Sony's Phil Harrison was quick to remind his audience yesterday that Sony is still the number one brand, and that he personally doesn't feel like Sony is losing. The combined sales of the PlayStation brand show that gamers want PlayStation products: the PlayStation 2 is still the greatest-selling console on the market; and the PLAYSTATION 3 has sold faster than the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 in the same time frame."While certain systems grab headlines," Harrison commented about the recent love of Nintendo by the gaming press, "sales are what matter."
When faced with the issue of the launch library drought, Harrison noted that the PS2 and PS1 didn't have the greatest launches ever: "Fantavision, bless its cotton soul, was NOT going to establish a 100 million system ... The Bouncer [Square launch game] was NOT a good game."
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3-09-2007 @ 10:55AM
Stef Geiger said...
I wish people would get it around their heads that even IF Sony doesn't get to sell 150 million consoles, the system will still be a success. The market has grown so much that even taking less than a quarter of the marketshare would STILL result in a BIG install base.
What I'm curious about is how well the system is selling when the fact that the market has grown so much is taken into account. I mean, of course the PS3 will sell faster than the previous generations, the market is SO much bigger. Tell us how many potential console buyers there are, and compare console sales to THAT.
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3-09-2007 @ 11:10AM
chario said...
LOL well then combine all sales off Nintendo Brand together and yeah sales are what matter xD DS ftw plus Wii sales ftw = Nintendo #1
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3-09-2007 @ 11:21AM
TheSh0wstopper said...
yo, sorry to correct you but the bouncer was notlaunch. it got delayed. you should check these things.
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3-09-2007 @ 1:08PM
Joop said...
@3: I'm sure he means launch window, which is almost a year by Sony's definition.
He's absolutely right though, it is about sales, which they're getting crushed on.
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3-09-2007 @ 2:27PM
ymmv said...
What's Harrison smoking? "The PLAYSTATION 3 has sold faster than the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 in the same time frame"...? According to http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=11067 Sony sold 3.2 PS2's in the three months after it launched, the PS3 didn't even hit the 1 million mark.
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3-09-2007 @ 6:34PM
ck said...
ymmv: I think you'll find the PS2 launched awhole year before those charts started so sales were well in their stride by Dec 2001.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playstation_2
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3-10-2007 @ 5:39AM
ymmv said...
CK, the PS2 launched in November 2001 in the US, so I was talking of the first three months of its exisitence.
Month PS2
Nov/2001 920,000
Dec/2001 1,940,000
Jan/2002 350,000
Month PS3
Nov/2006 200,000
Dec/2006 490,000
Jan/2007 244,000
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3-10-2007 @ 5:41AM
ymmv said...
Oops, you're right about the 2000 launch date. I was convinced it was 2001...
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3-13-2007 @ 5:37PM
Luigi193 said...
Uh...Nintendo is killing sony in sales...
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