PS3 sales: software and hardware

PSNow! reviews the sales of hardware and software between 9 and 16 July.

[lazertroy]

On to other news The NFL Lockout Is Over.

"Are You Ready For Some Football"

[maniacmayhem]

HELL YEA!

Time to dust off my niner gear

[BeOneWithTheGun]

'Cause their last winning season has dust dating back to the Jurassic Era!

GO SEAHAWKS!

[FalconR289]

That may be so, but at least they have won a super bowl. So go 9ers!

[kamakaz3md]

lmao, 9ers blow... but ur comment was funny

[redDevil87]

you mean hand egg?

[elondonred]

Dude i rate u for that. Totally made me laugh

[JellyJelly]

It's kind of like rugby, but for pussies.

[dgonza40]

LOL

[Hicken]

Yeah, cuz rugby players would really wanna mess with guys who average more than 350lbs.

[shikamaroooo]

@hicken
Dude in NFL they wear protective gear ............. enough said

[D0ffy]

That genuinely made me laugh.

[spektical]

funny thing football is a lot more physical than rugby.. i def dont get injured as much playing rugby that getting tackled full force by a safety.

[Hicken]

I wonder WHY they... no, you know what? Nevermind. You get you an all-star rugby team, and I'll grab an all-star football team, and we'll see how many players from each side wind up in the hospital.

There's a reason people don't worry about broken necks and brain damage in rugby, while it's a big concern in the NFL DESPITE that protective gear you so badly wanna point out.

[zinkabassy]

@redDevil87 ,.. omg bro you made me laugh to tears !!! Thanx,.. You tell them ! :)

[DrFUD]

Lockout didnt do anything except give EA an additional year of exclusivity for Madden

[Neoninja]

crude I originally said something valid, but it came out wrong, so I wanted to edit it. Now I can't remember what I wanted to correct! Sigh its gonna be one of those nights!

[units]

you people do know these are vgchartz numbers

[paintsville]

yeah when VGchartz favor ps3 it's da bomb.

Let's analyze shall we? ps3 #1 for 7 days but #3 installed base for 5 years. hmmmmmm Yep I can see why they're excited.

[Jocosta]

But they under track Ps3 numbers, so its ok /s

[redblack]

vgchartz is not reliable..

[Anon1974]

Indeed. Historically, they have been close with their Xbox 360 figures, but their PS3 numbers are always short, usually as much as by 20-30% until they make adjustments. NPD group once commented that their sample of the US market was roughly 60% while VGChartz had about a 2% sample and extrapolated from that.

If one's looking at VGChartz just to gain a ballpark figure, it is certainly interesting that they have the PS3 up almost a million consoles over the 360 this year, given that their 360 numbers have been verified as pretty close once again and their PS3 numbers are always short.

I guess we'll know soon enough how the first six months of 2011 have come out. Sony releases their official numbers this week.

[DaTruth]

"I guess we'll know soon enough how the first six months of 2011 have come out."

We know now! It will end up like it always does; PS3 sells more consoles than 360 worldwide!

Doesn't matter what VGChartz says; it has always been this way and there's no reason it should change now. Just like 360 will outsell PS3 in North America; I don't need NPD to know this!

[YodaCracker]

@DaTruth

What are you talking about? Sony and Microsoft released their numbers for the first quarter of 2011 and the 360 outsold the PS3 by 600,000 units. But I guess those numbers just slipped right past you, huh?

I guess you only see "DaTruth" if it's in your favor.

Jan. - Mar. 2011

360 - 2.7 million
http://www.destructoid.com/...

PS3 - 2.1 million
http://www.videogamer.com/n...

[kreate]

they track their numbers in favor of the xbox360.

[YodaCracker]

So they favored the Xbox 360 by UNDERtracking it by a whopping 200,000 UNITS in North America for June? 200,000 units in one month. Almost half of its total sales for the month.

[kreate]

in general dude. in general.
not 100% they favor the 360.

[MOTY]

Oh...so VgChartz "sometimes" under tracks the 360 and "sometimes" they don't. I guess it just depends on what side of the bed they wake up on then huh?

"hmm hey for sh1t's and giggles, lets under track the 360's sales for this month and then next month we will over track them. That way we can keep screwing with the Sony Fanboys heads. Sometimes they will agree with us and use our sources, and sometimes they won't....it will depend on if our sources agree with their argument at the time. They won't know what to believe anymore....MUUUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA& quot;

Ya...right.

[kreate]

it doesnt depend on which side of the bed they wake up on.

in general, trying to keep up with such numbers and statistics are difficult.
they change their numbers a lot and ive seen them undertracking sony's number more than the 360's.

dont worry. ur 360 outsells the ps3 in america and vgchartz does a better job at tracking those 360 numbers.

at the same time, they dont accurately count ps3's worldwide sales for some odd reason. . maybe those are the times they wake up on the so called 'wrong side of the bed'

[Dwalls1171]

Lol funny how no one talks about this..sony sells the most every month but everyone is quiet lol....im so happy for god of war 3 ..its about to hit 4 million

[GoldPS3]

GOW3 is close to 4m. Well deserved. Infamous 2 should has more sales because it's on PSN too.

[LoveSpuds]

Yeah, I cannot help but feel that GOW3 didn't get the sales it deserved on release, I am so pleased that it continues to sell well. I don't like that style of game but bought it on the strength of the demo.

I am so glad I did, I have finished it 3 times now and each time it astounds me, I dont think I have played anything with as much polish even now - amazing game, and in my opinion the best exclusive on PS3.

The thing that got very little coverage in reviews etc is just how good all the bonus content is when you complete the game. If anyone has even a slight interest in how games are developed they really need to check out the videos that are unlocked on completion of the game.

The first video 'The Making of GOW3' is essential viewing, really makes you realise how much effort goes into making a AAA title.

[Dwalls1171]

Cant agree with you more @lovespuds...god of war is my fave game of this genetation...in my opinion the single best looking game on the market..with great lighting textures and animation....and I believe it sold 1.2 million day one.

[prettyboy12]

good numbers indeed,but we all knew this already

[spektical]

isnt gt at 7 million, last i saw....

someone is severely undercounting GT5