PS3 Sales at 87.4 Million as of March 2017; Almost 1 Billion Units of PS3 Software Sold

For the first time in years, Sony has shared a sales update for the PlayStation 3. In yesterday’s financial report, where we learned about the PS4’s fantastic market performance, Sony also shared updated shipment numbers for their last console.

[Jin_Sakai]

So PS3 in fact sold more than Xbox 360 despite launching a year later and at a much higher price.

[BehindTheRows]

Yep

[IMissJimRyan]

Software sales are even more interisting. With 999,4 million PS3 has sold more games than Wii or DS.

[JEECE]

Wii games sales tanked the last few years of the generation. If you look at a list of the system's best selling games, it's crowded with stuff from the early years, despite the larger install base later. Towards the end the Just Dance games were the only things selling major units.

[meep316]

The wii actually has a good attach rate though, Nintendo just dropped support a little too early to beat the PS3 in that regard. That being said Nintendo wasn’t losing money on the hardware, so their priorities were a little different .

[Marioraider18]

Also all the people that repurchased Xbox due to RRoD

[RosweeSon]

Yeah at least 3 for me hence I wasn’t rushing out to test their hardware this Gen and sure it works at lot more reliable the library of games was is poor so glad I jumped ship.

[execution17]

I have a couple relatives that went through 7-9 360s because of the rrod and they didn't want to wait for a replacement, plus the arcade edition was relatively cheap

[rainslacker]

I never got that. For me, one going bad is an anomaly. It happens with electronics sometimes. Two going bad...that's just where I say no more. If the breaks happen years apart after constant use, that's one thing, but to fail in such a short period of time, that's quite another. If the internet had been as robust as it is now back then, it would have been more of a problem for MS to contain, because people would be talking about it a lot more.

[Max_Eckhardt]

I had 7

[IRetrouk]

I remember you couldn't even mention red ring on n4g, bubbles popped and disagrees for days, my bubble count went down to one all because I dared to mention how bad the hardware was, I went through 5 originals, all Microsoft repaired but they should never have got away with such a defective device.

[Sophisticated_Chap]

It's to be expected. Sony has Japan, and they've done better outside of the U.K. over Microsoft. The PS3 was a beast, and in my opinion, that era, for both the PS3 and the Xbox 360, was the golden age of gaming, before micro-transactions and seasons passes became the norm, and when games were packed with content at launch.

[Srhalo]

That was PS2 and before. The 360 was literally the start of all that crap, when Microsoft opened the door for DLC it was the beginning of the end.

[Sophisticated_Chap]

@ SrHalo

As someone who has been gaming since the early 80s, I disagree. The PS3/360 era had the best games, whether it's Uncharted (1,2 &3), Resistance (1 & 2), Gears of War (1,2 & 3), Rainbow Six Vegas (1 & 2), Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (1 & 2), The Darkness, Metal Gear Sold 4, GTA 4, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead (1 & 2), Battlefield Bad Company (1 & 2), Battlefield 3, Battlefield 1943, Call of Duty 4, Callof Duty: World at War, Modern Warfare 2, CoD: Black Ops (1 & 2), Halo 3 & ODST, Alan Wake, Killzone (2 & 3), F.E.A.R. (1 & 2), Resident Evil 5, Motorstorm (1 & Pacific Rift), Burnout Paradise and so many more.

Things certainly got out of control right from the beginning of this generation, and with a few exceptions, game in this generation just didn't stand out from the last gen, at least not to me. There have been some good games, but on the whole, everything pales in comparison to last gen. PS2 had some great games too though, like the early Tony Hawk games, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf, the SOCOM series, Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm, the God of War series, Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3, Gran Turismo 3, Red Faction, and quite a few others.

[Stanjara]

I see what you mean with the games. Yes, we haven't seen anything like it on consoles. Gears cover system, Oblivion map, Bioshoch changing abilities, Bordelands Fps Diablo. It was also start for dlc crap like Oblivion horse armor, FIFA cards, and all that is today, but they weren't designed to mess up single player part of the game. Now with the latest MK11... we are heading in the F2P mobile territory. It's sad, it really is.

