VGchartz: 5 million PS3's sold to consumers
- Posted October 18th, 2007 at 05:36 EDT by
- 28 Comments
Vgchartz.com is reporting that as of October 13, 2007 the PlayStation 3 has sold over 5 million consoles worldwide.
- 2.13 million in the Americas
- 1.24 million in Japan
- 1.70 million in other regions (including Europe, Australia, and others)
Total of: 5.07 million units sold.
The PlayStation 3 was first released on November 11 2006 in North America, six days later in Japan and on March 23 2007 in Europe. The console sold on a weekly average of 105,208 units, mainly competing with Microsoft’s Xbox 360, which currently stands at 11.83 million units sold. The Wii stands at 12.42M units sold.
According to Vgcharts, their data is based off of number of units sold to consumers, and not number of consoles sold to retailers. They explain that this is the best way to do it as it accurately shows how many actual consoles are in people's homes.
Now possibly with the release of the new 40GB PlayStation 3 and the USD 100 price drop of the 60GB, we may see a large spike in U.S. sales as seen in the U.K. If sales continue you could see the PS3 be neck and neck with its competitors by next year.
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MephistoSoze
- 5:40am BST - October 18th, 2007
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Wasn't it stated that it's at 1.75 million in the US? 5 million worldwide? I'm willing to believe that, I guess. I thought the PS3 sold more in Europe than it did in the US, though.
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MatrixSixaxis
- 5:53am BST - October 18th, 2007
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That's pretty poor sales figures for X360, only around 12million after two years! Shows that the world isn't that interested in a heartless box! As for Wii, it is admirable and wish Nintendo well as they are the proven unprecedented dedicated video games hardware and software producer of all time! After over 20 years, they still haven't given up...unlike Atari, Sega and all the others who've tried and died!
Don't get me wrong, they're still Sony real arch-rival but they do have a younger market and target. Good luck them, they'll need it in a few years time after Sony (PS3) dominates once again!
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humanputting
- 6:59am BST - October 18th, 2007
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ive been thinking that the playstation generation is mostly all grown up probably around 20-30's now. with that they probably have less time to game like me and or just dare i say it growing out of it, or its just not as important anymore, maybe thats why sales are slacking.
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chilledbreeze7
- 7:34am BST - October 18th, 2007
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Well I'm 34 now and love gaming as much as I ever did. As for the Playstation Generation being grown up now is nonsence, since new younger gamers will be coming to the play games on Playstation year after year.
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Tha_Last_Romeo |
Tha_Last_Romeo- 8:23am BST - October 18th, 2007
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Well... Before it came out everyone wanted it. It's been getting talked bad about for the longest, and now Sony is actually not disappoint people no more. Its more on the developers now.
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Solar20 |
Kira-Kun- 9:01am BST - October 18th, 2007
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i'm not really keeping track of accepted sites as a source for this intel but was VGchartz ok? If so then how come i heard this like 5 or 6 times in the last couple of months? Lets just say i dont trust all these so called charts and well educated guesses. Ow and how about this post of 20 september saying its between 5 and 6 mil back then and latelly with the sales going up what do you think? I'm sure its past 6mil atleast.
By Eric BlattbergSony announces latest PlayStation sales figures
Posted on September 20th, 2007 at 03:59
So where do the PlayStation platforms stand? PS2 is sitting pretty at over 120 million units sold. PSP is at a respectable 26 million sold, with 30 million expected to be surpassed shortly.
So where does that leave PS3? According to Kaz, PS3 has sold in between 5 and 6 million units, leaning slightly towards the 5 million end.
Expectations are high for the holidays however - Sony expects to reach 11 million PS3's by the end of the year. We reckon reaching that goal without a price cut will be a challenge and perhaps even miracle.
We'll keep you updated on sales of all PlayStation platforms as the year progresses. -
PRkid87
- 9:41am BST - October 18th, 2007
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Wow, what BS. No one knows for sure. Nexgenwars.com has over 4 million ps3's sold. Then when you scroll down they say 6 million. We have been hearing crap like this for awhile. Its best to know what Sony knows. Only they can tell you how many have been sold to consumers.
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xBSGeorge |
xBSGeorge- 9:42am BST - October 18th, 2007
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correct me if I am wrong, but didnt the 360 sell 10 Million its first year? So your telling me that in the second year it only sold 1.83 million units? Thats pretty surprising considering the release of all their "big" titles this year. But I guess thats good news for PS3 if 3 big games can only sell 1.83 million units then maybe we will catch up sooner then later.
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tom ass
- 9:47am BST - October 18th, 2007
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i'm sad to this but i highly doubt the ps3 will hit 11mil when the year ends. I can see sony getting to 8 maybe 9 mil units sold. thats my humble opinion. and when u think about it 8or9 mil units in one year is pretty damn good. its taken that other company 2 years to sell 11-12 mil units. sonys alright. theyll be fine. peace
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 11:46am BST - October 18th, 2007
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First of all,VGcharts ALWAYS pull the numbers out of their @ sses.Secondly when did MS actually announce sold numbers,its always been shipped NEVER sold.Thirdly,since VGchart numbers have been banned from the forums,why is PSU using those as evidence?WTF
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saso_7 |
goose_7- 12:20pm BST - October 18th, 2007
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i hope sales soar with the announcment of this 40GB ps3 and the $100 price drop for the 80GB.....its hard to fathom why people still complain....people wanted a less costly ps3 well now you have one, just that BC, 2 usb ports, and card readers have been excluded.....if you want all those additional features well pony up more money and dont complain.....you get what you have pay for
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tadpole3159 |
faulkner8991- 12:43pm BST - October 18th, 2007
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it can only get better plus europe has not had the ps3 during christmas, and now with the new price cut we should see much better sales in europe
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alchemyuser1 |
alchemyuser1- 3:43pm BST - October 18th, 2007
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hels yea sn!tches MORE 360 OWNERS WILL BE GETTING PS3'S its just a matter of time I would hate havin to keep sending my overheated console back and forth to be fixed
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Mecha_Daddy |
mecha_daddy- 3:49pm BST - October 18th, 2007
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I thought VGcharts wasn't the most accurate. And do the #'s account for online retailers such as amazon?
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Uncool |
Admodistrator- 4:51pm BST - October 18th, 2007
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This is ridiculous, not on the numbers being given but the use of VGchartz in here. The forums banned it as the staff unanimously chose it as so yet PSU posts this? WTH indeed...
BTW: FYI I am a mod here so this is why I am a bit distraught at the use of VGchartz. :/
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iplayonlysony
- 7:12pm BST - October 18th, 2007
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Folks, all PSU did was recycle an article that other web sites had posted. This is the same info from other sites. PSU just decided to post it anyway.
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XB2B1
- 10:47pm BST - October 18th, 2007
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Aratacus, you are such an idiot!!!
"were already almost half way to 360's sales, in half the time"
Half way in half the time would be the same as the 360's numbers, think about it... so by this time next year Sony will have almost sold the same number as Microsoft has right now. Ha! The 360 out sold the PS in September 5 to 1, and with all the awesome titles coming out this fall, don't expect the PS numbers to gain any ground at all. Good luck with your Mensa class genius!
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Anim3Fr33K |
Anim3Fr33K- 8:01am BST - October 21st, 2007
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its all bulls#it, never trust any of them sites
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