PS2 outsells PS3 in April
May 19th, 2009 Posted in Analyst, Business, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3
Bad news for Sony, as NPD’s latest April sales reveal that Sony’s PS3 only sold 127,000 units, the lowest since before the release of the 40 GB model in October 2007. To make matters worse, the age-old PS2 outsold the PS3 for the month, selling over 172,000 units.
Granted, the PS2 just received a price cut to $100, which has fueled sales, and might suggest that the PS3 is in desperate need of a price cut as well. If that’s not reason enough for a price cut, the NPD numbers show that the cheaper PS3 SKU outsold the expensive one by 9 to 1.
Tags: npd
May 19th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
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May 20th, 2009 at 1:14 am
So the PS3 made Sony 50 Million dollars
And the PS2 made Sony 17 Million dollars
So..the PS3 is making Sony more money..so its doing better…
Price cut? Maybe the most expensive consle to own over its lifetime, the XBOX 360 should cut its price by offering free xbox live
May 20th, 2009 at 6:25 am
The PS3 isnt making them $50 million, Sony won’t make any money off PS3 hardware sales due to previous development costs and such.
May 20th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
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May 20th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
50 million is chump change for a company like Sony. Who cares if xbox live is not free? Mine is only 5 bucks a month. PS3 would crush other consoles if they brought the price down. It’s as simple as that.
May 20th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
o the PS3 made Sony 50 Million dollars
And the PS2 made Sony 17 Million dollars
So..the PS3 is making Sony more money..so its doing better…
Reply:
WTF…were do you get these lame ass info, first its false and there losing money anyways…there still alive because they have blu ray relationship and there making money ! with there relationship its helping SONY survive…and price cut is needed bad or i sense NO Ps4 ! as we all know this generation is going to be longer so stay put…XBOX needs to lower there Gold down to ground that way user are happy but xbox only profit is XBOX Live so…no price drop on XBL.
May 20th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Hah! Somebody goofed big time. Go to vgchartz.com and look at the numbers, idiots!
weekly sales:
april 3rd ps3 136,981 ps2 76,154 xbox360 149,076
april 10th ps3 125,570 ps2 96,293 xbox360 148,726
april 17th ps3 158,733 ps2 84,707 xbox360 132,400
april 24th ps3 111,799 ps2 75,670 xbox360 115,948
may 1st ps3 107,414 ps2 70,222 xbox360 116,369
totals ps3 640,497 ps2 403,046 xbox360 662,519
Don’t know where they got the other numbers, out of their arses perhaps. What a bunch of idiots!
May 21st, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Someone please fire the sony marketing guy.
Drop it to 300 and it will sell like cookies
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Its so stupid that so many people say the PS3 needs a price cut, because the cheapest 360 that is even close to worth it is only $100 cheaper. and then I don’t have to remind anyone about the RROD(33%) and no Blu-ray. The Blu-ray alone is worth more than the extra $100, plus the internet is free unlike 360 where it is something like $50-$60 a month. so in the long run the 360 will actually cost you more and it isn’t any better than the PS3…So tell me again why the ps3 should drop it prices? other than people that don’t think long term they just see the cheaper price tag and don’t think of the RROD or the 50-60 a year they just see a smaller price tag….
Lets say you get the 360 at $300, then you have it for 5 years that bumps it all the way up to $600 you are paying for it. then lets say you decide you want a Blu-ray player, that is at least another $200 so now you are up to $800 worth for the that stuff. Now say you get a PS3 you pay $400 for the console and it already has a Blu-ray player and free internet. Ok lets say you don’t want a Blu-ray player the 360 would still cost $200 more than the PS3….now which is cheaper?
May 24th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
I want a console. I don’t want something that plays blu-ray, prepares my breakfast or whatever! I just wanna play! 50 – 60 bucks a month!? I might be doing it wrong cause I don’t pay that much!
Seriously, I love Sony and I used to love their consoles until PS3 not that I hate it but…it’s not worth the money….Come on I don’t want an uber great multimedia center! Good games are enough! I honestly could care less about what the ps3 does or doesn’t! They seriously need a price cut or maybe just a better console…cause ps3 had the potential to be a great console…but sometimes I think they just ruined it with the overpower hardware and “multimedia” center….
May 25th, 2009 at 3:17 am
@brandon
> the internet is $50-$60 a month
I presume you mean a year. That all assumes that everyone *wants* online gaming and a Blu-Ray player, which clearly isn’t the case otherwise the PS3 would be outselling the 360 by now.
May 26th, 2009 at 2:41 am
the PS3 IMO has better games than the 360, you’ve got Uncharted and Uncharted 2 on it’s way, MLB The show, Infamous, Killzone 2. I could go on for a while, but it really depends on your game preferences I guess, people get the 360 because it has a bigger game seletion. I would take a smaller seletion with better quality any time.
Yes I typoed I meant 50-60 a year, The PS3 is a “multimedia center” because that is what, at least I would think a lot of people want. For me it is about quality, and the PS3 doesn’t fail 33% of the time and Sony didn’t have to add a 3 year warranty to keep customers “happy”. The PS3 is worth every penny of it’s cost, like I said above in the longrun the 360 is a lot more expensive even without the Blu-ray player.
@”blinky”
I know there is a small group of people that don’t care about online play, heck I used to be one of them but then I actually tried it out and well now I am addicted, I don’t even play Madden offline anymore. although that could be because last years game sucked and the franchise couldn’t keep me busy.
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I honestly think it is about personal preference, you can’t understand why I would want a Blu-ray player or why I love to play online.I in turn can’t understand why you don’t want or like these things and no one is going to be able to convince the other that they are wrong…but it is nice to have a civilized argument about it (:
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Civilized argument, yes, but it all boils down to one utterly concrete fact at the end of the day. PS3 sux0rz.
June 8th, 2009 at 2:03 am
[...] hoe je de cijfers wil bekijken, is het nog altijd zo dat de PS/2 beter verkoopt dan de PS/3. De PS/3 verkocht 127.000 exemplaren en de PS/2, alsof die het erom wil doen, 172.000 exemplaren. We moeten [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 1:49 am
I am interested in buying your ps3 and i will to know the final price for the game and get back to me with your mode of payment…I will be expecting your reply?
August 1st, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Lol stupid sony fanboys, the RROD is down to 1% now.
PS3 needs a price cut or it will just keep lagging behind.