PlayStation 3 hardware sales plummet 82 per cent

Official Chart Track figures are in for the Playstation 3 and have revealed a sales drop of 82 per cent for the second week of release in the UK.

Gamesindustry.biz says that Chart Track data is gathered from 7000 UK retail outlets representing 90 per cent of the software market, including GAME, Gamestation, Play.com, Asda and HMV.

A spokesperson for Chart Track confirmed the figure to GamesIndustry.biz this afternoon, stating: "Yes, sales of PS3 hardware have dropped by 82 per cent."

[Bigmac573]

No console will sell the same amount of consoles from launch week. Durrrrrrr.

Some simple math for you all:

Europe got a million PS3 units for it's launch, it sold about 600k.
That leaves 400k to sell, so immediately there sales would lower about 60%. This is not based on lack of customer interest, it's based on PS3 availability.

That additional 20% drop means that they sold about half of the remaining units (200k) this week, which is still very good. Why is this such a big surprise to everyone?

[scarlett_rg]

Here's some simple (CORRECT) math for you all:

1 mil units shipped.

600k sold.

400k remain.

If Sony sold ALL 400k remaining units... their sales would have dropped by 33.33%. (ie. They would have sold 200k fewer units than previously. 200k unit drop in sales out of 600k (100% of previous sales) is a 33.33% drop in sales... not a 60% drop as claimed by Bigmac.) So a 33.33% drop would be their best case... as it assumes that they sold ALL of their remaining stock.

A 50% drop in sales would indicate that they sold 300k units.

And an 82% drop in sales means that they sold 108k units... not the 200k as claimed by Bigmac.

Bigmac man, get you numbers straight before you get on here and have a crap-load of people blindly believing them. And ESPECIALLY get them right if you're going to tell people that it's "simple math".

(I haven't read the remaining comments, so not sure if anyone else posted proper numbers... but the ones I supplied above are correct (assuming that the article headline is correct).)

[Bill Nye]

Technically both of your conclusions are unfounded because the findings in the article are only from the UK.

And, no, I'm not suggesting there wasn't a drop in sales everywhere else in Europe.

[Anego Montoya FTMFW]

Sony (is like your parents they make mistakes, but have to love them anyways,they have your best interests in mind)

Nintendo (is like your grandparents, it just not the same as when you were a kid, but you still fully respect them)

Microsoft(is like a drunk uncle, he`s fun to hang with, but he`s no one to look up to, he`s only concerned about fun in the moment, and if your not carefull he might try to take advantage of ya)

i`m out of bubbles so THANK U THANK U.

[vidoardes]

Comment of the year. Give that man a hat!

[darx]

I will take the drunk uncle. I am always up for fun.

[SmokeyMcBear]

ah yes.. that was an awesome comment, just classic, you're drunk uncle,

[mandrake]

Which one of the three would you swap dirty jokes with?

[ammojoe]

I don't care who you are, that's funny right there..

[Also Known As]

although i don't agree with it i'd have to yield way to the fact that your comment is pure genius. give that man another bubble.

[Hayabusa 117]

Seeing as I play games for fun, I'll hang out with the drunken uncle :)

[specialguest]

Whether it's 100% accurate or not, this comment deserves to be comment of the week. hahaha

[Joe]

You buy a console to have fun!!!

Drunk Uncle all the way dude!!!

[m23]

YES, that has to be one of the best comments ever, that was hilarious

[Blackmoses]

Man that is the Crown Jewel of all comments..... LOl that is sooo freakin' funny!!!!! LMAO.

[FeralPhoenix]

You keep cutting & pasting the same silly analogy, which doesn't make much sense when you consider that most child abuse cases are a result of PARENTS who molested, neglected, and otherwised abused their own children.....so maybe you should tell your Sony-Daddy you're old enough to tell now. -LOL

[CyberSentinel]

And like many Sony fans, their still living at "HOME", with Mommy and Daddy, and need their parents help to buy their Raystation 3. Come over to "Uncle" CyberSentinel's Crib, I've got something for all you Lemmings, that will help you pay for that PoS3.

@ Anego Montoya: I guess you think your comments make you "mature"? perhaps even "clever"? Think about this, Sony only has MGS4, do you really think 50 gigs are really needed for MGS4? Do you really think it will have more "gameplay time" then Oblivion? No. It will be nothing more then 10 gigs (if that) of game data, 40 gigs of FMV. I can guarantee it wont have more then 40 hours (if that) of gameplay. Lemmings like you, really believe Blu-ray will be utilized for gaming data storage this generation. I will make a bet with Lemmings...If MGS4 has more "gameplay" then Oblivion, (estimated 200 hours) then I will leave theses forums for good. If it does NOT have more gameplay time then oblivion, (after all its so HUGE it NEEDS blu-ray) then all lemmings make a mass exodus. Any takers??? I didn't think so.

@ Anego Montoya: Another fact to consider, it was alot easier for Konami to have a "hit" on PS2 when the last console generation was dominated by the same brand platform, you have a 200+ instal base, and ZERO competition. All you needed where 3 million sales to have a "Hit" title. This time you don't even have a 3 million fan base. If and when Konami is FORCED to accept the truth and try to bum their crappy game onto my "GAMING" console of choice, I hope sales are dismal. I will laugh uncontrollably at my computer screen, with My finger pointed at the monitor and say, "I told you so! HA-HA! Lemmings!!!".

Blind Lemmings, You Can't Win.

[RJ2000]

Just remember... dont' fall down face first after he drugs you.

[Anego Montoya FTMFW]

It`s Only MY opinion.
but i believe it to be true.

Honestly thou, if you agree or not how can ya say ya want the drunk uncle takin advantage of ya, it goes to show ya some people will say ANYTHING to defend theirs.

And CYBER SENTINAL.
That`s just creepy, your talkin to a bunch of guys.
and what are you 12? "raystation" seriously......."raystati on"
That`s the best you got.

To everybody else thanks for the bubbles.

@ cybersentinal
Oblivion huh, that`s probaly why it doesn`t work as well on the 360 as it does on the ps3.
No MGS4 will not be longer than oblivion.
But it`ll will look a hell of alot better.
and that takes up space.(yes even during gameplay.
I can tell you one thing it will be longer and more in depth than Gears and look better.
Stop responding it just makes ya look dumber than you already do.

[CyberSentinel]

@ Anego Montoya: "Oblivion huh, that`s probaly why it doesn`t work as well on the 360 as it does on the ps3."

