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PS3 Installed Base Doubles
Sony claims to have nearly doubled the installed base for the PlayStation 3 as of June 30, following the company’s quarterly financial results.
Cumulative sales of the platform have hit 22.7 million units since its launch in 2006. The company also announced lifetime PlayStation Portable sales of 51.6 million units and a total PlayStation Network membership of 24 million accounts.
Sony’s game business saw a sales and operating revenue decline of 18 per cent year-on-year to 1,053.1 billion yen. While overall software sales for the PS3 improved, hardware sales dropped, potentially due to the impact of the appreciation of the yen against the euro and dollar.
The division posted an operating loss of 58.5 billion yen, an improvement of 66.1 billion yen, partly credited to a decline in PS3 manufacturing costs – which reports suggest that Sony’s CFO, Nobuyuki Oneda, has claimed to be near 70 per cent. As reported last week, the first quarter of 2009 saw PS3 sales of 1.1 million units, compared to 1.6 million units year-on-year, while PSP sales declined to 1.3 million units from 3.7 million. Total sales, including those of Sony’s VAIO business, fell 37.4% to 246.8 billion yen.
In comparison, Microsoft's Xbox 360 has tallied over 30 million sales worldwide so far since its launch, while Nintendo's Wii has sold upwards of 50 million.
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God, I hope Microsoft isn't trying to sell people on a new "chipset."
The 360 has a big lead, but the Slim will feel like a new system. If they want to keep that lead, I think a redesign is in order. If they shrunk the die to a "one-chip" solution, it's certainly possible.
PS3 installed base doubles, yet the system is more expensive than the 360. Just wait til the price cut, plus the 2010 line up looks awesome for the system.
it'll be interesting to see how MS reacts, they went back to losing money the past 2 quarters after they introduced the $199 360, are they willing to start bleeding again to counter a PS3 price cut?
Sony will always have a huge advantage over MS because they manufacture most of the PS3's parts, with no middlemen involved component mosts go down much faster and Sony can make changes to the console whenever they want, it wouldn't surprise me if the PS3 at this point costs less to manufacture than the 360 does
I imagine the M$ reaction will depend on how far off their Valhalla chipset is, this is supposed to shrink the CPU and GPU on to one chip so could make the 360 much cheaper to produce. The PS3 slim has to be good news for everyone (except M$), role on the price wars!
It seems to me that MS is going to have to seriously step up there game in the coming months. All you hear is doom and gloom from websites and 360 fanboys and yet the PS3 at DOUBLE the price point has kept pace with the 360. Now with the inevitable price drop coming this year the possible madden 10 PS3 slim bundle and the possible PS3 Slim itself not to mention FF13 exclusivity in japan your going to see PS3s fall off the shelves this holiday season. Theres also been alot of speculation and evidence towards GT5 releasing this year b4 xmas which will also skyrocket PS3 sales, Ive been saying it since the beginning it looks like Sony will win the marathon afterall and many analysts and journalist are starting to agree.
Speculation about GT5 before christmas? Where? I am an absolutely massive GT fan, bt haven't heard anything along those lines.
I don't get why Madden would drive PS3 sales. Is it not multi-plat? I'm pretty sure i saw a pre-order for it on 360 in gamestation the other day.
I'm pretty dubious about PS3 overtaking 360, but I'm sure it can still do well.
Actually its been all over N4G they wanted to keep it secret until gamescon and it has a release date for december of 09 on a reliable GT website but its still speculation but I dont doubt it it seems Sony is trying to keep things quiet to get a drop on MS. Yeah madden 09 is multiplat but they still are known to drive sales and a bundle with the slim would definitely have that effect for avid football fans and gamers alike.
I wonder how far "over 30 million" MS are? 23 million to 30 million doesn't sound *that* far behind, at ~77%. However, I think that MS number was a while ago, was it not?
Anyway, seeing as their price point is so high, and there are going to be a lot less replacement PS3s incorporated into these figures than 360s, I think these figures sound pretty good for sony?
Ms hit 30 million a couple months ago so I think it's safe to say they've probably sold 1 million more worldwide since then. Depending on what source you use, MS is up to 32 million right now. The problem is, the 360 has actually increased its worldwide lead since the PS3 has come out and over the last year and a half Sony has only MATCHED the 360's worldwide monthly sales, not beaten them. So right now it's a stalemate with both selling around 800k a month worldwide. With the 360's lead 7-8 million; Sony will never catch that by just matching the 360's sales.
As someone pointed out with a slim-PS3 for $299, and some of the historically best-selling Sony platform titles (FF, GT) coming out over the next year or so the tide can turn for the PS3. It's just a matter of how much MORE the PS3 will sell than the 360 and for how long. I'm sure they'll inch their way toward that 8 million consoles MS is leading by, but by when, and will anyone care by then? With the 360 being out longer and MS not bleeding money quite like Sony has seemed be lately and MS already enjoying a significant software and accessories sales lead over Sony they have more wiggle room to just drop the price again if the PS3 seems to be getting too much momentum. A 149$ 360 would be tough to beat, even for a $299 PS3. Still double the price.
We all know the price will drop, sales will come, and GT, FF, and GOW will be out over the next year but will that be enough to catapult the PS3 ahead of the 360 in a reasonable amount of time?
the first quarter of 2009 saw PS3 sales of 1.1 million units, compared to 1.6 million units year-on-year, while PSP sales declined to 1.3 million units from 3.7 million.
I think THOSE are the figures Sony is more concerned with.