Over 160,000 PS Vitas, 525,000 PS3 Sold During Black Friday Week

With Sony aggressively bundling and price cutting the PS3 and PS Vita during the US' busy Black Friday, hundreds of thousands of gamers have bought themselves a Christmas present they won't regret. - PSLS

[Seraphemz]

Those are great numbers for SONY...

[Abash]

Indeed they are, seems like PS3 and 360 have a very close holiday season this year

[doctorstrange]

Not that it really matters as long as they sell enough for devs to want to make games for them and MS and Sony to release successors.

[MadMen]

Xbox sold 225k more, what math are you using

Very good and much needed numbers for Vita

[GribbleGrunger]

Dear God, VGChartz have wildly undertracked the Vita and the PS3 this week:

http://www.vgchartz.com/

[kneon]

@GribbleGrunger

And of course they also over track the 360, so it's business as usual at VGChartz.

[GribbleGrunger]

Who said anything about them 'undertracking' the 360? Can we for once just talk about the subject of this thread on not make assumptions that lead to disharmony.

[XB1_PS4]

I've been waiting for the vita numbers. I bought one of those 160k vitas, but I was still concerned that it wouldn't sell well. I'm satisfied with those numbers.. Now keep em up sony!

[ALLWRONG]

"seems like PS3 and 360 have a very close holiday season this year"

???

[BitbyDeath]

Sony already announced passing 70million earlier this month so you'd think VGChartz could at least get that right...

http://www.ign.com/articles...

[Ares90]

@madmen
True, but they sell a lot of them at a much cheaper price.

[tiffac008]

@GribbleGrunger

Bro, VGChartz can't even make their adjustments right. As you can see their update is not in line with the announcement.

@BitbyDeath

VGChartz makes estimates on consoles SOLD to consumers. Their numbers does not reflect the official SHIPPED numbers which is sold to retailers. So there will be a difference.

[Ju]

^^ Maybe. But you can't sell more to consumers than you actually ship to retail...no?

[tiffac008]

^ Was the numbers given by Sony SHIPPED? I thought it was like with MS and Ninty's announcement which were both SOLD to consumers?

Because the numbers announced by MS and Ninty clearly reflects in VGChartz numbers.

This needs to be clarified.

[Anon1974]

Wow. Surprised that sales were actually up compared to last year. Everyone has seen a decline in the US this year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is the first time we've actually seen a system sell more than last year. This bodes well for the PS3 and Vita this holiday season.

I also think Sony needs to advertise the hell out of PSN+. It's a huge feather in their cap.

[Seraphemz]

Like I said below.. PS+ is amazing, all those games are well worth it.

[guitarded77]

The US is actually in a recovery at the moment, and Black Friday spending is up 14% from last year. Hopefully this trend will keep on through 2013. My family's small business has had it's best year ever, and it's been around since the 60's, so that's good for us. More games for me :D

I agree about advertising. It's common knowledge to us, but most people without a PS3 have no clue what the system offers. Once they find out, it becomes something they're interested in.

[Biggest]

While the U.S. economy has been on the rebound, darkride66's comment spoke to the sales of consoles. The PS3 is the only console to sell more this year than last during Black Friday. The 360 was down some 210,000 sold. The Wii was down from last year (but the original DS was up) as well. Sony was up 9% from last Black Friday.

http://www.ign.com/articles...

[vickers500]

Wish they'd drop the price of the memory cards. They're outrageously overpriced for what they are, I think I even read that they have pretty low speeds compared to the higher end (non proprietary) cards, meaning 80+ is way too much.

The 32gb cards should be $50 at MAX. I'm one of the people who decided to bite on the AC3:L bundle on Black Friday, and while I got a great deal with a ton of games, I'll only be able to play one of them at a time, then delete that game, download something else and then play that.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

Yeah them overprice memory cards pissed me off. I dont know why they dont let you use regular sd cards but probably so it cant be hacked no time soon.

I wanted the AC3 bundle but best buy only offered the COD one. I also had to delete and redownload games just to try them out. Since they gave us that shitty 4gb.

[miyamoto]

I don't think sony or Lexmark will be dropping the memory card prices. i just shopped around for an 8GB memory stick for my PSP and they are just as expensive since 2004.

