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Price cut boosts PS3 sales 250-300%

gamesindustry.biz — Sony said that it has sold more than 100,000 PS3 consoles in the week ending November 11, an increase of 250 to 300 per cent from the average weekly sales before the price drop.

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  • scootscr15, on 11/16/2007, -9/+61maybe i can finally afford 3.

    after all, why have one - when i can have 3 PS3s
  • santasing, on 11/16/2007, -10/+57God, so many negative nannies. The last time I was in a GameStop, they were sold out of all copies of AC. Not saying that it means anything, but just saying that a lot of people have and enjoy PS3 games. So find another pastime, or a job so you can buy one.
  • Zamfir, on 11/16/2007, -9/+34You're special, no matter what they say!
  • KrustyTClown, on 11/16/2007, -7/+32As of today, not 2 weeks ago, the PS3 is out Selling the Wii and 360 in Japan and Aulstralia.
  • sh0rtstop00, on 11/16/2007, -18/+43wow PS3 has so many positive news lately... it makes me so proud as a PS3 owner.
  • Zephkiel, on 11/16/2007, -3/+27To be honest, whenever a console drops in price it gets a massive sales boost. What's more important is if it lasts.
  • EXreaction, on 11/16/2007, -2/+19Imagine, you have 1 cake, and I have 3 cakes. This is like that, except you have no cakes, and I have 3 PS3s, also, I have this cake.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=uh1jB4hVJRg
  • WhereAmI, on 11/16/2007, -6/+22http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony-strikes-back/simple- ...
    * Nintendo DS Lite - 78,854
    * PSP - 58,964
    * PlayStation 3 - 55,924
    * Wii - 34,546
    * PlayStation 2 - 9,043
    * Xbox 360 - 5,817

    So if the PS3 is strungling what about the Wii? It was actually outsold for once.
    Thats right if Wiinii can post twice so can WhereAmI.
  • WhereAmI, on 11/16/2007, -8/+24http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony-strikes-back/simple- ...
    * Nintendo DS Lite - 78,854
    * PSP - 58,964
    * PlayStation 3 - 55,924
    * Wii - 34,546
    * PlayStation 2 - 9,043
    * Xbox 360 - 5,817

    So if the PS3 is strungling what about the Wii? It was actually outsold for once.
  • triplehelix, on 11/16/2007, -4/+20per week? you sure about that?
  • solidus636, on 11/16/2007, -1/+15***** Fanboy.
  • juventusc, on 11/16/2007, -3/+17if you want a ps3 the best way to get one at the lowest price is to buy it at kmart and use a 20% off coupon( located in the pharmacy section)
  • joshuaer, on 11/16/2007, -3/+15To be honest i make good money and i wanted and PS3 i like the controllers better then Xbox360 which i own as well. But i was not going to drop 500+ on a system that i only play games on. That said with the price drop I now own a PS3.
  • NightVortez, on 11/16/2007, -4/+16You do realize vgchartz pretty much guesses at it's figures? It's about as good as me coming online and saying they've sold a million this week, the only reliable source in the US for consoles sales other then the manufacturer themselves is NPD.
  • Zamfir, on 11/16/2007, -11/+23Keep holding on to the dream!
  • chocobomog, on 11/16/2007, -4/+16VGchartz also said the PS3 outsold the 360 in July. Turns out their 360 numbers were off by about 50,000 units and the 360 did beat the PS3. VGchartz can easily be wrong.
  • unearth, on 11/16/2007, -3/+13Save it for your diary
  • KenDigg, on 11/16/2007, -3/+13The race for third place is on, before MGS4 and Final Fantasy XIII have been released. Xbox is looking over its shoulder and the PS3 is closing fast.
  • Bob042, on 11/16/2007, -3/+12I think any time they make a price cut, they'll get a rush of people who were specifically waiting for it to be cheaper. If it starts consistently outselling the 360, good for Sony.
  • mal1964, on 11/16/2007, -1/+10After sitting on contestants row for over a year Sony finally got on stage.
  • Shaflugi, on 11/16/2007, -3/+11I don't know why you're being dugg down. I'm personally tired of constantly seeing "omg the price went down and demand went up". It's very, very basic economics. This isn't even news.
  • BOOFMAN, on 11/16/2007, -1/+9No, this is North American sales only
  • ELCad, on 11/16/2007, -3/+10Animal Crossing rocks. I killed a 7 year old to get my copy.
  • Robbothehood, on 11/16/2007, -4/+11You're right, it doesn't mean anything. AC is on the 360 as well. If you mean to say that the PS3 version was sold out when the 360 version was not, then that certainly is saying something.
  • krische, on 11/16/2007, -3/+10Actually, you CAN have 7 controllers. And quit acting like people buy CD's.
  • fantasticFlan, on 11/16/2007, -1/+8Really? They couldn't just drop it to $0, they'd actually have to pay you 1.5 to 2 times it's current price to get you to take one?
  • ZenMojo, on 11/16/2007, -7/+14Why? It's a console that you didn't make. You get no credit for it. Why be proud?
  • nreynolds, on 11/16/2007, -2/+8ok, so there are these things called months. And months have several weeks in them. Try to educate yourself.
  • danasghar, on 11/16/2007, -3/+9thats blu skies
  • zerochaos911, on 11/16/2007, -5/+11Yeah the sales definitely went up.Today i traded my Wii for a PS3. Really happy so far
  • hockey, on 11/16/2007, -0/+6After reading this thread I have this to offer.
    Fanboys and trolls truly suck.
  • LordSeth, on 11/16/2007, -1/+7The cake is a lie but the box is forever
  • sleeknerve, on 11/16/2007, -2/+8they have really good exclusives like resistance
    ratchet and clank
    uncharted
    but htey also have the same great games as xbox does also call of duty, rainbow six, oblivion, madden, skate, motorstorm, people need to stop making the "it doesnt have any games" excuse
  • bittdude, on 11/16/2007, -3/+8That's grammar
  • WhereAmI, on 11/16/2007, -0/+5http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony-strikes-back/simple- ...
    Some real numbers Wii69. PS3 in Japan alone was 55,000.
  • ZenMojo, on 11/16/2007, -5/+10Playstation people never acted elitist over the PS2. They didn't have to because just about everybody already owned one. On the other hand, the Xbox and Gamecube people talked non-stop trash about how their systems were better. That latent penis envy may have made you feel that the completely indifferent Playstation people were mocking you by not caring about your opinion, though.
  • yoyobean, on 11/16/2007, -1/+6cheapest PS3 may in fact be amazon's customer day promotion http://promotions.amazon.com/gp/holiday/amazon-cus ...