[sinspirit]

And, MS reports sales to everyone. Sony and Nintendo normally reports sales in consumers hands.

[Srhalo]

What are you talking about?

Microsoft hasn't reported sales in 4 years.

[sinspirit]

@SrHalo

Lol. Obviously. I don't think the disagrees realize this is how they report sales, if they do.

[bmf7364]

It was estimated hardware sales caught up right before the PS4 launch (marketing support with Gtav probably helped). Xbox had blockbusters like Halo and Gears pushing the 360 along with CoD helping via marketing, but outside of those IP's never had anything to to it (it's why the Xbox One has no good exclusives, especially since everythings on PC now). The PS3 had a full arsenal of exclusives ranging from Ratchet & Clank and Uncharted to Resistance and MGS4. There was something for everyone on PS3 and that was what drove the system in long term.

[andibandit]

Who cares they're both dwarfed by the PS2, 158million

[rainslacker]

Would appear so.

[Max_Eckhardt]

But lost 3 billion unfortunately thanks to he high coast of the cell and blu ray drives

[meep316]

Ya, but there were hardware revisions and many people switched because of red ring.

[bluefox755]

MS is not even in the same league as Sony in the console market, always been that way.

[Relientk77]

Funny how the PlayStation console that sold the least still sold 87.4 million units. Very successful still

[darthv72]

Imagine what it could have done had the price not been so high at launch or difficult to program for for third parties.

[TheColbertinator]

@darth

Yup. Could have been 88 million.

[StormLegend]

It would most likely be ps2 numbers if it was $399 and came out before the 360.

[BLow]

@Travis It didn't need to come out before the 360. Remember they were both supposed to come out around the same time. PS3 got delayed because of the blue laser shortage for the Bluray. It was brand new back then.

If they launched at the same time it would have been a repeat of this gen. Wait I take that back. Sony would still have been in the lead but it would have been much closer than it is now. Besides RROD, the 360 was a great system. I just stopped playing after 3 RROD. I was done after that...

[Godmars290]

If the Blu-ray/HD-DVD format "war" hadn't been a thing, the 360 hadn't launched a year before allowing for a price drop and there was only one model of 360 you mean.

[Mr_Writer85]

@darth

If the price had been the same as PS4 it wouldn't of mattered what developers couldn't do.

They would of learned quicker as it would of flew off the shelves.

It might of even done PS2 numbers as it would of been a super cheap blu-ray player.

[andibandit]

@mr_writer85

I doubt that. Maybe more game companies would have been created, but most people dont have quicker kearning mode to activate on the fly.

[rainslacker]

You know. I learned CELL programming rather quickly. Maybe a day or two, with a few times in the process where I had some algorithm hiccups which required more time to work out. It's not really that complicated. And that was really early in my career, and with very little guidance. I was tasked to port some routines over from a PC build, and it required the use of CELL functions to make efficient.

It's not that complicated to do the actual coding, it's more that you have to think more about the algorithm, and how it's laid out, because that can be different than standard programming practicecs for RISC/CISC, but ultimately, it's not that hard either for any designer who is at least half way qualified.

I think the whole, "It's complicated", or "it's difficult" was used to avoid saying, "It's not as easy as half assing it with built in game engine routines".....which ended up coming anyways, and you know what....those devs were forced to learn that stuff anyways, because it's exactly the same thing we get with GPU compute now.

[PhoenixUp]

@ Travis

I’d rather Sony not have rushed their 7th gen to market like Microsoft did for theirs. Microsoft wanted to release before PS3 so bad they released a console with faulty hardware which resulted in one of the highest failure rates for a system. PS3 came out at the time it needed to and was better for it. It came with HDMI out of the box, Blu-Ray player, & built-in WiFi

All in all PS3 was a better built system and its value made it a lot of bang for the buck

[rainslacker]

NVidia forced MS to release early. Or at least, MS didn't want to pay NVidia more for the chips required to make the OGXbox. MS could have delayed the release of the 360 for another year or more, but they were in a position where they would end up paying more to manufacture the OGXbox, at a point in the generation where people expected them to reduce the price of that console, and where Sony's own PS2 was already pretty damn cheap.