Going for a generic on Amazon

PSVita 2000 must have Gorilla Glass 2 next year!

PS vita bundles sold out ...hmn that must mean limited supply i hope sony has more stock for Christmas,,,

[Knushwood Butt]

I'd like them to lower the prices and release a 64GB card.

[GraveLord]

Yup. PS3 up YoY while 360 is down YoY.(by double digits)

Vita sales are great considering how it sold last month.(less than this Black Friday week)

[andibandit]

An interesting way to put it, i guess anything can sound like a positive or negative depending on how you word it. Heres another wording:

Yup, 360 had a less amazing black friday this year, still pwned PS3 sales tho(By double digits).

[DragonKnight]

Here's a third way of putting it. Going into the holiday season before Black Friday, PS3 was 200K units ahead of the 360. After Black Friday, they are now at an even number with each other.

[ritsuka666]

No, they are bad numbers for Vita. They had massive deals everywhere, and this is the month where there two biggest games for like the next year (CoD and AC) both launched. Sigh...

[DarkHeroZX]

those numbers are extremely high. I was expecting around 70,000 at the most. With vita fighting against the more appealing ps3 and 360 bundles I didn't expect the numbers to be that high. Then you have the Wii U and the 3DS. I in all honesty didn't expect it to sell this much at all.

[Buff1044]

160,000 Vita is good, but Sony needs to have deals like that after the holidays as well. Congrats, 160,000 shoppers picked up an excellent deal, but what will that amount to starting January and throughout 2013?

[miDnIghtEr20C_SfF]

And once again MS wins the black friday holiday numbers.

Good numbers for everyone, but if you have to pick one winner based on numbers, the stats don't lie.

Funny reading people say 360 didn't have more sales then last years black friday. More than likely because so many have a 360 already. But boy did xbox live gold take off again this year.

@axel rose below... do you have any links that state xbox was supposed to outsell ps3 this black friday by 2 to 1 margin? Sounds like you're in damage control.

[CryofSilence]

Don't rely on VGChartz, though their estimates are generally good; it's their cumulatives that are off. Microsoft announced 70 million sold units about a month prior to Sony announcing the same feat, and the PS3 was handily outselling the Xbox 360 worldwide on a weekly basis for nearly the whole year (and almost every year). Now, since we're approaching Christmas, America universally celebrates it with gifts, unlike non-christain denominations, other countries, etc., so we can expect the Xbox 360 to expand its 100k-300k margin by a bit; however, once the holiday crazy dies down, I predict that the PS3 will finally surpass the 360 worldwide. I like both systems, and I'm glad to see them both doing well. I also find it remarkable that the PS3 matched the 360's sales in a year less. Anyone who says any console failed this generation is just uninformed/trolling. Celebrate that we're heading out of the recession!

[Sev]

So, the PS3 did better than the Wii U, but fell short of the 360.

Thank god the Vita is picking up. That bundle was too good to pass up.

[dbjj12088]

Halo 4 really held it together for Microsoft his year. And yeah, if I hadn't already got a Vita the bundles available were awesome.

[doctorstrange]

More people should have bought it, great deal.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Yeah, I got the vita during that week. Good to see Vita sales picking up though I was hoping it would sell a bit more.

[Highlife]

Bought one for my son. With ps+ the deal is amazing he will get a boat load of games to play as soon as he opens that present up!

[Christopher]

I'm surprised that bundle only sold as many as it did. Sony should have made that bundle deal up until Christmas. They would actually have a major user base to tell third-parties that they need to start developing some games for it.

[ExCest]

Especially that Amazon Vita deal. Nice deal.

[Knight_Crawler]

Some people do not belive this but you would be amazed on how many people baught a 360 just for MineCraft.

I know its better on the PC but not everyone likes to play on PC.

MS made a smart move by making MineCraft a 360 console exclusive.

[decimalator]

nice, hopefully the trend continues for the Vita

[doctorstrange]

Yeah, they need to keep up momentum

[Phil32]

It would need a steady stream of games for that to happen. One title or one bundle will not do it. That's reality.

Hopefully the people circle jerking and playing Sony corporate cheerleader won't disagree with this comment, but knowing N4G is full of fanboys, I won't surprised if a lot of people do, despite history agreeing with me.

