Hirai: PS3 sales "better" than expected

By Robert Purchese Published 16 September, 2010

Wants 100 per cent of owners on PSN.

Kazuo Hirai, the overlord of PlayStation, has announced that global PlayStation 3 sales for this financial year are on track to reach 15 million.

"As of the end of August, sales look a bit better than we expected," Hirai told Reuters at the Tokyo Game Show.

They certainly were. PlayStation 3 has recorded an enviable 13 months of consistent growth in the US, and is the best selling console in Japan this year (Media Create sales data courtesy of NeoGAF).

That turnaround in sales was started by the PS3 Slim last year. However, we heard this morning that Microsoft's Xbox 360 Slim has sold even faster during its first three months in US shops. Can Microsoft's Xbox 360 stay globally ahead? As of the end of June, Microsoft had shipped 41.7 million consoles globally and Sony had shipped 38.1 million PS3s.

The battle, of course, will be epitomised by the head-to-head launches of PlayStation Move (tomorrow) and Kinect (10th November).

Hirai's also confident that the PlayStation Network and Sony's insistence of a 3D future will come into play. He told Reuters that 80 per cent of PlayStation 3s bought were hooked up to PSN, compared to Microsoft's 23 million Xbox Live users (as of January 2010). Hirai won't rest until 100 per cent of PS3 owners are online.

He also had another bash at Nintendo's 3DS. "We want consumers to enjoy 3D in the best possible environment," Hirai said. "At this stage, this is only possible on the big screen, with glasses."

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  • Goodfella #1 2 years ago

    That gap is getting narrower and narrower, it's only a matter of time before Sony overtake, they're a year behind too. ;)

  • the_dudefather #2 2 years ago

    in before 'yearoftheps3lol' and tigerstyles

  • woodnotes #3 2 years ago

    "head-to-head launches of PlayStation Move (tomorrow) and Kinect (10th November)."

    Not really "head-to-head launches" then.

  • Lord_Gremlin #4 2 years ago

    That's understandable. My PSN store purchases cost me more than console itself. And they are all worth it. Except for maybe Savage moon - too hardcore.

    Also, what do you mean shipped? How many consoles are there, I mean functioning? Considering RROD should we assume real number of X360 is around 20 millions?

    P.S. Is this site full of xbots or that's my foolish imagination?
    Edited by Lord_Gremlin at 16/09/10 @ 14:32

  • captain_Carl #5 2 years ago

    Going to be a while before he gets a rest then

  • MiniAmin #6 2 years ago

    PS3s rebranding, the launch of slim, and the influx of AAA core games have contributed towards Sony's success.

    Well done, I plan to add to those sales pretty soon.

  • woodnotes #7 2 years ago

    "Considering RROD should we assume real number of X360 is around 20 millions?

    P.S. Is this site full of xbots or that's my foolish imagination?"

    Irony, right there.

  • Lord_Gremlin #8 2 years ago

    @woodnotes: and real number of PS3s should be around 34 millions then.

    Also, I'm paranoid about xbots. And cakes. They lie.

  • TopKatt #9 2 years ago

    @Lord_Gremlin

    There's only a couple of dimwitted fanboys on here, but they post their shit everywhere so it's easy to think there's loads of them.

  • electrolite #10 2 years ago

    3DS vexes him somewhat

  • woodnotes #11 2 years ago

    "@woodnotes: and real number of PS3s should be around 34 millions then."

    Really? I've had the RROD twice, but on both occasions Microsoft sorted it free of charge, clearly not counting towards console sales. I got the YLOD on my old phat PS3 but Sony wouldn't touch it, so I had to buy a Slim to replace it.

    To say that 20 million+ of Xbox 360s have been sold as replacements is every bit as much fanboy fodder as the stuff you are saying you don't like.
    Edited by woodnotes at 16/09/10 @ 14:48

  • Lord_Gremlin #12 2 years ago

    @woodnotes: Where do you live? In many countries when your 360 RROD you just have to buy a new one. They have actual support only in USA as far as I know.
    A single example proves nothing. I know a person who bought - actually bought - 5 X360 consoles (3 had RROD and one broke in some other way, I didn't ask for details). Does this mean everybody does that? No.

  • TheApologist #13 2 years ago

    Kinnect vs Move means very little IMO.

    Different hardware, different experiences, different launch dates etc etc

  • woodnotes #14 2 years ago

    @LG

    In the UK, m'Lord.

