The expected huge lead in PS3 sales in the USA has materialised, and it is no wonder Microsoft put a brave face on things – the PS3 even managed to unseat the Wii, and is currently the best selling home console in the much coveted US market.
The US sales for September:
1. Nintendo DS – 524,200
2. PlayStation 3 – 491,800
3. Wii – 462,800
4. Xbox 360 – 352,600
5. PlayStation Portable – 190,400
6. PlayStation 2 – 146,000
By comparison, the US sales for August, showing just how effective the PS3 Slim induced price cuts have been in spurring sales for all the home consoles:
1. Nintendo DS – 552,900
2. Wii – 227,400
3. Xbox 360 – 215,400
4. PlayStation 3 – 210,000
5. PlayStation Portable – 140,300
6. PlayStation 2 – 105,900
The crucial question is of course at what level will sales stabilise at once the console’s shininess has worn off…
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Im not trying to bad mouth the PS2 but...
WHO THE FUCK KEEPS BUYING IT?!?!?!?!?!
People like me buy them. You know, people who want to be able to play our PS2 games. PS3 backward-compatibility is only found in older models (in those cases done poorly) or not at all. I recently bought a new PS2 just to have in case my older PS2 dies. I had a friend do the exact same thing. I am not paying for all my old games again (in the event they offer PS2 games though a digital store, etc). Given the state of the PSP Go it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Sony made us buy all our PS1/2 games all over again, should we want the "privilege".
And it's this issue right here that caused me to skip the PS3 altogether. I feel screwed by Sony on this one. So they take take their PS3 and stick it.
Consoles other then the 360 break @_@?
So by your logic we should throw our Xp and Vista comupters in the trash can because we can't play our MS-DOS games to full compatibility?
Brazilians and other poorer countries who like to game.
the PS3 will sell even more if sony makes patch for a full backward compatibily PS2/PS1 games then completely stop making PS2. making all those +100k PS2 buyers add to the PS3 numbers.
The 80G ps3 can... I has one... They no longer make this. You can also run DL PS2/PSX/1 Games on it
"and is currently the best selling home console in the much coveted US market."
Dear god just how much of sonys dick do you suck? Its still in third place. Winning one month doesnt make it the best selling automatically dumbass. Its still trailing Wii and 360.
before we get into the console wars.
let me ask a question
who gives a shit.
the people have spoken lol
Yeah and people tend to be ignorant as fuck too. Just look at Christianity.
nintendo 64?
What's with the whole RROD argument?
Most of the revisions with that problem are out of circulation.
Plus doesn't Microsoft replace them anyways?
Now unlike a friends PS3 whose Blu-Ray laser decided to die and sony will charge him $173 to replace it....
When the console cost him:
$150?
Hmmm....
PS2 DRE anyone?
Also, does anybody find it funny that the PS2 is stealing sales of PS3 consoles?
To end the last fucking weeaboo 360 lovers' comments:
my console can be used to hack servers. yours can't.
So can a pc
I wonder if this has anything to do with the roughly 5 or 6 million people in the US who already own a 360 over a PS3 and hence wont bother buying a 360 twice. Sony can enjoy a 200k lead for one month. They deserve it, the slim price cut was a smart move.
Pretty sure plenty of people buy 360's twice, seeing as how it breaks down on them so much. And the RROD 3-year warranty limit is up on many, many machines already.
all this because i bought one last week. I feel so proud.
Sure is fanboyism in here. OH MY GOD SONY FINALLY SOLD MORE THAN 360 and WII. That is hilarious shit you sony fanboys have stooped to this level of sadness. You guys used to be someone when ps2 was around. Now you guys are nothing.
What's that? Do I detect butthurt 360 fanboys?
Butthurt about what? You guys are still in LAST PLACE.
Sony is still losing a lot of money due to the pricecuts.
