February Sales Stats

mmbt0ne · #1 03-19-2007, 11:16 PM

http://www.forbes.com/digitalenterta...arietybiz.html

Consoles
Wii: 335k
360: 228k
PS3: 127k (PS2: 295k)

Lifetime
360: 5.1M
Wii: 1.9M
PS3: 1.1M

Handhelds
DS: 485k
PSP: 176k

Soul Daddy · #2 03-20-2007, 12:15 AM

Wow, the PS2 is going strong. That is remarkable.

I'm also shocked at both handheld numbers. The PSP is actually selling fairly well. Its numbers only look bad in comparison to the juggernaut that is the DS.

HOWMANY · #3 03-20-2007, 01:40 AM

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Wow, the PS2 is going strong. That is remarkable.

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Yeah, I'm actually thinking about picking up a PS2. I really want to play Kingdom Hearts 2/FFXII/GOW2 and a lot of other games I never played the first time I had the system and I'd sooner paint the wall with my brains than buy a PS3.

Shoe · #4 03-20-2007, 11:20 PM

Did the wii only sell 335k because that is all they could produce, or because that is all there was demand for?

KUJustin · #5 03-20-2007, 11:21 PM

I haven't seen any wiis sitting on shelves.

mmbt0ne · #6 03-20-2007, 11:39 PM

Feel free to read the article Shoe.

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Wii might be selling even better if not for hardware shortages; the 360 and PS3, meanwhile, are available on shelves in most stores, a potentially troublesome sign for Microsoft and Sony.

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HOWMANY · #7 03-21-2007, 12:36 AM

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Feel free to read the article Shoe.

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Wii might be selling even better if not for hardware shortages; the 360 and PS3, meanwhile, are available on shelves in most stores, a potentially troublesome sign for Microsoft and Sony.

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Yeah, I still don't have a Wii, but when I went to Costco today they had about a billion PS3 bundles for $700 which included a game, extra controller and maybe something else because I don't know how much that other stuff costs. I wish there was just 1 game I wanted for the PS3 because I'd probably get one out of boredom.

I don't think the fact they're sitting on shelves is really "troublesome", I think it's more that it's so surprising that Wiis are still hard to find.

jah7_fsu1 · #8 03-21-2007, 02:01 AM

I don't think the PS2 selling strong is surprising, lots of good games came out recently for it and I think consoles sell really well for a while with the release of new consoles (I believe PS1 sold great for a while after the release of PS2). PS2 hasn't even dropped to 99 bones yet, that's another "magic mark" for sparking system sales.

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Yeah, I'm actually thinking about picking up a PS2. I really want to play Kingdom Hearts 2/FFXII/GOW2 and a lot of other games I never played the first time I had the system and I'd sooner paint the wall with my brains than buy a PS3.

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This is a good idea. About 8 months ago I did the same thing with Gamecube (had a PS2 and Box for my last generation consoles), picked up a lot of great games for super cheap. Getting Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Pikmin 2, Mario Sunshine, all for around 10 bucks a pop kicks ass. PS2 has such a huge library anyways.

ilya · #9 03-21-2007, 11:35 AM

yikes, not a single PS3 or PSP game in the top 10, only 1 PS2 game

Richard Tanner · #10 03-22-2007, 06:42 PM

Sony's gameplan from the get go was to have "new gamers" integrate themselves via the PS2 and "mature" up to the PS3. I scoffed at this when I read it, but it seems at least the new gamers phase is working. I would assume the price breaks ($99/per) and established 10 year life cycle helps explain this, but still, pretty impressive.

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