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SCEA: Holiday PlayStation 3 Sales Jump 130%
NPD: 360 Wireless Controller Top Accessory
NPD: 360 Beats Wii, PS3 in December
December NPD: 607K Xbox 360s Sold

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tingyu
01/07/09

In reply to SCEA: Holiday PlayStation 3 Sales Jump 130%
PS2 BC is overrated, people dont care about PS2 anymore.

What PS3 need is $299.99
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Random J
01/07/09

@tingyu: That's not true at all. I know many PS3 owners who still buy and play PS2 games. They actually spend more time checking for PS2 games than PS3 ones.
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Random J
01/06/09

In reply to SCEA: Holiday PlayStation 3 Sales Jump 130%
Sony taking the original 60GB model off the market was a mistake. The lack of backward compatibility is sure to have been a deal breaker for those who still play their PS2 games. It certainly has been for me.

Even though the price of PS2's have come right down - ideally you don't want to have 2 consoles setup next to one another if it can be avoided and it could've had Sony kept the backward compatibility in the PS3. This is one thing about the Wii I can't fault. It runs GameCube games absolutely fine!

With the PS3 costing less to manufacture, hopefully Sony will see sense and release a newer SKU which has the emotion engine built in.
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Dryden
01/06/09

In reply to SCEA: Holiday PlayStation 3 Sales Jump 130%
Who do I contact at Sony for my kickback/reward/finders fee? I convinced three friends to buy PS3s this holiday season!

Go go LittleBigPlanet!
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jandlecack
01/06/09

@Dryden: I convinced 4 people. Two on the basis of MGS4, one on GTA4, and one on Blu-Ray.

Surely, we can get something out of this? ;)

Honestly though, I think the PS3 is a great piece of kit. I am glad to see it do well. If I didn't fully believe that my friends who I convinced to get one would enjoy it, I wouldn't have recommended it. The system is by far the best entertainment device I have ever owned.
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The Cap'n
01/06/09

In reply to SCEA: Holiday PlayStation 3 Sales Jump 130%
I suggest everyone read the entire CNet link. It's got a lot of great numbers in it. It might help answer some of the questions that have been brought up here.
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dgd1542
01/06/09

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i'll wait to see the actual numbers, i don't believe a word of their "internal data"
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osuzoo08
01/06/09

@dgd1542: same here I will wait for the NPD numbers. Internal Data might be shipped numbers and not actual sold to people. We all know that MS and Sony love to say sold when really there shipped numbers.
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ShirtGuyDom
01/06/09

@osuzoo08: That's because to them, shipped is sold. Retailers, you know, buy systems from Sony. As in, they give Sony money. Which is what they need.
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Dr Durdon
01/06/09

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I think that's great for them. While I don't own a PS3 (big Xbox guy), I don't want to see the competition fail. I'd rather see them flourish and give me a reason to go buy one and improve their business.

Keep it up Sony!
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gencid
01/06/09

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Given that PS2 is the best selling console of all time, not having PS2 BC on PS3 is one of the dumbest decisions that Sony has ever made, ever. I still have 27 PS2 games on my backlog to play on my 60 GB PS3 (upgraded to 320 GB).
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
01/06/09

@gencid: no, it's a smart decision, they didnt take it out for no reason, dont forget, ps3's are sold at a loss. taking out a ps2 would exponentially lower the cost to make them, as to help them start making money and such.
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mind in rewind
01/07/09

@lllusionx: Except removing BC wasn't to lower costs. Because it didn't lower costs. According to Tretton, anyway.
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enewtabie
01/06/09

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I did my share. Showed a friend a walkthrough of Home and some games(LBP,Motorstorm PR and the excellent PSN games) and he went and bought the 160gb version.
He's a big 360 user like myself also.You would have to be to sit through Level 50 on all characters in Too Human.
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zgreenwell
01/06/09

@enewtabie: Or a very unfortunate one who's parents only let him pick one game and they made the wrong pick.
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Dr Durdon
01/06/09

@enewtabie:

On all characters? Damn son, that's quite a feat. While I enjoyed the game and the grind, one toon to 50 is all I could stand. That and spending 10 hours grinding for epic armor with not a single drop. WTF!
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Shteve
01/06/09

@enewtabie: You actually used Home to convince him to buy a PS3 ? and it worked !?

I love my PS3 but Home isn't really impressive or useful.
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Tiger-Fever
01/06/09

@enewtabie: I too did my share. Couldn't believe my boyfriend had NEVER owned a Sony console so I let him play some MGS4 and he got the 160gig this christmas too! I did my part though by getting him R2, FO3, and RB2.
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enewtabie
01/06/09

@zgreenwell: Parents? lol
Sorry,but we're a little too old for that(mid 30s)
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enewtabie
01/06/09

@Shteve:
Some people like the social aspect and aren't all hardcore into games.Worked well I say.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
01/06/09

@enewtabie: me too, i got my friend interested in the ps3 with home and mgs4. he loved the 360, but he liked the ps3's graphics and games better apparently, and got one.
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Shabadage
01/06/09

In reply to SCEA: Holiday PlayStation 3 Sales Jump 130%
So is that a 30% increase or an actual 130% increase? Cause if they sold over double what they did in november, then damn, that's pretty impressive.
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ShirtGuyDom
01/06/09

@Shabadage: Um, a 130% increase is an actual 130% increase...it's the word "increase" that lets you know. It's not "We sold 130% as many units this time as last year." That would be a 30% increase.
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Guy Snead
01/06/09

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With the reccesion hitting it's being said (by psychologists) that people will turn to more interactive forms of entertainment to ease there minds. So this reccession is actually kind of good for the games industry as a whole.
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TitillatedOcelot
01/06/09

@Guy Snead: I think those psychologists are referring to heavy drinking.
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HenryHSH
01/06/09

@TitillatedOcelot: Sounded like fornication to me.
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HenryHSH
01/06/09

@HenryHSH: "interactive entertainment" yep...
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Mr.Awesomerific
01/06/09

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No offense but twice of crap is still crap. As shown by their drop to the 23 position in the net value of the company. All of Sony's divisions are doing bad. And I could care less if they burn. Damn bastards with their root kits >_>
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Powerslave
01/06/09

@Mr.Awesomerific: Like MS is so much better ethically as a company?? LOL

DRM that allows X amount of installs just like Spore.

