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New Zealand PS3 launch: biggest sales spike ever |
Listed in: PSP, PS3 Tags: playstation 3 updates, Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand (SCENZ) confirmed that the sales from the New Zealand launch of the PS3 caused "a spike in retail spending not previously witnessed at the launch of any other console in New Zealand," according to analyst group Gfk. In other words, in the 10 days from March 23 - the day of the official PS3 launch in New Zealand - until April 1, there were 4,835 PlayStation 3 consoles sold.Gameplanet calls it an "unprecedented sales spike." This isn't too surprising considering the PS3's successful pre-order campaign in New Zealand.
There's more good news. PS3 games have taken over the sales charts. Daniel Morse from Gfk said, "Since launch, PS3 games have dominated GfK sales charts taking out all of the top ten places (console and handheld)." The two top sellers were Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm, two games published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
What's the reason for the PS3's success? Warwick Light (General Manager Sales and Marketing, SCENZ) mentioned their advertising campaign and their interactive display units that let people "experience" the PS3. And after the sales success, Light has a right to be proud:
Combining games, photos, music, movies and the Internet, the PS3 is the ultimate entertainment hub in the living room. With the ability to have its functionality expanded through on-line upgrades, PlayStation 3 will be relevant for at least the next 10 years.
For the curious, here are the sales results from March 23, 2007, to April 1, 2007:
- PlayStation 3: 4835
- PlayStation 2: 1567
- PlayStation Portable: 738
Our combined data for the month of March positions the PlayStation 2 (black) console second to the PS3 as the next highest selling console, with PlayStation 2 Pink and PlayStation Portable rounding out the top four giving PlayStation a clean sweep for the month.
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Ultimate entertainment hub with no games.
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It sells for the first week because of the hardcore fans but normal consumers are just not buying it..
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Now, after hardcore initial peak, PS3 sales must fall to an stable level, till a good amount of AAA titles come out. September can be that moment. I'm hopping a very big announcement about the CELLIUS project, do you remember that 3 titles that looked wonderful but no one said something official about them? But I'm specially hopping a price cut, at least 100$ in the 60G model, that will get a lot of more people into the PS3 camp, another peak that's for sure, and in holidays time.
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5 people i know have 360's. 3 have wii's, 1 has a ps3.
If there are alot of people buying ps3's, i obviously dont know any of them... They do seem to be giving alot away though.
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So don't give us all those BS about how XBox360 is doing in the US and stuff like that...
and i agree with blazeking not all americans are ignorant... only those kids who seem to be having too much free time on the internet... i mean most XBox360 owners who speak rubbish about the PS3 are probably just kids who are feeling insecure about their console... cause a parent wouldn't buy his child the high priced PS3 so this kids are just so insecure right now... here in Sydney most young professional has a PS3... these probably explains partly why some XBox fans are so immature...
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I only know of one person who has a ps3 i know of many with a 360 and a number with a wii.
I have used the demo units in shops and cant beleive why this console is so expensive, I found the controler hard to use mostly becuase of no rumble, I found the games on demo to be boring and visually unimpressive
So I dont beleive that this colsole realy compares in the market, as far as I can tell the only people buying ps3s are people who are ps2 fanboys and are getting a ps3 becuase the ps2 was "better" than the xbox 1
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ur probably another kid who spends most of his time just trying on demos cause ur dear mom already bought u an xbox, same as ur other friends... ps3 marketing offensive???!!! sorry this hurts you... u are such a fanboy... get a job kid and do urself a favor and get a ps3 and just feel the power... then u compare.
i've got all the last gen and next gen consoles... and the PS3 is the one i bought another one again just to put in my room.
i don't really get a kick out of going to shops and playing demos... that's just for kids hoping and wishing.
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Im no fan boy of any console, if anything im a pc fan.
Im sure that one day the ps3 will have some games that might warrant the price tag. However its been ~6 months since it was released and theres no games worth it. I was VERY excited when I saw the killzone 2 video and OMG I wanted one, however that was a marketing disaster and we havnt seen a thing since then
But you cant deny the number of games that were play station exclusive are now coming to 360 and in many cases launching on 360 first.
I know a number of people who are onto it with IT and gameing most of them prefer the pc to anything else however they all agree that the ps3 doesnt have much to offer.
If you look over this site you will see some screenshot and video comparisons of the same game on ps3 and 360 and you will notice that the 360 comes out on top.
You have 2 ps3s impressive, perhaps your money would have been better spent taking your girlfriend out to a nice expensive dinner 7 or 8 times.
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as i said i've got an XBox and a Wii too cause my kids love their video games. I'm 29 and has been accustomed to playing on consoles and on the PC too... i'm actually spending a lot of time with C+C this days... personally I'm an RPG guy so an XBox is not gonna get thru...
as for the graphics i beg to argue cause just as you said if u look thru this site it also says that developers are still just starting to tap into the PS3's potential and with the specs i think it's clear that the power advantage goes to PS3... XBox360 has been for a while and i believe that developers are already s*****ing the jar of the 360.
the PS3 doesn't have a lot of titles now but as they say it's a next gen console which suppossedly has a lifespan of a couple of years... and I do believe that XBox is already playing catch up tech-wise.
one thing i'll agree with you though. my wife ain't so happy, should have taken here out to expensive dinner instead of just giving her a vase.
so we're both not kids and a sensible conversation is possible...
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it's actually pretty good because they only have a population of 4 million, so that means 1/100 bought one which are great statistics
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Ignorant american
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