PlayStation 3 sales suffer 82% in the UK |
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It seems that after the first week of release, PlayStation 3 sales have dropped by 82%, according to the data taken from Chart Track (Chart-Track). Chart Track gathers information from 7000 UK retail outlets such as GAME, Gamestation, and HMV. The total coverage of Chart-Track encompasses 90% of the total software market, which makes its information relatively accurate. Chart Track was one of the companies which stated that the Playstation 3 had sold 165,000 units within two days of its UK launch. The recently released information regarding the sales drop though came as a big surprise, given the outstanding performance in the first release of the console. To further confirm this information, a spokesperson from Chart Track said to gamesindustry.biz that, "Yes, sales of PS3 hardware have dropped by 82 per cent." Aside from the drop in console sales, it also released information that the top two PlayStation titles have also taken a hit with Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm dropping over 60 per cent in sales.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has declined to release a statement on the new information regarding the sales of its console. Right now, there is a lot of speculation regarding this information, and people are asking if this is a sign of the market hitting its saturation point, or simply just a hangover from the great opening launch of the system? We'll have to wait a couple of months to find out.
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Total shipped to the UK: 220,000
1st week sales: 165,000
amount available for sale the 2nd week: 55,000
82% drop for 2nd week
2nd week sales: 29,700
So they basically sold more than half of what was available for the 2nd week, and I'm sure some places were sold out from the first week.
I would worry if sales were to keep dropping to low levels once Sony starts replenishing.
C'mon, let's say the PS3s sold out the first week, right? What would that mean for the 2nd week without replenishment? ZERO sales!! 100% DROP IN SALES! Geez, idiots... time to unpress that panic button... *rolls eyes*
Sony IS replenishing units.
what did you guys expect? people who wanted it.... got it. people who are still buying it probably waited for their whole paycheck to afford it...(i dont know..jsut a thought).
Anyways..... say what you guys want about sales numbers....but i think overall, sales for the ps3 were good considering its was March/April and not November/December.
Exactly correct with the date, march/april and not November/December, for reasons of a slightly slower sell rate. I'm sure it's no biggie.
Funny thing is this same thing probably happened to the Wii as well since you can be damn sure there wasn't the same amount available or sold the second week it was out in the US.
Wonder where all the negative media spin was for that?
Hastings was right the PS3 can't catch a break from this negative coverage. It's downright disgusting to a point.
165,000 sold in opening weekend. An 82% drop off still means 30,000 were sold in the 2nd week. Considering the UK allocation was 220,000 that means another week and the initial allocation will be sold.
Sony may be replenishing units, but they just aren't arriving at the stores.
In the Gamestation that I work at, we've had lots of interest, and we're waiting for our second batch of PS3s because we sold out of our launch allotment.
We need more units, and fast, preferably.
Yawn, of course the PS3 sold a lot less. Like the other poster said, everyone who wanted one got one. The sales will be steady until some big games are released and they will spike again. Would love to see some Wii and 360 sales figures for the week after launch in the UK.
Sony made such a big deal about selling 165,000 in 2 days, why aren't they commenting on the 82% drop in sales?
Ha ha, the market is already saturated. If they weren't so hell bent on setting records, they could have limited the supply like in North America, they it could have been a big seller for 3 weeks.
I'm sure other countries will report a similar drastic sales drop.
Common Sense is right again!
Are people still going to call me a moron? probably....
I give you all credit on how you take this news. That's solid admiration. Though the drop is significant. Using the basis of, "that's half of what was left" is totally bogus. That isn't how they come up with these figures, if they did that then the data would be rather false on any commercial product launch. They do ratios and equations. People who wanted a PS3 got one, now it probably will trickle till their heavy titles come out.
Sometimes reading the comments on here is just unbelievable. I can see it now; "The PS3 Causes Cancer!" and sure enough you guys would be like, "That just shows how amazing it is, that it's evolving humanity and making part of our cellular body grow rapidly!"
It was only a matter of time...
It's easily said that every console has a drop in sales like this because every console gathers large numbers for launch, sells a lot, then doesn't have anywhere near that number of units available the next week.
It's only because it's cool to put down Sony right now that news like this is actually published. The same happened for 360, the same happened for the Wii.
It's only people like you who think that Sony is doing poorly because of this, and by that a I mean.....
MORONS!