[DragonKnight]

Your comments are filled with disagrees because you come off as a jerk, it has nothing to do with what you're saying anymore. Maybe if you stopped talking out of your a$$ people would take what you say with more objectivity.

[Phil32]

edit: I'd rather sound like a jerk than sound like a corporate cheerleader.

Methinks you only said I was talking out of my ass not because what I said wasn't true (history actually agrees with me, after all, unlike what most people here are saying), but because I struck a nerve with you. So unfortunate. No need to act so pissy, bud.

You people take your system wars so pathetically seriously.

[DragonKnight]

See, history actually doesn't agree with you, and no one else does either as evidenced by your complete LACK of agrees (at the time of this writing).

I think you should be asking yourself what is accomplished by being an a$$hat here where you'll just be marked down for trolling or something. What, because you held on to your principles of not saying anything good about the Vita? Oohhh, look at you, aren't you original, aren't you the big man around. Oooh. Pfff. If you really think "we people" take "our system wars" so pathetically seriously (and judging by your tone, that presents some kind of problem for you, or irks you), why participate in discussions that will stick in your craw and bring out the pathetic jerk in you?

Struck a nerve with me? I merely made a statement about your "oh, watch everyone disagree with me because I'm right, I'm so smrt.. I mean smart" remark. If you are seriously that caught up in your own opinion that you think you actually can "strike a nerve" here, then you need to take a vacation to this fantastic place called Outside. It's the most highly recommended vacation spot in the world and there are literally billions of people to interact with. Best of all, it's free. Enjoy.

[TrendyGamers]

Wow, amazing numbers for PS+.

[Seraphemz]

You cant beat PS+... all the games that you get... im loving Gravity Rush on the Vita...

[rezzah]

I almost beat it. wanted to say that passing the middle of the game your powers just become insane, the speed and strength makes you feel really powerful. With that said I still need to increased everything one more time before maxing out all skills.

[MasterCornholio]

I love the golden treatment that Sony gives us with plus.

Or should i say platinum since its worth more than gold.

LOL i kid but plus is a fantastic service.

[dbjj12088]

I hope good things come to the Vita in the next few months. Gotta keep those sales up.

[dboyman]

Good numbers Sony! Now for Boxing Day specials for PS Vita 32 GB memory cards for $50! ;)

[ftwrthtx]

Sounds like the reports of the death of the PS Vita have been greatly exaggerated.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Nope, now the reports are "a small bump in sales during the holidays isn't enough to stop the Vita from it's death." This is "DA TRUTH" we must all accept. We have no right to argue against the speculation-- err I mean truth./s

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Good on Sony for the solid sales and I am happy to see them actually releasing some numbers for once.

[NovusTerminus]

Glad the Vita saw a boost... Proves the market is there. Just need either

1: More top tier games (P4G and GR are a start, but SS, NGS2+ will do good, and a MH would do great)

2: A price cut... It doesn't NEED one... But they never hurt...

[Godchild1020]

Last week showed that the Value for the price has to be there. 199.99 for a Vita, a game and a memory was a steal for some.

I'm sure the 299.99 bundle will move some numbers, but it takes the consumer to see the Value in it.

[a_bro]

it has to be at least an 8gb or 16gb memory card included as well. phase out the 4gb. i mean seriously. who uses 4gb?

[Kur0]

the 4gb will be phased out just like the 32mb card they would include with launch PSPs.

[portal_2]

Yup, Sony absolutely need to bundle in decent memory. At least 8GB - it also needs to be written on the box and along side the name so people know. e.g. "PS Vita Wifi (16GB)".

[Dread]

great numbers for Sony!

both for playstation 3 and vita.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

I'm shocked...

[Lvl_up_gamer]

I'm not. Sony was very aggressive during Black Friday. The ps3 had some really great deals at really low prices

[iNathan]

Ps3 numbers are.

Vita qas 179$ with tons of games and stuff and only sells 160k, less than DS.

Define Great.

[kwiksilver99]

You do realise that the $179 PS vita offer was available for a few hrs on amazon right:-) .
Which I suppose did sell out

[rainslacker]

And was likely nowhere close to 160K units. Probably more like a few thousand, if that.

