PS3 Ships a Million in Japan

Sony has managed to pretty much double its domestic shipment figure in the first two weeks of January.

The company announced today that as of 1/16, it has crossed the one million shipped mark throughout Japan. This figure includes Japan only, and not the rest of Asia.

With the sudden increase in Japanese shipments, the PS3 has now crossed the two million shipped mark in North America and Japan. This feat comes two weeks following launch, which Sony cites as a record amongst its own systems.

[nice_cuppa]

sat in stores unwanted.
same in us, canada and soon europe...
i have 9 friends with 360's 4 with wii's.

nobody i know plans to buy a ps3.

[PS3 Ultimate]

over 30 of my friends won't by a 360. They are going to buy the PLAYSTATION 3. They don't want a 360. GIVE UP.

[Daewoodrow]

somehow, I doubt you of all people would have 30 friends.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

30 friends that just smells of BS.

[PS3 Ultimate]

The PLAYSTATION 3 is catching up faster than even I thought! Over 2 million sold already! SONY STILL exceeded their goal as they said they were going to SHIP 2 million units in North American. Instead it was split in half, 1 million for Japan, 1 million for Japan!

[Marriot VP]

HAH, 2 million sold - that's funny

Anyways they AREN'T overdelivering the PS3's. They promised 4 million worldwide by the end of 2006 at E3.

[JasonXE]

you know you don't have that many friends unless there all on aim or something.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

It says 2 million shipped not sold. No one wants that piece of crap. I see you on virtually every post with this I live for PS3 crap trying to convert players to that doomed system to no avail. It's following the same exact path of the dreamcast. It sold initially and now it is failing to a dismal demise. Accept the inevitable reality. Death of the POS3 is inevitable. You sound like the water boy trying to manipulate people into drinking ps3 bull crap.

[rowdy 1]

the folks I work with and most all the people I play Socom with either have or are getting a PS3. I get mine in two weeks, and I cant freaking wait. XBOX is a good system but I get sick of FPS games all the time. I didn't know you could play Socom online on PS3 and use the headset in the usb port. Thats cool. Who wants to take on the RED CELL clan? Socoms finest.

[FirstknighT]

This is like the 20th time somebody posted this same article! I guess it makes the sony duds feel better everytime they read it! To bad the ps3 is sitting in shelves all over the place! And the 360 is still selling well! It's already over! 360 has already won! The ps3 is a disaster! Sony needs to go back and pay attention to the ps2!

The 360 and Ps2 is outselling the ps3 by a far margin! Just shows that nobody cares about blue ray.

It's sad seeing the sony faithful just try and try! They ignore the TONS of facts and articles about the ps3 being a disaster! Yet they clinge on that one article for hope.....really is sad!!!

The ps3 is dead! Jump in!

[PS3 Ultimate]

Your wrong I bet you money that everyone else is waiting for a price drop and better games to arrive. When that happens 360 will be dead. PERIOD> Play B3yond the box!

[Darth Gamer]

I actually agree with you ponce in that people are waiting for a price cut. The problem is, is that there is no plans for one in the forseeable future. So, while these things sit on shelves waiting for that big price cut, MS is gaining even more steam. This in turn is going to bring more developers to concider bringing their once exclusive game over to the 360 to actually make money. This then makes more people switch over from wanting a PS3 to saying "Hey, Maybe I'll give this 360 thing a try". It's a death spiral and if SONY is going to have any hopes of getting out of it, they better do something soon. As of right now, there are 4 PS3's sitting at my local Wal-mart that have been there for about 2 weeks. I can also call just about any VG store in this area and hear that the PS3 is in stock. I'm not talking sh!t about the PS3, (hell ,I want one too even though I own a 360)but I along with the masses are waiting for the price cut that is going to come a little too late. SONY out priced themselves out of the market this gen. IMO they really messed up by including a Blu-ray player whether it's superior technology or not.

[rowdy 1]

you are not even a tru gamer. The system has been out 2monts. Just go to your XBOX site. OOps thats right they are all over here trying to see whats going on with the PS3. If your system is so great what are you doing over hear. Shouldn't you be playing it with all the good games you have. You should be busy. Busy bee thats you. Go play The burger king game or something.

[mellowspaz]

A lot of us have jobs doofus. We're surfing the net while at work. Ever wonder why the attach rate for 360 owners is so high? It's because most 360 owners are an older demographic with good income jobs who can afford purchasing many games.

[nice_cuppa]

the first sony fangirl skipped the article and the first post and went straight for the pole.

mumble mumble 'sold' mumble slurp mumble 'doing good' mumble slurp mumble

GULP and i love ya !