No big games (as you call it) will come to the PS3 until late this year, that is if they aren't further delayed. Motorstorm was the most recent "big" game, and look how that turned out.
I predict sales will continue to decline until that happens. If the games are as good as the hype suggests, they PS3 may finally get some of the sales it so desperately needs.
Playstation Home, Lair, and Heavenly Sword, are supposed to come this fall. Let's see if they can single handedly save the Playstation brand from being the next 3D0.
I'll be waiting.....
Well... after selling that amount will not sell too much weeks afeter week.. but it will sell more that xbox360 for sure and with competition... is just stupid to say it will be sell that amount every week...
You are now logged as publisher Enrico S. .
you might wanna fix that QJ... cause I'm definately not Enrico S.
OFCOURSE ITS GOING TO DROP...ITS NOT LIKE IF ITS ANOTHER RELEASE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO SELL ANOTHER 600K.
please go get laid?
The fall is pretty much when 360 and PS3 will be having great games coming out. Just about everything on every platform is getting pushed back at this point to mid to late sumemr and or early fall.
Also Motorstorm is a really awesome game and your "look how that turned out." comment is probably just your view of it based on a demo you played in a Best Buy.
and yes I'd think Home (a revolutionary online community), and the great games slated for late summer and fall will make the PS3 the great system it has the potential to be.
PS2 took a year to get completely on its feet. PS3 looks to be shaping up the same way no matter what crap you spew from your mouth Mister "common sense"
Funny thing is see how he doesn't even touch what the first poster said as it is 100% truth! Seeing how he can't deny that what he does is post some other lame nonsensical information...true to form.
There have been a lot of people waiting for the launch - they have their systems now. Now it is going to settle at a point where it will see for a while. Don't expect such an expensive console to keep its sales numbers up. That's foolish.
Mister Common Sense more proof that a quater of the US is retarded.
Not for a minute - changing the spelling of the name was dumb ... but you're not as arrogant, you're not as rude, you aren't as rash, and you aren't as controversial.
You're not him.
Why don't you register Mister Common Sense? Did that trick to use my name without the (Unregistered) after it stop working?
I went into an argos close to me and checked their stock for the ps3 they had 68 in stock still I actually haven't seen anywhere close to me which has sold out of them.
Hey remember when you'd use that trick with my name? Cause your too childish to actually make a vaild point ever.
"I'd think Home (a revolutionary online community)"
Not that I have anything against it, but Home is FAR from revolutionary. It's basically a cut down Second Life.
http://secondlife.com/
I think we've all heard the 2nd Life argument, and don't need to be patronized with a link.
So what your saying basically is because Home and 2nd life both have avatars that look like people who can walk around in a world they are the exact same idea. Also that none of the other ideas implemented in Home make it its own thing.
In other words one similarity makes them completely the same thing?
I too would call home revolutionary in what it is trying to bring to a home console. A smilar look to another thing doesn't completely abolish it as being revolutionary.
listen *****wad, why are you the only person that says the ps3 desperately needs sales now?? Sony tops the list in total sales, based on money, they set a record in all the EU launches, they sell faster in the US than the xbox ever did, and they have the best console out there...
So what the hell do you have to ***** about??? Damn, go fuc k yourself and stay off the forums!
ps, three things can't "single handedly" save anything... dumb ass
A drop was to be expected, since those first week sales were mostly preorders for the launch, so everyone who wanted a launch PS3 got one.
You can't blame lower sales on shortages because ANYONE who wants a PS3 today can easily find a store with a PS3. If store A has sold out, they can go to store B near by and buy one. That's why we've seen NO reports of gamers desperately trying to find a PS3.
Sales are much lower now because less gamers want to purchase a PS3 right NOW (for numerous reasons, such as price). Sales will pick up eventually (especially after a price cut), but currently, that's just the way it is and I don't see it improving much over the next few months. :|
Anyways, I'd register a name, but then I couldn't change it whenever I wanted to!! calling yourself mr common sense and talking about the xbox is like pretending you are ru paul and talking about politics... Everyone knows there is something very wrong with you, and nobody listens to you, unless they walk around in a dress and heels as well...
If you found the mention of that link patronizing, then that's an issue for you to address yourself.
Getting back to Home, it is evolutionary, NOT Revolutionary (big difference), and the simularities go beyond just avatars within a world, which if you really knew about Second Life you would have been able to appreciate (obviously you did need to be 'patronize' by that link then).