I still play my 360 a hell of a lot more but uncharted 2 made me blow the dust of my 60 gig. And that game is perfection so kudos Naughty Dog for FINALLY giving the ps3 a killer ap it has needed
The fuck you talking about, Naughty Dog made Uncharted ONE which was awesome. Then again, what game did Naughty dog make that could be simply labeled below average?
Fucking loved Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter
New console design, and 90% of ps3 owners go out and get the new version. This is the only reason for a sales increase.
They are like apple fans really, new ipod design comes out, does the same thing as the last, but most owners will get the new one.
Not really that hard to figure out really. I am neither fan of any of the consoles (even though I do have a 360, it doesnt get used alot) Not really that much into games any more. Just thought I would would explain that before sony fanboys jump on and flame.
(can't fault sony electronics in general though, but the ps3 is a fail and you all know it)
Most of my gaming is done on the PC. The PS3 initially had some nice features, which is why I bothered to buy one, but Sony's attitude towards crippling the hardware of late just to save a buck has gone the limit. The 360...well, it hardly even rates. Dogged by hardware issues, nickle and diming the user half to death just to take advantage of it's "features" (XBOX Live, I'm talking about YOU, here) and a lackluster library of titles, sorry, Microsoft, I'll use Windows on the PC where I MUST, and Linux where I can, otherwise.
The Wii, for all it's limitations, is actually worth what I paid for it, unlike the other current versions of competing consoles.
Irritating your customer base imperils your bottom line. Sony, Microsoft, is it worth it?
I've been a gamer for years and owned all sorts of consoles (from c64, master system and SNES all the way up to my 360) and the biggest problem i have with sony is the complete lack of support when things do go wrong. I owned an original playstation, and it died with a laser failure, no support or repair offered. I owned a PS2, same thing only this time they wanted $150 aus to fix it (the bloody console itself only cost $130). So i spat the dummy with sony and bought an xbox and never had a problem. And even when my 360 (which was over a year OUT of warranty mind you!) gave the the finger and displayed the 3rrod all i had to do was make a quick phone call and microsoft happily took it back, fixed it for free, even paid the postage and gave me a card for a free month on xbox live. DID SONY EVER OFFER ANY OF YOU WITH DUD CONSOLES ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT KIND OF SUPPORT? Didn't think so.
Why is everyone fighting about X360 vs. PS3 vs. Wii?
PS2 obviously kicks all their asses
Meh, 60gig PS3 FTW, E76 FTL!!!
console redesign and the price cut worked but for how long...
XBOBX 360 SUCK COCK !MAN NOOB CONSOLE !!!
oh shut up noob
Given the already released U2 and upcomming release of GoW3, GT5, R3, K3....... Why would sales drop significantly?
winning the battle but losing the war.
SUCK IT XBOX 360!!!!...go charge $50 more dollars for Online Gaming that PS3 (and the still Selling!) PS2 give for FREE!
Go tell your probs to the Red Ring of Death you fuckheads!!!
Why so serious?
Dedicated otaku buying 9 NDS and 9 copies of Love Plus, Sony still has much to learn about marketing from Nintendo.
I hate the Fanboys so much...... This isn't Domination. PS3 beat the Wii by 300 Consoles. And its the FIRST time the PS3 EVER beat the Wii in America.. Why does no one report when Sony is getting there ass kicked ever month of the year in Japan and America? This place makes me sick.
Too bad Sony are a bunch of evil censoring pricks.
It's only one month out of the year. It only sold more because it was a new model. Lets see if they can do it for the remaining months of this year.
and if it does for the next 2 months?
who really cares geez..
oh trust me, EVERYONE apparently cares
We got a shiny new model. A price cut. And you hyper multithread-bluray-wielding-can-also-play-games-machine can only win with a measly lead of approx. 30k units?
ONLY 30K more? That's just plain ridiculous.
PS3 jump of ~260k. New model and price cut.
Wii jump of ~230k. Normal month.
Dominates? Hello, PS3 Slim just came out last month...?
Fucking SC really needs to remove Sony's dick out of their mouth for once.