Despite my general disdain over many MS practices and decisions, I actually think they did what they had to do because of the deal they had with NVidia. I do think however, they should have remedied the problem that lead to the RROD, which they knew about before release. It may have delayed them a few months, but they would have saved a lot of money on the back end, and since Sony's system got delayed anyhow, it wouldn't have affected MS desire to release before the PS3.

There were many things left out of the 360 which become standard for the gen, and the reason games in general didn't take advantage of blu-ray storage was because MS stuck to DVD due to them releasing so early, and the lasers not being available. It's funny, if MS had waited and went with HDDVD, it may have actually been a relevant format war.

[StormLegend]

The worst PS console selling over 80 million is insane.

[IMissJimRyan]

It isnt the worst ps3. For it was the best. Online features and first party games.

[PhoenixUp]

PS3 is my favorite PlayStation console

[paintedgamer1984]

Ehh ps3 only slightly beats out the ps2 in my eyes. Im a Sony guy but even i can admit the 1st 2-3 years were pretty rough for the system.

The first game that came out to give me any shred of hope was MGS4 at the end of 2008 and im not a mgs fan but it was better than nothing.

Demons Souls would launch shortly there after and then UC2... but the whole 2 years leading up to end of 2008 into 2009 was every damn day articles saying that Sony was going bankrupt. Dont even get me started on how much better the 3rd party games like fear played on the 360. Like it wasnt even close like how at the beg of this gen we all poked fun how the xb1 games were 720 while ps4 were 900p or 900p vs 1080p... no... fear sounded, played, and ran much better on 360 than the ps3 counterpart. And thats the only 1 that stuck out as most 3rd partys ran like dog doo and mainly because of the cell processor and devs not be able to code for it.

The main reason i even got a 360 was to play better versions of third partys. But, by the time 2009 rolled around all was forgotten (mostly) and ps has been kicking ass ever since.

I was also about on my 3rd or 4th rrod 360 so that bridge was burnt to the ground. The only thing, is with ps3 and ps4 it took Sony 2-3 years to really get things cranking. I hope to god that not the case with ps5. Id die if by fall 2020 or soon after HZD2 launched at the very least!

[DarXyde]

PS2 ran circles around PS3 for me. I think PS2 had more novel experiences and it felt like it had its own identity.

PS3 was eventually great, but I don't think it held a candle to PS2.

[bluebenjamin]

Ps4 is the worst Playstation console its a box that has been stripped down from what the dlna ps1 2 and 3 game playing multi audio support ,720p monster cpu called the cell more powerful than jag cpu the gpu was ok good enough to run the last of us 720 p , free online the list goes on Ps3 blows Ps4 out of the water in functionality.Ps4 is just the newer Playstation not an improved Playstation.what can ps4 do besides run last gen games in 1080p wow bigg difference and the framerate stayed in 7th gen.Ps4 was the fakest Playstation ever made but it sold a lot of units because people dont care they just want something new

[Razzer]

Wow. We finally know how many PS3s were actually sold in the end.

So it is official. PS3 outsold Xbox 360 last gen.

https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

[Kribwalker]

you are quoting an article from 2014, while the 360 was still selling vs sales totals from 2017. There’s 3 years and games that still were released on the 360 (rise of the tomb raider in 2015, lots of cross gen games) that could have also added to sales numbers.

Now we have Sonys official numbers and would need MS to confirm

[Razzer]

Nope. Official numbers are what they are. You will have to find some way to cope with this.

Hey look! MAUs!

[DarXyde]

... you realize Persona 5 came out in 2017 on PS3 and PS4, right?

