"Another landmark for Sony and it's six year old console. The PlayStation 3 has just reached 70 million consoles sold as November 4, 2012. This is less than six years after the console was launched. The PlayStation Move motion controller has also surpassed 15 million units, which in my opinion is pretty impressive. That's about 1 in every 4th PS3 owner has a Move."
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80+ mil is looking plausible for life time sales.
how about enevitable. if ps4 came out tomorrow it would still sell 80 million.
i still think 100 million is not out of the question it the next 5 years.
PS3 will pass 100 million easily. I've been saying this for like YEARS. There is no stopping it no matter how much hate people have for Sony. They have soon sold over 100 million consoles 3 gens in a row.
The only thing that is uncertain is that will PS3 pass Wii in it's lifetime sales but even that is beginning to look certain since Wii is really dying down in sales.
Move sold 15 million? That might be a sore spot for many haters.
Katko8 said it well below there. 120-130 mil lifetime sales and bestselling this gen console. I can see this happening.
edit @ bathyj
LOL that's good for your mum.
I can see the PS3 selling for much longer than even the PS2 did in smaller countries (like the PS2 was able to till this day) because of Blu-Ray and the PlayStation Network
and much to my amazement its not just a bluray player, shes loving the hell out of uncharted.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Congrats Sony :D, glad to see them tie in sales with the 360 (more sales in lesser time btw). Guess sales don't matter now in the gaming world since this has happened LOL, right? Woo, I wonder how certain enthusiasts on this site feel about this news? Said the Ps3 would never tie on possibly become the second best selling console ever. It's a trip ain't it? REALLY looking forward to the comments downplaying this news.
Edit: :D Have a good Thanksgiving people. Eat well, be happy.
"The price still hasnt hit the sweet spot, which is $199. The 360 has been at the price point for a while now, and the PS3 is still able to keep up. If Sony was at the price, its obvious who would be the market leader."
To be fair, for only $50 more which is less than the price of a retail game you get quite a bit more than the Xbox 360. In almost all measures the PS3 provides far far better value than the Xbox 360, which is surprising how well the Xbox 360 sells.
Point being, I think all the consoles peaked in terms of sales, and from here on out it is a slow and agonizing sales for all of them until a next generation.
Wait until the PS3 gets below that 250 price tag it will fly of the shelves faster.
Funny wikipedia has the PS3 at 70m since Sept. Which is the same numbers wikipedia has for the 360 since Sept.
http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...
http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...
If you add up PS3 numbers from both of these pages Sony reached 70m back in Sept. Their fiscal year starts in April.
Now Q the Sony is doomed articles.
what is important for EVERYONE to understand is that despite what you think you know the PS3 has ALWAYS outsold 360 since it came out, otherwise they wouldn't be tied now with the PS3 having one year less on the market, it's simple math
http://www.microsoft.com/in...
http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...
I think it is quite possible the PS3 will hit 100 million once Sony discontinues the system. At this rate it should take upwards of 3 years or less to reach that milestone. Going by history Sony is likely to keep the PS3 in production for at least a couple of more years even if the PS4 comes out in 2013.
Wii U will just reach the market in 1 week, xbox360 is going to release its successor in less than 2 yrs... it is just unlike that ps3 will keep its annual 13+ mil sales for much longer (like 3, 4 years)...
If they make it, that it will be just amazing since they will be the winner of the generation after a bad start and manage to keep the 100+ mil sales for the PS family.
If Sony starts out better than 2006 launch with ps4 then god help MS.
They had a one year head start you know?
This proves that sony can focus on core gamers and still sell consoles.
ps4 will own. Wish I could pre order now.
so i hope that every commentator in here is pleased the other hardware manufacturers have already achieved this?
this gen is now winding down, so i would expect the sales of the consoles to be also!
but its all good. with over 200mil consoles sold this gen, plus some amazing games on all the platforms, i have enjoyed it.
its been interesting
nintendo quadrupled what they sold last gen
microsoft will triple what they sold
sony on the other hand will not reach ps2 numbers me thinks. although that have lost considerable market share, they are still probably the company to be most afraid of if you are thier competitor..
