For the financial year ending March 31, 2008, Sony Computer Entertainment managed to sell 9.24 PS3 consoles worldwide. That's an increase of 5.63 million systems from the previous fiscal year. (Note: Fiscal 2007 was much shorter for PS3, due to its November launch.) Sony's first year in this generation was admittedly lackluster, with the company receiving a lot of flak from the hardcore gaming community. Since then, a number of high-profile releases have earned PS3 a better portion of gamer mindshare.Software sales also experienced a tremendous boom, jumping from the miniscule 13.3 million to 57.9 million. Obviously, with more systems, more games, and more time, sales of software will experience quite a boon. As good as these numbers are, PS3 is still in infancy -- we can't wait to see how well it does in the next 12 months.
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5-14-2008 @ 12:16PM
Devin said...
hmmm....my friend must've been one of those 9...wonder where that .24 come from...lol
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5-14-2008 @ 1:12PM
Rowdehaj said...
So Sony *bought* 5629990.76 PS3s last fiscal year?
5-14-2008 @ 1:50PM
matthew_neitzer said...
"Sony Computer Entertainment managed to sell 9.24 PS3 consoles worldwide."
Do I honestly need to explain this joke? I hope you were kidding, for your sake.
5-14-2008 @ 2:07PM
Rowdehaj said...
Well of course I was, I was merely expanding on it. If I were that thick I wouldn't be a PS3 owner, would I?
:-P
5-14-2008 @ 3:01PM
matthew_neitzer said...
Haha, so you say :P I can't believe they still haven't fixed it. -.- They must hate reading comments.
5-14-2008 @ 4:29PM
Game_playa said...
It stands for 9.24 million you T-a-r-d
5-14-2008 @ 5:53PM
Rowdehaj said...
Maybe my sense of humour is too European for you.
5-14-2008 @ 12:36PM
erico316 said...
the ps3 have sold 14.83 millions its catching up fast to the xbox 360 sells and wont csot to must for sony yo keep a game exclusion
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5-14-2008 @ 12:56PM
Ryan said...
Can someone translate this please?
5-14-2008 @ 1:26PM
Seminole said...
I think he said:
The PS3 has sold 14.83 million units and is catching up fast to the Xbox360 sales. It won't cost to much for Sony to keep a game exclusive.
I don't get what he meant by that, but I think that was his message.
5-14-2008 @ 2:24PM
Glen said...
"the ps3 have sold 14.83 millions its catching up fast to the xbox 360 sells and wont csot to must for sony yo keep a game exclusion"
The PS3 has sold about 14.82 million units. It's catching up fast to the Xbox 360 in terms of sales, and the fact that the PS3 is going to become profitable soon will make it easier for Sony to buy game exclusivity.
There's your translation. I don't agree with the latter part of it, but I'm guessing that's what he meant to say.
5-14-2008 @ 5:19PM
Popfrogs said...
Let the parent comment be a lesson to you all: don't type with donut holes stuck to the end of your fingers.
5-14-2008 @ 12:37PM
erico316 said...
the ps3 have sold 14.83 millions its catching up fast to the xbox 360 sells and wont cost to must for sony to keep a game exclusion
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5-14-2008 @ 12:55PM
n3rd said...
"managed to sell 9.24 PS3 consoles worldwide." seriously.. lol
almost 10 consoles?! thats crazy
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5-14-2008 @ 1:07PM
Dave said...
"For the financial year ending March 31, 2008, Sony Computer Entertainment managed to sell 9.24 PS3 consoles worldwide. That's an increase of 5.63 million systems from the previous fiscal year."
Had to, best typo so far.
I wish I could've been one of the ultra exclusive nine. I was one of the 5 million other losers...
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5-14-2008 @ 1:26PM
Lee Richards said...
Wow, interesting to see the PS2 still doing so well.
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5-14-2008 @ 2:28PM
grognard66 said...
Slightly disappointing considering Sony had initially forecast 11 million PS3's, downcast that to 9.5 and still missed that lower number (albeit slightly). Hardly disastrous and the PS3 should prove profitable for Sony, but not the best news they could have hoped for.
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5-14-2008 @ 3:43PM
Mike said...
Only 9.24 consoles sold worldwide???
thats less than 9 and 1/2
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5-14-2008 @ 3:48PM
yomama07024 said...
Sales of software will experience quite a boon? Do you mean boom?
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5-14-2008 @ 4:19PM
Mike said...
kuz ppl are waiting for that Metal gear 80 gig bundle no one wants a 40 gig thats not backwards compatible. That bundle is ganna make a PS3 sales Volcano EXPLODE!!!
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