[Kribwalker]

@darxyde

and these numbers are reported from 2017

[DarXyde]

You're an odd duck, kribwalker.

Your rhetoric is pointless; there's a lot of benefit of the doubt you afford Microsoft here. You say, "well, we can't be sure" and yet, I'm feeling fairly confident that we do have the answer. Considering the fact that there was greater room for expansion in the US for Sony than Microsoft, there are more games you'd need a PS3 to play than an Xbox 360, and the fact that the gaming community in general widely accepts that it was close, but a year headstart + lower price tag was not enough to secure Microsoft second place, I'd wager they didn't beat the PS3 in sales, ESPECIALLY when they can't help themselves but brag without specifics when they outsell the competition one month. In the end, all Xbox 360 did was cut into Sony's massive market share, which they've largely taken back this generation anyway.

But ultimately, it doesn't matter. We don't need Microsoft to confirm a thing because they won't, and yet they did. This is part and parcel of who they are. If the Xbox 360 outsold PS3, they would've said as much because they can't help themselves. Their silence is pretty indicative.

[gravedigger]

MS abandoned X360 pretty fast and surely sales dropped off too.

[IRetrouk]

But what happened to your excuse when people were saying the ps3 had sold more and you were jumping on their comments throwing out those last reported numbers for xbox and quoting official this and that??? Krib you make me laugh man, You flip flop more than any other user on here.

[The Wood]

Lol. Tortoise and the hare krib. The thing is Sony were still selling ps3's into the next gen. The numbers kept increasing. The decline in 360 sales started earlier probably due to the lack of support in the final 3rd.

[RauLeCreuset]

Krib 76 days ago:

"@appocalypse
“'yeven though they still ended up in 3rd worldwide last Gen. Just think if they were "first."'

"This again
The last official numbers from either manufacturer has the xbox 360 ahead of the PS3, and until it’s otherwise reported officially, the PS3 was last. That’s not an opinion. That is a fact, based off of facts reported by both manufacturers"

https://n4g.com/comments/re...

"No crack just facts.

"360 hit 80 million in oct 2013, PS3 hit 80 in November 2013. 360 Hit 84 million in June 2014, PS3/PS4/Vita hit combined 100 million (PS4 10 million, Vita was 7-9 million leaving ps3 at 81-83 million) july 2014. Last Official Numbers from either side. "

https://n4g.com/comments/re...

Krib 44 days ago:

"@razzer
they hid the sales numbers of the PS3 and Vita after MS announced 84 million xbox 360 sales as well hiding it in a combined 100 million Ps4/PS3/Vita
https://m.ca.ign.com/articl...

"Sony hides it when it’s convient. They all have "

https://n4g.com/comments/re...

[MasterCornholio]

Well Kribwalker according to you the PS3 outsold the 360.

[rainslacker]

MS discontinued production of the 360 in April of 2016. So, that's only 2 years that we're missing from MS, not three. You generally don't report sales of your system much longer after you cease production, as eventually your supply to sell will run out. Sony discontinued in 2017, hence, why they report from 2017. Since they were roughly equal by the end of the gen it's safe to assume that Sony sold more since they had an extra year on the market, which only supports the idea that PS3 outsold 360 more often than not for the duration of the whole generation to be roughly equal to begin with.

Isn't extrapolation of data fun when paired with logic?

[Italiano1234567]

The 360 sold 85 million. U can go to ign and plenty other places. They had it all over twitter the other day of the best selling consoles.

[TGGJustin]

Uh no Microsoft stopped making the Xbox 360 shortly after the Xbox One released. Hard to sell a lot of units when you aren't making them.

[PhoenixUp]

@ Krib

Microsoft doesn’t even reveal Xbox One hardware numbers anymore. I doubt they’d ever give us updated Xbox 360 numbers

Besides that it should be common sense that PS3 sold at a faster rate than Xbox 360 with launch aligned numbers. Don’t tell me after all these years you still think PS3 didn’t eventually overtake 360

[Razzer]

Yep. Also have to take into account that Xbox One added BC in 2015 which further diminished the sales of 360.

