Sony sells 440k PS3s in first week of holiday shopping
- Posted December 1st, 2009 at 03:48 EDT by Adam Dolge
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It is officially the holiday season and Sony has already seen a strong performance in these first few holiday shopping days. According to a statement released this evening, Sony sold more than 440,000 PlayStation 3s last week.
"The 2009 holiday season got off to an amazing start for PlayStation, with all key retailers showing a significant increase for PS3, PSP and key holiday titles over Black Friday and the holiday weekend,” said Patrick Seybold, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications and Social Media. “PlayStation 3 demand was at an all time high with the system selling more than 440,000 units for the week ending 11/29/09.
He went on to state: “In today's economy, consumers are drawn to items that offer the most value for their money, making the PS3 an ideal choice for those who want a comprehensive gaming and entertainment system all in one package. Combine that with exclusive holiday bundles and an extensive software line-up, one that many analysts are calling the best in the industry, with titles such as Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time, UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves, and LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year, we have no doubt the momentum and demand will continue and consumers will prove that entertainment this holiday season is going to be defined by PlayStation."
With the recent price drop in the PS3, and several hit exclusives, Sony appears in line for a very strong holiday.
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Trojans24601 |
trojans24601- 4:29am GMT - December 1st, 2009
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not too surprising that the ps3 sold so well. It's about time imo.
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darthrazorback
- 9:59am GMT - December 1st, 2009
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The PS3 and XBOX 360 are NOT competing with the Wii. The Wii is not a next gen system. It is last gen with next gen controls. So, cheap last gen crap is still crap.
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crazychazza7 |
MyCrAzYshiZzle- 11:34am GMT - December 1st, 2009
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...That's pretty awesome. Good to see the PS3 FINALLY getting some recognition. People are starting to bite the bullet and buy one. Obviously aided by the price drops Sony have been giving it. Then the fact that the PS3 is the better system (Games are reasonably equal about now, 2010 will change that though), it seems like the logical decision.
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GOREDDEVILS
- 11:35am GMT - December 1st, 2009
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The ps3 is catching the xbox360 in america only about 3 million behind in sales now.
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coverlord |
Drahgoon- 12:31pm GMT - December 1st, 2009
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I don't think anyone can flaw Sony on there stratergy. Constant updates stops piracy (more profit), rock solid exclusives(even more profit) and producing the best entertainment hub(profit for all).
I know 4 people that bought a PS3 last week and 2 the week before.
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airhead190 |
airhead190- 1:14pm GMT - December 1st, 2009
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i dont give a horses butt about the Wii. No one i ever hang out with bought one and i only care that more ppl buy the PS3 to play online with. as long as that happens im all good and dont need to buy the RROD box
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joeymetalgear7 |
joeymetalgear777- 5:34pm GMT - December 1st, 2009
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great news, keep the games coming sony, and you cant put the wii and ds in the same category as the ps3, most people who owned a wii still go on to buy a ps3 or xbox or both so high wii sales really arent stealing sony's potential customers
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graphixmaster |
mcx- 11:31pm GMT - December 1st, 2009
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Sounds good!. Them bundles are awesome. Lucky new owners.
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YeahYouKnowThat |
YeahYouKnowThat- 11:47pm GMT - December 2nd, 2009
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Good good hope the PS3 keeps shifting and the gashbox 360 ends up in non existence one day (one can dream, lol)
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deadmonkey76 |
deadmonkey76- 6:54am GMT - December 11th, 2009
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lol microsoft is selling systems to people who have tons of 360 games and a broken game system smart thinking on microsofts part there are realy stupid people trying to defend something that keeps breaking on them because they sunk so much money into software. sad thing is everybody ran out and spent there money on a broke box 360 justbecause it was the next system trust me if sony rushed out there system first microsoft would be dead in the water lol
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