There were a lot of $199 deals around though

[pandatomsk]

considering that at points throughout the year, the 3ds was easily selling (in the US) more than 3:1 and yet on Black Friday week, THE biggest time for buying gifts for yourself and others, the 3DS sold 250K units, 25K units LESS than the DS (see http://gamer.blorge.com/201... while 160K units for the vita is not earth shattering, it certainly brings the vita into atleast an acceptable range of sales when compared to its closest competitor, obviously not in TOTAL sales, but for the week in question. to say otherwise is to be unfair & biased.

[josephayal]

PlayStation brand will NEVER die, NEVER

[Heavenly King]

so the HD twins were sold out and both outsold the WiiU.

[GribbleGrunger]

Take into consideration that the Wiiu numbers only represent one region though

[Godchild1020]

Both 360 and PS3/V numbers only count for one region. So, what's your point?

This is Black Friday numbers in the US and not world widewide for the week.

[fabod86]

never thought that the black friday was considered in other regions for PS3 and 360... :/
i see one region sales for PS3 and 360 too here dude. ;)

[miyamoto]

we are talking about the USA only anyway where 360 was supposed to outsell PS3 2:1 but not this time

Actually its a good sign for PlayStation 3 & Vita in the USA amidst Sony's lack of advertising budget & push. people are noticing their gadgets.

like Nintendo, I am sure Sony can only push so much units as they are on a budget when it comes to manufacturing hardware units. unlike Ms who can out spend both in manufacturing, marketing, advertisement, etc.

I guess $199.99 is indeed the sweet spot for the PS3 & Vita

[kikizoo]

"twins" = insult for ps3 ;)

[Heavenly King]

lol XD

[ceballos77mx]

Congratz to Sony, I guess the vita at 200$ is the right price for a boost on sales.

[psp2roundup]

!Brian Blessed Voice! The Vita's Alive?

[Pillsbury1]

Wonder how people are gonna spin this to say vitas dead? Didn't sell enough? Psp was slow out of the gate as well. I love my ps vita and ps plus.

[rmw2hot]

So glad 2 see the psvita sell alot of consoles so tired of people bashing it saying that the vita is dead. So excited 4 Killzone Mercenary which should be a system seller.

[Nes_Daze]

At the Walmart I went to the PS3 line was huge! Good for Sony , especially with the fact that they didn't have any high profile exclusives out, great time to be a PS3 owner! Hell, it has been for a while.

[GreenRanger]

Proof that the Vita will fly off the shelves at the right price.

[dafegamer]

lol i still remember all those doom gloom articles about Sony likely not doing well during black friday,cause MS has Halo and COD to offer. Well self owned lol

[dkgshiz]

The Vita when Amazon dropped the price on the liberation bundle to 179.99 it jumped up to the top 10 best seller spot on amazon in like 1 hour. The Vita has a very high demand but people are just waiting for a few more AAA games and maybe a little price drop. For what you get with the Vita its easily the best handheld ever made in terms of hardware. PS+ is huge for Sony and easily one of the best subscriptions of all time.

[rainslacker]

Which is why Sony may evaluate it's current pricing on the Vita. If the demand is there they will want to get it into people's hands. However dropping it to those numbers this early in it's life could be bad for their long term plans with the system. It doesn't give them much wiggle room should they need to compete somewhere else. They also likely have big plans with it and the PS4, so they may hold off on a price cut until that time comes.

[Crystallis]

Very impressive numbers.

[Clarence]

Good numbers

[LNDCalling]

Great numbers.. I'd like to know the UK numbers too as there have been some great deals, some as low as £111 (if you trade in controller + game)!!

http://www.hotukdeals.com/d...

http://www.hotukdeals.com/d...

[59fifty]

I'm one of those in the 525,000 :) loving my ps3.

[superterabyte]

May I ask what prompted the purchase?

[knifefight]

I'll let the man speak for himself but my *guess* and prediction would be "great games and a good price on the holiday bundle."

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Damn nice numbers Sony. Glad to see people want the Vita as well.

[Pillsbury1]

They are nice numbers and people do love the vita ;)

[MultiConsoleGamer]

But the Internet told me Vita was a bomb, lol!