"A smilar look to another thing doesn't completely abolish it as being revolutionary."
Again, stop pretending to yourself that the two are ONLY similar in terms of visuals, you know full well that it goes well beyond that. Hence as I said, it's evolutionary, not revolutionary.
You remind me of those gamers who said the HDD in the original XBox was revolutionary because of "what it brought to the home console". BS, it was evolutionary not revolutionary and Home on the PS3 is exactly the same.
"I think we've all heard the 2nd Life argument, and don't need to be patronized with a link"
Well obviously you DO need to be 'patronize' by that link if you think the only simularities between Home and Second Life are the visuals. At least do some research first before stating such nonsense (i.e. investigate Second Life yourself beyond just looking at the pictures!).
"In other words one similarity makes them completely the same thing?"
One simularity? Please do your research, then return. If that's as much as you know about Second Life, then I'm not going to waste my time explaining it to you when the website is available together with numerous reports about Second Life on the internet.
You remind me of those gamers who claimed the HDD in the XBox was revolutionary because of (to use your words) "what it is trying to bring to a home console". This of course was BS, the HDD in the XBox was evolutionary not revolutionary, and the exactly the same applies to Home on the PS3.
Really Spector, you should better than that.
Rewritting a reply because I couldn't see the first one (PC prob). :)
Ah well, take whichever you prefer. ;)
"Well obviously you DO need to be 'patronize' by that link if you think the only simularities between Home and Second Life are the visuals"
i have to say spector, he does have a point there.
i dont think this might b true. i went to over 20 gaming console sites and they didnt say anything about playstation dropping sales
I pretty much expected this. Sales will drop to true levels in another 2 weeks. I think Sony did a good job of delivering the console to everyone who wanted it at launch. Unfortunately you are going to suffer a dramatic fall from grace when you launch a product like this.
I bet after the launch date for 360 sales drop and looked about the same....All the people rushed to get one, shelves are empty, so what did you expect!
I've tried to do 2nd life before and I must say the complexity in it and lots of other things don't seem to be the same between it and Home. If there was a much more user friendly gamer based and such 2nd life I'd say they are the same, but that isn't the case.
Also damn OneForAll I looked up long winded in the dictionary there you were.
every body got home played it for a day and found out
how far behind sony is. dont hate me for saying this
because I too was duped by sony. I believed their lies
umm advertising.
yeah, sales dropped, boohoo.
the 'success' of the launch (i call it success as it sold well, but the media seem to want to convince me that it was a failure) shows that the ps3 isn't a white elephant, it's going to sell enough for strong publisher/developer support so who gives?
i makes plenty of sense that sales dropped, i mean a lot of people who could buy one did, and as sony supplied a lot of systems for launch then there will be fewer people disappointed by not getting one at launch. so re-stocking and things has meant that there are fewer available this week and there is a lower demand than last week... it's not rocket science.
but i was staggered by the value 82%, that is quite a large drop, but how many people do you know preordered a '2nd week' ps3 ? how many people do you know who were like, 'yeah i want one, but i will get it in the 2nd week, that makes more sense'... wtf.
i agree, mister common sense you're a bit of a tool. i do'nt really want to go into the whole 'reasons' aspect of my assertion but i'm just voicing my opinion.
this things ISN'T in the xbox or wii QJ's... but xbox fanbots are still here... so insecure that they really take time out to check up on how the PS3 is doing...
pathetic.
"I've tried to do 2nd life before and I must say the complexity in it and lots of other things don't seem to be the same between it and Home"
That's all you could say? Very poor attempt. Try again.
I'm especially interested in what you find revolutionary about Home, and since you're using a dictionary, I suggest you also look up the words "Revolutionary" and "Evolutionary" BEFORE you reply.
Next time, think before you reply.
Most gamers on QJ, fanboys or not, tend to browse all the main console sections, not just the sections for the console they own or support.
they do more than just browse... check out that Mr. Common Sense guy... but don't get to close to him though...
there are some fans who really doesn't know any better... they go to ps3 forums to piss the ps3 fans who they know will be there... don't get me wrong fans for all consoles are guilty of this... it's just that XBox fanboys are the worst...
