275
rate

Sony Sold 1.2 Million PS3's, 1.4 Million PSP's during holidays.

January 06, 2008 in News comments 13

Its true that the holiday season is the best time for companies. From November 23rd to December 31st, Sony sold 3.9 million PS3's in the North American Region. The PSP also sold 1.4 million in the same time frame as well thanks to the new Stars Wars and Daxter entertainment packs.

Sony Computer Entertainment America Announces PlayStation(R) Hardware Sales
Exceeding 3.9 Million During Holiday Sales Window

1.2 Million Consumers Join PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)) Family since Black Friday

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment
America (SCEA) today announced PlayStation(R) hardware retail sales reached
more than 3.9 million units in North America during the critical holiday sales
window (Friday, November 23, 2007 to December 31, 2007). This accounts for
SCEA’s three systems currently in the market PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)), PSP(R)
(PlayStation(R)Portable) and PlayStation(R)2 (PS2). PS3 retail sales reached
1.2 million hardware units during this holiday timeframe.

“The PlayStation brand ended the year in a very strong position and
clearly indicates more positive momentum going into 2008. We are
particularly pleased to have sold through 1.2 million units of PS3 during the
holiday selling season,” said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, SCEA. “The
strong PS3 sales also further establish Blu-ray’s dominant position as the
high-definition medium of choice for games and movies. Consumers are clearly
responding to the expanding multimedia capabilities and a great line-up of
over 200 games.”
Sales of PSP reached 1.4 million units during this same timeframe. The
success of the recently introduced Daxter(TM) PSP(R) Entertainment Pack and
Star Wars Battlefront(R) PSP Entertainment Pack have continued to swell the
PSP install base. Upcoming platform defining software such as God of War(R):
Chains of Olympus and Final Fantasy: Crisis Core will further increase PSP
momentum in 2008.
PS2 sales exceeded 1.3 million units during its eighth holiday season.
The industry’s most successful platform is poised for another great year in
2008 with the continued success of the critically-acclaimed Buzz(TM) and
SingStar(R) franchises
Sayyed via thebitbag.com »
Favourite this article Add source
| More
Report!
News story attached to:
Latest comment:
Most recently commented on by on Jan 9, 2008

Comments

Register as a member to subscribe comments.
  • 0
    iLLmatic Jan 7, 08
    Fix the title. They didn't sell 3.9 Million PS3s. They sold 3.9 Million PlayStation brand units altogther.
  • -2
    Akira_EX Jan 7, 08
    Shipped numbers, right? Let's wait for NPD.
    • 5
      Seeker X Jan 7, 08
      Let's not, IN FACT, let's just ignore the sales altogether instead of encouraging these kind of articles as some discreet way of fanboy baiting...ESPECIALLY yours.
      • -3
        Akira_EX Jan 7, 08
        Sorry; it's just that you have to take all numbers released by a company with a grain of salt. You have to rely on a third party, like NPD, to discern actual sales.

        That said, managing to ship that many units is still an accomplishment in itself. But, whether all that made it through to the end user is still in question. That goes for any and all numbers released by the three companies until numbers from an unbiased source comes out.
  • 0
    redneonfish Jan 7, 08
    Yeah, I'ld like to know what the other companies achieved too.
  • 1
    SUPREM_KITE Jan 7, 08
    uh just so you know there is absolutly no such thing as an unbiased sort as humans everything is biased even if we try not to be. even the smallest thing makes anything biased. unless they personally went to every game store in the world and asked "hey how many of what console did you sell this month".
  • 1
    Storm Jan 7, 08
    Been a pretty decent holiday for Sony.
  • 0
    The Power Jan 7, 08
    £3.9M Playstation brands? Sony must be loving it. I think that wuld have beaten Microsoft am I right?
  • 1
    Bri Jan 7, 08
    Very good numbers. After speaking with my gamer friends, the PS3 for some reason, with time has become more accepted, and that's a good thing. Me? I was also one of the doubtful, but after having the chance to play it over the Christmas break at a friend's place for hours, I am looking to buy one asap. The PS3 still has much to go.
  • 0
    Subzer0 Jan 7, 08
    I see the PS2 still remains to be the money maker for Sony. I see the PS2 surviving throughout 2008 to be honest with the momentum it has going for it.
  • 1
    shaka Jan 8, 08
    Nice i know alot of people who got a PS3 and PSP this past x-mas.
    good for Sony.
  • 0
    StarJet Jan 8, 08
    Sony rules! Yeah! PlayStation is the way to go!
  • 0
    ZhaoYun88 Jan 9, 08
    Greatttt *yawn* can we have MGS4, GTA IV or XMB anytime now?? Na...gota wait til late 2008...as usual

This news story is archived and is closed to comments now.