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Sony Posts Game Gains in Q1 2009

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By Joe Keiser

July 29, 2008

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The PS3 sold 1.56 million unites for the quarter, an increase of 0.86 million over the previous year; the console also noted software sales of 22.8 million units, a whopping 18.1 million increase over the same period year-on-year.

Sony has announced its financial results for the quarter ending June 30th, 2008, announcing that the game division posted profitability while the company on a whole recorded a 39.5% year-on-year decrease in profitability.

The game division, however, posted a 16.8% year-on-year sales increase, resulting in an operating income for the division of ¥5.4 billion or US$51 million. This is compared to a ¥29.2 billion loss the group posted during the same period last year. The company cited improvements in the performance of the PS3 as the primary factor in this change, though PSP hardware sales were also a factor.

Sony’s financial release show that the PS3 and PSP markets are growing healthily as the PS2 market is contracting. The PS3 sold 1.56 million unites for the quarter, an increase of 0.86 million over the previous year; the console also noted software sales of 22.8 million units, a whopping 18.1 million increase over the same period year-on-year. PSP hardware sales grew by 1.59 million year-on-year to 3.72 million for the quarter, resulting in 11.8 million units of software sold. This is 2.0 million units over the Q1 2008 period.

The PS2 mustered 1.51 million in unit sales, a decrease of 1.15 million. 19.3 million software units were moved for the aging platform, a decrease of 11.8 million. The company mentioned in the release that this significant shrinking of PS2 software sales meant that overall software sales decreased for the company; hardware sales, on the other hand, increased.

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On July 30th grognard66 said:

@Kim_Naroz - No grand conspiracy here as both consoles are very likely to get the "other character" as DLC soon. The only conspiracy is that both characters should have been included for both consoles as the assets were obviously created already, so this is yet another DLC money grab.

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On July 30th rydamgw said:

I honestly love ppl who rant about the 360 "being better" if u call a 33% failure rate, lack of any extras pos brick of a system better than your obviously just retarded it just makes me laugh lololololololololololol THANKS FOR THAT.

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On July 30th Venom said:

Wow. Kim_Naroz. You really are militant!
That the other charaters will beavailable via DLC is pretty much a given. But by writing your post are you trying to persuade Xbox 360 owners away from the PS3 version? Then going into a rant on why YOU think one version is superior to the other despite NOT having played it? Do you really think your post will make the slightest bit of difference?

It's okay to have a favourite console, just keep the passion in check!

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On July 30th Kim_Naroz said:

Actually, I just wanted people to know that Darth Vader is guaranteed to be available in the Xbox 360 version of Soul Caliber 4.

To tell you the truth, I'm disappointed that places like Edge, 1up, Gamespot and others didn't report on this matter, because its very important.

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On July 29th Kim_Naroz said:

Awesome News Guys!

Darth Vader is going to be available as DLC (Downloadable Content) in the Xbox 360 version of Soul Caliber 4!

I'm surprised that we aren't hearing more about this, but it is 100% true.

TeamXbox confirmed this in their review of Soul Caliber 4 for the Xbox 360, and Gamers Reports has screenshots.

I also saw comments from people talking about this subject on 1up, but the editors literally deleted the comments of the people who wrote about it! People pointed out that Namco said the Xbox 360 version will receive Darth Vader as "downloadable content that may or may not be free." People also said that the Playstation 3 "may or may not receive a download of Yoda, and if it did, it would not be initially available with the release of Darth Vader for the Xbox 360." Apparently, the Xbox 360 downloadable content is further along in development, which is why the video Namco provided on Gamers Reports was of the Xbox 360.

That makes me wonder if Sony is telling those major websites not to report on the subject of Darth Vader being in the Xbox 360 version of Soul Caliber 4...especially since the Xbox 360 version has advantages over the Playstation 3 version in terms of resolution, achievements, and rumbling.