Sales up 400% in Australia

[Ghost-Rhayne]

The PS3 price cut rolled out on August 22 led to a sales surge of over 400 percent in Australia during the week following its introduction.


That's according to NPD Group Australia sales data gathered from national retailers and happily passed along by Sony.

Sony Computer Entertainment Australia MD Michael Ephraim said: "This new price point really represents fantastic value for money as PlayStation 3 delivers full HD games, Blu-ray capability, plus music, movies, catch-up TV and more on demand.

"Australians love not only games, but also the quality home entertainment PS3 provides. Sales are booming because PlayStation 3 is the best device to connect to your TV, at incredible value, to provide the ultimate home entertainment experience."

UK PS3 sales reportedly jumped 65 percent during the week following the price cut.

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Pretty good going I'd say, perhaps Pach attack might be right for once.

[Xy]

How can it be 400%? There is no such thing as a 400% increase, unless i am wrong as was told wrongly in school, but i thought anything could only ever reach 100%...? Now I'm worried!

[AaronSOLDIER]

How can it be 400%? There is no such thing as a 400% increase, unless i am wrong as was told wrongly in school, but i thought anything could only ever reach 100%...? Now I'm worried!

When talking about sales it is an exception.

And this isn't surprising considering the deals Mickice was posting you'd be a fool not to pick one up.

[Two4DaMoney]

I can't wait to see the quarter results. It'll only be a glimpse of what the ps3 will do once it reaches its real sweet spot at $199. I'm not sure how much that converts to in other countries.

[Wasib]

Not surprising since the price was slashed by a massive $150 Australian dollars - far more than the 50$/50 EURO price-cuts for the U.S. and Europe.

[Chulo]

:P LOL!!!! aww man!!
if this continues ps3 is most deffinetly going to R@P3 Q3 sales

I just hope microsoft does not pull the discount card this years tgs :P

[Soldier 95B]

Good news for sure. Then again, Australia is such a small market...when going from 100 sold to 400 sold, it doesn't take much

[DarkVincent07]

Yep. Over here a 160GB PS3 can be cheaper than the 4GB Xbox 360. Its totally crazy, SO many people I know are jumping on the PS3 bandwagon because of this.

Also... its a huge change from the launch price of $1000... I'm not even kidding

[Fon]

Yep. Over here a 160GB PS3 can be cheaper than the 4GB Xbox 360. Its totally crazy, SO many people I know are jumping on the PS3 bandwagon because of this.

Also... its a huge change from the launch price of $1000... I'm not even kidding

That's nothing compared to how much people here paid for a launch PS3 on Ebay.

[RedOrb_Collector]

How can it be 400%? There is no such thing as a 400% increase, unless i am wrong as was told wrongly in school, but i thought anything could only ever reach 100%...? Now I'm worried!

wut

[Ixion]

How can it be 400%? There is no such thing as a 400% increase, unless i am wrong as was told wrongly in school, but i thought anything could only ever reach 100%...? Now I'm worried!

It's a comparison. If you sold 10 copies of something, and then sold 50 copies of something, then that would be a 400% increase (since the increase consists of four times the amount you previously sold).

[Dasimpse]

I wonder what amount it was selling to see a 400 percent increase. It had to be low surely.

[AaronSOLDIER]

I wonder what amount it was selling to see a 400 percent increase. It had to be low surely.

About the same as the 360.

[mickice]

It's still a great price by SONY at $349. Retailers here took it an extra step to 298 which is one heck of a deal. Good for retailers too because every PS3 sold is another Blu-Ray player in the market they can reach out too.

Oh and SONY's price drop here was $150. $499 down to $349. retailers dropped it another $50 so the total cut becomes $200+

[Yungstar 2006]

So 400% up on what?10, 50, 1,000?

[jj03]

£199.99 here in the uk. great price...

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[Hulious777]

Just means four times the regular sale.

[mickice]

My guess would be 2,000+ units were sold since the price cut. Insignificant in the total world wide sales.
Australia only has 21million people. No matter what our purchase intents are they rarely leave a significant dent to sway anything.

[radgamer420]

Good news for sure. Then again, Australia is such a small market...when going from 100 sold to 400 sold, it doesn't take much

[unicron7]

One more piece of the world puzzle. Two more countries to go.

[SnowHawk]

Good news for sure. Then again, Australia is such a small market...when going from 100 sold to 400 sold, it doesn't take much

Are you serious?

because it is such a small market it does take a lot to sell more consoles.

[F34R]

It's a comparison. If you sold 10 copies of something, and then sold 50 copies of something, then that would be a 400% increase (since the increase consists of four times the amount you previously sold).

that'd be 500%, or five times the amount.

One more piece of the world puzzle. Two more countries to go.

Huh? Two more countries for what?


@topic:

400% increase from what? Surely, selling four times the amount you did previously is better than not selling that amount; but what number are we talking about here? Doesn't mean much without figures.

[Ixion]

that'd be 500%, or five times the amount.

The increase isn't five times the amount though. The increase is only 40.

What if you sold 15 copies? That would be a 50% increase.

[A1ANDY]

Looks like microsoft needs to do the same or loose the lead. Maybe their waiting till Gears 3 is out. I hear console sales pick when an exclusive comes out.

[F34R]

The increase isn't five times the amount though. The increase is only 40.

What if you sold 15 copies? That would be a 50% increase.