Maybe most people are only capable of reading the headlines, after all.
their brains are only able to understand things in LARGE BOLD PRINT... other than that, they can't read
market saturation
whats the TOTAL sales since the 360 came out? PS3? Wii? etc...
sure 360 sales are just about every one that wants one has one now its getting the people that still only have a PS2 or Xbox one to get 360 or PS3 now
PS3 is only rising becouse of
A. price is now inline with every thing else
B. it just now has games wroth paying for one for
HMM I GUess i'll check back later for some more flame wars ..not enough comments to fully eat a full course meal yet ..
Less than 30k for one month is hardly dominating.
Sankaku exaggerating the truth as usual.
The very only reason for PS3's sales increasing is the cheap Blue-Ray Driver inside, not the console itself or the games' attraction.
Why don't X360 support BD too? Then there will be almost nothing left for PS3.
Are u an idiot?
PS3 sale went up only because the slim version has been released recently.
Not to mention that PS3 has a better processor than X360 and overall, it costs more to build one unit of PS3 than X360 due to its superior hardware.
Also, X360 has lost the war of next-gen disc. Only PS3 can support BD discs legally.
If MS want to release X360 with BD they can! the problem is how much value will it add to X360? it will definitely be pricier (unless MS want to subsidize it) and the drive will only be useful for movies unless they want to break the compatibility with DVD only X360 or do a dual release for multiple DVD games (stuffing multiple DVD into single BD isn't as easy as it looks though).
To sum it up... MS can release X360 with BD, but probably wouldn't do it because the negative out weight the positive.
Better procesorr and what ?? Cpu ins not for graphics ;] . The gpu is the main core here and the 360 got it better done . You can see that in 90% of games .
The price cut of PS3 slim = the price cut of the BD inside.
Talking about X360 with BD, have you ever check the news? For instance, this:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20090720043531_With_Blu_Ray_Support_by_Toshiba_Xbox_360_Blu_Ray_Add_On_with_Is_Only_a_Matter_of_Time.html
Its a s**y?
Would support/praise this only if Sony stopped doing their senseless censorships..
co-signed!!!
+1
Never knew that a handheld with the power of a Pentium processor from 1995 is still going strong. I almost bought one since DS Lites are dirt cheap but then I browsed the games and they were charging 40 bucks for a Chrono Trigger remake, as well as most other JRPGs. I'm usually anti-piracy but seeing that most of their 16-bit era games were sometimes more expensive than some PS3 games, I'm sticking to emulators for those kinds of games. At least my PS3 collection has higher value since there are no pirated versions to dampen the worth of an all-original collection.
I also checked online for Love Plus and damn it costs $65... and I was already able to buy Atelier Rorona -- which is the newest release game in my collection -- for $60 (shipping included). Even an iphone / ipod touch, despite costing about the same as a PS3, seems to be more worth it than the DS, seeing that their games start at 99 cents and the best ones max out at 10 bucks. In terms of proportional costs, the amount Nintendo charges for the level of technology they offer is exhorbitant.
Man seriously, the DS kicks ass. For an old-school gamer like me, it's nice to see so many 2D games on a portable console. And the portability is really the nice feature to it ~ you can turn it on whenever and wherever. Genres that I usually dislike (JRPGs for example) I actually really dig on the DS, simply because I can level up whenever and wherever I have a few minutes to spare. With home consoles you're limited to one screen, one sitting area, and taking 5 minutes just to set everything up. Compare that to the anytime/anywhere 10 seconds to start up any DS game, with NO loading and you've got a winner in my book. I play the hell out of my DS too, a first for almost any console I've had in years. And if you want games cheap you can just buy em' used, you can get them in excellent quality from amazon or ebay.
Once it all stabilizes and it's back to Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, respectively. Order shall have been restored.
