US PSP sales up a lot - Sony News
PSP News by Games Industry.biz
As the shortage of PlayStation 3 units continues in the US and Canada sales of PS2 and PlayStation Portable are booming, according to Sony Computer Entertainment America.
In a statement, communications boss David Karraker said the top five retailers in North America were reporting a week-by-week rise in PS2 hardware sales of more than 115 per cent over the Thanksgiving period. Sales of PSP units, meanwhile, were up by 280 per cent.
Sales of first-party software are also up, according to SCEA. PS2 game sales rose by 120.6 per cent, with PSP software sales increasing by almost 168 per cent.
Sony has yet to publish figures for exactly how many PlayStation 3 units have been sold in North America since the console launched there on 17th November.
However, Karraker did confirm that all PS3s shipped to the US last week have been sold, adding, "More are already on their way for this week.
"Feedback from our retail partners is that demand is still incredibly high and that PS3s put on store shelves were quickly snapped up by holiday shoppers," he went on.
"We will continue to utilise airfreight delivery for the PlayStation 3 to assure a steady stream of systems for North American consumers through the end of the year."
As previously announced, Sony plans to ship one million PS3 units by the end of the year.
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Fozzie_bear
30/11/06 @ 08:44
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Uh... that's nice, but 280 units is 280% more than 1, not 0. :-)
No it isn't. 3.8 units is 280% more than 1. You're obviously tired from too much work Blerk.... better take tomorrow off to recover :)
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bigbadbeasty
30/11/06 @ 09:18
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"If the Xbox sold 0 units one week than 1 unit the next it's counted as a 100% increase. :/ "
Eh? Zero to 1 surely does not equate to 100%?? |
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Muddtallica
30/11/06 @ 09:26
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Gah! Maths!! Get it away, kill it, kill it!
And yeah, it was my recollection that anything multiplied or divided by zero is still zero, surely? |
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a 100% increase from 0 is an increase of 1.
100/100 = 1 0+1 = 1 100% increase. The 0*1 part of the equation is negated because as Tahla said 0 is an infinite value in terms of percentage. This is why i hate maths you have to use logical thinking as well as the equation you're given. Basically think outside the box. |
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Markusdragon
30/11/06 @ 09:47
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Ug, too early in the morning for all this maths. Can we just say that it's not as impressive as it sounds?
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Psychotext
30/11/06 @ 09:54
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Ignoring all the maths. Of course the bloody sales went up, it's coming up to xmas. Would be much more interested to compare the numbers from this year and last year.
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READ MY LIPS:
ANYTHING DIVIDED BY 0 IS INFINITY. ANYTHING MULTIPLIED BY 0 is 0. THEREFORE, AN INCREASE OF 1 UNIT OVER 0 UNITS IS INFINITE %AGE. Although I admit, for clarity's sake many newspaper/books count anything up from 0 as a 100% increase. THAT DOESN"T MAKE IT CORRECT, IDIOTS. Bow before me y'all, the master of all mathematics and logical thinking. /feels better now |
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When sales are "up by" 280%, that means that the sales have increased by an amount corresponding to 280% of what they previously were. So if the sales were previously 1 unit, then the new sales are 1 unit + 280% of 1 unit (which is 2.8 units), therefore the sales are now 3.8 units.
This is the normal way of using percentages in business, even if it is a bit silly looking to scientists and mathematicians who generally avoid percentages altogether and just use decimal fractions. edit: um, what everybody said...
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