Fact: Oblivion received a better score, EVERYWHERE, for the X-360 then the RayStation. Look it up Lemmings.

P.S. Learn how to spell.

Illiterate Lemmings, CyberSentinel Loves You.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

i guess it looks worse since they were breaking sales records with their launch

[Black Republican]

and before all of you PS3 haters come here and start bashing it.

Remember do all the bashing you want but either way you look at it
the PS3 launch was better and has beat the X360 and Wii launch.

OK their was Wii and X360 shortages,
SO the PS3 still sold more at launch, and that's the bottom line.

[Black Republican]

double post

[kewlkat007]

"Sony (is like your parents they make mistakes, but have to love them anyways,they have your best interests in mind)"

Anyhow yes this was expected..It sold well last week. I mean it doesn't debut every week ya know....I think we all called this one out last week.

Unless you can forgive dadda and momma Sony, for they will do better next week... don't forget to give granny kisses and let your Uncle know he has a serious drinking problem....

[Neutral Gamer]

This is isn't surprising because once the hardcore gamers and loyal fans have bought a new console there's an inevitable large drop in sales (although the Wii may appear to be bucking that trend as it appeals to casual gamers).

Now the proper race can begin. In a few months we'll have a very good picture of how well the three consoles are selling against each other now that all of them have fully launched.

I reserve judgement until then.

[TheMART]

OUCH

Like I said

I already told you so
I already told you so

It'll go the same way as USA. 360 selling constantly every month, PS3 600 Euro is fine for fanboys, but it's too expensive for the average gamer, period.

They need to act quick and get the price down otherwise PS3 is doomed

@ Anego (above)

Dude, your drunk yourself. The 360 has the best gaming experience now and I bet it will keep that during it's life cycle. With upcoming titles and ingame stuff we get and the PS3 doesn't (CGI Kill Zone 2 whats there else? Nothing), for example Mass Effect, Bioshock, Forza 2, Halo 3... It's not fun for the moment alone.

What you're talking about is Sony keeps you waiting. Waiting over and over again.

last year they said in Spring: Sorry we delay the PS3, just wait
They said: true HD will start when we launch, all games will be 120fps @ 1080p in 4D.

All there is are mediocore games or even below at highest 720p and like COD3 it may be happy to get up to 30 fps where the 360 does 60fps

Now they say: wait untill the good content arrives. Uh dude. The good content is already on the 360.

You need to take some medicin and glasses

Plus we do a little calculation here...

82% decrease in the land of gaming UK.
Which makes sold 18% of last weeks sales in UK. They sold 165k. @ launch. So 18% of that is nearly 30k. The decrease in the rest of EUrope will even be stronger, because it isn't like UK so crazy over Sony stuff and is less into gaming then overthere.

@ Deepbrown (below)

How do you get 425k dude? 165k first week. 30k last week. That's 195k in two weeks. The coming weeks the decline will go on. Let's say they manage to sell 20k each week. That makes 235k max. in a month dude.

@astroboy2k5 (below)

How is a short supply possible if

220k was shipped to UK before launch. 165k was sold. 55k left. 30k sold last week, 25k of launch shipments still in stock for the coming week. And shipments are regularly. Probably even more in stock after launch.

Thus the PS3 isn't in short supply. Bullsh!t. It's not selling

@ Anego Montoya (below)

That's funny. My PS2 drive broke down on me as it did with many other people. Kid of my sister, 12 years old one broke. He cried a river about it and bought a 360 this time around. Many of my friends PS2's stopped reading discs also.

Sony said it was because the people didn't use the drive right. Ofcourse Sony. They wanted to let you pay if they would repair it heavily. ANd the console was gone for months and months.

The 360 in Europe at least, has a very well warranty program. Two years full. Within a couple of weeks back. All of my friends with a 360 now, about 30, only about one had hardware problems. And got back a new one real fast.

So that makes your story useless there dude. Be sure, the only thing I follow is the best overal gaming system. I had them from MSX-1 and MSX-2, to Amiga 500/1200 (ruled compared to PC back then), Megadrive, NES, PS2, XBOX and now a 360.

One thing is for sure, don't follow Ken, because when you turn your back on him, he'll put it right up in your ass

@ Keyser (below)

Don't agree. Many former PS exclusives are coming over to the 360. MGS4 isn't secured by MS, Final Fantasy isn't either. If they come over, there isn't so much to justify 600 euro over, is it. And don't come with all those game names that haven't proven itself yet we've only seen some CGI from.

Sony pushed its BluRay player over a gaming device. That's why I, a real gamer just see the line of devices above, won't buy it. And that's why I say to others, don't bother about it, get a 360. All by the knowledge of lying Sony.

Although I will say: buy a PS2 and God of War 2 with it. And get a 360 for the next gen stuff

[Anego Montoya FTMFW]

i had both.
Anyone who has both will tell ya.
I had the dreamcast and the ps2.
anyone who had both will tell ya.

Xbox will abandon you.
like they did w/ the 1st xbox, the core, and now the premuim.

I know what you are. your a FOLLOWER.

you like the kid who joins a gang cause your to scared to stand alone.
ya wanta know what MART.
I`ll see ya in a few years,on the sony side.
when you 360 breaks. your REDO breaks.
I had the 360(broke twice) MS assistance told me " the lasers aren`t the greatest"
and your not gonna convince me it`s better.(do you own a ps3, No.)

MS will abandon you.
PETER MOORE has proven nothin except he`s know how to drive a business in to the ground.

This is the Dreamcast all over again.(which peter moore launched)
Dreamcast lost it`s legs w/ CD`s vs. DVD`s.

Don`t Follow Peter FOLLOWER.

[Keyser]

At first I thought you actually felt this way but after reading quite a few of your posts I know now you do this on purpose.

After Killzone 2 there's nothing?...Seriously, you know about Lair, HS, FF13, Ratchet and Clank, Tekken 6 blah, blah, blah. The same games the Sonyfanboys have ben drumming up for the past two months. You know they exist because you're a frequent poster.

I have a 360 and I'm unaware of all the KILLER games you're talking about. I've got GeoW. Aside from that, there aren't many must have PS3 games. iwas getting bored on my 360 and started playing PS2 games I hadn't beat yet.

PS3 has Resistance and Motorstorm but they definitely need more to keep you entertained for sometime, I would assume that's why the rumors of Lair and HS release are pending.

MS and Sony share most games. Few are exclusives and the ones that are are few on MS and Sony as compared to the games they share.