Yes there are fanboys on ALL sides, but they ALL act the same, it just depends on what's happening at the time. Fanboys like Vietone and Broken_Hero act NO different to Mr. Common Sense. These two are as annoying to 360 fans as Mr. C S is to PS3 fans and they also enjoy going over to the 360 forums to make a nuisance of themselves.
If you're a PS3 fan, you will notice the 360 fanboys more, likewise if you're a 360 fan, you will notice the PS3 fanboys more.
So ALL fanboys are the same. They share the same insecure mentailty and the same type of blind loyalty.
I hate them all equally. :)
As the UK is a mainly christian country and with it being Easter this weekend, I'm sure will see quite a sharp rise in sales off all systems and software over the next 2 weeks.
We should be able to take these figures and assertain which is the UK's current most wanted console.
The things hindering this are the continued shortage of Wii consoles and the fact that the 360 has been in the marktplace over a year making it feel like less of a new product (there's no fuzzy feeling of being one of the first to own one).
Wii was released in Christmas period so therefore anyone who didnt get one had to keep on trying until they did finally get one for their kid which is probably why they are still sold out. Nintendo wanted stock shortages to get the press about how "everyone wants one" (not me).
This is nothing to worry about
I swear these mods must get their rocks off watching you people fight. Posting news like this (If you can call this news) causes uproar that's plain pointless. It's only logical that sales will take a steep cut due to hardware shortage. If memory serves me correctly, the same thing happened here in the U.S...now what system was that? Oh yeah...ALL OF THEM! Every major system from past to present has had near the same problem due to short supplies. So why call this news? Just to instigate people. It almost makes me wonder if someone is taking some of that MS $$$ in exchange for bad press towards Sony.
Oh and to anyone who says the price of the PS3 is too high, back in 1985 when the NES made it's debut, it packed a hefty $200 price tag, yet it went on to become the greatest console of it's time and perhaps history. Now taking economics from that time period into factor here, the price of the system was equivalent to $590.28 of todays cash, only a few dollars short of a top of the line PS3. Basically what I'm trying to get at is, the PS3's price is right in line with today's economic figures. The price will of course go down once the technology used in the system becomes more mainstream, which we haven't long to wait because BD prices are due to go down sometime after October of this year. I'm sure the PS3 will follow pursuit.
but I thought you quit
I never knew anybody who paid $200 for a NES. The $200 version came with 2 controllers, 2 games, ROB, light gun, RF and composite AV cables. It was $80 when I bought mine with 2 controllers and super mario brothers. It wasn't a huge seller until the price dropped significantly. If sony could drop the price to reasonable levels, even I might get one. I'll be damned before I buy a blu ray movie though.
Come stop this Sony bashing and wait till MGS4 and Final Fantasy 13 do the talking.......exactly like what GT3 did to the PS2 before Gran Turismo 3 came out on PS2 sales for PS2 weren't exactly great when this game came out it raised the bar.
The Wii games are just pathetic look at what NEW games have they released since launch....jack all!! and I've not seen a console to buy in the shop since Xmas either their all sold out the moment it hits the shelf or Nintendo are struggling to get the console to the shops.
360 look how many of the console where sold without a game ending up on ebay....... so many people profiterring from stock shortage. Also look how many consoles were defect with the dreaded ring of light
I think Sony have done the right thing this time and releasing enough consoles and stop these greedy people profiting
"I'm especially interested in what you find revolutionary about Home"
I'm interested too.
I agree that it's evolutionary rather than revolutionary, so I'm interested in what you find revolutionary about Home Spector (especially given that no-one has actually used it yet, so we can only go on the details available).
I think the main reason for making supplies plentiful was so they could make headlines. PS3 fastest selling console ever! for 2 days. Just what sony thought they needed to end the constant bad press. The XBOX 360 or Wii easily could have done the same if they waited forever to up the supplies before launching.
People realized the whole scalping thing wouldn't work after what happened in Japan and North America. As an experienced ebayer, I knew I had to get the Japanese PS3 I pre-ordered with Play Asia on the market fast. I made $500 selling a PS3 on ebay when prices peaked the day after launch.
MGS4 and Final Fantasy will be great games because the creators won't release it until it's good. I don't know if they will help the PS3 catch up with the competiton, but definately needed. If sony wasn't so concerned with blu ray and used a processor suited to gaming, they would probably already be out, and the PS3 could be leading. Yes I would have bought one and be defending it here if they made the PS3 a game console. By screwing gamers, sony made me switch to XBOX.
