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Sony's third quarter financial report has revealed hardware sales for all its consoles were down compared to the previous year.
For the three months ending 31st December 2008, the games division recorded sales and operating revenue of JPY 393.8 billion (USD 4328 million). That figure is down 32.2 per cent year-on-year.
PS3 sales fell by 44,000 units to reach 4.46 million. Game sales were up by 14.8 million units, reaching 40.8 million in total.
The PSP also proved a little less popular, with sales falling by 68,000 units to hit 5.08 million. Sales of games for the handheld fell by 2.8 million to 15.5 million.
Old faithful the PS2 also saw a decline, with hardware sales dropping from 2.88 million to 2.52 million. Game sales were down by a whopping 31.2 million, amounting to a still rather respectable 29.7 million.
Sony also saw a 97 per cent decrease in operating income to JPY 0.4 billion (USD 4 million). The company blamed the appreciation of the yen against the euro, along with the decline in hardware and software sales.
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Bilion is an american word. Well..., at least in Portugal "bilion" does not exist.
"Oh man, all the next gen consoles are going to be cheap, cheerful & crap - just like the Wii :( " I don't know about that, but I think someone is going to think twice before saying stuff like "You'll have to have two jobs to get a PS3"; "Yes, it's expensive, you'll have to earn it..." and shit like that. |
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j1m.ch053n
29/01/09 @ 09:37
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I'm not so sure. those sales figures are actually only down marginally and we are in the middle of a credit crunch/recession. I dont think there too bad actually
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Its a good job MS have very deep pockets as they are determined to break into (or break!) the console market.. I can see the PS3 selling well this year, but at what cost.. losing even more money per unit sold and not breaking even!, will this be the last Sony console?
Gaming would be a very sad place with only MS to fleece everybody at every angle to recoup all the RROD loses on the 360, and even worse more shit shovel ware from Nintendo. |
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SeesThroughAll
29/01/09 @ 09:38
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Billion does exist... It's the definition of 1000 million that is American.
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Arrrgh... Article... about ... Sony.... not... bad, bad MS.... or kiddy...kiddy Nintendo.
Anger. Management. Faults. Are. Sony. Not. MS & Ninty... edit: yes, and european billion does seem to exist, it happen it was eclipsed by the american one. You were right, I was wrong. Learnt something new real early today.
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This past week i've actually been REALLY tempted to buy a ps3, even though i have an xbox 360 with at least 35games on it. I'm just trying to think whether spending £300 is worth the couple of games i'd like, eg:Killzone 2, LBP, Resistance etc as i'd still buy all multiplatform games on the xbox due to LIVE and all my friends having it.
Though you know, after my exams i might just think fuck it and treat myself lol |
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Vanmunt: Oh fuck off with that please. A) MS was in the gaming market before the ps1 and even before the nes. B) Sony bullied their way into market in exactly the same way that ms did with the same unreliable hardware. People like you seem to have a very short and selective memory.
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ON ABOUT.... I cannot remember a xbox console before the xbox, ps have been in the console market since the early 90's... none of the PS's have had reliabilty problems. Twat
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JB: I'm in the same spot. KZ2 looks like a brilliant game and I could easily afford it....but, I also have a megaton of games that I still have to work through, haven't finished FO3 and haven't even started on some of the DLC. Besides, RE5 and HW are up for release in the next months so I really don't see where I can manage the extra time. :(
Maybe after this summer. |
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"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ON ABOUT.... I cannot remember a xbox console before the xbox, ps have been in the console market since the early 90's."
That's because you're a rabid little fanboy who has no clue what he's on about. More proof that you should really know what you are talking about before opening your mouth. "Twat" I know what you are but what am I? |
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kangarootoo
29/01/09 @ 09:48
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@miiiguel
And I learned that the names we use for types of number are classed as "cardinal numbers" (same wiki page) Learning rocks! \o/ :) |
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designerheadache
29/01/09 @ 09:49
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credit crunch ppl,simply people bought less expensive presents over chrimbo.
Whoever expected anything else is a moron, expect Msoft to post a similar story. Nintendo live in a weird twighlight zone however where the rules do not seem to apply.
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mcmonkeyplc
29/01/09 @ 09:54
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Vanmount: He said gaming, not console gaming. Seeing as you said gaming in general would be terrible as a result it's a valid point.