Somebody posted this before, if you're a SERIOUS gamer, you'll get both systems because there is something to miss if you go just one way.

Fanboyism is for people with shallow pockets.

[tethered]

Haha!
themart has got to be the biggest fanboy ever.

He is quite comical.

[techie]

And PS3 owners will enjoy the 360 exclusives coming over to the ps3.

But still of course the price isn't justified without more games. I'm waiting until June like a lot of people.

[Arkham]

With each post you're looking more and more like a random-comment generator drawing content from a very limited database.

[forget_123]

sorry i am new, just wondering is there a way tha i can ignore this guys'(themart) message forever ? feel like wasting time to load his comment, making the page longer than it should be.

i mean he always just blame on this and that. i mean what's his problem? he probably mentally injuried or something that if one day he does not blame someone , blame sony he will die.

he is very typical type of trying to find bones from fresh egg.

he should go see some doctor, make sure he still under control.

everyone can give comment, but what's the point of posting countless meaningless flame post everywhere? it just wasting my time to load your comment, can someone teach me how to ignore him forever ?

not interested to see his post anymore.. cz they are just repeating over and over again saying samething. come on, if it's something true, people will eventually know it, u dont have to spread the hate of sony everyday... well u working really hard.. or maybe it's ur job. who knows..

anyway. sorry for my long post, but if there is a way to block him forever plz let me know, thx

edit :(eh.. sorry i am being dumb.. just realized there is an ignore button, hope that works :) )

[fenderputty]

"@ Deepbrown (below)

How do you get 425k dude? 165k first week. 30k last week. That's 195k in two weeks. The coming weeks the decline will go on. Let's say they manage to sell 20k each week. That makes 235k max. in a month dude."

LOL ... @ 235k a month, the PS3 will still be doing much better then the 360 in the EU. You're a tard.

[InMyOpinion]

Amiga 500 was the shiznit...

[sloth4urluv]

The Mart always does make me laugh, but he does make some good points.

Kinda frustrates me that the ps3 had an extra year for developers to make something for and its still slim pickings for the ps3.

People just seem to equate sony's previous winning as a sure thing and that the ps3 has it in the bag just because its sony.
It's kinda like roulette if black comes up 5 times in a row and you keep betting on black because you feel its a sure thing then eventually your going to lose.

Seems like the only thing keeping it afloat is the bluray (I myself am looking at one for a bluray player), and the promise of good games.

Its just too much for too little games right now.

(ther go all my bubbles :(

[techie]

Lol of course it has. 165,000 in four days. How could that be matched?

But yes significant fall. Worrying for Sony? Perhaps...

Still 30,000 a week, with double at christmas (low estimate) brings UK sales to 1.5million (360 sold 1.9million in the whole of Europe last year)

[astroboy2k5]

Maybe its because 80% of the PS3's that were sent to the UK were sold in the first week.
Obviously, they are short on supply.

[Longhornbevo]

Thats kinda what I was thinking.

[LSDARBY]

30k is great. Good job sony

[Marty8370]

Point is Sony supplied more PS3 units at launch, once launch stock sells out. Sony needs to keep retail supplied with units. So untill this happens sales will go down. Makes perfect sense. Its been happening all a time with Wii since launch. Only cos Nintendo are shipping so low ammounts of Wii units.

[EasilyTheBest]

Haters...? You can dress it up as much as you want a drop of 82% in the second week is awfull for Sony.
Its 82% remember not 30 50 or even 60%...
Hey if you ask me its a good thing, everyone has always complained about the PRICE and now it seems we were correct, Sony is just asking to much for their console. Price drops galore, alot sooner than anyone predicted.
Oh, and I aint a hater, I think with a built in Blu-ray player the PS3 is quite good value, but Im a Hardcore Gamer who knows what Blu-ray is, the average buying public just see a £425 Rip off price tag..

[XxZxX]

huh? what do you expect? they only have 200k around and they almost sold up to 195k in second week, you tell me it's not good. You can bring me the negative statistic if you want to. But they sold ~97.5% of allocated PS3 in two week is not a good thing. Come on man, spin all you want to. 97.5% of allocated PS3 sold in two week are great accomplishment to sony.

[sajj316]

If PS3 dropped anything more than 50%, it's expected that Xbaboons would be all over this like a monkey on viagra. A drop is inevitable. A drop is inevitable. Let me repeat, a drop is inevitable. The real fight begins now that both consoles are on the market. Is 82% significant. I would say so, but very explainable.

[r1000]

A very good comment made by Anego... followed by...

XBaboons... HA HA thats a good one....

[Skizelli]

And how do you think you make yourself look as an obvious Sony drone by calling 360 owners Xbaboons? Certainly not any better.

[theagony]

Skizelli you are a baboon

[Black Republican]

so as far as i was aware the first week ps3 sold

600 000, maybe more, or maybe i am just wrong and it did not sell that much. I could have read wrong or just misinformed.

so 82% of 600 000 is 492 000; 600 000 - 492 000= 108 000

so selling 108 000 is the second week is bad??? if you ask me that's still good.

they will meet the 1 million mark easy.

but after this month I think it will be a huge decline in sales montlhy, but this is a given common guys this is launch month.

The question is how much or what pace will it keep in europe in sales monthly.

[TheMART]

You can't calculate like that

82% drop is only for UK

That's a gaming country.
THe rest of Europe is less into gaming and will decline even at a faster rate.

so it's not 18% of 600k dude. No 108k, it'll be lower, much lower...

[Antan]

As predicted, and by no means a suprise. Only natural things would drop off. As new titles become available things will pick up. Also i think you will find more sales during the 4th week of each month as this is usually when people get their wages.

[BIadestarX]

Sony needs to do more to keep those sales up. If this continue to be the case they will have nothing to celebrate. They will not only have the title for the fastest selling console, but will also be known for the fastest sales drop in history. 82 per cent drop? Did that every happen before. If this continues it may be a sign of saturation. Meaning that previous purchases represent only fanboys that were waiting and had pre-orders for a long time.
Unless ofcourse is because they are sold out and need to re-stock.
This means that it's too early to tell it this is good or bad. We will know for sure in the following months. Let's hope it's not the same as in the US where the PS3 is available and yet sells keep sinking.

