PS3 Hardware sales drop 82% on second week in the UK

Sales down dramatically on second week of release

Sales of the PlayStation 3 have dropped dramatically on the second
week of release in the UK, with official Chart Track figures revealing
a fall of 82 per cent.

Chart Track data is gathered from 7000 UK retail outlets representing
90 per cent of the software market, including GAME, Gamestation,
Play.com, Asda and HMV.

A spokesperson for Chart Track confirmed the figure to
GamesIndustry.biz this afternoon, stating: "Yes, sales of PS3 hardware
have dropped by 82 per cent."

Last week, Chart Track revealed that the PlayStation 3 had sold
165,000 units in the first two days following the launch, making it
the fastest-selling home console in the UK.

"We publish the first week figures because there's such a clamour for
them that we can't keep it a secret," said the spokesperson.

This week's software charts revealed that sales of the top two
PlayStation 3 titles, Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm, had
dropped by over 60 per cent.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe declined to comment.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23977

On Apr 3, 4:53 pm, "AirRaid" <AirRaid...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Sony Computer Entertainment Europe declined to comment.
>

And so, I'm sure, will Big Berk.

AirRaid spake thusly:

> Sales of the PlayStation 3 have dropped dramatically on the second
> week of release in the UK, with official Chart Track figures revealing
> a fall of 82 per cent.

Hate to say 'I told you so', but there it is. Sony had so many PS3s
stockpiled for launch, they were able to satisfy early adopter demand in
one weekend instead of spreading it across months the way Microsoft and
Nintendo had to.

That's less that 30,000 sold in week two. Not bad for the UK -- hell,
it's way more than the PS3 is selling in Japan right now -- but so much
for the hope that the PS3 was going to magically catch on fire in Europe
when the rest of the world can't be bothered with it right now.

-Z-

Was anyone expecting them to sell another 165K in the second week? I
sure wasn't. Still, 30,000 is almost half what the 360 sold during
its launch, so it's nothing to sneeze at.

--
Bill Cable - Steelers Fan & Star Wars Collector
http://CreatureCantina.com <----- funny!
cable@creaturecantina.com

What no more free HDTV's

Some go gently into that good night, Sony is like a 747 in nose dive,
the pilots have bailed and the staff left are telling the passengers
it's just turbulence. If you continue down the PS3 path, spend your
hard on money on it you deserve what you get. The warning signs are
pretty clear guys.




On Apr 3, 10:53 am, "AirRaid" <AirRaid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sales down dramatically on second week of release
>
> Sales of the PlayStation 3 have dropped dramatically on the second
> week of release in the UK, with official Chart Track figures revealing
> a fall of 82 per cent.
>
> Chart Track data is gathered from 7000 UK retail outlets representing
> 90 per cent of the software market, including GAME, Gamestation,
> Play.com, Asda and HMV.
>
> A spokesperson for Chart Track confirmed the figure to
> GamesIndustry.biz this afternoon, stating: "Yes, sales of PS3 hardware
> have dropped by 82 per cent."
>
> Last week, Chart Track revealed that the PlayStation 3 had sold
> 165,000 units in the first two days following the launch, making it
> the fastest-selling home console in the UK.
>
> "We publish the first week figures because there's such a clamour for
> them that we can't keep it a secret," said the spokesperson.
>
> This week's software charts revealed that sales of the top two
> PlayStation 3 titles, Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm, had
> dropped by over 60 per cent.
>
> Sony Computer Entertainment Europe declined to comment.
>
> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23977

On Apr 3, 7:27 pm, "Bill Cable" <billca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Was anyone expecting them to sell another 165K in the second week? I
> sure wasn't. Still, 30,000 is almost half what the 360 sold during
> its launch, so it's nothing to sneeze at.

In itself, 30k is not a bad number. Factor in that the PS3 is readily
available across Europe whereas the Xbox 360 was sold out at this
point in its life... and that it's a HUGE drop in sales...

A 25%... a 40%... even a 50% drop is reasonable. 82% is significantly
bad. I wonder how Sony will try to spin this... maybe using your exact
assessment.

> --
> Bill Cable - Steelers Fan & Star Wars Collectorhttp://CreatureCantina.com <----- funny!
> c...@creaturecantina.com

RMZ wrote:
> What no more free HDTV's
>
> Some go gently into that good night, Sony is like a 747 in nose dive,
> the pilots have bailed and the staff left are telling the passengers
> it's just turbulence. If you continue down the PS3 path, spend your
> hard on money on it you deserve what you get. The warning signs are
> pretty clear guys.
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 3, 10:53 am, "AirRaid" <AirRaid...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sales down dramatically on second week of release
>>
>> Sales of the PlayStation 3 have dropped dramatically on the second
>> week of release in the UK, with official Chart Track figures revealing
>> a fall of 82 per cent.
>>
>> Chart Track data is gathered from 7000 UK retail outlets representing
>> 90 per cent of the software market, including GAME, Gamestation,
>> Play.com, Asda and HMV.
>>
>> A spokesperson for Chart Track confirmed the figure to
>> GamesIndustry.biz this afternoon, stating: "Yes, sales of PS3 hardware
>> have dropped by 82 per cent."
>>
>> Last week, Chart Track revealed that the PlayStation 3 had sold
>> 165,000 units in the first two days following the launch, making it
>> the fastest-selling home console in the UK.
>>
>> "We publish the first week figures because there's such a clamour for
>> them that we can't keep it a secret," said the spokesperson.
>>
>> This week's software charts revealed that sales of the top two
>> PlayStation 3 titles, Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm, had
>> dropped by over 60 per cent.
>>
>> Sony Computer Entertainment Europe declined to comment.
>>
>> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23977
>
>

To be fair....the free TV thing was never there to shift PS3's. It
wasn't pre-announced and was a surprise for the first 100 people in line.