$400 for Vista?? XP with more bugs??

Like paying more for Live? It'll come without competition.

Think MS cares more? The only reason they extended the warranty to 3 years was to not lose sales to Sony..

When was the last time MS even worked on improving internet explorer? That's right when Firefox took 15% of the browser market.

I could go on all day about what a shit ass company MS is, and you can give me "Root kits"??
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MDRL
01/06/09

@Powerslave: Hahahaha you think you have to pay $400 for Vista. I've experienced no "bugs" since August or so. PC supremacy. Wootles.

But seriously where did he mention Microsoft.
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ShirtGuyDom
01/06/09

@MDRL: You can pay close to $400...

[store.microsoft.com]

Me? I paid $70. Upgrade through college FTW.
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LokeSTL
01/06/09

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Imagine how many more they would've sold if they restored PS2 BC.
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Nimsim
01/06/09

@LokeSTL: oh stfu about the BC already. Fucking hell, i have 60 gig BC and i don't play shit worth of ps2 games.
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buttersstotch
01/06/09

@LokeSTL: Whats the point of BC when, if you do buy a ps3, you probably own a ps2. thus making it pointless for you to spend more money on a feature thats rarely used by most people.
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grimdeath
01/06/09

@Nimsim: Exactly BC is so overrated whats the point of getting a new console, to stay in the past? LOL

PS3 just needs to launch some fantastic games, lets hope this year they manage to release a few of those.
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tendollarbanana
01/06/09

@LokeSTL: I've been wanting to get a ps3 for awhile, and I admit that I'd never use the BC feature...but if the 40g systems were BC when both ps3 and 360 were $400, I would have bought one in a heartbeat over the 360 I ended up getting. Its just one of those features people love to have available.
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Duin
01/06/09

Some people may view backwards compatibility as a useless feature, but plenty of people enjoy revisiting older games on occasion.

Especially considering the PS3 can upscale the graphics, along with the lovely ability to have a wireless controller. It also means less space in a media centre or entertainment unit being taken up by another console.

Some Sony diehards need to accept the fact that people are annoyed that the company to first truly support backwards compatibility (with the PS2) and even have it in their initial releases of their current hardware dropped it out in favour of profits.

The same people defended the lack of rumble, yet praised it's return.
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enewtabie
01/06/09

@grimdeath:
They had a good run of games from Oct onwards and the upcoming release schedule looks great.
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TRT-X
01/06/09

@buttersstotch: Except when I could sell my PS2 to get money towards my PS3. And then when such games as Persona 3, FES, and Persona 4 come out I'm not praying my decade old console doesn't spit a disc-read error at me.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
01/06/09

@tendollarbanana: if they had kept it it, that same ps3 wouldve costed $50+ more than it was, they took it out to reduce cost, you cant always tape an existing console inside another one. (i have an 80 gig ps3 with BC btw.)
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I_Hate_This_Place
01/06/09

@lllusionx: Except Sony already stated it wasn't a cost-cutting advantage to remove the emotion engine.
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Trygle12... NOW IN HD!
01/06/09

In reply to SCEA: Holiday PlayStation 3 Sales Jump 130%
Go PS3! Hurry up and feel secure enough to drop your price! I will snatch it up faster than... most people would snatch things up.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
01/06/09

@Trygle12: lol, that sounds like something a sexual predator would say.
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zgreenwell
01/06/09

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So while Microsoft is taking Europe, Sony is cutting in on their home turf.
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Fadecy: Rival Schools for PSN/XBLA PLZ
01/06/09

@zgreenwell: I know this doesn't count for much but there is a latest purchases thread on the official nintendo magazine forums I go on (in off topic) and there were a crap ton of people posting PS3s around christmas. I only spotted one or two 360s.
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TimDJ84
01/06/09

@fadecy - I won PixelJunkEden because of Kotaku:

The Gametrailers forums had loads of new people,including myself,who got a PS3 this Dcmber.About 10 of my real life friends got one or are going to buy one within the month.The PS3 seems to be gaining steam.
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Qui-GonJim
01/06/09

@TimDJ84:

TimDJ84= Sony Schill, possibly a paid one. Multiple comments, same sentiment, same bullshit spin.

Instead of comparing these BULLSHIT percentages that Sony has to fall back on, show us the number of PS3s sold 12/07 vs. 12/08 and the number of XB360 and Wiis during those two periods as well.

A 150% increase is the same number as a 50% decrease.

Rule of thumb:

IF YOU SEE A PERCENTAGE AND YOU BELIEVE IT YOU ARE GETTING FOOLED.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
01/06/09

@Qui-GonJim: so microsoft has fooled everyone about the sales of the 360 then? dont be a dumbass hipocrate. by your logic, microsoft has probably lied about all of it's sales. your broad generalizations are stupid.

/s
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Dr. Tobias Funke (analrapist)
01/06/09

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What recession?
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KillerBee
01/06/09

@Dr. Tobias Funke (analrapist):

[photos-h.ll.facebook.com]
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Chalkdust
01/06/09

@Dr. Tobias Funke (analrapist): Awesome.

Are you forgetting that I was a professional twiceover; an analyst -and- a therapist. The world's first Analrapist.
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