Edit History:
@Nasty Nas, I agree with you. Launching that many consoles have the effect of making you look good the first week and very bad the next. Sony earned the "most succesful lauch in the history of a console" but it may interpreted in a negative way in the following weeks. This is why I said we are going to need more time to know what's real and what's not. It's a double edge sword. Which is why many companies keep their products in low numbers to make people believe it's selling like hot cakes and they need to get one. I give sony kudos for trying doing this. They got balls.

[Black Republican]

I am in no way saying you are wrong, or trying to start some flame war.

BUT another way you could look at it is, has their ever been a launch with this many consoles available???

if the X360 and the Wii had the same amount of consoles at launch what would have been their numbers for the second week??? (% in terms of hardware sales)

I guess this is one of the bad affects of having so many consoles at launch the % in sales will lower a lot when no one has to wait to get a console.

[Antan]

The thing is Blade, how do Sony see sales of 30K? Are they acceptable to Sony? Did Sony say they expect to sell 1.5M this year in the UK? If you tot the figues up, by the end of the year they will be at just under 1.4M, this is at 120K per month and doesn`t include potential christmas period "bonus" sales. The percentage figure is high only because the launch week sales were high. The higher the sales, the bigger percentage.

[sak500]

They need to start offering more HD TVs free so that the sales pick up. There is nothing much to the console which I would pay so much money for, which i'm not getting already from my 360. I dont want to buy a bluray player yet.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

what was MS' sales drop after launch? anyone know?

[PSN Starfleets]

Not sure but from this website, it says it sold around 350,000 in the first week (North America).

http://www.gamepro.com/news...

[SmokeyMcBear]

since they said that it sold out everywhere.. i would believe the drop off would be 100%... you know because they claim it to be sold out

[PSN Starfleets]

Whilst people are trying to defend the PlayStation 3 from the upcoming onslaught of 360 fanboys, I think they've ignored that a sale plummet of 82% is a negative and I doubt anyone expected the sales to drop that drastically considering the launch was just a week ago.

I agree with Bladestar in general. One of the reasons why I didn't get a PS3 at launch was because I didn't feel any of the games really justified the price to me personally.

No system sellers in short. And the system sellers are a long time ahead, so strap your belts on and brace yourselves for the next few weeks and months..

[SmokeyMcBear]

but if the 360 sold out as everyone claims.. wouldnt the drop off be 100%... sound in theory 82% is better than 100% right.. or I could be wrong, i dunno, spin it all you want

[Loudninja]

What in he heck did you expect?? A boost? Peopel really love to spin BS here

[PSN Starfleets]

My point is not the fact the sales dropped. It is by the margin they have dropped by.

And the gentlemen with the avatar of large breasts - the difference is that no intelligent person can really compare the two systems in terms of launch. They were extreme shortages, personally it took me 3 months of intensive searching to get my 360.

But if the sales of the system dropped by 82% after only a week where supply was being taunted as HIGH, and everyone hyping the system, then it doesn't make sense to me ATLEAST to have such a steep steep drop in sales?

If it was e.g. lesser than 82%, then yes I can understand and expect it. But this is a negative.

And yes, the 360's shortages in terms of sales was also a negative. I am not touting one over the other here.

[sajj316]

I do agree that an 82% sales drop is a large margin. No argument there. We don't know if stock was replenished after the initial launch release. Chances are, they weren't. If stock wasn't replenished than I could understand a high percentage sales drop (not enough units to sell versus launch day).

There are quite a bit of factors we don't know yet so I think its usless for us to argue about it. Its the consoles second week of release.

[techie]

I hate to point this out. But in Europe we can observe that even without shortages the 360 didn't sell well. 1.9 million in 2006 for the whole of Europe.

If the ps3 stays at 30,000 per week for the UK...(good base number)...that puts UK sales at 1.5million by years end. UK only...

Estimate for Europe based on that? Well the UK is about 28% market share...so that total comes to 5.3million for Europe this year...I actually don't expect it to be that high. But still outstrips expectations and certainly 360 sales in a whole year.

[fenderputty]

The haters come in here and try to make this spin as horrid. I really don't see this as any sort of sign. Even at this pace the PS3 will twice outsell the 360 in less time.

[Monchichi025]

Do people not have Common sense anymore???

Someone please tell me one time in history the most expensive console on the market has won out!!!! Anybody???

Never!!!!

Just like every other time in history, the product with the best value will win out. And sorry to tell you, Sony does not even come close to meeting that criteria, even admitting it themselves. That is not what they are after. They are after the HD-DVD market, which in the long run will be more financially benificial to there COMPANY!!! They do not care about the gamers, like every other corporation they want to make as much money as possible, not to please us!!

Sony knows they will lose the videogame market, why is it so hard for you to face that?!? Common sense people.

[Armyless]

Ticket sales of movies dropped off sharply at around midnight last night according to market analysts. "We were shocked when we looked at the figures, but they are impossible to ignore. Last night around midnight, almost no movie theatre tickets were sold. We can't say at this point what kind of impact this will have but it is shocking to say the least." Movie producers were not available for comment at that hour.

[PSN Starfleets]

I think with the increasing Internet Speeds and distribution of illegal movies, I think the cinema's need to offer people a bit more honestly.

Otherwise in a few years, people will be able to download HD movies very quickly.

Personally, I cant remember the last time i went to the cinema.

*wink* *wink*

[SmokeyMcBear]

too funny

[Keyser]

Better movies, higher sales. Most movies suck!!! They should also offer something that you can't get at home. With my system at home, there is no reason to to the theatre but if they offered something I couldn't get at home then i may be inclinced to go. Over priced candy doesn't count either.

82% large number but I would be more shocked if they didn't sell any. People were anxious to get one...LAST WEEK! Now, you can't race to be the first on your block with one. Sales are bound to rise and fall with games that are released as someone previously stated.

[Loudninja]

They sold most of they stock the first 2 days

[chrisin3]

well folks, it looks like sony had the biggest launch in european history with over 600,000 units sold, lol, but wait their sales went down after the launch so now the whole console is completely doomed and sony sticks and microsoft completely rules, lol. Microsoft has halo and gears and a few others, so sony has no chance in hell. As if, sony is just some new guy on the block without any clue how the gaming world works. Give me a break... and yes, I just completely forgot how crappy metal gear was, and not to mention Hideo confirmed yesterday after the gaming conference, that metal gear would stay exclusive. It was in an interview with katuka or whatever that guys name is from the site of the same name. Look up the interview. It was on here yesterday.

[Silver Bull3t]

Am I too late for the PS3 circle-jerk?!!!

I am!? guess I'll go play some GAMES on my 360. MUAHAHAHAHAH!