On 3 Apr, 16:53, "AirRaid" <AirRaid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sales down dramatically on second week of release
>
> Sales of the PlayStation 3 have dropped dramatically on the second
> week of release in the UK, with official Chart Track figures revealing
> a fall of 82 per cent.
>
> Chart Track data is gathered from 7000 UK retail outlets representing
> 90 per cent of the software market, including GAME, Gamestation,
> Play.com, Asda and HMV.
>
> A spokesperson for Chart Track confirmed the figure to
> GamesIndustry.biz this afternoon, stating: "Yes, sales of PS3 hardware
> have dropped by 82 per cent."
>
> Last week, Chart Track revealed that the PlayStation 3 had sold
> 165,000 units in the first two days following the launch, making it
> the fastest-selling home console in the UK.
>
> "We publish the first week figures because there's such a clamour for
> them that we can't keep it a secret," said the spokesperson.
>
> This week's software charts revealed that sales of the top two
> PlayStation 3 titles, Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm, had
> dropped by over 60 per cent.
>
> Sony Computer Entertainment Europe declined to comment.
>
> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23977

Those sales are for the 1st full week of sale, so it shows how
dramatic the falloff was.

Of the 220k shipped into the UK, they sold only 198k so far. That
means the last 22k are going to take at least another 2 weeks to sell
by this rate.

82% falloff with NO supply problems proves that all the geeks, fanboys
and sheep got their fix the first week and now there are no punters
left to waste their money on an overpriced DVD player from Sony....

Look at all the spindocters crawl out of their holes trying to justify
this...

"AirRaid" <AirRaidJet@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1175615617.295748.111110@y66g2000hsf.googlegr oups.com...
> Sales down dramatically on second week of release
>
> Sales of the PlayStation 3 have dropped dramatically on the second
> week of release in the UK, with official Chart Track figures revealing
> a fall of 82 per cent.
>
> Chart Track data is gathered from 7000 UK retail outlets representing
> 90 per cent of the software market, including GAME, Gamestation,
> Play.com, Asda and HMV.
>
> A spokesperson for Chart Track confirmed the figure to
> GamesIndustry.biz this afternoon, stating: "Yes, sales of PS3 hardware
> have dropped by 82 per cent."
>
> Last week, Chart Track revealed that the PlayStation 3 had sold
> 165,000 units in the first two days following the launch, making it
> the fastest-selling home console in the UK.
>
> "We publish the first week figures because there's such a clamour for
> them that we can't keep it a secret," said the spokesperson.
>
> This week's software charts revealed that sales of the top two
> PlayStation 3 titles, Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm, had
> dropped by over 60 per cent.
>
> Sony Computer Entertainment Europe declined to comment.
>
> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23977

HA
HAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!

On Apr 4, 4:03 am, "Skwisgaar Skwigelf" <Skwig...@dethklok.org> wrote:
> "AirRaid" <AirRaid...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1175615617.295748.111110@y66g2000hsf.googlegr oups.com...
>
>
>
> > Sales down dramatically on second week of release
>
> > Sales of the PlayStation 3 have dropped dramatically on the second
> > week of release in the UK, with official Chart Track figures revealing
> > a fall of 82 per cent.
>
> > Chart Track data is gathered from 7000 UK retail outlets representing
> > 90 per cent of the software market, including GAME, Gamestation,
> > Play.com, Asda and HMV.
>
> > A spokesperson for Chart Track confirmed the figure to
> > GamesIndustry.biz this afternoon, stating: "Yes, sales of PS3 hardware
> > have dropped by 82 per cent."
>
> > Last week, Chart Track revealed that the PlayStation 3 had sold
> > 165,000 units in the first two days following the launch, making it
> > the fastest-selling home console in the UK.
>
> > "We publish the first week figures because there's such a clamour for
> > them that we can't keep it a secret," said the spokesperson.
>
> > This week's software charts revealed that sales of the top two
> > PlayStation 3 titles, Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm, had
> > dropped by over 60 per cent.
>
> > Sony Computer Entertainment Europe declined to comment.
>
> >http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23977
>
> HA
> HAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!

Even though it may give you a good feeling that PS3 is failing, don't
laugh... it would be really bad for us players if it is a total
failure. We want it to share with the others, we don't want any one
totally dominant. I would be fine with a 50/50 360/PS3 population
(Wii is another category).
I don't even hope that game console companies learn from this lesson,
because it's not the first time this happens. Game consoles are
*GAME* consoles, any other thing they might be used for should be just
extra.
We never wanted a $500 bluray player that could also play 2 games at
launch, we wanted an HD game console, with GAMES!