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Price cut boosted PlayStation 3 sales to 100,000 unit last weeks

U.S. sales of the PlayStation 3 more than doubled in the weeks after the company slashed the video game console's price $100 and launched a low-end model, Sony Corp. CEO Howard Stringer told The Associated Press Wednesday.

Sony said it sold more than 100,000 consoles of all types in the week ending Nov. 11.

The price cut and new model make the PS3 more competitive against Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 as the holiday season opens, Sony chairman and chief executive Howard Stringer said.

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beoulve - 761 days 9 hours ago

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vgchartz dead wrong again. Don't trust vgchartz anymore. They're simply using NPD stats last month and make a calculative guess. That's why they always overestimate and under sometimes.

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1.1 PS3 Limps on and on | 761 days 9 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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ParaDise_LosT - 761 days 8 hours ago

1.2 - hrmmm...

I won't trust their word...
I won't with MS either..
NPD will clear things up...

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beoulve - 761 days 8 hours ago

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well if Sony publish a false numbers, it's a crime. You can't do that simply just to convince your investors. Transmeta did that and got into trouble. As for vgchartz, publishing false numbers, what do they have to lose.

I knows fanboys like to say "Lies all lies, sony lies"

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felman87 - 761 days 8 hours ago

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maybe Sony sold that to retailers. (thus avoiding a criminal suit but still being true nonetheless) regardless, NPD will clear this up.

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1.5 lawman1108 | 761 days 6 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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Chaos Striker - 761 days 6 hours ago

1.6 - @1.5

It seems you still don't understand anything. If they provided false information then they would suffer severe consequences from the government for releasing false information to the public (ala Enron or WorldCom...hopefully u know what those are, because if not then...). And furthermore, using that image works the first time like 2 weeks ago, so using it now is worthless. Thus, everything you try to assert is invalid.

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PopEmUp - 761 days 1 hour ago

1.7 - lawman1108

how old is the pic is that from early this year

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Leg-End - 760 days 20 hours ago

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icefenix88 is a legend!!!

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KnowitAll - 760 days 12 hours ago

1.9 - How is VGcharts wrong?

If they haven't even released the numbers for this week ending nov18
But if we go last week
They released the numbers for ending november 11.(They seem to have added the japanesse numbers and usa numbers of saturday 10)
PS3- 199,430 ending nov11(VGcharts) (Sony says they sold 100k for ending nov11) So how can vgcharts be wrong??????????? How do you know thier wrong?? When Sony's information pretty much fits with vgcharts information on week nov.5-nov11.
Yes Vgcharts have been wrong before, around july this year when they thought ps3 would have sold over 100k(in its first price drop, in usa) but it turned out ps3 only sold like 56k. So yes vgcharts can make mistakes but they also fix them.
-"beoulve" you vgcharts is "dead wrong" when you don't even say why its wrong.

This is one of those "don't pull arguments of your ass" respond

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Whoooop - 761 days 8 hours ago

2 - VG chartz stand for

Very G@y chartz!!!

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Rythrine - 761 days 8 hours ago

2.1 - LOL

Good one, man.

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sonarus - 761 days 7 hours ago

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i personally didnt think the 75 thou was bad. Those are pretty good numbers for ps3. However those numbers were completely desimated by 360 and wii numbers. I doubt 360 sold that much this month.

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joydestroy - 761 days 8 hours ago

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i'm interested to know how many they really sold after the price cut took place and the new model was introduced in the US.

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MK_Red - 761 days 8 hours ago

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Great news, hope the final figures are like this or even better and the trend continues. Just in time for Uncharted. Hope this helps sales of both Uncharted and Ratchet & Clanks.

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IntelligentAj - 761 days 8 hours ago

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It's great news for Sony. I also think the advertisements had something to do with it also. Ever since they rolled out that new ad blitz it's hard not to see a PS3 commercial which mostly everyone has agreed looks cool and interesting.

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MK_Red - 761 days 8 hours ago

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Good point. Not only the PS3 advertisment is much heavier now, the ads look cool and interesting.
Hope combination of price drop, new ads and games like Uncharted and Ratchet finally makes PS3 sell as much as it deserves and keep this trend of good sales.

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Loudninja - 761 days 8 hours ago

6 - Peopel dont even try it

They cannot publish false numbers, os get thta out of your head

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Sovannah Phum - 761 days 8 hours ago

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trojan horse (bluray) in a 100,000 more homes! :)

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Spartan 117 - 761 days 8 hours ago

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Great news for sony. they are going to need this boost since all of the xbox's exclusives are coming out. This year may belong to the xbox but next year is the year of the PS3.

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rofldings - 761 days 8 hours ago

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Does NPD have access to every retail store database? No. How do they get these numbers? Estimation via statistics.

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KINGDRAMA - 761 days 8 hours ago

9.2 - damn,

bladestar is in EVERY positive ps3 newsthread trying miserably to place his OWN bot twist into the story.

I sure hope his parents get him a ps3 now that its cheaper, maybe hell stop being such a lil b1tch.

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Whoooop - 761 days 8 hours ago

9.3 - @ KINGDRAMA

What do you expect from Mr. Bubbles

:)

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Jandre02 - 761 days 8 hours ago

9.4 - Why do you want MSFT to drop the price again?