[darx]

Thanx for the laugh.

[Armyless]

Cuz it sort of looks like him/her.

[Silver Bull3t]

SALES DOWN 82%!!!!!!

I was hoping they'd keep selling soooooo many in the UK that we'd be able to dump those PS3s rotting on US shelves and make room for more upcoming 360 exclusives.

Maybe we can grind up all the PS3s nobody wants and use them as yard mulch, at least then they'd be worth something.

[highps3]

Then people wonder why that community is so horrible..

Going to be funny when the Elite launches lets see how well it does.

[SmokeyMcBear]

hmm lets see, 165,000 units sold at launch, an 82% drop off, so thats 30,000 units sold the following weak, hmm, so thats 200,000 units sold in 2 weeks. lets see, if that number holds (30,000 units per week), it'll be 1 million units sold by the end of the year, not including fluctuations for new games/christmas, for only the UK.. thats actually not too shabby if you ask me. And you know the elite is going to sell well.., but i would say 75% of those sales would be current users trading in their premium for the new toy. I mean I would, those premium units could crap out any day now, so get the new one with the warranty.

[techie]

Yes this fall was hard...but is it that significant? If it stays at 30,000 per week for the UK...I expect that to rise and fall on release of games, so it's a good base number...that puts UK sales at 1.5million by years end. UK only...

Estimate for Europe based on that? Well the UK is about 28% market share...so that total comes to 5.3million for Europe this year...I actually don't expect it to be that high. But still outstrips expectations and certainly 360 sales in a whole year.

Questions welcome...

Just thought I'd add that the ps2 sales drop from first week to second week was...78% :)

[ACE]

fact is once all sony fanatics have 1 the sales figures will plumet to the floor for the ps3 . u brown r a super sony fanatic undercover u sir r a big fan boy stop bs facts .

thanks .

[Loudninja]

I just want to know thats all :)

[fenderputty]

160k * .18 = 30k units sold during week 2. That's supposed to be bad? When you consider the EU got around 200k total unit's, 190,000 units in two weeks doesn't sound all that bad.

[Aeroglyphics]

So it dropped from 165k to 30k which is 82%.
As stated by deepbrown the PS2 dropped by 78% in it's second week.

I think thats even more impressive due to the fact that every one that was a hardcore Sony fan probably isn't counted in the 30k from this week. They would have probably been counted in the original 165k, due to them not having trouble aquiring one because of ample supply.

[Diselage]

Still though having any left after a launch doesn't speak well for a console.

[fenderputty]

thing freaks people out. Like sales were expected to remain that high. With only around 40k of the total units left after Launch weekend, 30k of them sold. That's bad?!?!?!?!

Also ... again .... as deepbrown stated, at this pace the PS3 will do more then fine.

[Aeroglyphics]

"Still though having any left after a launch doesn't speak well for a console."

This was unprecedented, never had there been a console with so much supply. If your statement was true then if a company had 5 million consoles at launch but only sold 4 million then that wouldn't speak well.

[power of Green]

82% thats not as bad as i thought it would be. J/K.

[Bad_Karma]

This is a guy that would sell his own mother if it meant Sony would get bad press . Like i said before MART , you wear that Microsoft ass kissing crown so well and for the life of me i cannot understand why you put so much effort into your petty grievances against Sony , its not like your ever going to gain anything from MS ,you are nobody to them .

GO SONY

[razer]

Fanboys are bad no matter what side of the fence they are... I see this thread has a lot of PS3 fanboys posting in it, yet you seem to ignore them all and go right for TheMART?

If you look back at the comment thread for the UK breaking records you see the same kinda crap from PS3 fanboys saying "where are the xbots now??" "PS3 RuleZ Xbox is the Suxx!" and stupid comments like that. Now that reality sets in for the PS3(which isn't bad at all) you cant take a dose of your own medicine.

The PS3 is doing fine atm and it will be interesting to see if that number declines or stays steady as time goes by.

[power of Green]

#12 Wii has sold close to 6 million consoles in 5 months, WTF are you talking about?.

[Hayabusa 117]

Hang on, since when did none supply count as sales? Surely they're counting the number of units available in shops to how many are being brought? If not then surely the 360s sales drop was higher, since there were none available after the launch?

Was this expected? Ofcourse it was, it only makes all those Sony fanboy's who said the 360 was doomed because the PS3 sold 600,000 units look bad. So how many PS3s were sold? 30,000? Only a week after launch? Rest assured, the figure will likey drop in the coming weeks...

[Monchichi025]

Reading your comments makes me laugh. Wasn't it just last week that you all were saying how great the PS3 is showing it would be and that sales would always be strong.

But like we said, those numbers were just a sign of how many fanboys there were and that's it!! Now you enter the stage where just like in US & Japan, PS3's will sit on the store shelves collecting dust.

Face, it the PS3 is overpriced and that will always be it's achilles heel no matter how great you think it is.

"It's always about the Money!"

[Armyless]

This "news" is just as absurd as the news was that "sales have suddenly, dramatically risen for the PS3" during the launch in Europe. Demand didn't change, they were merely finally able to purchase what they had been waiting for.

And likewise, people who trumpeted the PS3 figures AS A RANDOM SPIKE are just as absurd as the people who treat the end of the launch AS A RANDOM WITHDRAWAL from demand.

Now we have all three consoles in all three territories. It will take time for the pendulum supply and demand swinging to level out but we will see a worldwide pattern forming THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR. Don't watch for immediate fluctuations, these are propagated by game releases, sales, and bundled deals etc. From this point forward, all markets have been tapped, and the market can finally determine the shape of console gaming to come.

Adverse emotionalizations work contrary to your intent.

[Rockstar]

It's all about the games!

It's the games that sell a system thats why the 360 is doing so well right now. Price means nothing, when people see a game they really want to play they WILL buy the system. Be it now or sometime in the future.
Besides the PS3 is not overpriced by any means, you get what you pay for.

When the games come we'll look at the headlines and see how the PS3 is faring, and the games are coming.

[EasilyTheBest]

As if its a given that Sony will stay at 30 thousand a week. Its dropped off 82% come on guys, after 1 week, yes just one week. I thought with all the press ads posters word of mouth, it would take at least a month to drop off that much...
Its not good fullstop..

[Boink]

sure it's a huge drop, but it's only week 2.

give it a few months before you will be ablt to tell if it's dissapointing or not.

although as all the industry experts have said, xmas '07, when all 3 consoles are in great supply is when we will get a clearer picture of who is winning and losing.

