Playstation 3 sells 3.9million units for Xmas

[Elandyll]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57...=2547-1_3-0-20

Don can't help pointing out that the sales are still lagging behind the 360 in the US, while failing to say that it's doing better pretty much everywhere else, but I'd say those are good sales from Sony for the Holiday.

Sony had a strong showing during the busy holiday shopping season, the company announced last night.
Between November 21 and January 5 in Japan and Asia, and November 21 and December 31 in North America, the company sold 6.5 million PlayStation hardware units worldwide. That figure takes into account sales of the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 2.
PlayStation 3 sales were especially strong, hitting 3.9 million units worldwide during the shopping season. Sony also announced that it sold 500,000 units of its new portable, the PlayStation Vita, across Japan and Asia. And although that device is replacing Sony's PSP, the company said that the last-generation portable was still able to reach 1.6 million unit sales during the shopping season.
Although Sony didn't break out PlayStation 2 sales, some simple math reveals that the company likely sold about 500,000 units of the console. That's especially impressive, considering Sony launched the PlayStation 2 over 11 years ago. Its longevity is rare in the gaming world.

But for now, Sony's focus is on the PlayStation 3. And on that front, the company seems especially bullish, saying that its strong holiday sales have helped keep it on pace to hit its annual sales target of 15 million units. To put that figure into perspective, Sony sold 14.3 million PlayStation 3 units during its previous fiscal year, and 13 million units the 12-month period before that.
That said, Sony isn't necessarily out of the woods. The PlayStation 3 is still being outsold by the Xbox 360 each month in the U.S., and there is little chance of that changing anytime soon. Plus, with Nintendo launching the Wii U later this year, there's a strong possibility Sony could find its console sales start to slump as consumers shift their spending to the Wii U.
But luckily for Sony, as it showed yesterday at its CES press conference, the company is about more than just video games. However, it did take some time to reconfirm one important detail to gamers: its PlayStation Vita will be launching in the States on February 22.

Now bring on the Vita ... I have started my own little savings jar for one

[Allforce]

Dropping the price 20% at nearly every retailer never hurts.

[dereksworl]

Nice! Vita day one baby!

[Rike255]

Good news (I think)! How many Ps3's sold last Christmas?

[Elandyll]

After checking it seems that the PS3 sold about 3.8 million worldwide in 2010, over the same period.
Not sure if nearly flat sales year over year in this economy is a good thing or not, when considering the price drop (but that was back in August 2011).

[financially stable]

Originally Posted by Elandyll

After checking it seems that the PS3 sold about 3.8 million worldwide in 2010, over the same period.
Not sure if nearly flat sales year over year in this economy is a good thing or not, when considering the price drop (but that was back in August 2011).

[Gardenofstone10]

Amazing numbers to see!!!! I hope they only get stronger with the big titles coming this year for it

[MoulinBlu]

Originally Posted by Allforce

Dropping the price 20% at nearly every retailer never hurts.

Nor does having your first gen fat die with the YLOD. I know I bought a new PS3 during November (not sure on the date), but it was a replacement for one that should still be working. I wonder how many of those PS2 purchases were because of failing first gen PS3s too. I know I've read dozens of posts on PSN in the past few months of YLOD victims saying they were planning to do just that: scrap their fat and buy a slim and a new PS2, since they sold their old PS2 due to the backwards compatibility of the early PS3s.

Of course, from the nightmare stories I've heard, it seems even more xbox sales may be replacement motivated.