Well I never would've thought. When it came out everyone was like IT-HAS-NO-GAMES-IT-SUCKS-IT'S JUST-A-GLORIFIED-PS2-THAT-CAN'T-PLAY-PS1-GAMES-OMG-IT-SUX-SO-MUCH-ARGH-ROFLRAGE-- but obviously, with new games coming out it would get better and it has gotten better on the whole lack of games thing....(that doesn't mean that it didn't piss some people off when acquiring their 360 games, but hey...that's just how it goes with good business decisions.) The people who whined about the price are now taken care of, so now it's getting the sales it deserves.
All PS3s can play PS1 games. That BC never went away.
http://www.ebgames.com/Catalog/productDetails.aspx?sku=020321 Read the bottom important detail
Lurk moar.
"This product is NOT backwards compatible with Playstation 2 titles."
PS2 titles don't work, PS1 titles still do.
In other news, water is wet.
THAT CANT BE POSSIBLE.
i became lefty using the mouse and im very proud of it
In other news, 87% of Sankaku users use their left hand to fap while their right uses the mouse.
Correct! But I finish with my right!(no hand on mouse)
Nah dude, I'm right hand only.
Same
In other news I just did that!
hey, it's convenient...
LFMAO so true
id guess about three months...after the rushing omg its a sony must buy it and bla bla bla thing, probably the DS and wii will get to the top then its a question mark...
will the ps3 outsell x360 or it will turn the table and outsell ps3 again?
too soon to speculate anything more than this...
Apart from their price cuts, Microsoft doesn't have any game changers coming out for a while. Sony on the other hand will have an excellent round of hardware bundles this winter. They've already confirmed a 250GB PS3 slim for $350, and will likely have both the PS3 and Go packaged with games. Sony also plans on adding PS2 emulation via system update, and are apparently trying to put every PS2 game on PSN for download.
I suspect Sony's sales will balance out to be the same as the 360, at least until the Motion control wars kick in. The game will really be on when they both go after the Wii's user base.
LOVE PLUS
I couldn't have said it better myself.
shoranhimura, I agree. I started speculating it in 2006, and it's really confusing. Nintendo domination is easy, they target casuals anyway. The problem is the other 2, Sony and MS. X360 "beta user cases" surprises me, I predict X360 will keep 1st or runner up position till 2011 - 2012 depending on the games (X360 exclusive things, but it turn out to be a bullshit) then PS3 will start to be a new king because their features till next console generation
Now, my speculation ruins...
also got to consider codmw2, i know alot(currently 6) of people that are going to get a xbox just so they can play that on live.
If you've never held a weapon in your life, and are not currently in and don't know anyone in the military, then buying a 360 just to play a COD game makes you a loser. If any of your friends don't meet those specifications, kick them for me.
I would understand if your 6 friends were Vets, ROTC, or something similar, but if they aren't, again, kick them for me.
Tough talk for someone who can't even make up a fake name for himself.
Keep trolling Anon
Being a Sony fanboy doesn't make you a winner either. If they want to buy an Xbox just to play that, let them be. It's their money and will not make them a loser for buying one as against for fanboys who insults anyone who is against their way of mind. At least they play manly games unlike you who is just courageous in the internet.
I don't mind if you have any or both of these consoles. They'll just get old and have to buy new ones. This blind worship really is very irritating and will just cause stupidity.
Don't tell me that they will have RROD because the Xbox 360 now has the new chipset which like Sony's new PS3 is more energy-efficient and emits less heat.
These console war is really pointless. Why just we all get along as gamers and fight against censorship in gaming (bad games are subjective).
DOWNFALL TO XBOX!!! money hoards and their shitty excuses for their incompetency for the RROD,
You guys fail. You know this is sales for last month? PS3 has been out for how long?
Total sales the xbox is still raping the PS3. Wii rapes them both combined.
Microsoft isn't complaining because they know 1/3 households in the USA alone own an xbox vs PS3 with 1/8. We're not even including how many europe has and other asian countries. Don't expect asia to buy anything from japan, because japanese products in cambodia, phillipines and china are always 2x in price compared to US products.
Dude what? People in asian territories prefer other asian products because support from ms is shit there. I think Windows is the only this ms can sell.