Monopoly's are hardly ever good, we are far from that situation though. What we have here is Sony failing to take on competition, it's fair competition too for a change from MS. Nintendo are a much smaller company and are beating both of them senseless so dont use company size as an excuse. Competition breeds innovation (see Wii/ Xbox live) Sony have given us nothing for too long. Blu ray is far from the great innovation Sony thought it would be for gaming. |
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farticusmaximus
29/01/09 @ 09:55
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@Vanmunt
"none of the PS's have had reliabilty problems." Oh you just love making yourself look stupid don't you? You can't resist it. The PS2 was absolutely plagued with CD problems but you are probably too young to remember that. |
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JohnnyWashnGo
29/01/09 @ 10:04
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@farticusmaximus
'The PS2 was absolutely plagued with CD problems but you are probably too young to remember that.' I keep hearing this again and again but I have yet to, in my experience, confirm it. My original launch PS2 phat is still working and gets a outing once in a while for import game playing. My brothers chipped PS2 phat, that I did myself, is also working without problems even after being dropped twice in house moves. And my launch slim PS2 with swap disc attachments is being used daily by the family without problem. But I am willnig to accept that some people have had worse luck than myself when buying PS2s. |
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Xerx3s, so what? It's not like the timescale of the involvement notes their achievement and investment in the market. Sony too had a passing interest in games before they financially backed it with the PS brand. That's the comparison, when did they believe in the market to take it seriously? Sorry, but that sanctimonious attitude towards MS means shit.
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mcmonkeyplc
29/01/09 @ 10:06
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I think people are talking more about the PS1 (original) not the PS2. Even though the PS2 had it's fair share of problems.
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LowEnergyCycle
29/01/09 @ 10:07
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@Vanmunt
"oh dear... Xbots bit edgy about killzone @ 5." Er... No. I think it's that you may have said the dumbest thing ever recorded. MS were around in the gaming market LONG before the PS1 was even an idea. Also, the PS2 was notoriously broken in the early days. It's hard to tollerate such stupidity. |
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michaelius
29/01/09 @ 10:09
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"I am the same Jimbob89, I have been thinking about getting one for months, it's still a lot of money for one or two exclusives, it would probably be more of a BR player for me. I was hoping for a £199 price this year but doesn't look like it's going to happen."
I've heard that Zavvi is selling theirs at 250 pounds if it helps :) |
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chessboxer
29/01/09 @ 10:11
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Some of the early PS2's did suffer from DRE (as did the early PS1's) and Sony did get arsey about repairing consoles but they fixed the problem in all later PS1's and PS2's. The failure rate was no where near as bad as the 360's and neither suffered as many problems as the 360.
The only reason why MS have a 3 year warranty for RROD was to avoid a class action law suit. They are not doing this to benefit the customer. If there wasn't a threat of a class action law suit, you can bet any money that the 1 year warranty is all that would be offered and they would still be arsey about fixing consoles. |
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LowEnergyCycle
29/01/09 @ 10:13
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@Vistrix
"Us Europeans keep hearing about the PS2 problems, but none of us have actually had any problems lol" Out of the 4 European PS2s I've owned, 1 never played DVDs, and 1 had serious problems playing most of my games. Another one simply ceased to work, probably due to a power fault. The last one was stolen. That one - at least - was not Sony's fault. |
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farticusmaximus
29/01/09 @ 10:14
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@JohnnyWashnGo
"My original launch PS2 phat is still working and gets a outing once in a while for import game playing." As is mine. Only gets used for SSX Tricky these days. Never had a hitch with my PS2 but I know people who have had to return them at an alarming rate. I got through a few PS1's though. The drives kept ballsing up and the latch on that stupid flimsy pop-up lid was a nightmare. They had more than their fair share of malfunctions, but it didn't stop them being great gaming machines. |
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Waffleaber
29/01/09 @ 10:15
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Wow, a thousand million is a milliard, never knew that. Every day's a schoolday.
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farticusmaximus
29/01/09 @ 10:17
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@Vanmunt
"oh dear... Xbots bit edgy about killzone @ 5." We don't give a shit about KZ2 as we have plenty of high quality shooters already. What we hate is you, because you are an ignorant, unpleasant little shit. |
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The Bodybuilder
29/01/09 @ 10:18
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Leave Vanmunt alone.
Isn't it obvious that he's probably no more than 14? poor little tike. He's mind goes no further than the ps1. |
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