    You coming to hunt me down? Actually in most European countries the support is identical. You fill out the form on the Xbox web-site, take your 360 to the local UPS depot (or get it collected), it goes to Germany and you get it back a week later.
    Edited by woodnotes at 16/09/10 @ 14:56

  • telboy007 #15 2 years ago

    Live in the UK, two RRODs same console both fixed for free - last one was out of warranty. But that is not important. What is important is I hate the fact everyone is raving about motion control and 3D when all I want is funky games to play!
    Edited by telboy007 at 16/09/10 @ 14:58

  • Lord_Gremlin #16 2 years ago

    @woodnotes, nope, I'm in Russia. Too far away, plus crossing the ocean...

  • Goodfella #17 2 years ago

    @EarlBassett

    Indeed, it's not like they're short on proper news stories what with the TGS etc.

  • dsmx #18 2 years ago

    Failure rate on xbox 360's did used to be roughly 33% so worse case scenario around 14 million xbox 360's are replacements, real figure will be nowhere near that number. Still even if 7 million were sold as replacements the PS3 still has a lower failure rate so the ps3 could actually be ahead in active systems in use, but we will never know for sure.

  • Nighthawk_08 #19 2 years ago

    Xbox 360 launched nov 16th 2005. As of June 30th 2010 sold 41.7 million.
    Playstation 3 launched nov 11th 2006. As of June 30th 2010 sold 38.1.
    So it's taken roughly 4.7 years for xbox to sell 41.7 million. Ps3 roughly 3.7 years to sell 38.1 million. My guess would be that when the xbox 360 was 3.7 years old it hadn't sold 38 million units. Iv no doubt that ps3 will take over xbox 360 but that doesn't mean much except to fanboys. They've both sold awesome and both consoles are brilliant. I'm gutted I ain't got a 360 anymore cause I can't play reach. We're all winners in my opinion

  • Golgo #20 2 years ago

    100% of owners on PSN? Give em a reason, then. The software download lineup is woeful compared to Live. (And no, I haven't got a 360). Get us the Caves and Treasures, dammit! Live is getting Radiant Silvergun...

  • Rodster #21 2 years ago

    It's pretty sad that only 80% of PS3 users are on PSN when it's given away for free and that's probably due to PSN not being very good for MP games.

  • RevanNL #22 2 years ago

    The best way to experience 3D is on a big screen... without glasses.

    @LordGremlin: Every country has support by MS if it's about warrenty.
    Edited by RevanNL at 16/09/10 @ 15:23

  • Rodster #23 2 years ago

    Yesterday I went to a 3D-HDTV retailer and watched a demo on a 3D TV. It's not bad but wearing glasses ruins it for me.

  • peterfll #24 2 years ago

    Oh Hirai, bless you my love, you might look a right silly-billy in 12 months after the 3DS has been released going on past - but very recent - history i.e. the DS and Wii have first place in the sales record of this generation.

    Not to mention that 3D with glasses is polarising (haha I made a funny) opinion with most people.

  • Machiavellian #25 2 years ago

    Well if the 360 slim continue to see like it has not to mention the release of some of MS (believed) console selling titles, it probably would take the PS3 another 4 years to match the 360 and probably 5 to overtake. By that time, even the fanboys will probably not care since we should be on the new hotness.

  • 00.00.01 #26 2 years ago

    @Rodster 16/09/10
    So...the other 20% have tested the free PSN services and decided never to come back? Or is the current 80% connected just because it's free?
    Sorry mate but your argumentation is poor. To think that PSN is of influence on your MP experience. Ever tried it, tested it? The ISP is responsible for poor bandwith and therefore the 'poor' MP experience. Not PSN.

  • M_of_the_sys #27 2 years ago

    Uh oh. The ultimate MS fanboy has arrived.

  • Machiavellian #28 2 years ago

    12 months warrant in the states for the PS3.

    Personally I have experience both YLOD on my 60GB (launch) PS3 which bit the dust a week ago. I already have two PS3s in my house so not going to pay Sony 150 not including shipping and tax to fix it. I will take it apart and see if the reflow technique works.

    I experience the BROD on my 80GB after 6 months but it was still in warranty so all was good.