[nice_cuppa]

could it have been ps3 ultimate sony big fella smoker.
does it taste good boy.

yeah you like that dont cha

[Locked13]

We'll see how fast they fly off of the shelves when good games are readily available. At least they know that they'll be able to get one without much hassle. Good job Sony for putting the product out there in good numbers.

[Marriot VP]

yeah, you xbox fanboys just don't understand. Normal consumers will rush out to stores because normal people drop 600 bucks all the time. And everybody has a HDTV.

[Locked13]

I just think that they'll start to see better sales with more games that are worth buying a console for. I don't think people buy $600 dollar consoles for 1 game but for a steady stream of good games and to me it looks like Spring could be a good thing for the ps3 in terms of games. Unless you're rich, if you buy a $600 dollar console, you'll have to recover and buy games later.
I want Sony to do well, but if the 360 keeps on getting good games as well as killer exclusives like Lost Planet, then it might always be hard to get them off shelves wihout a price drop.

[HyperBear]

No way. That is un-heard of in video gaming history. Now all theyve got to do is ship out 6 more million units to get behind 360. Only problem is, if they are shipped no one will buy them, so if they ship 8 million units, then about 6.9 million units will still be in stores across the world, cause no one is buying them.
(I was being mostly sarcastic at the beginning for those who dont get it)

[scriptkiddie]

Quote "everyone else is waiting for a price drop and better games to arrive"

But i thought the PS3 was suposed to have great games because of the "power" of the cell and blu-ray. Remeber what all the sonybots said before the PS3 launch.

Not many people what to buy a $600 game machine for potential, and no one cares about blu-ray. so they choose 360 and wii.

[Locked13]

I don't know about the masses, but I know that I'll be enjoying games like Heavenly Sword and Lair. I just want to add that a lot of people I know think that the 360 is mainly a shooter platform and PlayStation is mostly known for its adventure games. This is mainly the reason why I'm turned off by the 360, I didn't enjoy games like the Halo series for the first one and that was considered the best game for it. I mean the 360 is a great machine, but is it true that they turned down Heavenly Sword?
Well that's why I like PlayStation and this could be a reason why people buy the ps3, although Lost Planet looks really cool. I don't think that PS3 is doomed just because they're not selling now. $600 is too high of a price tag to just casually pick up without doing research, but I think when games start showing themselves that are worth playing, it will seem like more of a purchase.
Out

[TheMART]

They ship

and they ship

they keep shipping

But they're not selling!
Problem there! And the games aren't selling either. 1.5 attach rate per unit, even lower then the PS2/Gamecube with 1.9 game @ launch

The question to the Sony fanboys is:

Why do you all keep saying we have to wait... Waiting for games, first you said wait till the PS3 shows the multiformat games like COD3 and FNR3 they will be better on PS3. Then it turns out they're better on the 360.

Then you say wait untill... Wait untill what? Come on. Online network. First you were all saying wait till November 2006 when it's here. Free and beating XBL. It didn't. DJ now stated: "wait untill the march update".

Waiting again. Sony says: 'you're paying for potential'. Just wait. Wait again. 'No one will ever use 100% of it's power' said by Sony. So wait a sec. Waiting again but still not getting what one pays for?

For real. Stop waiting, start playing. Jump in next gen graphics, best graphics, best versions of the games, best game of 2006, premium online service it's all here... XBOX 360 has it and everyone can simply see the PS3 hasn't at the moment

[Locked13]

They had a bad launch. I mean what games would you buy for PS3 right now besides Resistance. Sports games maybe and Ridge Racer possibly and some ports. But if people truly want a gaming console than it's clear that they'll either buy a 360 or a Wii or wait, yes wait, until some good games are shown for the PS3. It doesn't surprise me that they aren't selling but at least we know that Sony is able to meet their shipment targets now. I do believe that there are Sony fans who are willing to go out on a limb and purchase a PS3. I agree with you though in saying that there always has to be a wait with the PS3.

[calderra]

Wow. #10 is the most surprisingly intelligent fanboy rant I've heard in ages, and it's mostly Sony's own words being used against them.

Seriously- They shipped 2 million units, but they've sold maybe half a million?

And that's a GOOD thing!?

[Arkham]

I hate to burst your bubble, but the 360's 10.4 Million "sold" is also synonymous with "shipped", as in sold into the retail channel. Both companies use these terms interchangeably, though MS uses 'sold' more often than Sony's "shipped".

[MicroGamer]

too bad no-one's buying them. They are going to clog the retail pipelines with so many extra units that they will have to idle their factories until the backlog clears like Nintendo had to do a few years ago when there were too many Gamecubes at retail.