[MasterCornholio]

Well Kribwalker did say that Microsoft isn’t showing the numbers because they sold less than Sony.

[GaboonViper]

I sometimes think dear old Krib is TimDog or Colt Eastwood.

[Imalwaysright]

Comparing sales from 2017 vs 2014 is intellectual dishonesty and for you to say that those are official numbers as if the 360 stopped selling in 2014 is pure bullshit. No one has to cope with anything because no one knows who sold the most units and what's more hilarious is that most likely none of you will ever know who was the 1st of the losers in the 7th generation.

[Razzer]

I was referring specifically to Kribwalker. He does indeed have to find a way to cope with this. He has been yapping about how 360 outsold PS3 based on "official numbers" for some time. I was looking for the quotes, but RauLeCreuset already found them.

"The last official numbers from either manufacturer has the xbox 360 ahead of the PS3, and until it’s otherwise reported officially, the PS3 was last. That’s not an opinion. That is a fact, based off of facts reported by both manufacturers"
~krib

So that "intellectual dishonesty" was bred long before this new information was revealed. But you are correct that we will never know the true winner of second place last gen as MS will no longer reveal numbers.

[RauLeCreuset]

LOL. You could apply that same logic to this gen. "Oh, MS hasn't reported sales in years. Guess we'll never know who came out ahead."

[rainslacker]

While I generally agree with you, one could use these numbers as a way of extrapolating who likely won what.

Plus he was just calling out a single user, who has made it a habit of using official data as a weapon to claim MS the winner.

No one has to cope with anything, but some people seem to have a great need to prove that MS won last gen, and express that need often in the face of logical conclusion pointing elsewhere.

[4kgk76]

So no Xbox console has never beat a PlayStation console in sales but Xbox fanboys think the next gen Xbox console going beat the ps5 in sales somehow.

[porkChop]

No, Xbox has never beat PlayStation. They likely never will. Though if we're being honest, the 360 was still hugely successful. While the Wii was going after the casual gamers, Xbox managed to cut PlayStation's market share in half. That's no small feat, especially since they didn't have much of a foothold in Japan.

[IRetrouk]

How did Microsoft cut sonys market share in half? First there were 3 consoles that came out that gen not just the ps3 and 360, the Wii took more of the market share than anyone for that gen. second, each gen up till now has been a fresh start, Microsoft didnt take half of the ps2 market share did they? And untill the ps3 and Wii released Microsoft had that market all to themselves.. still came last.

[andibandit]

@IRetrouk

maybe he meant sales.
Anyway the Wii isn't all that relevant in this case because it appealed to a large group of people who arent generally in the gaming market, heck I remember seeing people in retirement homes playing the Wii.
And no MS did not have that market to themselves, the PS2 was still there along with PC, and I know alot of people were holding out to see what Sony would come up with.
If you could rewind the clock back to 2005 and ask who would win the console race, im pretty sure most people would bet on Sony, however when the dust had settled the following had happened:

sales:
Xbox 24M ---> X360 80M
PS2 158M ---> PS3 88M

I dont know what it looks like to you, some see a huge triumph for PS....I see sales halved.

[porkChop]

@andibandit

Thank you. That's pretty much what I was trying to say.

[IRetrouk]

Wow the Wii gets discounted because it appealed to a wider demographic and sold better?? Lol ok whatever man, never heard such nonsense in my life.
You want to say the ps2 was still on market? And that the 360 didnt have the first year and a half to itself? Ok if that's the case then surely we should just add the ps2 and 3 sales together? But if we do that then how are you going to spin Sony losing 50 percent market share? Those ps2s didnt go anywhere, how was anything lost? And how are we going off previous gens numbers even though they dont crossover? No sorry it doesn't work like that, one gens sales isn't guaranteed to translate to the next, each gen has always been classed as it's own. Utter nonsense from both of you.