    I can definitely attest that the PS3 does have it's failure, definitely not on the order of the 360 but in my household, I have had my 360 RROD twice (Launch) so the PS3 and 360 is par for the course as far as failures in my home.
    Edited by Machiavellian at 16/09/10 @ 15:57

  • El-Dev #29 2 years ago

    "I've seen failure rate polls on forums that puts its failure rate at about 40%, which sounds about right given the huge numbers of PS3s that have died."


    [link url=http://www.nofussreviews.com/survey-results-2010.php
    ]http://www.nofussreviews.com/survey-resu...[/link]

    Of course the forum poll will obviously have more than 500,000 respondents.
    Edited by El-Dev at 16/09/10 @ 15:56

  • Goodfella #30 2 years ago

    The PS3, which is plagued by the YLOD, BROD and other faults,

    Everyone I know with a PS3 has had it fail, sometimes more than once. I've seen failure rate polls on forums that puts its failure rate at about 40%,

    LOL, just LOL!

    Have you ever thought about writing fiction as a profession, tigerstyle?
    Edited by Goodfella at 16/09/10 @ 15:58

  • TopKatt #31 2 years ago

    He's probably the only fanboy on here at the moment. It'll be great when he gets banned, think of all the reasonable discussions that'll take place without that dribbling moron cluttering up the place. I'll ignore him soon but at the moment I still find him slightly amusing.

  • Nighthawk_08 #32 2 years ago

    @tigerstyle

    Go away and die you fuckwit

  • Sniper_007 #33 2 years ago

    We could continue the argument on whether the xbox figures are bias because of failure rate, or PS3 figures are bias because of those who wanted a blu-ray player.

    I own both, love both... but tend to play on xbox most. Why, because my friends are on there!

    All we need to know is that games business is doing great, Sony and Xbox are both reporting an increase and the Wii is finally starting to slow down.... wooot. Time for Nintendo to shake things up all over again, because unlike many I'm actually ready for a new generation of consoles.. and no the Move and Kinect do not bloody count!! :-P

  • Goodfella #34 2 years ago

    It's not fiction. The PS3 failure rate is huge. Among my friends, the failure rate is 100%

    Your one imaginary friend doesn't count.

    Seriously dude, you're making a fool of yourself on this web site. If your going to spout drivel at least try and back it up with some cold, hard facts instead of isolated personal incidents.

  • TopKatt #35 2 years ago

    People having a favourite console and people discussing that does not make them a fanboy. Being an abusive, obsessive idiot does. You sir are a fanboy of the highest order and you give gamers a bad name. Now I've told you before, I don't know why you are so insecure about your console, you have no need to be, but whatever your issues are, please take them elsewhere.

    /ignored.

  • peterfll #36 2 years ago

    :-0 the c-word! On the tinternet, what next?!

  • Goodfella #37 2 years ago

    I think it's time to hit that ignore button. I give up trying to reason with a foul mouthed, odious person (using the term loosley) such as yourself.

  • welshben23 #38 2 years ago

    Can you speak up a little please, tigerstyle? I couldn't hear you as you've got your nose firmly jammed up Bill Gates' arse.

    I own and love both consoles, probably spend more time on the 360, I have more friends on LIVE. You say the PS3 has fewer highly rated titles? HA HA HA HA! The PS3 exclusives are far superior to the 360 exclusives, IMO.

  • 00.00.01 #39 2 years ago

    Pffft this thread is getting hijacked because one person seems to have a mission trying to convince the world how bad the PS3 is....or how unbelievebly good the Xbox360 is....
    .
    'It's a NO for me....sorry tigerstyle, but you've got a bit too much of the 'X'-factor.
    .
    BLOCKED.

  • makeamazing #40 2 years ago

    Among my friends

    You dont have any friends tiger.. :D
    Edited by makeamazing at 16/09/10 @ 16:26

  • Goodfella #41 2 years ago

    Even IF any of your fanboy ramblings were to be considered factual, why do you care so much, why are you seemingly on a crusade to denounce Sony and seemingly felate Bill Gates at any given opportunity, in the process being as obnoxious as possible?

    Also, the premise that fanboys of a particularly console are considered worse than another is so ludicrous that goes beyond the realms of fantasy.
    Edited by Goodfella at 16/09/10 @ 16:39

  • telboy007 #42 2 years ago

    This thread is brilliant! :D

  • Goodfella #43 2 years ago

    Thought so, not the remotest hint of a sensible or intelligent response.

  • Goodfella #44 2 years ago

    Contact Jim Sterling of Destructoid then, as he wrote that article, not me.

