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Sony Ignores PS3’s Sales Stumble

May 15, 2009 in News comments 7

Sony only sold 127,000 PS3 in April, instead of revealing that in April's NPD Report, they concentrate on the future of PS3. They mention MAG and Uncharted plus other significant Sony franchises.

For the month of April, Sony’s PS3 only sold 127,000 units for North America. Sony ignored the poor performance completely by just concentrating in the future of PS3. Here’s what Patrick Seybold, Sony’s US comms boss said in regards to the NPD report:
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  • 1
    Taker4ever May 16, 09
    Yes, if it wasn't obvious to anyone by now, Sony have pretty much abandoned America to Microsoft and Nintendo. That's why their more concentrated campaign in Europe has seen them overtake the 360 in that continent.
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    Cruxis Mana May 16, 09
    Dear God, please can we ban articles from playstationlifestyle?
    • 1
      HisServant77 May 16, 09
      HAHAHA Man I'm loving your comments on the Playstationlifestyle articles Lol

    • 2
      Bale Fire* May 16, 09
      quote Cruxis Mana
      Dear God, please can we ban articles from playstationlifestyle?
      I agree, so far all of them have been either bullshit or poorly written.
  • 0
    Red 9 May 16, 09
    PS3 sales are terrible, only sold 127,000!

    How many did 360 sell? About 30,000 more. Oh those sales are excellent![/sarcasm]

    Seriously though, sales weren't really that bad, especially considering practically no worthwhile games released in April.
    • 0
      Livewire_19 May 16, 09
      The 360 sold 48,000 more.
      PS3 sales numbers aren't so bad considering that many of the potential buyers are still holding out for a price cut that they are expecting to happen soon.
      And you could call it terrible in comparison to the DS which sold 913,000 more.

      But I think the most interesting sales figure is for the Wii with 340,000, that's 52.38% less than 2008. And the PSP isn't selling so hot any more either, it had a 39.90% drop, so if anything the story should be about why the newest PSPs sales are stumbling.
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    kazad May 16, 09
    the sales were fairly healthy when you ask yourself how many games were released for the ps3 over april.

    I can't see a price drop until much much later, the ps3 production costs are about break even at the moment. Sony just reported a $1 billion dollar loss or the fiscal year, therefore a $100 price drop is gonna send them even further into the red. If sony sell 10 million units at a $100 dollar loss they lose another billion dollars, in this recession they just can't afford to do it. Unless production costs are reduced

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