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Sony: PS3 holiday sales up 130%
Joystiq —
... Ian Jackson, VP of sales for Sony Computer Entertainment America, told CNET that internal data shows a 130% increase in PS3 sales during the holiday season (post-Black Friday). Jackson also claims that the PS3 has seen 40% sales growth during the calendar year. ...
PS3 Sales Up 130%, Xbox Hits 28 Million
The Escapist : Latest News —
Sony and Microsoft have preempted the usual NPD sales figures for December 2008 with their own self-congratulatory announcements: the PS3's sales were up 130% from last year, but it still couldn't close the gap with rival Xbox 360. Ian Jackson, SCEA's VP of Sales, told CNET that the PS3 had seen sales increase by 130% for the holiday season, and an overall growth of 40% for 2008 as a whole. He called 2008 "(A) pivotal year for PlayStation with the best software line up in the industry, a dramatic expansion of PlayStation Network including the launches of the video delivery ...
PS3 Sales Grew 130% in Holiday '08, says Sony
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed —
... VP of Sales Ian Jackson pointed out that PS3 hardware sales saw a hefty increase of 130 percent during the holiday shopping period. "We've had a solid holiday season and have delivered consistent growth throughout this year. 2008 was a pivotal year for PlayStation with the best software line up in the industry, a dramatic expansion of PlayStation Network including the launches of the video delivery service and the beta of the PlayStation Home," said Jackson in a statement (via Cnet ). "Early internal data points to an increase of more than 130 percent of PS3 hardware sales ...
November '08 sales decline blamed on 40GB's successful '07 introduction
Joystiq [PlayStation] —
... Talking to CNET, Sony has revealed why the PS3's November sales were actually lower in 2008 than in 2007, despite an upward trend for other consoles across the board. It seems that the introduction of the 40GB model and a new lower price in November 2007 was too successful, meaning that the PS3 was unable to compete with itself even a year later. What Sony forgot to mention is that the cheapest Xbox 360 is currently selling for half the cheapest PS3's price. ...
SCEA: Holiday PlayStation 3 Sales Jump 130% [Don't Panic]
Kotaku —
... we're also seeing a growth of nearly 40 percent in total PS3 hardware sales for the calendar year. We remain confident this momentum will continue into the new year." And what about the November dip? Merely an anomaly, created by the sales surge that came in November of last year following the introduction of the 40GB PS3. See? The PlayStation 3 has momentum! As long as December's NPD numbers hold true to Sony's internal data, everything will be just fine. Early returns show strong holiday video game console sales [CNET via Gamasutra] ...
The Daily GameDev.Net
GameDev.Net —
A recent Cnet article reveals that the games industry fared very well during the holidays despite the current economic crisis. While the retail industry as a whole suffered one of the worst holiday seasons in recent memory, some of the top games companies are reporting better than ever sales. According to Microsoft, this past holiday has been the ...
Console Post of the Week
Dubious Quality —
... (thanks GameLife) to Reuters: "We do not plan to announce additional restructuring measures at this time," spokesman Atsuo Omagari said, in response to the report. "We don't have any such plan." I think the simplest way to explain what's happened to Sony is this: when your product costs too much, then the entire focus of your marketing has to be why it doesn't cost too much. That is not an effective way to sell a product. On Tuesday, there was this from Ian Jackson (VP of sales for SCEA): Early internal data points to an increase ...