Those links are interesting.
It's true that as of the end of Sony's FY2012 Q2, the PS3 is at 70.2 million consoles sold, and as of the end of Microsoft's FY2013 Q1, the Xbox 360 is at 70.0 million consoles sold. However, you have to consider that there is a one month time difference there.
Microsoft's FY2013 Q1 ended September 30, 2012.
Sony's FY2012 Q2 ended October 31, 2012.
So with one more month worth of sales reported the PS3 is at 200k more consoles sold worldwide than the Xbox 360.
If you consider release dates of the consoles, that means that the PS3 has sold 70.2 month in about 72 months, or 1.025 million per month. The 360 has sold 70.2 in about 83 months, or about .845 million per month. That approximately 200k per month advantage that the PS3 has over the 360 means that when you include an extra month of sales for the Xbox 360 to get its sales figure as up to date as the PS3's, you're potentially looking at a dead heat right now with both consoles at about 70.2 million worldwide.
All anyone can guess at this point is that the PS3 and Xbox 360 are literally EVEN in sales. Which spells a win for the PS3, considering it has cost more for its entire life, and it came out a year later (nearly a year and a half later in Europe).
Congratulations to Sony though...I'm glad they kept to their principles and gave us superior hardware even if it's at a high price point and they were STILL selling at a loss. At least they're giving us quality hardware (and games).
They're driving the industry forward in regards to tech and 1st party games. Without Playstation the industry wouldnt be the same at all.
Thanks for the sources darktide66 and k-dillinger.
http://www.sony.net/SonyInf...
Turns out BOTH companies reporting periods are indeed through September 30, 2012. I was wrong... Not sure how I made the mistake in assumption on Sony's end date, but the facts in the end seem to be that the PS3 has officially outshipped the 360 worldwide.
Very, very interesting. Congrats, Sony.
100 million is not bad considering the insane competition from MS and Nin, and the $600 price tag.
Congratz to them...
Here: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Happy PlayStation Gaming to All!
funny enough i was actually watching that episode last night just for nostalgia , me and my friend picked an episode on random, it reminded me of how bad Dragonball GT was, i mean SS4 was incredibly pointless and fusion SS4 was beyond ridiculous
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Michael Pachter eat your heart out.
If people still think ps3 failed than its on them. Ps3 launched a full year after xbox360 and now it's only few 100k behind it damn if that's not an achievement than I don't know what is. Also considering ps3 launched at $599
Earlier this gen analysts predicted that ps3 will sell over 120 million systems and I believe that can be achieved. I can see ps3 and xbox369 selling well vet 100 million systems each and with wii almost there we could have have home consoles selling 100 plus million in one gen.
Haters can hate as a long time playstation fan I can say ps brand is as strong as it has ever been
PS3-70 million and still selling= failure (360 can't that much of a success then)
These are consoles that have sold less than the PS3
NES 61 million must be = A Train wreck
SNES 49 million must be = Titanic sinking
N64 31 million must be = 9/11
Atari 2600 30 million = Bush's 2nd term
Genesis 29 million must be = Hiroshima 1945
Xbox 21 million must be = every single natural disaster in history times 10
Gamecube 20 million must be= Every single genocide of the last 100 years times 10
Dreamcast 10 million must be= The apocalypse
and these are the best selling consoles, I don't even know what to call other consoles released before it. Remember they called the PS3 a "failure"
Anyway, another great news is that PS Vita is getting six free games when PS+ is integrated on the 21st.
truth is i cant go back to playing fps games with dual shock anymore
and Epic Mickey 2 is around the corner! oh and I still have to get Portal 2 damn it!
Those are shipments numbers only.. Anyway, 360 still ahead 3 millions from PS3 SOLD.
