Comments on: Awesome PS3 Sales In Europe

by: SL33PY

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:54:03 +0000

Now I’m just even more flabbergasted that EU PSN Store gets so little updates compared to the other regions

by: Specter

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:16:55 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up Darrin. I’ll keep using VGchartz.com since they seem to be the best at what they do. Shame that there isn’t a good source of sales info outside of N.A. and Japan. It’s clear that without Europe, the PS3 would have never recovered.

by: Darrin

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:59:13 +0000

Specter, I knew someone would get confused. Sony has already sold between 9-10 million PS3s to consumers, however many of those were before the 2007 fiscal year (starting 4/1/2007). The 8 million estimate refers to sales during fiscal 2007 only and it also refers to sales to dealers, not sales to end users.

I know they aren’t perfect and are widely criticized, but vgchartz.com does the best estimate of worldwide sales. We also reprint and discuss monthly sales figures, but we don’t have a good source for sales outside of North America and Japan.

by: derrickgott007

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:43:22 +0000

It’s glad to see some countrys selling massive amounts of PS3’s….That way developers can not use the “Oh we have no install base” excuse….***Cough UBISOFT Cough***

by: Andy

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:40:23 +0000

I imagine that PAL would also include Australian and New Zealand too.

by: Specter

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:26:07 +0000

8 Million by March? I was under the impression that more than 8m PS3s were sold by now. I guess none of the analysts go by VGchartz? I know some people claim that they futz with the numbers, but I don’t know of any other site that’s doing a better or even half the job of VG. Is there a reliable site for up to date worldwide console sales that isn’t horribly biased? How do the Analysts know that the PS3 hasn’t reached 8 million worldwide yet? They must be getting their numbers from somewhere…..

I’m not really interested in seeing NPD sales. This world is a lot bigger than the US and Canada. I’m looking for worldwide sale numbers for all three consoles that’s not cooked up from M$, Sony, or Nintendo camps. Anyone know of a good source?

by: Henning

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:03:32 +0000

The -ve must always be mentioned, otherwise you’re a crappy writer. Unless you’re talking about the 360 or Wii, of course.

by: Darrin

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:41:52 +0000

That better Rjcc?

by: Rjcc

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:20:02 +0000

you didn’t mention the part where analysts expect sony won’t be able meet its ps3 sales projections this year.

by: Burten

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:16:33 +0000

Didnt someone said that its 360 in the States, PS3 in Europe, and Wii basically all over..?