PS3 Slim Sales Not As High As Expected

The Examiner chimes in with their opinion on NPD sales:

The much anticipated NPD September 2009 sales numbers were released today after being delayed through the weekend due to "last minute processing requirements." Judging by the actual numbers, one has to wonder if the fanboys demanded a recount of the data as PS3 sales numbers were much lower than expected considering that PS3 slim model was released at the end of August and now had a full month to make a difference.

[euchreprof]

Who expected the Xbox 360 wouldn't/couldn't release a single FULL AAA Exclusive Game in 2009?

PS: This is a fact. No? Name one then.

[Chris Hansen]

S P I N

[thor]

Of course. Arguments shift over time to accomodate people's views against the PS3.

-Teh no gamezz
-Weekly/monthly sales
-All-time sales
-Predicted sales against actual sales
-Not selling as well as the PS2
-Should have sold twice as much as 360

etc.

It's amazing that we still see people shouting "3rd place" when it's actually in 1st place in sales.

[Information Minister]

Hilarious spin indeed. Let's see what happens in October with Uncharted 2 releasing on the PS3 and no new Halo on the 360. Too bad Sony didn't release the 250gb Uncharted 2 bundle in NA.

EDIT - The article was submitted by a well known Xbox 360 fanboy. What a surprise!

[Tinted Eyes]

lol Even when the PS3 smashes the 360 and beats the Wii, its still doomed.

[Real Gambler]

Just after Sony announced the Slim, both Nintendo and Microsoft lowered the price of their console. Maybe this obvious 360 fanboy doesn't worry about Sony selling more consoles, but I can tell you one thing: Nintendo AND Microsoft are definitively worrying a LOT!

[Anon1974]

Not as high as who expected?

Last year, when the 360 cut it's price to $200, sales for September spiked up to 347,200, 42% higher than the month before.

PS3 sales hit 491,800 after their price cut. That's over 40% higher than the spike the 360 had last year when they cut their price to cheaper than the PS3 is now.

And this is just in the US.
This guy needs to have his head checked.

[MaximusPrime]

The Examiner and their lazy examination

[madmonkey0]

lol how lame,

500k units in one month in the US is good numbers, world side will take it well over 1 million, probably 1.5million

[myothercar]

EEDAR, WMS, Michael Pachter, and GAF aggregate were all expecting around 400-410k. They're all delusional fanboys for not predicting 600k+?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

Only a small fraction of posters predicted ~500k.

The truth is, certain people were going to act disappointed NO MATTER WHAT PS3 sold this month.

:)

[Nathan Drake2]

of course that ps3 sales are not as high as expected:
worldwide sales in last 6 weeks:
ps3-1,795,000
x360-899,000

[gnothe1]

therefore the PS3 actually sold alittle less than 1 million more consoles than the 360, people were saying that the ps3 outsold the 360 by 1 million plus when it was actually less than a million. now once things level off what will the numbers look like then?

[Natsu X FairyTail]

They're still good though.

[LukaX23]

Wait, so they're still higher than the average PS3 sales? Stop whining, that's progress.

[Christopher]

How is being the best selling console for the month not meeting expectations? I highly doubt Sony expected for 1 million console sales in the month of September in the U.S. only, especially considering it was expected that Microsoft would counter with their own price lowering and already has control in the U.S.

[ballsofsteel]

how is half a million in one month bad? considering the rest of the world combined would more than likely put PS3 over 1 million

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

...the PS3 KILLS EVERYTHING!!! ;-P

+ WTF??? Nearly 500k in the USA in 1 month this time of the year is AMAZING!!! ;-P
WELL DONE SONY;)

Oh PS3 BEAT the Wii the xBox 360 has NEVER done that!!! ;-D