[Thugbot187]

Honestly it’s way too early to make judgments. Products can have killer release sales when they come to market but this doesn’t determine a products success or failure. In the case of the PS3 it shows how many early adopters (Hard Core Gamers) are in favor of the system. It is expected that sales should slow a bit from initial release day sales but should progress at a steady rate until it hits the early majority crowd. The game industry has declared once a console hits 10, 000 consoles sold, it is passed the 13% early adopter and into the 34% early majority where they can really start making money. As long as Sony can reach this point by the end of this year they should be fine.

This might give a little more insight as to how retail sales work:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[richie007bond]

Sony fanboys you can try and try and spin this anyway they want,but at the end of the day demand has dropped big time,its just to dam exspensive and the lack off AAA games for the ps3 has turned off any interest people once had for the ps3,so spin spin spin the facts but 82% phew its in black and white and what cant speak cant lie...82% wft

[Shaka2K6]

Some people around here like to spread fud againts Sony & PS3, eh!
patethic to say the least.

[Jamaicangmr]

Is this even news worthy? Who the hell thought it was gonna sell 165k a week? The PS3 sold 30k last week which isn't bad at all. Relax guys stop twisting and sites need to stop puttin out flame bait.

[TheMART]

It's 30 last week and you'll see it's 20 or below next week.

I know fanboys go hit me again over this, but just watch it.

Who would have guessed PS3 would sell only 130k in North America last month?

Who? If you are fair Sony fanboys, post after me how you explain that. When the 360 almost sold 240k there in the same period.

Just try to explain me why that wouldn't happen in Europe.

[Rockstar]

Is this Bill Gates?

[techie]

Why? Price and the 360 has Gears of War...wasn't selling so well a year ago now was it?

Ps...go look at European sales for the 360 my son. 1.9million for 2006. Don't preach unless you can show that your poster child is doing better.

[ALIEN]

Why you hate the ps3 so much, it is just a console. how old are you? THE MART! you sound like a 10 years old kid. DUDE! get a life.

BACK ON TOPIC!

PlayStation 3 hardware sales plummet 82 per cent, who cares?

[ALIEN]

TH MART!

Im going to show you a picture of you. your the one that just got killed by ps3fans.

[ALIEN]

Here's a picture of you and PETER.

[ALIEN]

The picture did not come up

[Maddens Raiders]

plummet or no plummet. The PlayStation 3 is the hottest and best thing going right now. Hate it or not; it's true. Marty; you are a lonely, lonely soul man. Sign up to PSN now and join the party dude. See you @ home.

[DJ]

When I saw how much the total sales for PS3 shot up last week.

[Rockstar]

Of course sales are gonna drop thats a no brainer.

If they didn't the 360 would be in big trouble now as opposed to later.

[chrisin3]

Some guy just got done posting that the PS2 dropped 78% the 2nd week. Knowing that, this conversation should be over right now. This isn't some huge indication of the future. I am still surprised that the PS3 sold 165,000 units at such an expensive price during their launch. That to me says more than the sales figures for this week. How do we know how well consoles should actually sell after a launch like this? No launch has ever produced this many consoles, so how can we even gauge this??? There are too many variables and people are just looking for bad things to say about sony. It's almost as if sony is not allowed to have good press. So much hate for a dang gaming console. i think it's rather peculiar.

If sony does win the console, and they may not, but if they do, i wouldn't even want to visit a gaming form if i was one of those huge anti-sony gamers. It would be embarrasing.

[jerrell]

It was a freaking LAUNCH!!!! What the heck did they think was going to happen afterwords???!!! That the sales will continue at that rate???? No gaming system has been able to continue to sell like they did on LAUNCH day! Give me a back and get off of Sony's @$$!! They had a great launch, now back off!!! It is like people want them to fail and the only people that are going to hurt for this is the gamers out here. I want to see all companies succeed someway cause we as gamers are the ones to reap the benefits. Look at GOD OF WAR 2 for PS2. If we want to see a third on the PS3, then lets give them support. And if I hear someone says the system cost alot, what the hell is a stand-alone blue-ray player going to cost you??? You buy an Elite XBOX and hd-dvd, that is $679 and you don't get WI-FI and memory slots for your pictures and video...HELLOOO!!!

[FirstknighT]

That's still a huge drop on thier second week. But sounds about right. The hardcore fans were the ones that bought it on the first few days but looks like they're the only ones.

Jerrell...

"You buy an Elite XBOX and hd-dvd, that is $679 and you don't get WI-FI and memory slots for your pictures and video...HELLOOO!!!"

The ps3 can upload pictures and videos??? WOOOOOOOOOOOW...Oh well, I guess I'm stuck playing the best games available instead. :)

[power of Green]

Wouldn't even be talking about it if packs of Sony fans weren't posting the end of the 360 PS3 sales records its the fastest selling console in history fud, if it wasn't for the Sony fud this would be a 150 degree story. No one would be in here and no one would be defending the PS3, being some what Humble is key.

Sony did a great job getting more consoles to their fanboys than MS did even though Sony had three major launches months apart from eachother.

#50 keep telling youself that it seems to be working.

[HaKeRsCanRotINHEL]

Whats a PS3 and who's Sony??? 8~B

[Lacarious]

The PS3 is dying more and more

[Robotz Rule]

Good to see Sony doing good and fanboys quit acting so sarcastic about Sony and the Playstation 3,I can't wait for Heavenly Sword and Lair.

And Mass Effect and Halo 3 for the Xbox 360,yes I own both(sold my Wii,it just wasn't all that fun),I added this so people won't call me a fanboy which I'm not.

[MikeGdaGod]

means nothing

[Bathyj]

100 comments on this story cause people like the Mart think its a big deal. I can understand how younger kids might get confused. Only 18% of the week before sounds like a small number, until you realise the week before was record breakingly high. Plus it was the LAUNCH week. 160K and 30K is still 190K in 2 weeks you douches.

Gee I wonder if they sell more Easter eggs the week before Easter or the week after? Der.

You Xboys really need to just go and play some games. You sound as if you get no enjoyment out of gaming what so ever. You all predicted the Euro launch would flop and its pretty safe to say you were way out on that one. Now you're just grasping at straws trying to draw people to your pathetic cause.

Let people enjoy what they want to. No ones trying to stop you enjoying your xbox. You should be happy, you're the current market leader, with the most amount of games and you have your precious XBL so you can ubuse each other while you play. Cause thats what you seem to like the most. Abusing people over the internet.

