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[NemesisPrime]

Year of the Playstation 3. :lol

That is nasty

 

[Dragon]

I know it's been a while but we really need to get this thing updated ASAP:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b55/Danthrax40/PS3chalkboard.png

The price drop/Slim saved the PS3. It doesn't need saving at this point. These are horrible sales. Just needs to drop in price again.

 

[gofreak]

Holy poop. That's horrible right? Isn't that at pre slim levels almost?

Not quite. It's more or less half way between 2008 and 2009 november numbers.

Not very good at all. Sony should really revise their marketing strategy in NA I think.

 

[Fredescu]

I know it's been a while but we really need to get this thing updated ASAP:

Well may we say God save the Queen, because nothing will save the PS3.

Spoiler

Aussie joke.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Sony had to have known they conceded this holiday.

GT5 alone wasn't going to cut it. You need more than one piece of software to entice a frenzy.

 

[Guy Legend]

The gap between XB360 and PS3 in November should be embarrassing for Sony, especially in the month Gran Turismo 5 finally came out.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

08. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) SONY**

PS3: 530k.

i'd make a joke about gt5 and damage but i'm all dried up here

someone pick this up, we can workshop this into something good

 

[FrankT]

Morgan Stanley be leaking all them NPD numbers. A new source baby!

 

[DuckRacer]

has the "it only had a few days" argument ever been validated?

just curious

Infamous released late may and actually had better numbers reported for its second month. But other than that no.

 

[Dabanton]

Well guys you asked for an exciting NPD and here you have it, so much to discuss.

And are people already making excuses for GT5?

 

[Korez]

Congrats to Harmonix on Dance Central being the best-selling Kinect game, # 11 overall in Nov. A well-deserved win.

http://twitter.com/#!/XanderSliwinski

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/09/dance-central-tops-kinects-november-software-sales-in-us/

 

[WrikaWrek]

Black Ops sales can't be healthy. Good fucking lord.

 

[NeoUltima]

530k

Umm wow. Did not see that coming. That is a disaster. How does that even happen?

 

[DMeisterJ]

PS3 530k is a YOY drop of epic proportions.

That's just plain fucking terrible.

 

[Flakster99]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...o-game-sales-in-november-as-wii-recovers.html

- Wii: 1.27 million
- PS3: 530k.

I am not surprised at the PS3 numbers. It has A LOT going for it, but it's hardware price is still to damn high in comparison to the competition it is facing.

Maybe Sony is happy with how much hardware it is selling, along with Move and total software sales.

 

[clashfan]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...o-game-sales-in-november-as-wii-recovers.html

- Wii: 1.27 million
- PS3: 530k.

Did GT5 act as a reverse system seller? It made people not buy a ps3?

 

[Meus Renaissance]

Wish we could see Kinect numbers. That seems to be the only logical explanation for the gap between the two; although that's on the presumption that it sold bucket loads

 

[V_Ben]

Sony had to have known they conceded this holiday.

GT5 alone wasn't going to cut it. You need more than one piece of software to entice a frenzy.

This year seemed to be somewhat Frontloaded for them. I can see what you mean with them having "conceded" this holiday season... A racing game alone isn't going to whip the public into a shopping spree. Gotta have variety.

 

[butter_stick]

I told GAF the Kevin Butler ads sucked for advertising GT5.

I got a derogatory tag when I should have got a medal.

 

[Cold-Steel]

They should really just slash the price and get it over with.

The thing has been overpriced for too long

Spoiler

I want a Slim model bad

 

[FrankT]

http://twitter.com/#!/XanderSliwinski

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/09/dance-central-tops-kinects-november-software-sales-in-us/

Yeah! Beat out Sports then aye? I think both could have some serious legs.

 

[bigtroyjon]

Since the Wii and DS are down I guess this means that the PS3 and/or the PSP has single digit growth (would be funny if it is the PSP). Hopefully we can get somehting a lot more concrete than that in the near future.

edit: PS3 number are out and it doesn't make sense for the PSP to be up. Just strangely worded PR.

YTD growth, not just for the month.

 

[itxaka]

I honestly can't spin 530k into something positive.

That is.. just bad.

Playstation family + momentum + move = Good PR

Just watch it :lol

 

[CrunchyFrog]

530k... Yeah, 10-year life cycle my ass. :lol Expect 360 to fall off to similar numbers post holiday.

