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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: IronFist on January 09, 2002, 01:07:52 AM
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In a period which most analysts considered to be a growth year for the industry, Sony Computer Entertainment America sold close to three million PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems during November and December 2001, according to internal sales data. To put this in perspective, during this period, which was the launch timeframe for two new market entries, the company\'s PlayStation 2 holiday sales exceeded the total combined shipment numbers reported by its competitors.
Specifically, more than 988,700 million PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems were sold during November 2001 and nearly two million additional units during December 2001. The company posted sales of more than 640,000 consoles during Christmas week alone, which helped drive December sales up more than 243 percent over the same period in 2000. These positive year-end sales boosted the cumulative PlayStation 2 installed base to about eight million units in North America since its debut 14 months ago.
Far outweighing expectations based on historical trending data, PlayStation 2 games flew off the shelves in record numbers this year. December is traditionally a very strong month for total category sales, with incremental software purchases generally increasing en masse in ensuing months. Due to the vast array of exciting new games available for PlayStation 2, the software-to-hardware tie ratio reached an unprecedented six-to-one in December.
With more than 200 PlayStation 2 games to choose from, growing software sales contributed heavily to the overall performance of the gaming business during the holidays. Major hits topping the charts for PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system include: Metal Gear Solid(R) 2: Sons of Liberty(TM) from Konami of America; Devil May Cry(TM) from Capcom; Grand Theft Auto 3 from Rockstar Games; Tony Hawk\'s Pro Skater(TM) 3 from Activision; Madden NFL 2002 from EA Sports; WWF SmackDown!(TM) Just Bring It from THQ; Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec(TM) from Sony Computer Entertainment America; and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy(TM) from Sony Computer Entertainment America.
A welcome holiday surprise was the early release of Final Fantasy(R) X, the next installment of the multi-million selling PlayStation-exclusive franchise from Squaresoft, on December 18, 2001, which captured the number-one position at leading retail outlets nationwide.
"PlayStation 2\'s phenomenal sales during the holiday season, and throughout 2001, is good news for the industry overall," said Kaz Hirai, president and chief operating officer, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "There is a huge consumer market in the U.S. for in-home entertainment. As more people diversify their entertainment options, we see newer forms -- like games -- growing exponentially in comparison to traditional mediums. Looking to 2002, we anticipate by the sheer size of our growing loyal fan base and the strength of our established industry partners that the PlayStation business will continue to propel this category to new heights, changing the landscape of the living room."
Not to be outdone in its seventh holiday season on the market, the company extended its commanding industry lead with the original PlayStation game console posting sales of almost 1.1 million units for the November 1 through December 31 timeframe. Fueled by the release of the redesigned PS one(TM) console in September 2000, coupled with the introduction of the LCD Screen (for PS one) in November 2001, Sony Computer Entertainment America continues to deliver a wide market for its existing PlayStation business while adding new product features like portability.
Franchise properties and family entertainment lead the sales pack on the original PlayStation with titles like Harry Potter: Sorcerer\'s Stone(TM) from Electronic Arts, Disney/Pixar\'s Monsters Inc. from Sony Computer Entertainment America, Spider-Man(R) from Activision, Driver(TM) 2 from Infogrames, and Tony Hawk\'s Pro Skater(TM) 3 from Activision. Year-end sales bring the cumulative PlayStation installed base to 31.8 million units in North America. As a result a PlayStation is now found in one out of every three U.S. households.
Even against Microsoft -- the financial juggernaut, and Nintendo -- literally the best known video game name in the world, Sony still dominated this holiday season. There\'s not much more I can say. :)
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PS2 is doing very well everywhere.In my country it\'s soldout.You cant find a single PS2.Or games.Or memory Cards.And thats since christmas when I got mine.
Me and many others had been waiting for 2 hours to bring PS2\'s from another city.They were supposed to have the GT3 packs but they run out of them so they gave us plain PS2 packs and gave us Supercar Street Challnge and GTC instead.They told us to come 2 weeks later and change it with GT3.
I went yesterday and they still dont have one.DAMN!!!!STOP BUYING MY GAME!!!!
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PS2\'s like a steamroller ! :fro:
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I heard in the UK you must pre-order a PS2 again to get one.. Hhehe..
Very good for PS2.. More money for games.. :fro:
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well, in the North East of England I can\'t seem to get a memory card any where...I\'ve had to order 1 at Amazon.
No PS2 machines either....got to order... shops say they\'ll be back to normal by the end of January.
GTA3 at top of chart....and hey yep, u guessed it...out of stock too! However, I got one (GTA3) off Santa which I can\'t seem to put down.... one could say, I bat for England. (but then the police chase me, he he !!!! ) :)
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Good Read... I Was Wondering Just The Other Day How Sales Were Doing. Thanks. Let\'s Keep Up With Sales.
Better Yet - How\'s XBOX Sales - I Hope Sony Puts Microsoft In It\'s Place.
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I cant find a Memory Card anywhere either.
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Here is some world wide sales info:
From the time period between November 6th to January 6th in Japan the sales reached 1.1 million.
From Thanksgiving week to the end of December in America sales reached about 2.5 million.
Europe\'s December sales got up to 1.68 million.
That\'s a total of about 5 million in the three biggest gaming areas of the world.
Link: http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/020109e.pdf
Oh, and if you\'re interested in the Xbox\'s numbers, there was a topic posted about that in console debating: http://www.psx2central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17591
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Sony had an average Christmas period, only managing to sell a pitiful 5 million PS2s throughout December. Only kidding, that\'s ace!
