Sony's PS3 sales disappoint expectations

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 4:43 PM EST

Article Source: FT.com

business, technology, sony, ps3, playstation

Sony sold only 197,000 units of its PlayStation3 games console in the US last month, well below sales of Nintendo's rival Wii, because of supply problems.

It had aimed to put 400,000 PS3s into the biggest market for video games for the release of its next-generation machine in November.

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Russ R.

Yes, Sony did not sell the 400,000 units in the U.S. in the month of November missing it's projections. But, what the article fails to take into account is that Sony didn't even produce 400,000 units for the U.S. market in November.

No matter what number of units they would have released they would have been sold, so Sony can't blame the U.S. market on missing projections, only themselves.

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#1 - Fri Dec 8, 2006 4:47 PM EST

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msjgriffiths

There were rumours back 'round November 10th, if I recall correctly, that Sony only managed to ship 200,000 Playstation 3s to North America.

Somewhat sad to see that they were spot on.

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#2 - Fri Dec 8, 2006 6:54 PM EST

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mariachi77

It's ironic that the systems that sold the best in November were Xbox360, Nintendo DS, and Sony PS2.

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#3 - Sat Dec 9, 2006 2:22 AM EST

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Nick Ford

No it's not. If the units had been available, it's quite clear that the demand was present to for both the PS3 and Wii to outsell all of the systems you mention.

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#3.1 - Sat Dec 9, 2006 5:37 AM EST

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Spuds Stuff

It's been known for some time that Sony were having problems producing the PS3. Perhaps it's best to think of the 200,000 units as being a taster. Wet the appetite of the public and then generate even more demand when they sort out there production issues.

I don't think it will matter how many PS3's Sony produces they will be snapped up quick. The PS fans out there have ben waiting an age for this one.

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#4 - Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:18 PM EST

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