Even NPD has a percentage they cannot cover but with Shipment data, you can clearly get a big picture about how good or bad the demand is for a particular product.
just to let you know.. company sell their product to the retailers, then retailers take the console and sell them how ever they like.. that is how they make the bundles and discount deals. ok?
Probably more like 1 in every 8th PS3 owner has one or more Moves.
I have 4, personally. My brother has two. I have a friend who has just 1. Most people I know with a PS3 don't have it at all, though. I think 2 Move controllers is just about standard from folks who own any at all, with there being a couple times more people owning just 1 as there are 3 or even 4, which leads to there being still an average of about 2 for everyone who owns any. So 1 in 8 PS3 owners having Move is my best guess.
@Outside of the box.
It will definitely reach 80 mil but I see it selling over 100mil lifetime.
8.5 games sold per ps3. I personally have about 35 games (physical disc) but whatever.
Black Friday should be huge too, a new PS3 with games for $200 is a great deal.
Sorry, had to finish that.
Edit: here is the official notification: http://scei.co.jp/corporate...
Dear Lord guys, make this HOT!
I really hope Until Dawn is good! It looks so campy, fun, and perfect for the Move controller.
Keep chugging along Sony.
Anyways i would like to add that Sony has done a pretty good job with the PS3 even though it had an extremely rough start due to its launch price.
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and xbox 360 at 70 mil
VGC is actually spot on.
This guy will say anything to get attention...
LOL
And once again, fanboys try to "justify" VG Chartz when it suits them.
Dude, since when is VG Chartz EVER "spot on"? They put up whatever numbers they want until better, more legit sources put up their numbers. Then they "try" to adjust in the coming weeks after (and do a poor job of it)
And for the record, ALL companies report shipped.
Bless their souls for trying, I think they are doing a wonderful job and gives us something to talk about but we can never consider their numbers spot on.
@chukamachine (below)
No, VGChartz is not undertracking the PS3 since what they are showing is estimated Sold data. This is Shipment data we have here.
Tell that to Aaron Greenburg (head of the xbox division) who has stated many times that VGC is wrong and inaccurate and I think that guy knows a little more about how his companies console is selling more than some website made up by some random guy who was banned from a previous website for posting fake statistics.
He's not the only one either. VGC just gives estimates that are somewhat accurate at best.
Don't bite, just take that into consideration.
One thing IS for certain though: We are looking at second place by May and possibly first place by mid 2015.
I do love playing sales, so much fun.
I honestly cant believe for a moment that all 360 stock is on consignment to retailers.
A 30day invoice, most likely, but consignment? (thats pretty much what you a stating)
No friggin way. That is so not how business works, especially retail with a product that does sell.
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Then they will probably cut price -> with God of War: Ascension, Beyond: Two Souls, The Last of Us, & Big Multiplats
GTAV & Bioshock Infinite coming out.
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At 77 million if it does this much in the next 3 years it will hit 100 million.
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Year 7:77+10
Year 8:87+8
Year 9:95+5 = 100 million
Year 10 Bonus
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IMO it will clear 100 million fairly easily. If they go ahead and keep it on the market for 10 years.
http://drunkentailgate.com/...
http://madvertisingblog.fil...
Congratulations Sony.
but the 15million moves vs 18million kinects.. its just hard to know if thats good numbers.. are navs included?
PS1 : 102+ million
PS2 : 150+ million
PS3 : 70 million
PSP : 71+ million
Sony are "dead" and "need to exit the gaming market".
I swear some people have been brainwashed by the negative media Sony has received.
When you look at those numbers though for PS1,2 and 3 they clearly must be doing something right.
I understand the situation the Vita is in & the bleak outlook of it currently. However Sony has yet to cut the price of the system so if it continues on its current pace when it has recieved a cut than it will be Sony's first failure.
Still it is too early to make a call on the Vita.
Undertracked.
wow.
http://www.vgchartz.com/