[Funky Town_TX]

Who cares about PS3 sales. I want Killzone PS3 (E3-05 version)

[Maddens Raiders]

you ain't lying. I want that and "KILLZONE" the Movie starring John Sizemore, Michael Clark Duncan, Ralph Fiennes, and Sir Anthony Hopkins / Rated [R]lol. Some kick a$$ Helghast helmets and regalia for sale would be cool too. =] Halloween freak.

[FeralPhoenix]

Some of you need to go back and look at your recent posts (look in the mirror). It's funny how predictable fanboys are....on one hand you tell us; "OMG look at the PS3 record sales, that means the 360 is doomed", now you say; "Why are people spreading FUD because the PS3 sales dropped 82%, we knew that would happen all along", really?...funny thats not what you were saying about the record sales.

Now understand this; of course all PS3 fans should have been excited that PS3 broke launch sales records and Sony deserve's congratulations for that accomplishment, which I said before, but the problem is when you look at everything with "fanboy goggles" you always lose perspective....because some of you laughed and refused to acknowledge the obvious difference/truth, which was both 360 and Wii launches were limited by supply yes, thats M$ and Ninty fault true but thats because they chose NOT to delay their launch which means like every other launch including PS3 in US and Japan there will be shortages for awhile and surely hardcore fans will buy them first, after that it depends on what the avg Joe thinks is a good deal....personally I like to get mine as soon as possible but I do think its good to have an abundance of supply when you launch so either way I think Sony did a good job.....still I think its fair to say no one expected them to drop so much in just the second week....thats not good, but of course it will have its ups and downs, its just amazing how some of you want to claim victory after every sign of good or bad news and over and over again you end up left with that bad taste in your mouth, (sigh) When will they learn?

How about a little reality folks:

The PS2 dominated last gen.

The playing field is much different now, all creditable signs point to it being a much closer race.

The 360 has some great games right now and there will be some incredible games in the future, the PS3 has some catching up to do but it will have its fair share of incredible games.

I have no idea what to say about the Wii other than its still kicking both consoles @ss.

What we say or think here on N4G has very little if any at all effect on how bad or good all 3 consoles will do. We are a only a very tiny slice of what the industry views as a whole, its the non-hardore, mass market, casual gamers think that will decide which console "wins" -if you can call it that.

Personal preference/Exclusives is the ONLY determining factor in deciding which console is best, don't assume because you have both(Anego Montoya) and you say PS3 is better that that is true. I have both I've only had PS3 for about 2 weeks so I can't make a fair assessment really although I will say that the PS3 just from a visual standpoint looks better than the 360, I mean the console itself looks pretty damm cutting edge IMO, the controller however feels cheap, can't really make any comments about games yet but so far there's nothing about it gaming wise that can "beat" the 360 IMO.....so what does all that mean....nothing its my opinion, I like them both but what really matters if you can only get one, pick the one that has exclusives you can't live without.

The only thing that is "doomed" is fanboys, yeah they will always be around to be laughed at, but their dreams of one console or the other "failing" isn't going to happen. The good news is that Gamers who appreciate great games will have more than enough to choose from, and its only going to get better.

Reality sucks, huh?

[MikeGdaGod]

fanboys are doomed, we can only hope

[Ps3007]

Congrats...

[tethered]

This is what everyone here needs to read. Yes all sides!

""What we say or think here on N4G has very little if any at all effect on how bad or good all 3 consoles will do. We are a only a very tiny slice of what the industry views as a whole, its the non-hardore, mass market, casual gamers think that will decide which console "wins" -if you can call it that.""

This man has thought it all out!

Not that my opinion matters because we all know it doesn't but I am going to share it anyway. I believe the Wii is the one to beat and will be for a while.

I myself am a Sony guy because thats all I have owned sense Dreamcast and before that it was Genesis.

My friend owns the 360 and yes the games out now look great.

I have played all three. All three are great but I don't think it will be a blow out for Sony this time around. Sony will end up on top by only a little by January, 08.

Followed very closely by 360 and even closer by the Wii.
You can swap any one of those out for another just because it will be so close at that time that this place will be a madhouse with all the fanboy talk.

That is just my opinion of course.

FeralPhoenix, you speak the truth!
Great post!

[FordGTGuy]

The console just got pass launch so its going to go down. Everyone who wanted one at launch got one since they didn't sell out during launch meaning that sales are going to go to their normal level.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Freakin' sweet comment!

Nice Princess Bride reference too...

Deepbrown on 40.2...you freakin' pwnd him! Good job man! The last thing gaming needs right now is one-sided gamers. The government's after our right to freakin' enjoy these games that we love and respect so much! Can't we all just join together and kill Jack Thompson?

I mean...threaten his way of life...yeah, not kill...i swear...

*smurks*

[kornbeaner]

the launch is over and now game have to be brought just keep a consent stream of PS3 flowing off the shelves.

This is in no way a death sentence. Didn't the 360 go through 5 months of shortage cause of faulty systems and Production problems, and the wii is still damn near impossible to find cause of production problems.

If this is a sign of the Death of the PS3, then by all means count out the wii and the 360 cause they have all experienced or are experiencing the same type of issues.

[chrisin3]

I pretty much agree with what you said; however, i do think that Sony gets berated even when they do things right. It seems their business model is going to be proving the masses wrong. I am excited for Metal Gear 4 regardless of all this bickering.

[FeralPhoenix]

and I'm not trying to mess with you here but honestly that comment is a perfect example of the point I'm trying to make....people are "short-sighted" when it comes to what they like. You say: "Sony get berated even when they do things right" -which implies M$ doesn't, however the fact is that both companies are under intense scrutiny and any descision they make will be heavily critcised even when its something at face value should be considered a positive step in the right direction. I could give you many examples of M$ being "berated" for something in any other business would be considered good news, but thats OK, hopefully both companies are learning from all the feedback and the content and services they provide sometimes improves from that same negativity. -Still you have to remember not to base judgements off this site, it doesn't fully represent the "big picture" of what the average Gamer knows or believes to be true.

[fuckface]

are gonna have an expensive bluray player b/c sony is going belly up. Ha! wait and see

[DJ]

It does wireless too. PFft. =P

It's just high price + lack of available titles; every console has gone through a software drought during the first 6 months after launch, including the 360, Wii, PS2, etc.