5 million. Try and imagine just how big a number that is. Sony managed to shift a simply astounding FIVE MILLION PlayStation 2 consoles around the world in the festive month of December. European sales over Christmas totalled 1.68 million, which includes 500,000 sold in the third week of December, 4 times the same period last year. Japan saw 1.1 million units shifted while US gamers bought 2.5 million of the Sony powerhouses. That makes over 5 million. Still imagining? Quite a lot, huh?
Even in the face of the oncoming threat from Microsoft and Nintendo, Sony have kept their heads down, provided some grade-A titles for their console, dropped the price and upped the shipment figures providing a very merry Christmas for all.
http://special.reserve.co.uk/news/story.php?id=1403
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PS2 sales have not even flinched in the States even though they hadthe launch of the X box and Nintendo Gamecube.
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Very impressive...but I think the PS2 reached its\' peak ( 5 million in a month!!). By the holidays next year, Xbox and the cube will have equally astounding libraries of games to choose from.
Wow, if they can move that many in a month at 299$, imagine what will happen if they drop the price right before the holidays next year...:eek:
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Sony Computer Entertainment America sold close to three million PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems during November and December 2001, according to internal sales data. To put this iFOSTER CITY, Calif., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- With retailers proclaiming landmark holiday sales in the games sector, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. today announced that it contributed significantly to the overall selling season with its PlayStation(R)2 business, outpacing original internal sales estimates and outperforming the competition.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/p...0/SFW104-a )
In a period which most analysts considered to be a growth year for the industry, Sony n perspective, during this period, which was the launch timeframe for two new market entries, the company\'s PlayStation 2 holiday sales exceeded the total combined shipment numbers reported by its competitors.
Specifically, more than 988,700 million PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems were sold during November 2001 and nearly two million additional units during December 2001. The company posted sales of more than 640,000 consoles during Christmas week alone, which helped drive December sales up more than 243 percent over the same period in 2000. These positive year-end sales boosted the cumulative PlayStation 2 installed base to about eight million units in North America since its debut 14 months ago.
Far outweighing expectations based on historical trending data, PlayStation 2 games flew off the shelves in record numbers this year. December is traditionally a very strong month for total category sales, with incremental software purchases generally increasing en masse in ensuing months. Due to the vast array of exciting new games available for PlayStation 2, the software-to-hardware tie ratio reached an unprecedented six-to-one in December.
With more than 200 PlayStation 2 games to choose from, growing software sales contributed heavily to the overall performance of the gaming business during the holidays. Major hits topping the charts for PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system include: Metal Gear Solid(R) 2: Sons of Liberty(TM) from Konami of America; Devil May Cry(TM) from Capcom; Grand Theft Auto 3 from Rockstar Games; Tony Hawk\'s Pro Skater(TM) 3 from Activision; Madden NFL 2002 from EA Sports; WWF SmackDown!(TM) Just Bring It from THQ; Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec(TM) from Sony Computer Entertainment America; and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy(TM) from Sony Computer Entertainment America.
A welcome holiday surprise was the early release of Final Fantasy(R) X, the next installment of the multi-million selling PlayStation-exclusive franchise from Squaresoft, on December 18, 2001, which captured the number-one position at leading retail outlets nationwide.
"PlayStation 2\'s phenomenal sales during the holiday season, and throughout 2001, is good news for the industry overall," said Kaz Hirai, president and chief operating officer, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "There is a huge consumer market in the U.S. for in-home entertainment. As more people diversify their entertainment options, we see newer forms -- like games -- growing exponentially in comparison to traditional mediums. Looking to 2002, we anticipate by the sheer size of our growing loyal fan base and the strength of our established industry partners that the PlayStation business will continue to propel this category to new heights, changing the landscape of the living room."
Not to be outdone in its seventh holiday season on the market, the company extended its commanding industry lead with the original PlayStation game console posting sales of almost 1.1 million units for the November 1 through December 31 timeframe. Fueled by the release of the redesigned PS one(TM) console in September 2000, coupled with the introduction of the LCD Screen (for PS one) in November 2001, Sony Computer Entertainment America continues to deliver a wide market for its existing PlayStation business while adding new product features like portability.
Franchise properties and family entertainment lead the sales pack on the original PlayStation with titles like Harry Potter: Sorcerer\'s Stone(TM) from Electronic Arts, Disney/Pixar\'s Monsters Inc. from Sony Computer Entertainment America, Spider-Man(R) from Activision, Driver(TM) 2 from Infogrames, and Tony Hawk\'s Pro Skater(TM) 3 from Activision. Year-end sales bring the cumulative PlayStation installed base to 31.8 million units in North America. As a result a PlayStation is now found in one out of every three U.S. households.
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Good news for sony............looks like with two new systems that couldn\'t even slow down sony sells. Check it out they sold almost 3 million since novemeber 2001. Thats just mind-blowing there. :eek: :eek: :eek::eek:
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Come my pretties! My one thread assimilated two others. Muahahaha. :D
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all i know is iv have payed sony 750 since december alone
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all seems good, but i\'m scared that microsoft is gonna start playing dirty and buying out all the small game developing companies. How I loathe their evil business practices.
Maybe George W. Bush should expand his fight on terroism to a fight on terrorism and making sure X-Box plays nice.
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Originally posted by shedoskj
all seems good, but i\'m scared that microsoft is gonna start playing dirty and buying out all the small game developing companies.
Didn\'t Microsoft Already Do This...?
Sony Will Hold It\'s Own My Friend. Only Makes For Better Games On Both Consoles.