Looks like PS3 really is gaining momentum. January showed some incredible performance for Sony's newest home console, as it was able to beat its major competitor, the Xbox 360. In fact, it almost sold as much as the Wii, falling short only a measly 5k systems for the month. Here are the numbers:
- Wii: 274K
- PS3: 269K
- PS2: 264K
- DS Lite: 251K
- Xbox 360: 230K
- PSP: 230K
There's still a long way to go in this console war, but January has been quite favorable for Sony. Will Sony be able to capitalize on this newfound momentum? With a killer line-up of games for the rest of year, we'd like to think so. Update: Comment from SCEA's Jack Tretton, after the cut.
[Via Joystiq]
"Coming off a great holiday sales season we see strong momentum behind PS3 in 2008, and feel confident about the year ahead. We have an exceptionally diverse lineup of exclusive games, from Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Metal Gear Solid 4 and Resistance 2 to more mainstream games such as LittleBigPlanet and SingStar. Beyond that, we have Blu-ray emerging as the de facto high def standard, the developer community is hitting their stride, consumers are recognizing the tremendous value and innovative services such as PlayStation Home are all in the works, so this is definitely shaping up to be a breakthrough year for us." - Jack Tretton, CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment America
NPD: PS3 nearly matches Wii, outsells 360 in January
Posted Feb 14th 2008 7:30PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: Business
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
2-14-2008 @ 7:34PM
Kspraydad said...
Wow.
/end
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2-14-2008 @ 10:36PM
Mike Jenkins said...
Yeah, except they don't show the real numbers. Lying by omission is still lying.
- Wii: 274K \/1.08m (80%)
- PS3: 269K \/528K (66%)
- PS2: 264K \/836K (76%)
- DS Lite: 251K \/2.22m (90%)
- PSP: 230K \/830K (78%)
- Xbox 360: 230K \/1.03m (82%)
2-14-2008 @ 11:10PM
Kspraydad said...
Um...we already know Decembers numbers...this is a post about January numbers.
It would be 'lying' or an 'omission' if this post was about 2 months of sales.
Stop being an @ss, mkay?
2-15-2008 @ 2:30AM
mji245 said...
yahoo ps3 is just like the ps2 sony owns
2-14-2008 @ 7:37PM
theclub83 said...
resistance is futile.
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2-14-2008 @ 7:38PM
Chris Rah Osiris said...
it has begun
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2-14-2008 @ 8:37PM
bs6268d said...
This is the year.
Ps3 4 life
Psn id: bs6268d
2-14-2008 @ 7:40PM
The Sound said...
Dun dun dun....
That ps2 number is incredible though.
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2-14-2008 @ 7:41PM
Chibi said...
hmm i dont hear any 360 fanboys now, lmao even ps2 is outselling the 360
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2-14-2008 @ 8:43PM
Justin said...
sadly...visit joystiq or engadget and you'll find them.
2-14-2008 @ 11:09PM
B1gC72 - PSN: KillaKornbread said...
yea they are certainly there screaming "but the 360 is having shortages right now!"
great for the PS3 and PSP though no matter what the circumstances. PS3 lost the least amount of momentum coming off the holidays which is great news.
2-15-2008 @ 9:38AM
Carlton said...
Well, worldwide the PS2 has been outselling the 360 almost every week.
2-14-2008 @ 7:42PM
Andy said...
Congratulations Sony.
Are these numbers for the whole world of just the us of a?
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2-14-2008 @ 7:52PM
playcrackthesky said...
That's what i'd like to know mate. PS2 still on fire, oh how I wish some of those guys would finally make the switch over to ps3.
2-14-2008 @ 7:54PM
Kspraydad said...
NPD is USA
2-14-2008 @ 7:43PM
jtedesco33 said...
I highly doubt anyone is willing to attribute this to the shortages of the Wii and 360 I mean this is a fanboy themed site.
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2-14-2008 @ 7:46PM
Kspraydad said...
MS 'conveniently' mentions shortages 1 day before NPD and you actually believe that?
2-14-2008 @ 8:42PM
eugene said...
I haven't seen a 360 at my local targets for a month now, so I believe em.
2-14-2008 @ 9:24PM
The Sound said...
They all went to fix the RRoD that over 1/3 of people have had.
2-15-2008 @ 12:12AM
rob said...
I see 360s everywhere here, a lot in all 3 of the PnP shops, a lot at Target (2 of them), Bestbuy, Walmart, and 2 Gamestop.
Maybe not A LOT at Target, but at least 1 in all of those places here just like the PS3.