When you don't price cut your console, this is what happens. The numbers for October are in and Sony's PlayStation 3 gets trounced by the other two consoles. As usual the Nintendo products dominate the month but the PlayStation 3 sells 181,000 less consoles than the Xbox 360. I don't have any expectations for the numbers on the PS3 to go higher in these tough times though so it might be a rough couple of months for Sony. At least Sony can count on our resident Dan Keener on giving a +1 to their numbers for the PS3 in November.
| |
September |
October |
Difference |
| PlayStation 2 |
173,500 |
136,000 |
-37,500 |
| PlayStation 3 |
232,400 |
190,000 |
-42,400 |
| PSP |
238,100 |
193,000 |
-45,100 |
| Xbox 360 |
347,200 |
371,000 |
23,800 |
| Wii |
687,000 |
803,000 |
116,000 |
| Nintendo DS |
536,800 |
491,000 |
-45,800 |
The top game is
Fable II which sold a boatload (790,000) of copies. I'm surprised it did that well and I hope to pick it up soon.. once I get through all the other things I have laying around.