Never stereotype. It's not always Asia loves Asian products. Most of us also love things that are foreign to us just like western countries like objects from Asia.
Don't forget PS3 is still more expensive than Xbox360 here.
w/e xbox360 isn't selling a bluetooth headset for $40 more than it's worth -.-
Plus I don't see how $299 US, is too much to pay for netflix, twitter, dvd player, gaming console, and facebook now too. Not to mention it also can be used as a media streamer as well.
300dls... Now i can get a cheap blueray player :3
YAY!!!!!!!! NOW I CAN WATCH MY FAVOURITE THINGS TO FAP ON!!!!!!!!!!
GENITELIA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you really just list those things as pros for the Xbox? Netflix cost money regardless of whether you've got an Xbox but that's a nice feature. Twitter? Dumb as hell but still, its FREE. Same goes for Facebook. These are free services that you can do on the PS3's web browser, which accepts mice I might add.
And mentioning the DVD part is just laughable not only because PS3 does that too but just about anything today will, and a standalone player can be acquired for under $30.
When the ps3 first came out, it wasn't very popular because it was too advance for its time. blue ray was good and all with 60gb of storage space, but developers were not ready to fully use the functionality of the console yet, and consumers were not ready to invest 600 dollars on a console system. Now with the game developers starting to use the potentials of the ps3, and along with the now half priced and more affordable ps3 going at 299, the console's full potential is now blooming.
Yo dawg, get a 360. It's got like Halo n' shit. Halo guys! Halo!
Halo is shit. The only thing Microsoft has going, as a Microsoft-only game that could actually SELL the system, is the fan-based Halo on which delivers an annoying plot where they stop rings from destroying the universe. Um, saving the world themes are quite over-rated. It was alright with Halo 2, but now that they can't add a "4" on the end, it's getting a bit stupid. Seriously, ODST?
My only favorite for XBOX360 would have to be Fable 2. Other than that, you can keep your frickin' red rings (I've owned nearly 7 now and all had same problem). I'll stick with my other systems, my NES, SNES, N64, GC, all Gameboys and the DS Lite, PSP, PS1, PS2, PS3, SEGA Genesis, SEGA Mastersystem, SEGA Dreamcast, SEGA Saturn. Hell, even my Atari in storage is 50 times better than the 360, IT WORKS!!!
Like the Anonymous about a Page Up or two said, get a frickin' PC if you want "quality gaming". It plays so much more and with all emulators out there, what's not to love about it?
-Alone1sAgain
Its a sony.
@ anon 00:37
its been like, a couple of months since i last heard about RRoD...
its past, face it, now they have other problems, but not this one...you fanboys uses the most idiotic argument to win a discussion....
even the ps3>>x360 is better than this....
As a console gamer, I can't help but say. You could keep those 300$ for something more reliable and with a greater selection of high quality games...
A PC. It does all that and more. Additionally, it's heatsink won't be the size of a piece of cardboard, it's power supply will be integrated with a much more efficient cooling system and it's CPU will not risk shaking itself and colliding with internal material, causing slow but permanent damage to the hardware.
For a console made by a company that makes Windows, one of the top three most renown computer OS (and additionally the faultiest of the three), who refuses to correct their hardware failures to focus on their software, something they're already notorious for failing at.
One has to wonder why defend the 360 over the PS3. As the PS3 is much more stable, runs on Linux and even has the option to install your own chosen OS.
If you don't like the bluetooth headset at 40$, don't buy a sony brand.
All that, and a RROD too >_>
DSi FTW!!!!
@shoranhimura
your mom just red ringed
At least you can use any headset including dirt cheap ones, and use any hard drive unlike the $160 120gb HD.
lol @ the loser complaining about the cost of a bluetooth headset. You can use any headset you currently have - even the crap you get off Woot!
At least they don't charge us an arm and leg for 60gig and 120gig harddrives. Douchebag.
Oh but did we mention that you get to pay an extra $50 so you can use your own internet connection on the 360 to even have some of the aforementioned 'services'?