Great Vita numbers! Very happy about this news.

[mrbojingles]

If you consider selling 115k less than DS good than yes

[USMC_POLICE]

I got the cod bundle i think the blops on vita is way underrated. It was great knowing i spent 199 and as soon as i activated my account i got uncharted/gravityrush/wipeout/ jetsetradio for free.

[Pillsbury1]

Nice, I'm a ps plus member and I'm really enjoying gravity rush it shows off its unique features. Still haven't gotten to uncharted and I loved jet set on dreamcast.

[skyrimer]

Yes, the Vita is alive! It's such an amazing console, and now with PS+ it's just too good to be true, in the end the Vita will do fine, just like the PSP before it, all consoles have a difficult first year (better not start talking about 3ds first year and the $80 price cut, I paid $250 at launch stupid me). Besides next year we're getting tearaway, killzone, phantasy star online 2, final fantasy X, ninja gaiden 2 sigma, soul sacrifice, oddworld strangers wrath, tales RPG, god eater 2, valhalla knights 3, etc. Things are looking good!

[Pillsbury1]

I really loved phantasy star on dreamcast. Kind of scared of it though because I was EXTREMELY addicted... It was bad :/

[Bobets]

That mean ps3 is really somewhere between 800k+ world wide compared to VGC 600k......

525k ps3 sold in US ALONE while VGC says 370k including US+mexico+canada etc.....really?

[whoyouwit04]

so this means the 360 is over a million world wide.

[Muerte2494]

failing to realize that Xbox360, North America is it's strogest market by far. You don't want to start taking this out of that region because you'll just make yourself sad. Ps3 dominates 360 outside of North America. But let's wait until the official numbers come out next year.

[yewles1]

I'm not gonna' lie, I actually thought it would be around 200,000 PS3's and 50,000 Vita's with the way Sony kept quiet.

[KrisButtar]

i did as well, maybe not those numbers but bad numbers anyways

[Obnoxious_Informer]

Glad to see the PS3 doing so well, not too far behind the 360, and Microsoft's console dominates in the United States generally.

[CalvinKlein]

MS 750K number was only for 6 days tho, sonys are from 7. No one here seemed to take that into account, but I dont blame them it means the ps3 wasnt as close to 360 as they want to beleive.

MS numbers were from sunday wiiU launched to black friday, they released those numbers to say that it sold more than WiiU.

Im glad vita sold so well and hope it sells more in december too. We may have so new vita games announced after this holiday.

[Muerte2494]

their "internal data". The announcement date doesn't mean when they started and stopped tracking numbers. When Sony announced they surpassed 70 million, everyone thought it was month (two weeks, Microsoft announced OCt.18) after Microsoft announced they've passed 70million. Sony didn't make their announcement until Nov.4 but that's because they released their figures Nov.1. But if you add up the numbers, it's 70.2 million AS OF SEPTEMBER 30th,2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Look over to the right where it says worldwide and read everything that comes after 70.2 million. Just to be fair, here is the Xbox360 LTD as of September 30th, 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[Kingthrash360]

** rubbing eyes ***
Do I see a positive Sony article? Finally dam!
I've been saying all along that once the vita drops its price it will sell.
This was a temporary drop and look at the numbers. Imagine when it really drops. With ps plus and a price drop the vita will surpass the psp and give the 3ds some healthy competition in sales.

[SqueezedWeazel]

Praying that Ea gets off their butts and makes NHL Vita and NASCAR Vita. Don't think I'm asking for to much... Lol Loving my Vita

[younghavok]

With all the bundles for the vita and price cuts I expected more than 160k. If this is considered great, than... the vita really is doomed. One of the biggest shopping weeks of the year and it doesnt break 200k? The Wii broke 300k and that has been dead in the water for a while now. Hell even the DS did better numbers. Sony has to see that something really needs to be done if the Vita is going to stand a chance in the long run. Had the Wii U done these kind of numbers, nobody would be calling them good. They'd call it like it was.

