8.4 millions PS3 sold by 12/22

[xtop]

not too shabby. wonder if the ps3 can keep that up

[What'sHD]

2M PS3s sold in the last 4 weeks... now THAT is what I am talking about.

I predicted sales of between 2 to 3M for Nov-Dec and so far, we are at ~ 3M with one week to go. Good to be wrong.

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by What'sHD

2M PS3s sold in the last 4 weeks... now THAT is what I am talking about.

I predicted sales of between 2 to 3M for Nov-Dec and so far, we are at ~ 3M with one week to go. Good to be wrong.

and remember this is just a guide line and out look but if this is for a point that the playstation 3 will have 11-12 million total units. COUNTING THE UNITS in supply chain+the units that are currently in consumer's home's before sony's 4th Q: ends in MARCH 2008...

I have a gut feeling that with the start of 2008 the playstation 3 sales will be quite good for the rest of this Q: and the rest of 2008 on.once metal gear solid :4 gets released the playstation 3's will start selling even better.

and if that is the case the playstation 3 may indeed overtake the XBOX360's lead in hardware units sold through to consumer's in 2008.

[Crackbone]

Essentially in November and December, the PS3 effect has netted roughly 750,000 BD SAL sales @ roughly 25% attach rate(3 million PS3s @ 25%).

That's pretty insane.

[U4K61]

I am very happy with my PS3, which I got in Jan 07. It was worth it just to play Blu-ray. But it has been hard to get gamer friends to go SONY if they already have the 360. There are quick to point out, rightfully so, on the lack of games. As in the movie A Bridge to Far, this is one bungle that has added months to the blu/HD DUD war.

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by joeorc

and if that is the case the playstation 3 may indeed overtake the XBOX360's lead in hardware units sold through to consumer's in 2008.

As it is, the PS3 isn't far from overtaking the actual userbase # of the 360. M$ may have "sold" 15.6M units, but bear in mind that only 70% of them still work, that puts their true # at around 11M. 8.4M for PS3 means they are within a semester's striking distance.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by Musashi

As it is, the PS3 isn't far from overtaking the actual userbase # of the 360. M$ may have "sold" 15.6M units, but bear in mind that only 70% of them still work, that puts their true # at around 11M. 8.4M for PS3 means they are within a semester's striking distance.

good point

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by xtop

not too shabby. wonder if the ps3 can keep that up

It shouldn't be a problem at all because of the simple fact that the Xbox360 was selling primarily to a gaming based demographic the whole time that it has been available. The PS3 sells to that demographic AND the home theatre enthusiast as well. Trust me when I say that there are a huge number of gamers out there that have not purchased one yet on the sheer basis that it only has about 10 exceptionally good games. Over the next two years, when these gamers start to see the quality of their precious Xbox360 games stay the same and the quality of the PS3 content pull away with no distinction between the two, the numbers will SOAR!

[xtop]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

It shouldn't be a problem at all because of the simple fact that the Xbox360 was selling primarily to a gaming based demographic the whole time that it has been available. The PS3 sells to that demographic AND the home theatre enthusiast as well. Trust me when I say that there are a huge number of gamers out there that have not purchased one yet on the sheer basis that it only has about 10 exceptionally good games. Over the next two years, when these gamers start to see the quality of their precious Xbox360 games stay the same and the quality of the PS3 content pull away with no distinction between the two, the numbers will SOAR!

well hardware numbers are all well and good. but the thing that could possibly hurting sony is people not using the ps3 for games. so software sales need to be equally as good

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by xtop

well hardware numbers are all well and good. but the thing that could possibly hurting sony is people not using the ps3 for games. so software sales need to be equally as good

Not necessarily! Because of the PS3 I'm sure that they have sold A LOT of other high-end equipment. I know a few people that bought a PS3 and said "whatever" to the graphics abilities. So, I invited them over to my place for an afternoon of entertainment on my 52" Sony Bravia. After going back to their SD TVs for a week they just couldn't take it anymore knowing what the full potential was. Besides, I'm sure that Sony (although not the sole proprietor) is making a good turn on all of the royalty fees being collected for BD production!

[mystiksuicide]

Every time an xbox sell it doesn't mean a thing to the format war. Everytime a PS3 sell on the other hand it adds another weapon to the BDA.. I understand not every PS3 owner uses it as a blu-ray player but even if 1/3 does those are amazing numbers that ensure a Blu-Victory.

[xwingsct]

PS3 is only 50 dollars more than XBox which can't play HD-DVD movies.
All PS3 needs is to release games that can sell as many as Halo 3

[kiko]

What I think is great by looking at the graph showing that PS3 is doing just as good as the X360 did in its first year is that when the X360 came out, there was no other "next gen" platform to compete with it... Now, there is the Wii and the X360, but still, the PS3 sells just as well as the X360 did ! That's good news to me ! It's its first real christmas (with a nice price I mean) so I'm sure that it's life starts in 2008 with big titles like Metal Gear Solid 4, Gran Turismo 5 Prolog, Final Fantasy and other big titles coming to push up the sales of the Black Beast

[kknight]

No stand-alone HD-DVD player can beat the power of the PS3!!!

[BLU_scotty]

Originally Posted by kknight

No stand-alone HD-DVD player can beat the power of the PS3!!!

And unfortunately neither can any stand alone BD player.