    You appear to blindly believe it though, like some crazed, fanatical religious zealot.

  • Goodfella #45 2 years ago

    You just seem to latch on to a person you disagree with, hounding them with pointless ramblings and insults until the next one comes along. That tells me that you are a cunt, but you already know you are.

    Oh God, the irony is killing me, please, stop with the abusive language, it's not very mature.

  • Spekingur #46 2 years ago

    I know a couple of people who have had a YLOD and one other that has had a BR drive problem with their PS3. They did not get replaced by Sony. One of the YLOD machine was still in warranty with the store where it was bought and in the end it got replaced by the store itself. These are the only PS3 problems I have had some personal experience with. Other than these aforementioned problems the PS3 has been a rather good machine amongst my friends, family and associates.

    Saying that PS3 doesn't break is a bit naive.

  • kangarootoo #47 2 years ago

    @tigerstyle

    You know, as soon as you start calling people cunt... you, me and everyone else here knows that you do it because you yourself believe you are too stupid to respond any other way.

    I know it.
    Everyone else knows it.
    And you know it.

    And every insult, and every LOL, and every accusation of fanboyism, just makes everyone even more certain of the fact.

  • peterfll #48 2 years ago

    All this talk has made me want to go home tonight and do my dirty business all over my PS3.

  • Goodfella #49 2 years ago

    You have is so wrong on many levels, but don't don't let that stop you continuing with your insane delusions.

    I think the problem is that you are such an extreme case of the likes never seen before, it's like your'e an experiment that's hard not to observe, monitor and attempt to communicate with.
    Edited by Goodfella at 16/09/10 @ 16:56

  • glaeken #50 2 years ago

    I think when it comes to considering how successful the PS3 has been you just have to look at this from a playstation brand point of view. Last generation they had something like 100 million lead. This generation its virtually 50/50 market share (not counting the Wii of course).

    So although the PS3 is in no way doing badly measured against going from complete market dominance in the last generation to being roughly equal with their number 1 competitor is in no way a great performance. If you take into account the reliability problems of the 360 you really do have to wonder how Sony have managed to piss away their lead.

    Of course a lot of the problem was launching so late after the 360 as if you wanted an HD console you only had one choice for quite some time. Sony really should have pulled out all the stops to get the PS3 out much sooner than they did and I think that would have helped them greatly. Instead they just seemed to think it would be another Dreamcast situation where them telling everyone their new product would be far better than the 360 was enough.

  • Retroid #51 2 years ago

    Fanboys (OF ANY FLAVOUR) are bloody annoying.

  • kangarootoo #52 2 years ago

    "Hahaha. The classic "you said that cos you're too dumb to say anything else" response."

    You hear that a lot do you?


    "You people are just SOOOOOOOOOOO predictable."

    I have absolutely no doubt that the general response to you is frequently consistent and predictable. On that, we fully agree.


    Keep digging buddy, keep digging.

  • Sunworship #53 2 years ago

    Tigerstyle seems to attract those who are arrogant enough to believe that they can somehow overpower his neurosis by sharing their relative sanity.

    It's not going to happen boys, best leave it to a trained professional methinks.

  • drumbaby #54 2 years ago

    The very existence of the PS3 has Tigerstyle locked into this futile cycle of constant ranting via his keyboard. Does he not see how f*cking ridiculous he/ this is? The sheer amount of time he spends typing anti PS3 stuff is utterly mental.

    What a twat! :D
    Edited by drumbaby at 16/09/10 @ 17:10

  • Retroid #55 2 years ago

    Tigerstyle, repeatedly linking the same opinion piece doesn't make your point any more salient.

    And stop it with the personal abuse. THAT doesn't help at all.

  • kangarootoo #56 2 years ago

    @Sunworship

    I'm not trying to cure him you know.

    You got me on the arrogant bit though - nobody is perfect :)

  • Drpwnage #57 2 years ago

    Sony need to ditch the XMB obsession and integrate PSN more fully into the frontend of the UI, I hate the way it launches app-style into the store and the more content you add to your PS3 the more cumbersome and irritating XMB becomes (even though it looks neat!).

  • Goodfella #58 2 years ago

    All I can do now is laugh, it really is very amusing. I'd love to know if it's one big wind up or tigerstyle actually does have psychological issues?

    Back on track, lets not forget in the PS2 'glory days' they didn't have that much competition that time round. I think Nintendo had become a bit arrogant with their success, and while the Gamecube was still a financial success it was far from what they hoped compared to previous consoles. MS were new to the game so the Xbox was an unknown quantity.

