Sales of PlayStation 3 jump-started 135 percent since price cut

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In response to the latest console hardware sales numbers reported by NPD Group, Sony contacted DailyTech and other media with its own internal data on PlayStation 3 sales.

According to Sony’s data, PS3 sales have increased by more than 135 percent at the company's top five retailers since the new $499 price was announced two weeks ago on July 9.

The surge in PS3 sales helped to send total PlayStation hardware up 161 percent, software up 15 percent and peripherals by 60 percent.

"The new price on the 60 GB PS3, coupled with our very strong software showing from E3, is certainly paying dividends in terms of impressive sales across the board at retail," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, SCEA.

Tretton continued by outlining the upcoming lineup of promising PS3 software: "This jump in sales bodes very well for us heading into the fall as we launch an impressive arsenal of hardware and software, leading off with the new 80 GB PS3 in August along with the unveiling of highly anticipated games such as Lair and Warhawk. That will be followed by Heavenly Sword in September and six more exclusive first-party PS3 games in October, including Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction."

Overall console sales in June saw an increase across the board for all systems. PS3 sales were up 21 percent over May's figures, with 98,469 units sold at retail. Furthermore, PSP was up 31 percent year-over-year, selling 290,108 units at retail, while PlayStation 2 once again remained one of the best-selling consoles on the market, with unit sales of 270,763 for the month, up an impressive 44 percent from May.
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source::DailyTech - PS3 Sales Increased 135 Percent Since Price Drop, Says Sony
 
...wow! I wonder why PSP's gotten the boost? Maybe people are grabbing 'em all before they are replaced by the slim, which may not be homebrew compatible.

PS3's was expected too. This kinda' sales figure should remain constant now will all the big games coming for the PS3. And its getting a heck of a library to counter Halo 3, on the FPS department alone, PS3 is exclusively getting Killzone 2, Haze and Unreal Tournament 3.
 
Params7 said:
...wow! I wonder why PSP's gotten the boost? Maybe people are grabbing 'em all before they are replaced by the slim, which may not be homebrew compatible.

PS3's was expected too. This kinda' sales figure should remain constant now will all the big games coming for the PS3. And its getting a heck of a library to counter Halo 3, on the FPS department alone, PS3 is exclusively getting Killzone 2, Haze and Unreal Tournament 3.
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Another reason for the PSP sales boost could be the drop in US PSP prices..
Btw, UT 3 is not a PS3 exclusive in the true sense as its being released for the Xbox next year..
 
Yes, but hopefully for 360 M$ will change their policy's about mods. Unreal 3 is timed exclusive to PS3 because this will be the first game that will make cross-sharing of mods between PC and PS3 version accessible, so it'll be the first cross platform game for PS3 where PC mods will work. Hope rockstar makes note of this for future GTA's as well.

Ofcourse, this is epic, and they just made one the greatest franchises for the 360 with Gears of War, but they couldn't do Unreal on the X360 first because of M$ Xbox Live policies - M$ wants people to pay money to access mods (both official and user-created), PS3 and PC get 'em for free, that's how Epic wants too, maybe this was the little quarrel Epic was rumored to have with M$ lately.
 
I can see the PS3 becoming a favourite when the prices come down even more as the PS2 has never failed to produce the latest games using it's moderately placed gaming engine and still offers market potential, just like the PS3 in months or years to come.
 
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