"Why don't you register Mister Common Sense? Did that trick to use my name without the (Unregistered) after it stop working?"
Watch what you wish for *****, next thing you know, I'll be coming over to visit you personally, then I'll show you what an @ss pounding is really like...
I just get bored with my lame self as well as my 360 games, so instead I start playing with myself and later have my buddies come over to play with me too.
After they're finished having their way with me, my @ss is super sore but I still find the time to (carefully) sit down and check up on the PS3, but only because I really want one.
I've been begging my mom to buy one for weeks but she just says it has way too much class for me.
Maybe someday when I grow up and get my own job I'll be able to save enough to buy a magazine with a picture of one in it, or maybe I'll just buy some more gay pron instead.
Completely true, TheFaze. A supply shortage (due to massive demand) caused the sales drop, but leave that part out, and suddenly it's news.
Why is everyone so intent on bashing the PS3 in any way they can, to the point that they're twisting numbers?
"Mister Common Sense: more proof that a quarter of the US is retarded."
WOW. I laughed my ass off for six minutes. I now am ashamed to be even in the same country as MCS. He obviously is a product of the public school system, since no other form of education would make him such a dumbass.
Yeah, you better watch out, cuz MCS likes it in the ass...
Anyway, why in hell would you register MCS? Who would be stupid enough to actually take ownership of a nickname used by the biggest dumbass on this site? Oh wait, the dumbass himself, of course.
My bad. Carry on.
Sony used a strategy for the PS3 thats opposite to what Nintendo used for the Wii..
Can't remember how many Wii's were launched in NA tho.... if i remember correctly they basically almost sold every system launched pretty fast, after that it was the less than 10 consoles per store every weekend thing and even those mostly sold out almost everywhere, I know a couple of people that were looking for Wii's and got one after like 2, 3 months of searching after launch, just last week i went to a couple of video game stores and people were still going in asking about wii stock(obviously they didn't get one that day...)
so demand for the wii is still there
PS3... i'm kinda interested in how its gonna be played out, since they say they make sure there will be PS3's on shelves everywhere
blu-ray's really really stupid right now... but i guess when FF comes out it'll be 50 gigs big right?????
man 80 bucks CAD for every ps3 game... really burns a hole in my pants, especially when most of the games out right now would fit on a dual layer dvd(which a PS2 can read) kinda makes the current games really not worth the change just for better graphics.. just my opinion.. i'm sure some of you disagree
Well no ***** there are PS3 fanboys here. IT'S A F*CKING PS3 NEWS SITE FOR CHRISSAKES! ARE YOU F*CKING BLIND?!
Sorry. That just kinda came out.
"Mister Common Sense more proof that a quater of the US is retarded."
I see nothing funny about calling a large proportion of the people of a country retarded.
In fact, it's retarded to make such a comment.
You're crazy if you think there's a PS3 shortage anywhere. Some retailers in the UK have already lowered the price by $50 US. They have so many unsold consoles, they are trying to move them out.
I'm the only preson here who always uses the same name. If I cared what you say, I would always use a different name like you cowards. Why do I get the feeling I'm arguing with the same group of like 5 people?
It's not my fault you're stuck playing the same crappy games after 5 months. I understand you're disapointed and angry, but if it were up to me, I would have designed and marketed the PS3 to sell another 110 million. You blame me because retards are in charge of the company.
So why don't you tell us how you used that trick. Is it one of qj's glitches or did you hack the system? I'm waiting.
I'm not leaving or changing the name. Learn to defend your PS3 with facts not low brow insulting. Later on 2 years from now when you only have a handful of decent exclusive games you will wish you listened to me.
You're not sorry crow, you're always making an ass of yourself. You should try blu ray.com or one of sony's official playstation forums instead. Then the negative PS3 comments are automatically filtered out so you can say whatever you want!
Why don't you give it up. I'm the original flaming gay Mister Common Sense, and I love the PS3!
How did you get my name and password? Is this some sort of trick?!
Everyone knows Mister Common Sense certainly does not love the PS3.
I AM Mister Common Sense, and I love the PS3 almost as much as I love getting bent (over and taken advantage of from behind).
I didn't do this, but I wish I could say I did. XD
Although, it could be MCS trying to get sympathy and attention by acting like his account got hacked?