    This time round Sony have had very stiff competition and being last out of the gate nad having the more expensive hardware hasn't helped a great deal.

    All that said though it's very close between Sony and MS, Nintendo sales seem to be waning too.
    Edited by Goodfella at 16/09/10 @ 17:17

  • MiniAmin #59 2 years ago

    Another potentially good thread ruined by inane fanboy chatter.

    Well done idiots.

  • Goodfella #60 2 years ago

    @MiniAmin

    I think you'll find it's singular, as in 'idiot'.

  • kangarootoo #61 2 years ago

    "just to join in with the gang mentality - Something you seem to enjoy doing, judging by your posting history"

    Awww, that is like a knife to the heart. You are seriously suggesting that following gang mentality is something that matters to me? Clearly your investigation of my posting history needs to be a little more thorough.

    Sunworship is quite right though. I lack the medical training for this situation.

  • azix2 #62 2 years ago

    Dumbass. You blocked the one hack for the ps3 and it hasn't been rehacked yet. Your sales are going to plung once people start looking for older PS3s to buy. Sales are "on track" now cause there are still new ps3s out there with lower firmwares

  • dsmx #63 2 years ago

    Wish everyone would just put tiger on ignore, that way he can put down anything he wants and no-one will be able to see it and he will go away.

  • Sunworship #64 2 years ago

    @Kanga

    Fair enough, I was just using you as a stalking horse for my own arrogant diagnosis. Being arrogant is fun! ;)

  • Retroid #65 2 years ago

    Whoops.

  • peterv #66 2 years ago

    Of all the things in the world( naked ladies etc), to get fanatical about , why choose games consoles?
    I haven't tried bashing off to sales figures and console failure rates, but maybe i should.

  • glaeken #67 2 years ago

    It kind of surprises me these days to see someone trolling who is not obviously a kid. I just found I got very bored of the whole trolling thing years ago. Certainly these days what we mainly seem to see on here is troll's trolling troll's and I honestly don't see what anyone gets out of that. Trolling only ever works to me when its not obvious and on this site the trolls are way to blatant.

    Still I guess everyone has to go through their troll stage and maybe for some it just takes a lot longer to get bored of it.

  • kangarootoo #68 2 years ago

    @Sunworship

    "I was just using you as a stalking horse for my own arrogant diagnosis"

    Ahh, the ol' switcharoo. I see how it is.

    P.s. I like the term stalking horse. I shall endevour to use it more often. An arrogant fellows such as I should have plenty of opportunity :)

  • Sunworship #69 2 years ago

    Just think of all the poor wee children who see the big green number next to this topic and click on it, fully expecting a reasoned and insightful debate on the merits of Sony's online strategy.

    To hell with it: screw the kids. In the non-Catholic sense of course.

    @kanga

    Thanks for taking it so well old chap!
    Edited by Sunworship at 16/09/10 @ 17:37

  • kangarootoo #70 2 years ago

    "Did I just hear a Banhammer?"

    And my work here is done ;)

  • Retroid #71 2 years ago

    kangarootoo: "And my work here is done ;)"

    YOUR work? Cheeky bugger! :D

  • GamesConnoisseur #72 2 years ago

    Goody if Sony can attract 100% PSN, but wonders about 20% turning down the free offer? As EVEN BD players are going online for firmware or BD content updates. So there are other issues at play here that may give reasonings why 100% may be a tall order?

    Yawn re pissing contests, got both and yes Sony from 1st place to being behind for almost half of PS3 life, so next gen I m sure Sony going to have a lot more respect on how tough it us to be in 1st place and works even harder.

    Competition is always great for consumers, so why the hates for the rival consoles from fanboys?!

  • Sunworship #73 2 years ago

    I like to think it was a team effort!

    Of course some individuals did get their hands dirtier than others...

  • Goodfella #74 2 years ago

    Eurogamer 1-0 tigerstyle.

    Edit: Oh, all his posts have disappeared along with him, makes crazy reading now.
    Edited by Goodfella at 16/09/10 @ 17:52

  • Goodfella #75 2 years ago

    @ tigerstyle

    Write less.