[Kingthrash360]

I have a feeling if the vita sold 500k you'd "only 500k. The Ps3 and Xbox sold more than that. All the bundles and discounts ..it should of at least broke 600k."
Something like that. To trolls or killjoys or fanboys or assholes with time machines ... Whatever people like you go buy, the vita will never do good.
Bet 5$ you don't have one. Just jealous or butt hurt that theirs not much 3ds news or somethin good or bad.
Before you go sayin I'm a fan boy I own a 3ds and love it. I'm not hating on it its just seems like its been swallowed by vita news. The only time I read about it is when Japan's sells numbers come out. It out sells the vita and articles are thirsty for 3ds news.
Now that I'm on the subject anyone know when the next big title comes out for the 3ds? Seriously I don't know...

[younghavok]

I actually no longer own a 3ds, it wasn't for me. I preferred my PSP Go which travels with my faitfully, so you can kill the fanboy card. Had it sold 500k I'd impressed because it would mean that the system did stand a decent chance. Oddly enough my most anticipated game happens to be coming to the Vita, PSO, so again save the fanboy crap. Whenever somebody says anything reasonable on this site they get labeled a fanboy for some reason. And "people like me" buy games, but also tend to take an interest in game sales numbers as they typically dictate what games well be getting.

But as I said, these numbers aren't good, unless they are the ONLY ones you see. PS3 did great btw, as did the 360, shame about the Vita though. I guess there's always the next year to see if it pulls thru.

[Godchild1020]

Its called black Friday and it only last a day. So those price cuts are only for a day. I'm sure 160,000 Vitas weren't sold that day but I'm sure over 100k were.

You also have to remeamber all those other handheld consoles and the Wii had a lower price than the Vita. I'm sure the Vita did close to 200 for the week worldwide.

Also if the Wii U done those numbers, it would be bad. Because it was the Wii Us launch week.

[tubers]

Well discounted VITA's were OFFICIALLY on for two days:

http://blog.us.playstation....

It' also took 5+ hours for Amazon's Gold Box deal (Best VITA discounted bundle just yet) to sell out.

Not GREAT imo if you factor in the competition but it's a decent accomplishment if you just tunnel vision at just the single system.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

A lot of smart people out there!!!

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Like I always said, be patient, the sales will come.

[tommygunzII]

This is US only sales, am I wrong?

[strigoi814]

Just wait and see this christmas sale and boxing day(in canada) on the ps3 and vita numbers...haters will shut up again

[Omnislash]

My friend bought a Ps3 super slim and a 3d TV for only 200 bucks and it had 2 Uncharted games in it!

[black911]

Vita needs a better 3G/4G service to play browse web etc. and I'll buy one.

[StreetsofRage]

So the xbox 360 outsold the ps3 and vita combined??? Wow! Go Microsoft!

[joeorc]

for people that still think the PSVita numbers are not that great, and guess what you are right they are not that great, but here is the thing they do not freaking have to be.

and its very simple the reason why they do not have to be, if you have not figured it out by now Sony is not having a Knee jerk reaction to this market, because they know it would be pointless to do so.

tell us again How smartphones and Tablets are not the highest in demand products this year, and how again game portable game machines are no longer the 1st in demand. you do know that right? even the 3DS with a new bundle and a price cut did not do as well this season also!

Now the very fact that Sony is selling over 8.8 million Xperia smartphones a sales Quarter, and Has now taken 3rd place in Smartphone sales where the two other companies have over 50% Apple and Samsung has in this market that's right Sony with 5.2% of the smartphone market is in 3rd place!, and where if you are lucky your dedicated Game console Handheld in 10 months time can sell 19 Million units that 19 million units by the way was Nintendo's numbers for the 3DS sell through numbers in 10 months time.

Tell me again How Sony is making the PSVita the priority in Hardware sales over their smartphone's?

The answer is they are not looking to make PSVita the priority over smart devices when smartdevices are the larger market share trend that will remain the prime mover for gaming on the Go Sony will still support the PSVita hell its using the same d@mn chipsets to make porting games over from smart devices very easy also Sony will be making 1st party game's psn and packaged games for the PSVita but for being the priority over smartphones they are not dumb they know where the trends are, why do you think Sony made the announcement for Playstation Mobile Platform and had also talked about it on stage when they also talked about NGP on stage in Jan of 2011! or Sony buying the REST OF THE STAKE OF Sony Ericsson out right for over 1.4 billion.

the Fact people keep trying to put doubt in the PSVita's viability in the market are not paying very good attention, to what is happening right now it seem's. Sony know's exactly what happens in this market they been here before what happens to a dedicated handheld when the smartphone absorbes a market. Remember the DEDICATED PDA? Sony does, Nintendo has not experienced this first hand, Sony has, and Sony is not making this same mistake they made last time.

