CORRECTION: Correcting life-to-date sales numbers, making other minor corrections.
Plagued by initial production issues, extremely high manufacturing costs and excessive retail price, PlayStation 3 from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is even less successful than heavily-criticized Nintendo GameCube. At least, in the first ten months of sales Nintendo GameCube was sold in larger quantities than Sony PS3.
According to data from NPD, based on the first ten months of availability, the troubled PlayStation 3 sold 22% less than the Nintendo GameCube for the same period, reports GamePro web-site. In the first ten months of availability about 2.12 million Nintendo GameCube were bought by end-users, whereas only 1.742 million Sony PlayStation 3 gaming machines were sold in from November ’06 to September ’07.
Nintendo GameCube was released in November 2001 and sold in 21.6 million quantity worldwide, below sales of Microsoft Xbox, which reached 24 million, and five times less compared to Sony PlayStation 2.
Sony PlayStation 3 is currently available at $599 in the U.S., the price-point that is widely considered to be too high. Despite of the fact that Sony’s PS3 comes with built-in Blu-ray drive and features high-quality graphics games, the price is believed to be one of the major factors that keep gamers away from PlayStation 3. By contrast, Nintendo’s GameCube could offer neither DVD playback, nor high-quality graphics, nor unique motion-sensitive game controller, like that of Nintendo Wii.
Sony PlayStation 3 console is based on the Cell processor developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba, the RSX graphics chip by Nvidia Corp., wireless network and Bluetooth connectivity and is equipped with Blu-ray optical disk drive. There are several versions of the consoles available around the world with 60GB or 80GB hard disk drives and variable compatibility with PlayStation 1/2 games. In the U.S. PlayStation 3 80GB is sold for $599, whereas the hard-to-find 60GB model retails for $499.
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Nintendo weren't selling another far cheaper console as well though. Sony are still selling huge amounts of PS2s and the fact that they are still supporting the PS2 means that uptake of the PS3 is bound to be slowed. At the end of the day Sony are still selling more home consoles every month in the US than Microsoft are.
[Posted by: Krlo | Date: 10/04/07 12:04:56 PM]
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Get real.
[Posted by: boner | Date: 10/04/07 03:15:08 PM]
That's a good PR spin!
[Posted by: nobody | Date: 10/05/07 06:02:45 PM]
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nintendo gamecube sold more units that the 15 million you mention.
nintendo almost sell the same amount of gamecubes that xbox microsoft sold.
clearly you dont know the facts.
just lies and misleading... shame
[Posted by: jaime | Date: 10/04/07 12:05:57 PM]
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And stay down!!! ha ha
[Posted by: eugene | Date: 10/04/07 01:36:44 PM]
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The PS2 sales today are meaningless. They are about $130 and 90% of the games are under $10. Yeah thats a bargain! but also, most people are buying their 2nd or 3rd one now cause their first either broke or cause they just want the slim. The PS2 is probably not making much profit for Sony as most their software sales are now bargain bin used games.
[Posted by: eugene | Date: 10/04/07 01:40:01 PM]
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"whereas only 1.742 million Nintendo PlayStation 3 gaming machines"
:)
[Posted by: rpsgc | Date: 10/04/07 02:56:37 PM]
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PS3 is way overpriced, and there is very few games on it I, or my friends care to play.
If GTA IV was out, and ONLY available for the PS3, this would certainly be a differnt story..... Instead it will be coming out for X360 and PS3.
PS3 is doomed, unless they get the killer app games, or dramatically lower the price.
[Posted by: gamebro | Date: 10/04/07 04:21:14 PM]
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ouch that's harsh
[Posted by: randy | Date: 10/04/07 04:32:01 PM]
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xbots are out in full force tonight
[Posted by: nitsu | Date: 10/04/07 06:18:50 PM]
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LOL ! Lets piss all over them and short their circuts. Jzzzz Zing!
[Posted by: No Sheep | Date: 10/07/07 03:28:32 AM]
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The Playstation legacy at it's WORSE
[Posted by: huh | Date: 10/05/07 07:07:54 AM]
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The fact is that games sell the system.
I don't own either one, but seeing from the software lineup the 360 is winning by a land slide.
Now if the PS3 had a lot more games, and some cheaper solutions I would give it to them.