    smart bastards
  • toefer, on 11/16/2007, -2/+7If they do, will you keep posting the same comment? Ok, cool.
  • valentinoracing, on 11/16/2007, -10/+14Im not the oracle or anything but, blu ray outselling hd-dvd 3 to 1, more ps3's in the hands or stockings of gamers, i see nothing but blue skys from here on out!
  • Sabin, on 11/16/2007, -6/+10It says they ordered more units for the 360?
  • bigbadgoat, on 11/16/2007, -0/+3more over the handful of ***** cds they put the root kits on.
  • bigbadgoat, on 11/16/2007, -2/+5Assassin's creed.

    Its kinda like animal crossing, except theres an actual point to playing the game.
    Well, I guess thats not true, if you like chore simulators.
  • kyrre, on 11/16/2007, -2/+5Other diggers receive a greater quantity of digg ups than you because they are able to use the reply button.
  • sanman, on 11/16/2007, -2/+5Does this mean they will unfire Ken Kutaragi now?
  • Darcy, on 11/16/2007, -3/+6Oct 2007 NPD

    HW Results

    Wii 519K
    Nintendo DS 458K
    Xbox 360 366K
    PSP 286K
    PlayStation 2 184K
    PlayStation 3 121K

    Top 10 SW
    Rank # Units
    360 HALO 3 * MICROSOFT (CORP) SEP 2007 MATURE (M) 1 433.8K
    360 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 2 383.2K
    WII GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 3 286.3K
    PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK W/ GUITACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 4 271.1K
    NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA SEP 2007 EVERYONE (E) 5 262.8K
    WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 6 239.7K
    360 HALF LIFE 2: EPISODE 2 THE ORANGE BOX ELECTRONIC ARTS OCT 2007 MATURE (M) 7 238.4K
    PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 8 231.7K
    PS2 FIFA SOCCER 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS OCT 2007 EVERYONE (E) 9 129.7K
    NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 10 116.9K
  • krische, on 11/16/2007, -1/+3Okay, we got you. You are just trying to get a rise out of someone so that you can argue with them. But please, its really immature. Can we try to improve the image of game comments please?
  • sanman, on 11/16/2007, -0/+2several weeks per month
    I want those for vacation benefits
  • HBNDonut, on 11/16/2007, -1/+3I care :(
  • rusty123jimi, on 11/16/2007, -1/+3Sony knows their situation, and because of modifications, they've been able to lower the price! I see this as a marketing technique on their part!
  • Exhaust, on 11/16/2007, -0/+2This guy is a math wiz. KUDOS!
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