[porkChop]

@IRetrouk

"Those ps2s didnt go anywhere, how was anything lost? And how are we going off previous gens numbers even though they dont crossover?"

Sony/PS2 owned 77% of the market share during the sixth generation. In the seventh generation they were brought all the way down to 32%. I know you're intelligent enough to see that's a huge loss of the market.

And the Wii is being "discounted" because it was literally going after a new market. Nintendo wasn't going after core gamers for the most part. They weren't eating into Sony or Microsoft's userbases. The Wii was hugely successful, but it didn't have that much of an effect on Sony or Microsoft.

[rainslacker]

All three together grew the market. But, I'd say Nintendo had more effect on Sony's market share. MS would have cut into their install base, which is a different metric. Market share is the percentage of a market that one company or product occupies, while install base is a measure of actual units sold.

[IRetrouk]

No regardless of who the Wii was aimed at it was a gaming console, its sales count as much as sonys or microsofts. And yes it had an effect on both Microsoft and Sonys sales, it was a competitor.
Again it was a new gen, completely new market where everybody started from 0, Microsoft did not take 50 percent of sonys market share, it's a false statement.

[Sophisticated_Chap]

@ porkchop

I wouldn't put that much effort into posting logical sense, as you are doing here. It will go completely over everyone's heads, except for a small minority.

[bluebenjamin]

Nintendo wii didn’t count because wii u didn’t count and switch still dont count this is a fight between Playstation abs Xbox fanboyism Nintendo not in this club

[RosweeSon]

Next Xbox be lucky to beat dreamcast/Wii U at this rate

[rainslacker]

Yes, because MS will release it's games on Game pass, has their games on PC, and has a service which doesn't even require the console. Hence, X2, wins.

MS is expanding it's brand, which is fine. But it also sends a message that they aren't as invested in the console market as they once were. I remember when they stopped releasing games on PC because they thought it would drive console sales. And that makes sense. Sony is doubling down on exclusive games and building quite the reputation for them this gen. Probably better than they've ever done really. They're also being very vocal about how the traditional model is important to them, and people are taking notice. Despite what Sony may do wrong from time to time, what they're doing right is building faith in their brand.

[DarXyde]

No they don't. They have given up challenging Sony in terms of sales. It is about most active users now.

In that metric, I have no doubt that they'll outnumber Sony, primarily because their service is on more platforms than PS Now or Plus. Nintendo being used as a vehicle into Japan is yet another way for them to bolster their numbers.

I think it is delusional at this juncture to believe Microsoft will sell the most hardware, and they know that too, but they're also not above bragging about an NPD over Sony either. I will not be supporting Microsoft in their vision for the future, so what they do now is not my concern unless it impacts what I get with Sony and Nintendo.

[Sophisticated_Chap]

I don't think anyone has suggested that Xbox will beat PlayStation in hardware sales next gen. Microsoft has changed the way they are doing business, with Xbox Live being the main focus, not simply console hardware, which is a low profit margin game.

What rumors are suggesting however, is that the next Xbox will be more powerful than the PS5, and probably more expensive also. Even after the next Xbox Launches, I think the Xbox One X will be Microsoft's main console, since it is effective at 4K resolution, and it will more than likely see a price drop when either the next Xbox comes out or when the PS5 launches, whichever comes first. The next Xbox will be Microsoft's premium offering, and it will be interesting to see just how powerful this machine will be. If the PS5 is rumored to be 8TFLOPS, then maybe we would see a 10TFLOP Xbox Two? Either way, guaranteed it will cost more than the PS5.

It will be interesting to see if Sony continues to produce the PS4 Pro as their budget option to the PS5, or if they will go all-in on the PS5 and completely abandon the current hardware within 2 years of the PS5's launch, similar to what they did with the PS3.

