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.

I was under the assumption that it was closer to 6million as of TGS but that might have just been the number sold to stores and not the sel through numbers I guess. The 100 dollar price drop on the 80gb is FAR better news than the stupid 40gb 'tard pack.

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!

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.

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.

Didn't Kaz say at TGS last month that they were already at the 5-6 million mark?

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.

It was released on November 11th in Japan and then six days later in the states on November 17th.  I mean come on dude!!!

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.

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. 

more like japan on the 11th and the US 6 days later.

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.

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

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

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

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

Classic post from VGCharts:

"Great, at this rate, they'll become the generation leader in never."

it would make sence in a way if it has sold more in the US since it was out half a year earlyer.. which is actually 2 times as long as it has been in europe.. and yet the europe sales are not that far from the us.

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

I thought VGcharts wasn't the most accurate.  And do the #'s account for online retailers such as amazon? 

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. :/

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. 

Great numbers and to think the year is still not over. Sony still has the rest of the holiday season to sell more.

wow....no way.... i thought we were at 3mill.... omg, were already almost half way to 360's sales, in half the time.....this thing could very well hit 130million by the end of its lifespan....

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!

This is good news for Sony. More consoles sold means more games could be sold on the console and this will sure encourage developpers to make more games for the ps3

psn id: gingo... these are very healthy statistics and i hope ps3 pulls away by the end of next year

its all bulls#it, never trust any of them sites