if the 40 was at 300 it would dominate the wii and 360 and if the 120 was at 450 that will destroy the elite. just some wishful thinking.

I wouldn't call it wishful thinking.

I'm sure Sony is planning something like this as well.

[Blu-Generation]

Now that is GOOD news!

Looks like 2008 is PS3 year indeed.

First Blu-ray won, now the game console that help Blu-ray format wins end up winning as well.
Good news one after another. Who say PS3 is a failure?

[Pilam69]

They pre-announced that sales were down due to "supply issues" to soften this blow. I wonder.

Every installed PS3 is another potential Blu customer so hopefully this trend is a sign of things to come.

[Shin-Ra]

Originally Posted by Pilam69

They pre-announced that sales were down due to "supply issues" to soften this blow. I wonder.

Every installed PS3 is another potential Blu customer so hopefully this trend is a sign of things to come.

Yup, even Engadget thought something was fishy about that.

[BluRay2344]

WOW ps3 almost passed Wii! its right on its heels!

[blitz6speed]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

Wow.. no way.

If true, Microsoft's recent excuses about underestimating demand would start to make sense. They knew what was coming.

The microsoft statements about not having enough product is PURE bullcrap. You cannot walk into a Best Buy store in the US and not trip over the boxes ontop of boxes of Xbox 360s stacked around the stores. Interest in the 360 is dwindeling bigtime while PS3 interest is peaking more and more. Blu-Ray becoming the major format for HD really put the PS3 above the rest, people know that system is going to last them years and years. Plus all the hot titles out this year (MGS4, GT5, LBP, etc). It is wonderful.

[Shin-Ra]

Once things are really sorted on the Blu-ray and gaming side imagine the numbers then.

Lets get those big hitters out.

[ps3andlovinit]

Originally Posted by blitz6speed

The microsoft statements about not having enough product is PURE bullcrap. You cannot walk into a Best Buy store in the US and not trip over the boxes ontop of boxes of Xbox 360s stacked around the stores.

Same with BB and futureshops in Canada. No shortages I can see.

Originally Posted by blitz6speed

Interest in the 360 is dwindeling bigtime while PS3 interest is peaking more and more. Blu-Ray becoming the major format for HD really put the PS3 above the rest, people know that system is going to last them years and years. Plus all the hot titles out this year (MGS4, GT5, LBP, etc). It is wonderful.

Gamers don't buy Blu-ray movies and don't care about HD so Blu-ray winning the format war won't have any effect on which console they purchase don't you know. Sony was stupid for including it and has killed the Playstation brand.

"I said train kept a rollin all night long
Train kept a rollin all night long
Train kept a rollin all night long
Train kept a rollin all night long
With a heave and a ho"

Blu-ray is the heave and MSG4, GT5, Killzone, LBP, Resistance are the ho..

The slimline version hitting Japan for Fall 2008 will be the next crucial point on the way to a PS3peat of over a 100 million consoles.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by ps3andlovinit

Same with BB and futureshops in Canada. No shortages I can see.

As we should have all learned by now, Microsoft and its minions are experts at saying the "truth" but saying it in a way that leads you to a different conclusion.

They didn't say there were "shortages". They said there were "supply issues". People not wanting to buy the ample supply offered is a "supply issue". You see?

Gary

[ps3andlovinit]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

As we should have all learned by now, Microsoft and its minions are experts at saying the "truth" but saying it in a way that leads you to a different conclusion.

Perfect. Damn I wish I could be that succinct...probably wouldn't be on as many ignore lists.

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

They didn't say there were "shortages". They said there were "supply issues". People not wanting to buy the ample supply offered is a "supply issue". You see?

Gary

LOL.

[reiella]

Originally Posted by blitz6speed

The microsoft statements about not having enough product is PURE bullcrap. You cannot walk into a Best Buy store in the US and not trip over the boxes ontop of boxes of Xbox 360s stacked around the stores. Interest in the 360 is dwindeling bigtime while PS3 interest is peaking more and more. Blu-Ray becoming the major format for HD really put the PS3 above the rest, people know that system is going to last them years and years. Plus all the hot titles out this year (MGS4, GT5, LBP, etc). It is wonderful.

Typically true.

Oddly enough, something happened. Not too sure what, but my local gamestop has no new units for the 360 in stock. Same with Best Buy and Target.

Circuit City has some in stock it appears. Can't verify stocks at WalMart easily. Sams Club, however, has no bundles in stock [which isn't really odd mind you so *shrug*].

That said, I haven't really seen any reason why so many of the units have vwooshed away. I haven't seen any real mover titles lately... So I really don't know.

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And I'm going to put personal risk where my mouth is.

76904 , check yourselves .

[bajor27]

While I do expect the PS3 to outperform the 360 in the US this year, I don't expect it to outperform the Wii overall. I do, however, expect it to be #1 for at least 3 months of the year. Although Nintendo needs to give us more info on what to expect for 2008 pretty soon. Past Smash Bros. and Mario Kart, I don't know what I'm buying.


And every month I'm always left wondering the same thing - who the hell is buying a PS2 still? Yes, there are a ton of great games (and a boatload of shitty ones too), but doesn't everyone already have one? My best guess is that many are simply not functioning anymore (this belief is furthered by the fact that everyone I know that had a PS2 now has a non-working PS2)

[mightypen]

Originally Posted by blitz6speed

The microsoft statements about not having enough product is PURE bullcrap. You cannot walk into a Best Buy store in the US and not trip over the boxes ontop of boxes of Xbox 360s stacked around the stores. Interest in the 360 is dwindeling bigtime while PS3 interest is peaking more and more.

These are January numbers, they are not updated through Feb 14. Perhaps things are different now, but that statement and these released numbers are not a reflection of today. There was a 360 shortage in dec and jan.

[saprano]

do you guys know vgchartz overtracked 360 buy 100,000 they have them selling 330,000, and they undertracked the ps3 their numbers are 224,000. WOW thats ways off what are they smoking?.........anyway.....*goes to play uncharted then wach we own the night and gone baby gone on blu-ray*