[Razzer]

"I don't think anyone has suggested that Xbox will beat PlayStation in hardware sales next gen."

lol....someone hasn't seen all the xbox will "dominate" next gen articles.

"It will be interesting to see if Sony continues to produce the PS4 Pro as their budget option to the PS5, or if they will go all-in on the PS5 and completely abandon the current hardware within 2 years of the PS5's launch, similar to what they did with the PS3."

Wrong. Sony didn't stop producing PS3s until 2017. A year after Microsoft stopped producing Xbox 360.

https://www.eurogamer.net/a...
https://www.theverge.com/20...

[ocelot07]

But...but I was told on here many times that the 360 outsold the PS3 worldwide. I can't have been lied to on n4g right? Why would people do that 😔.

[SoulWarrior]

Wonder what krib is gonna say now? He's been going on about that for ages lol.

[Knushwood Butt]

He's so busy finding unfavorable articles about Days Gone that he probably hasn't noticed.

[Kribwalker]

You are comparing 2014 sales numbers vs 2017 sales numbers. We know games like Rise of the tomb raider, call of duty and EA games kept releasing on the 360. If we don’t have MS numbers (like we never had official sony numbers) how can you know when it’s that close?

[IRetrouk]

Ummm are you serious krib? Cause you were damn sure the 360 outsold the ps3 when all you had was the 360s last official numbers and someone's projected ps3 sales. You even went as far as saying something along the lines of all we can go on is last reported numbers(which put the 360 ahead), didnt see you mention once about not being able to tell because Sony hasn't released up to date numbers, you were convinced the 360 sold more, now that the ps3 is ahead with these new numbers you done another wee flop🐟

[rainslacker]

@Krib

What does the release of those games on 360 in 2017 have to do with the sales of the console itself? They released on the PS3 as well. Heck, there are still games to be released in the future on both systems. There are still systems out there being used, and if they continue to sell software, and the companies allow games to be licensed for them, then companies will release games on them. But, if the company has officially discontinued making the systems, then there are no more sales. MS stopped production of 360 in April of 2016, about a year and a half after their last official number. Sony ceased production about 2-3/4 years after their last official number. It's safe to assume that Sony outsold MS based on the extra time, and that both systems were roughly equal at the end of the gen.

[NLink0714]

I wonder what that Xbox fanboy colt Eastwood is going to say about this.

[GaboonViper]

LOL Colt is the biggest jerk in gaming, he blocked me on twitter for exosing his lies.

[Stanjara]

I hate that guy! Every two days it pops on my ytube: biggest leak yet Xbox specs. Every couple of days! His review of crackdown 3 is hilarious. Then I must watch his videos just to roll my eyes. You know that feeling when something is so bad that is good.

[PhoenixUp]

Why’d they wait two years to announce such a monumentous feat

[P_Bomb]

@vokun
It’s been known since 2013 https://ca.ign.com/articles... . Give it time, they’ll forget again.

[PhoenixUp]

We’ve all known PS3 outsold 360 for the longest time. I’m just wondering why they didn’t tell us PS3 reached 87.4 million the moment it happened instead of keeping that data to themselves for two years.

[porkChop]

Yeah it is a bit odd. And if they're giving us numbers now, why not give us the current total? Why give us numbers from two years ago?

[SonyStyled]

Because the numbers from two years ago would likely be the total, as manufacture would have seized. It’s hard to add sales to the PS3 if shelves aren’t getting restocked with newly manufactured PS3 consoles in 2018, 2019 etc.

[AK91]

Can't believe how well PS3 ended up being especially considering how badly it started.

[paintedgamer1984]

Its damn xmas miracle! 😁. By all accounts, most ps3 gens would have murdered a company... but not these cheeky bastards

Actually come to think of it, Ninty and Sony are the only ones to bounce back from purgatory... atari and sega werent so lucky. And by the looks of it, ms is on their 2nd botched gen. 3 strikes and your out. Had ms not had ms $ to fix rrod they would have died last gen... yet here we are another shit show gen

[QuickdrawMcgraw]

There are a lot of reasons to like the PS3..I liked the PS3 just because of socom and Blue Ray...

