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gamasutra.com - 1/6/2009

SCEA: PS3 Holiday Sales Up 130 Percent

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divider January 6, 2009 SCEA: PS3 Holiday Sales Up 130 Percent SCEA: PS3 Holiday Sales Up 130 Percent Sony says its PlayStation 3 saw an increase of more than 130 percent in hardware sales for the holiday season (from Black Friday on) in the U.S., and nearly a 40 percent increase for the ...

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SCEA: Holiday PlayStation 3 Sales Jump 130% [Don't Panic]
Kotaku — ... 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] ...

PS3 is up 130 percent for holiday sales
That VideoGame Blog — ... Sony of America is announcing that the PS3’s sales have shot up 130 percent over the holiday season, which started on Black Friday and ended on New Year’s. They also are claiming a 40 percent increase in sales over the year as a whole. Not too shabby for a system the internet was pretty much ...

Sony: PlayStation 3 Sales Up For Holiday Season
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... Jackson said. Although PS3 sales in November 2008 were down 18.8 percent from November 2007, the company claims that this was an anomaly due to November 2007's price-cuts. So, basically, Sony says they're doing fine, even though they're currently running third in the console race. My question is: Is this proof that video games are a recession-proof industry, or is this Sony looking at their year-end numbers with rose-colored glasses? Source