    Your wish has come true. :-)

  • Sunworship #76 2 years ago

    On topic, why psn has done well to get 80% and will never get 100%: from statistics.gov.uk

    There were 19.2 million households
    with an Internet connection in 2010,
    representing 73 per cent of
    households. The region with the
    highest level of access was London,
    with 83 per cent, the lowest was the
    North East, with 59 per cent.

  • TopKatt #77 2 years ago

    We all know that donniemickeytiger will be back, shall we have a competition to see who can spot him first?

  • callum9999 #78 2 years ago

    Golgo - I don't buy much off the PSN store but the PS1 back catalogue is enough to make it better than Live for me.

    Probably not the same for everyone - I seem to spend more time playing PS1 games than PS3 games recently!

  • priesty_lfc #79 2 years ago

    you will never get 100% onto PSN which is a shame,

    Simply fact is not everybody has the internet (my brother for example, plus he's not interested online gaming), and some people did only buy a PS3 to use as a Blu-Ray player (my mum)

    Luckily i'm an addict so I make up for them not makin the most of there systems! :D

  • riceNpea #80 2 years ago

    aww i missed it all...

    none of this makes any sense now.

    what was tigerstyle saying?

    was he postulating in respect to Nietzsche's well documented examination of existential nihilism to be found in western culture which argues that life is pointless, without purpose or intrinsic significance in relation to our preconceived notion of the world and its objective value.... or was he just chatting his usual crap?

  • kangarootoo #81 2 years ago

    @Retroid

    I meant that some people just need to be given enough rope :)

    Your work is very much appreciated by the majority, old and new.

  • Goodfella #82 2 years ago

    @riceNpea

    It was the usual crap, and he kept calling me a c**t, which didn't help.

  • riceNpea #83 2 years ago

    well that's not nice.

    still it's nice that he makes the time to humiliate himself in public.

  • Rodster #84 2 years ago

    PSN is a lot like Home they're both free and they suck :p

  • zedzee #85 2 years ago

    "Microsoft had shipped 41.7 million consoles globally and Sony had shipped 38.1 million PS3s."

    Ohh, it's getting close!

  • coolbritannia #86 2 years ago

    Goodfella, you've never seen a fanboy that rabid? Not even Pop Is Dead/Frodo?

  • DrStrangelove #87 2 years ago

    Why don't MS people just give in? They're so annoying.

    Especially the Face-offs. Stop them. Damn. Annoying.

  • suhawk75 #88 2 years ago

    @Rodster

    You know the PSN usually manages to provide pretty lag-free gaming with reasonable comms when I'm playing MAG (and I've put over 150hrs). Sure sometimes when we get put in with the American servers we get some bad games but all in all it's pretty solid.

    It doesn't have the bells and cross-game invites of XBL but it's free so I don't expect the same service.

    (I appreciate that your comment was probably meant in a light-hearted manner)

  • gjgjg #89 2 years ago

    Who is this tigerstyle you speak of, and where does he post...? Makes this comments thread a bit mad and intriguing!

    Anyway, after some games retail experience I would put the ps3 failure rate at about 25%-35%, mostly 40gb, then 60's. And the xbox's at 45%-50% pre jasper chip-set.

    However the MS warraenty is far better than SCE's, so I would imagine the 20% of PS3s that don't connect are mainly made up of un-replaced faulties. So 100% may be ambitious!!
    Also consider jail breaks and out of net connection range mahcines.

  • riceNpea #90 2 years ago

    how funny.

    i would say anyone with 16+, let alone 100+, accounts is a pretentious twat

  • lockload #91 2 years ago

    I seriously doubt sony planned to go from #1 to #3, maybe they did but that is a terrible business plan

  • kangarootoo #92 2 years ago

    "and he kept calling me a c**t, which didn't help."

    Everyone was egtting a bit of that. Its like he just learned a new word.

  • Spekingur #93 2 years ago

    As of the end of June, Microsoft had shipped 41.7 million consoles globally and Sony had shipped 38.1 million PS3s.
    Shipped does not equal sold (to consumers).

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #94 2 years ago

    I love the RROD thing that people like to mention to try and knock down the 360s sales. Presumably so they can sleep well at night knowing that more people play the PS3.

    Now I'm not saying it isn't true, but the Sony fans out there need to chose their poison:

    If the 360 has got less actual live systems than the PS3 (due to RROD) then the attach rate for the 360 is even higher than its already high figure.

    OR

    The 360 really does have more live systems than the PS3 and your X Millions of RROD replacements thing is BS.

    Which will it be, YOU decide.... ;)