Next gen is still coming in 2012-2013, folks, despite what company reps would like you to believe.

 

[legend166]

With those terrible PS3 sales, I wonder if we'll see a situation where Nintendo and Sony compete head to head with new consoles say in early 2012 and Microsoft keeps on trucking with the 360.

 

[Sipowicz]

Hey jett, what's your position on GT5? I don't think you've made that clear fifteen times yet.

he's right though. gran turismo used to be fucking massive

now it can't even crack the top 5 in america and it's dropping like a rock in japan

 

[V_Ben]

http://twitter.com/#!/XanderSliwinski

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/09/dance-central-tops-kinects-november-software-sales-in-us/

I am happy about this fact. Well deserved.

 

[schuelma]

I have to give it to Microsoft. Well done.

 

[NemesisPrime]

530k

Umm wow. Did not see that coming. That is a disaster. How does that even happen?

Stock constraints?

 

[Road]

Plus it not like GT 4 did big numbers first month anyway.

GT4 February 22, 2005 - 620k

.

 

[MikeE21286]

Black Ops sales can't be healthy. Good fucking lord.

It's clearly an illegal amount of copies to be sold!

 

[Mileena]

Surprised (kinda) about Dance Central not charting. RIP Harmonix

 

[butter_stick]

With those terrible PS3 sales, I wonder if we'll see a situation where Nintendo and Sony compete head to head with new consoles say in early 2012 and Microsoft keeps on trucking with the 360.

Sony can't afford to release a new console in 2012.

 

[Mrbob]

I am not surprised at the PS3 numbers. It has A LOT going for it, but it's hardware price is still to damn high in comparison to the competition it is facing.

Maybe Sony is happy with how much hardware it is selling, along with Move and total software sales. How much did the PS3 sell last November?

No one at Sony should be happy. They just got spanked by almost a million units by their nearest competitor. Next month might have a bigger gap.

We might be looking at a historic month. The month where the Xbox 360 takes control of the USA market, and possibly the fading away and death of the Playstation brand.

 

[Dabanton]

Not very good at all. Sony should really revise their marketing strategy in NA I think.

If this means an end to the cretinous Kevin Butler adverts i'm all for it.

 

[Dragon]

he's right though. gran turismo used to be fucking massive

now it can't even crack the top 5 in america and it's dropping like a suicidal rock in japan

Did I say he was wrong? I'm not even disagreeing with him. I'm just tired of seeing it everywhere!

 

[Archie]

It is safe to say that Dance Central has outsold Rock Band 3, yeah?

 

[Garjon]

I have no idea how the PS3 could only manage 530k sales for one of the biggest months of the year. The low GT5 position can easily be explained though: fucked up launch, reviews that weren't all above 9/10, the fact that it's a sim racer releasing in the US, poorly advertised (it was in the UK anyway).

What I really cannot wrap my head around though is how on earth Hot Pursuit sold so well, combined SKUs or not. Anyone?

 

[jett]

Fuck, I can't believe I have no appropriate GIF for that in my vault...

 

[Kuroyume]

nvm

 

[LordPhoque]

Sony is pretty much dead in the US.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Dayum, that's pretty poor for PS3. Good Wii and great 360 numbers.
Nice to see Brotherhood being deservedly successful.

 

[MikeE21286]

.

I wonder what installed bases were at that point.

I wonder if GT3 would be a better comparison

Spoiler

it would probably look even uglier for GT5

 

[Jonsoncao]

PS3 was 378k in Nov 2008, it is up by a large margin on a year over the other year basis

 

[Averon]

I don't think Sony will give Kaz the kind of leeway he enjoyed with GT5

 

[user_nat]

Thought that Sports would outsell DC, guess not.
Wonder where sports sits then..

 

[Rainier]

yeah, people barely had time to get their pre-orders in.

ghst
thanks for the laugh

 

[VALIS]

Holy 360.

And GT5's low position isn't surprising. A lot has changed in the video gaming world since the last one was out.

 

[markatisu]

Wow with GT5 and Black Friday the PS3 was that low, crazy times

 

[Sean]

Lol at 530k PS3 :lol .. Not a good month for Sony at all. I'm looking forward to seeing how they spin this in their PR (if they even release one this month).