I am really interested in where the PS3 goes because on paper it has some pretty awesome hardware.
[Posted by: Jack | Date: 10/06/07 09:27:20 AM]
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Still early days yet... the massive exclusive list and price cuts should increase sales of PS3.
[Posted by: Andrew | Date: 10/07/07 10:00:47 AM]
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How is Sony going to catch up to Microsoft's and Nintendo's 10+ million units sold? Both Microsoft and Nintendo's consoles are selling extremely well.
[Posted by: MonkRX | Date: 10/08/07 07:07:55 AM]
Still early??
With that pricetag it is doomed to fail.
Software sellers won't back it up since it sells so bad.
and Gamers won't buy it since it has no software.
The exclusive software is behind a year and there is no release date in sight. and if it get's released they only lose money from all the years of Programming Investment.
It's obvious you're a Sony fanboy since you and the Sony Top Managers think alike and have lost touch with reality.
The damage it's to great to recover and the best way to get out of this is plan for PS4 and to redeem the mess they made with PS3 ( If they still have the money ).
[Posted by: Andrew needs 2 get a taste of reality | Date: 10/08/07 09:08:28 AM]
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I have a 360, and even speinding $400 was a stretch (and I'm 31 yrs. old.) No way am I shellin gout $600 for a console with 1 controller, no games, and poor software availability even after a year. Sony's name is starting to go down the tubes after the whole lithium-ion batter issues, late and pricey PS3, and now no games for it. I owned and enjoyed my $300 PS2 and would have done it again, but only because it has such a strong software following. Sort of like buying a Betamax with no movies to watch, defeats the purpose.
[Posted by: Gamer X | Date: 10/08/07 08:45:27 AM]
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Amen to that statement ;DDD
[Posted by: huh | Date: 10/08/07 08:58:41 AM]
Good old history repeating itself. When Nintendo was at the top of the heap with the NES/SNES they got greedy and kept using expensive cartidges for the N64 (Disclaimer: I have NES/SNES/N64/GameCube/Wii). Developers quickly moved to the cheaper-to-make-games-on PS. It took Nintendo a few systems but it seems like they are finally back thinking about gamers and developers.
There were signs of Sony becoming arrogant in making quirky, difficult-to-work-with-hardware for the PS2. It eventually worked out for them but when they announced they were using even stranger hardware with the PS3, it became apparent they were suffering from Nintendo-itis. Or perhaps Kutaragi-itis?
There is no way I would've payed the $659 CAD to buy a system with one good game at launch. I don't think they gained any goodwill in Canada by RAISING the price about a month after it came out to $700 either. Even now there isn't much that is worth the $659 CAD they want me to shell out, though the impending $400 version for the Blu-ray player alone is getting tempting.
I have many friend with Wiis and 360s (I have both) but no one I know has a PS3.
[Posted by: achillesfoot | Date: 10/10/07 11:43:44 AM]
You're lucky to have friends way smarter than the managing crew of Sony corp. who collectivelly suffer from a severe case of DENIAL.
[Posted by: huh | Date: 10/10/07 05:28:46 PM]
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"By contrast, Nintendo’s GameCube could offer .... nor high-quality graphics..."
Ha ha, that shows that you have no idea what you are talking about. The GameCube had superior graphics to the PS2 and only slightly less better than the Xbox. Ever played Resident Evil 4?
[Posted by: achillesfoot | Date: 10/09/07 12:04:00 PM]
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Yeah the sad thing is no one is surprised ^_^. If Sony Started Selling the 40GB PS3 for $399 things mighnt (though I wouldn't hold my breath) change. Of course I don't think they can afford to take that big of a loss on it especially with a weak US dollar.
The PS3 needs killer apps and I'm sorry but Metal Gear Solid Geriatric Snake isn't going to cut it for me even at $399 for the PS3. It's funny but the big seller for Sony right now seems to be Guitar Hero ON THE PS2!!! The PS3 is having alot of the same problems the Sega Saturn had, but worse. The Saturn actually had alot of games I wanted to play, and the PS3 has, uh....., yeah I can't think of anything ^_^.
[Posted by: Megamanx00 | Date: 10/09/07 05:17:21 PM]
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Sony PlayStation 3 Sells Worse than Nintendo GameCube in the U.S. – NPD.
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