[Says you]

Sales even though its only %82.

[FordGTGuy]

The PS3 had no shortages so comparing sales like that is dumb. Don't say "Well Sony was better prepared" no they weren't they were almost a year late getting to Europe at all. But to say that the PS3 outsold a console that didn't even have enough of its product in the country to match because of global launch is dumb.

[Says you]

FordGTGuy considering that the PS3 did have a better sale and plus have you ever heard that the media would stretche the truth about the plummet for the PS3 for all we know its not %82 its probably less since the media and journalist would lie about the PS3 plummet and not actually giving out the right info.

[shotputking]

haha, what?? you honestly believe the media will lie to make the ps3 look bad?

[Vulcan Raven]

hey fuc*face lets see some proof.

[00]

Watching fanboys fight is funny as hell.But anyways I could care less about those # becuase I well get a Ps3 later this year, so this will not effect me or basicly anybody else.

[Havince]

this is alllllllllllllll g@@@@@@@@@@@@yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[00]

To.... many.....letters.....going.... blind.

[BubblesDAVERAGE]

Will gamers talk about games ever again ? Why should we care about hardware sales ? (Not gonna share the profits with us) I didn't care that the dreamcast didn't sell well...matter a fact back then I didn't know....

[FeralPhoenix]

Originally when I first joined this site over a year ago, I thought it was about the games, and we could share our thoughts on what games we like and of course have a friendly debate about game "A" is better than game "B" because of "this" or "that". Don't get me wrong I think a few verbal jabs here and there makes it alot more interesting, rather than everyone trying to be politically correct or just plain old polite....but I never imagined there was such extreme "hate" towards one side or the other. -All because fanboys can't accept the possibility that their opinion/choice of console may not be the best choice for the next guy, and both consoles will have its share of great games. -Yet it always turns into a pointless "My Dad can beat up your Dad arguement". I feel like a broken record but I will say it again, the ONLY factor that determines which console is better, is each individuals personal preference in "exclusive games", therefore its ALL subjective, meaning theres no right or wrong choice. -I don't care about "bubbles", I say that because its the TRUTH. If I had one bubble tommorrow, I would make the same type of comments with my one bubble....[Edit] The part I enjoy most is when I get a few "disagree" hits on one post and I can't tell if its from 360 or PS3 fanboys -LOL who the hell did I piss off the MOST?? ha, ha, -its videogames folks, so lets try to enjoy them.

[GameJunkieJim]

The Dreamcast was an amazing games console. Not only did it have quite possibly the best gameplay of the day, it dominated the PS2 graphically. The only reason it failed was because of the dismal mistake of the Saturn.

That said, I'm surprised they actually sold as well at launch as they did, considering Sony borked the PAL units by removing the EE from the units. Not only did they do that (probably to save costs), but they still charged more for them in the EU than we paid over here in the US or the Japanese paid for the system with more actual hardware.

[sevenout]

I am sick of these off the cuff, weekly sales figures. The videogame industry is not the same as the movies. Weekly drops in the movie business are tracked because it's important today because so many movies are so very crappy and there is so much competition from all other avenues.

Really, unless you own Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft stock, or are a retailer, the amount of sales of each system and game, is meaningless data to the consumer. Since when do gamers buy a game because it's number one? Sure, that way of promotion may work in Hollywood, but not for $60 games.

[zantetsuken]

Did you know turkey only sells well during thanksgiving? Go figure...

Get real, it's still the fastest selling console in history and will continue to sell well when more games role out.

[Bullseye]

I have no idea what these sales figures are supposed to tell us,if anything.I can tell you one thing for sure, there is no shortage of PS3's in my area of the U.K. I've seen them with my own eyes, sitting on the shelves at PC world.Does that mean anything to anyone? If you want one you can get one.Is that good or bad? I sometimes wonder how we get to some of the conclusions that are posted on this site.

[reignkidd]

Just Curious, What system where xbox fanboys playing games on before november 17, 2001.

you can't really call yourself "true" gamers if you only been play for 6 years.

i own all there next gen systems so im not trying to say either of them is better than the other.

uses: Nintendo Wii- when my girl and here friends are over
XBOX 360- when my homeboys want there azzes handed to them in Rainbow six
PS3 - for everything else(there is no point for me to get a singel player game on the xbox when i have a stonger system to play them on)

[marcellizot]

all those who are completely and utterly sick of fanboy nonesense go here

http://forums.n4g.com/m_207...

The admin for this site are a helpful bunch and with enough support I think we can weed the bad apples out.

[schnodder]

who cares .... ps3 ftw. 360 is so lame - sold mine yesterday. now i`m playing Motorstorm - this is true Next Gen.

[ACE]

u fanboys should b band off this site .

u r a sony fanatic look at ur pic fool.

u owned a 360 lol yeah im sure u did :).

as for the article yeah once the sony fanatics have got there ps3 then yes the sales figures will plumet cos alot of the familys etc just wont spend like £500+ on a ps3 this is fact fanboys now live with it.

[sevenout]

So how many 360's did you sell? You (previously) said you sold 360 (prior to) march 28th and then you sold your 360 again yesterday. Did you really ever even own a 360?

[FeralPhoenix]

"When Fanboyism Goes Wrong"....he doesn't even remember when he sold his "fictional 360".....yeah but I bet he remembers that it broke on him ___ times. -damm 360!

[Edit] This post is redundant now, I've been checking it all day to see if someone was going to provide some new info. I haven't seen like that 78% link for PS2 sales drop, but I guess not. END.

[kewlkat007]

when "Fanboys are at their worst", and can't remember systems they claimed they owned and broke like 8 times.

[xfrgtr]

http://www.computerandvideo...
"Stat-cruncher Chart-Track has told Next-Gen that it's "meaningless" to draw conclusions about PlayStation 3's performance based on a second-week sales drop.

Company director Dorian Bloch told Next-Gen, "A figure of an 82% drop has leaked out but that alone means nothing. Given how much pent up demand there was for PS3 and given the sophistication of pre-order systems now, it really doesn't mean anything."

PS3 sold 165,000 units in its first two days on sale. Its second week sale came in at around 30,000. "In almost all console launch scenarios, there has been no stock in a second week on sale. Sony, for a number of reasons, had extra stock available. So there really aren't many comparable precedents for week two sales. Judging a console based on nine days on sale is just crazy. It doesn't make any sense."

[ITR]

I guess Sony got through with it's Pre-Sales..now the sales will drop off big just like it did in the states.