Who can defeat Sony?
Wow. It's amazing.
The PS3 can do everything you mentioned and more!
You mean one more thing.
Dont worry next month everything will return to normal .
November, Thanksgiving in the US.
December, Christmas.
what i want to know is why is everyone buying up systems in september, i mean there is a obvious increase in sales for all the consoles compared to last month.
also a lot of ppl starts buying xmas presents around this time
everybody was dropping prices. Wii got price cut. 360 got dropped to $299 with $50 temporary rebate bringing it to $249. PS3 got its cut to $299.
I'd be guessing the same. The PS3 is nice and all but the only thing going for it is the web browser and the blue ray player.
The 360 has a shitload of exclusive deals as well as netflix streaming, and now with the net update it'll have twitter, facebook, and last.fm not to mention the zune store is taking over for the marketplace which doubles it's offerings in that department.
I think that it'll be a closer race, but 360 just has more going for it.
The 360 only has 3 kinds of exclusives.
1. Guys in armor shooting stuff.
(Halo, Gears, Crackdown)
2. Timed exclusives getting upgraded for the PS3.
(Tales of Vesparia, Star Ocean, Ninja Gaiden)
3. XBLA titles no one gives a s*** about.
(no one gives a s***)
In the end...Xbox really doesn't have it's existing value now...since timed exclusives are not important cuz we'll get it either way and hell shooting things in armour...uhhh looks pretty gay to me especially when everyone in gears of wars is like buzz lightyear... Xbox can go to hell
@ Shukero 00:20
keep trying to convince your self. what shit load of exclusives? gears of war? and that's it? PS3 can do all that twitter, facebook crap. if you didnt' know it has an internet browser. so basically PS3 has sankakucomplex, way better than facebook / tweeter crap.
I've used both consoles before, and personally...
I hate consoles.
GTA DLC FTW!!!
Anon PS3 fanboy BAWW
Browser doesn't mean shit. I assume we all have PCs, so what's the point.
Gimmicks don't make your games any less shit.
Shukero is right, there's more exclusive content on the xbox. Some timed, some complete. But even with timed exclusives they get to play it first, so I hope you enjoy all our old jrpgs 1 year into the next console generation you tool.
Not to mention XBLA rapes both VC and PSN. Unlike VC and PSN, the classics aren't blatant emulations subject to laggyness and bugs. They're remade for the xbox in mind, and updated with new content. All the great RARE games are on it, and if you honestly think PSN is better then you're in denial. I hope you enjoy FF7 (with no new content/upgrades i might add) at full price rather than buying a $5 copy off amazon. Sony fans will eat any shit coming out of sony's ass.
im sorry its late and i dont have time to finish reading the entire entry, also i apologize if my english seems odd since i barely use it
but seriusly netflix an xbox exclusive its already on the ps3, twitter is silly, facebook yeah rigth i prefer going out with my friends,,also dont forget that the 50 dollar price diference its over when you pay for one year of xbox live, im 23 years old i enjoy games since nintendo (nes) sorry i missed the atari and still i dont holde any grudge towards de xbox since thanks to them i play the ace combat 6 in the xobx one friend lend me, but really dont be fanboys just play the games you want to play and stop being childish anyways all companies will end taking money from you so stop defending them as if they where your own blood and flesh
At most this is just a sales spike due to people holding out for years for a price drop. This is not even close to an accurate sales number, since the true numbers won't be out until the beginning of January after the Christmas rush. It's not surprising that it beat the Wii since most consumers who wanted it, would have already bought one. To claim victory right now is just pointless without waiting to see if the sales continues in momentum by the end of the year.
This.
Stupid idiots think a ONE MONTH sales ESTIMATE declares them winner. Then again, they say that whenever a new exclusive comes out regardless of how mediocre it is. They don't take into consideration the fact that most people have xboxes and wiis already so it's not surprising the sales are lowering. Where as nobody wanted a PS3 because it was an over priced piece of shit until the slim came out, so now it's a competitively priced piece of shit.