[RosweeSon]

I liked my BC from day1 even if my blu ray packed up luckily by that point there was plenty of great games to play. Not as many as PS4 and not as easy to use or excellent I don’t think but still a great console. PS4 my favourite tho covers ps2/3 (I can play ps1 on my vita) ps2 my second favourite such a great console and ps1 then PS3. None of them terrible consoles tho ps3 was a rough and expensive launch but they certainly listened and without the hardships of ps3 early days we wouldn’t have had the beast we call PS4 now they’ve confirmed not getting ps5 for minimum of 12 months and who launches new gens in the summer I’d say we’re looking at 18 months of PS4 ;)
Like ps2 got god of war 1/2 at end of its like
Ps3 got Gran turismo 6
You know Sony preping a big finale for PS4 ;) specially as ps5 BC not like it be wasted with 100 million (near enough current owners) and future ps5 owners
Sony are in a great position and I for one am no rush for next Gen with all the PS4 games I still gotta get through and switch on the side Oct 2020 earliest for me. As much as I’ll want a ps5 day one unless there’s big major reasons to get one I’ll prob try ride my PS4/switch out until the limited bundles start arrive 6-12 months later or even slim models etc.
I’m a sucker for a new console launch tho specially great ones but waaaay off yet Game On!

[BlaqMagiq1]

PS3 outsold 360 confirmed

[Einhander1971]

And the 360 fanboys thought the ps3 was failure lol.

[LoveSpuds]

The PS3 was and still is an incredible console, it is impressive that despite the best efforts of the majority of gaming websites to sink PS3 in favour of the 360, it still sold the way it did. I still have mine plugged in next to my PS2 and PS4 as it has so many fantastic games to play.

Sony have established a track record that will never be replicated by MS in that, for every generation of console they invested in software and delivered incredible experiences which seem to get better with every generation.

[Thundercat77]

My theory has been proven...

If Xbox couldn't beat Playstation at its worst, then Xbox has no chance of beating Playstation at its best or even at its normal.

PS3 will be remembered as the Phoenix bird. It resurrected from the ashes of death and surpassed the Xbox 360.THAT IS A COMEBACK!!!

[deno]

My favorite sony console. So many new ips and big hitters appeared on ps3.

[bluebenjamin]

weird touting sales of ps3 like its still 7th gen of course ps3 still selling it a multifunctional device you can stream your pc to your ps3 using dlna ,watch blurays enjoy some free online multiplayer why not buy a ps3 now its still a viable device for a gamer on a budget its the best console.The games are on their own while the consoles are what they are separately

[bluebenjamin]

Xbox 360 won 7th gen give it up the people already know

[MasterCornholio]

Microsoft never won a gen.

[SonyStyled]

Prove it

[bluebenjamin]

Just about everybody had a 360 it did 3rd party games better it was funny when xbox one came out and switched shoes with Playstation 😂 I know yall love Playstation but 360 won that battle a long time ago we are headed to gen 9’now.If someone buys and Atari right now is that a blow to the NES?

[SonyStyled]

@bluebenjamin I wasn’t left disappointed. Thank you

[Razzer]

Nintendo Wii says hi

[bluebenjamin]

iphone 6 says hi it plays games too but we know this is between Playstation and xbox you just bring up Nintendo knowing its not participating in this console war

[Razzer]

lol....that is idiotic. You said 7th gen. Wii was part of the 7th gen of consoles. iPhone isn’t a console. Your post is a failure on multiple counts.

[bluebenjamin]

Whatever dude I hope you get the job they deserve you

[Immagaiden]

That clears up any doubt that PS3 outsold 360

On a side note, Wow Sony didn’t even bother listing Vita on that page. It’s like they’re that ashamed of the handheld

[saimcheeda]

So the whole PS/Xbox fanboy war from the previous generation ended with PS victory