Dont you have one already? Or maybe your broke so you cant afford either console? Thats sad. Trolling these sites day in and day out hoping that one day the Xbox will drop in to your affordable price range, $89.98

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GIJeff - 761 days 7 hours ago

9.5 - at jandre

LOL. I was going to say the same thing... Why do you want it to be cheaper if you have one already? How many broken ones do you have? How many RRoD does it take to screw a customer? By now bladestar must be rethinking his choice to follow XBOX to the bitter, cold, broken, bricked end. The PS3 is going to slingshot starting christmas. I dont really care too much either way, but its inevitable. I dont get paid every time sony sells a PS3...

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Premonition - 761 days 7 hours ago

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Hey bladester just shut the F down, and stop posting in places your not wanted, I doubt your 18 or over because your very immature.

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Chaos Striker - 761 days 5 hours ago

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Actually Sony is able to get those numbers. They could be using a method which indicates if a ps3 was sold once it was scanned at a cashier's post that directly links to their own database. And this would eventually yield the said numbers through that link

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beoulve - 761 days 5 hours ago

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so simple, Sony can use NPD number, all you have to is pay NPD . You do know NPD has a lot of paid member only info, don't you?

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beoulve - 761 days 8 hours ago

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it mean 60gb 80gb 40gb. They're talking about PS3 sales, how PS2 is included in there too.

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Action Bastard - 761 days 8 hours ago

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All types of PS3s.

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krik - 761 days 8 hours ago

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The gamestop shops around me (Alpharetta, GA) sold out of the 40Gb model a couple of times, they keep getting them and refilling stock though. Also gamestop.com (online) sold out of 40Gb last week (they have them now).

On the other hand both bestbuy and frys close to me have plenty in stock. But it's funny that bestbuy.com stopped doing the in-store pickup for the 40Gb model...

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Jandre02 - 761 days 8 hours ago

11.1 - The target I went to today

Was completely sold out of PS3's. It had full stock of both 80gb and 40gb when I went on Sunday.

I think sony's advertising of Assassins Creed makes people think its SOny exclusive, and people are buying the two together.

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Foliage - 761 days 8 hours ago

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Microsoft has been advertising multi-platform games for a while. It is a good move, and Sony should have done it sooner. Not everyone is up-to-date on the industry, and placing your logo on a multi-plat product is always a good move.

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Kleptic - 760 days 20 hours ago

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Sony has been dropping some serious money for prime tv spots lately...and for ad rights to some big games...I saw a CoD 4 ad on Sunday for just the PS3, as well as AC...both have that "tion" PS logo and sound at the beginning, which they have been doing forever...then it just shows the game like the normal mulitplatform ad...but has only the PS3 box at the end, as well as that Playstation 3 black screen thing they have been doing since launch...

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Danja - 761 days 8 hours ago

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Great news for Sony

PLAY B3YOND...

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Adriokor - 761 days 8 hours ago

13 - Good news

Flame war commence!:)

On another note is there a Bond game being developed for ps3?

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Jandre02 - 761 days 8 hours ago

13.1 - On a bit of a side note...

Has anyone every played Nightfire(i think thats the one) on the gamecube?
Honest to god that was one of the best multiplayer games ive ever played. It had bots (smart ass bots at that), and 4 player multiplayer.

It was weird to be because it was kinda random. You could set the bot level of intelligence, and they had these guided missles that you could shoot from across the map and guide it inside buildings.

Also they had this remote control cars with guns on it that you could drive around and detonate....wow

Damn that game was good, lol

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Xbox is the BEST - 761 days 8 hours ago

14 - SONY

said this.

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DRE1970 - 761 days 8 hours ago

15 - GAMESTOP

THE CLERK AT GAMESTOP,TOLD ME THAT THE 40GB WITH SPIDERMAN 3 BLU-RAY.THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND (SOLD OUT)

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15.1 lawman1108 | 761 days 6 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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Chaos Striker - 761 days 5 hours ago

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thanks for showing us all what you truly look like lawman (with all its ugliness). Now go out and enjoy your parade of stupidity and not to mention ugliness

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Action Bastard - 761 days 5 hours ago

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Oh noes! PS3s are in stock! You're such a tool.

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marinelife9 - 760 days 18 hours ago

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The ghetto toothfairy pic is priceless!

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Odion - 761 days 8 hours ago

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is this sold sold or like sold to retail?

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krik - 761 days 8 hours ago

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It's sold to retail. They cannot report consumer sales since they do not sell directly to consumers.
Anyway after all the struggling to sell PS3s do you think retailers are stock pilling on them? It is most unlikely. I know for a fact if I was in charge of purchases for a retailer I would order just a few at a time at least until I see how they sell.

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shmee - 761 days 7 hours ago

16.2 - It is SOLD TO CUSTOMERS

did u even read the article

It said " 30-40k ps3s were sold before "

That increased to 100+k after the price cut . SONY has access to all ps3s since barcode is ticked everytime a single ps3 is sold to a customer

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gamesblow - 761 days 8 hours ago

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Well, one good thing is this... odds are blu-ray will win the format war, but... there will be a casualty... That being the Ps3. Sucks... I know. Atleast games are at the stage of getting nothing but 6, 7's and 8's now... "cough" uncharted "cough" or otherwise I'd be upset. "ha"

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