People seem to think Sony is going to pull the PSVita from the market. Really? This is not the same as the PSPGo, what do you see in the Market now, Handheld's connecting to a central Hub for your living room, Nintendo with the WiiU touch screen game controller, Microsoft with Surface and Windows Phone, and smartglass, Apple with Apple TV and iOS devices connecting with Apple TV and Android smart devices connecting to TV's. Do you really think Sony is not going to have a bundle of the PSVita + the PS3 as a bundle in the future?

with cross play, cross buy, PSN+, using the PSVita as a game controller for your PS3!

DO YOU REALLY THINK FOR ONE INSTANCE SONY DOES NOT HAVE THAT AS THE FUTURE FOR THE PSVita?

Come on now!

[iNathan]

160k on black friday is a console almost dead.

No hope for Vita my friends, no matter how you spin it or how many dislikes i got Vita is a pain, no games, no sales, nothing.

Smartphones have killed Vita not 3DS

[joeorc]

Smart phones have killed the PSVita but not the 3DS?

O'L please, right now Nintendo does about 23 million 3DS's through retail channel a year, but yet right now the 3rd place smartphone maker is putting out over 8.8 million xperia units per 3 months. Soon to be 10.2 million per 3 months! And yet you sit there and want to talk about number's?

While Apple and Samsung is pushing even way more millions of units per sales Quarter, like 35 million and 55 million in 3 months time. Kinda puts it in perspective the handheld gaming on the go is not going anywhere, but on the same token it no longer is or has the lions share of the mobile gaming market. Both Nintendo an Sony handhelds are not going to go away, but on the same token their part of the market is no longer the largest anymore get use to it there sparky.

[tubers]

Because the 3ds is cheap as f and you can't kill merio nd pukimanz.

[Sci0n]

Black 3g and 4g is not as good as a beastly wifi connection especially if your internet is like 20 or 50 mbs. I'd much rather game or browse over stable wfi then 3 or 4 g

[younghavok]

amen. idc what people say, the g's are nothing compared to wifi, at least in my opinion.

[mrbojingles]

The PS3 number is okay. But while the 160k for Vita is a huge step up from the -50k per month it's been selling it isn't that amazing considering it too $50 to $70 discounts with multiple games thrown in (Even more if you count Plus) just to muster up 160k which is 100k units short of 3DS/DS.

[joeorc]

Than you have to ask your self with all those incentives, why its still not sold that well. Its not really a software or that demand was not there, because if that was the case i doubt it would have even secured these increase in purchase. The very simple truth is Sony's platform is seen less viable in the market over the choice of other products, but on the same token Sony is not blind to see this very problem. Sony is rebuilding their brand back up that takes time to do it will be a long tough process and it is in fact showing its going to be a few years to rebuild their brand image back up. They just are not going to be able to do it as fast or as much as some would like because they just cannot do that right now because of the resources and their restructuring. To think Sony is just going to pull the PSVita after spending all that investment after such a short point of time as they did the PSGo is not only dumb, but also would be a failure of the going trends in gaming forward for the living room. Sony knows this they have been investing in such a transition for a while over 6 years worth of investment.

[saimcheeda]

Good to see the ps3 doing these numbers this time, interesting to see whether it can end the year as the best selling console!

[talisker]

I'd love to see worldwide numbers. On the other hand, Black Friday is mostly US specific.

[SDF Repellent]

Good numbers for the PS3 but 160K for the Vita on Black Friday week is terrible, no matter how you spin it. Nintendo sold 525k of their combined DS systems.

Full breakdown of hardware sales:

Xbox 360 - 750,000
PlayStation 3 - 525,000
Wii U - 400,000
Wii - 300,000
Nintendo DS - 275,000
Nintendo 3DS - 250,000
PlayStation Vita - 160,000