DANCE AROUND THE HOUSE/OFFICE WITH PANTS AROUND KNEES/ANKLES – PS3 BOTTOM AGAIN
PS3 managed to sell even fewer units in Japan last week than the week before. AGAIN. The god of statistics has smiled on us once more.
JAPANESE HARDWARE SALES, WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 26
PSP: 60,467
Wii: 24,292
DS: 22,965
360: 7,844
PS2: 6,962
PS3: 3,931
ANALYSIS
To put this into context, 3,931 PlayStation3s is enough PlayStation3s to fit inside the boot of a Peugeot 306 estate, or enough PlayStation3s to completely fill an average household chest freezer. Today’s global news agenda set, as always, by NeoGAF.
filed in WAR ON PS3 on Oct.31, 2008
October 31st, 2008 on 11:27 am
Meanwhile, PSP sells almost as much as all other consoles combined.
October 31st, 2008 on 11:37 am
It’s because their houses are too small!
October 31st, 2008 on 11:43 am
Fuck me. PS3 is the new Dreamcast. Does this mean I’m going to have to buy one now and say I love it on the internet for the next decade?
October 31st, 2008 on 11:52 am
Joyous. I live for Fridays. But when the PS3 price cut boosts sales to about 11k next week, will this feature be conveniently forgotten about?
October 31st, 2008 on 12:13 pm
Yes, it will be conveniently forgotten about when it has served its purpose.
October 31st, 2008 on 12:37 pm
Hey Zorg, do you remember when UK:R was good?
No, neither do I.
October 31st, 2008 on 12:41 pm
Sony thinks that people actually like PSPs but the truth is that they’re SO EASY to emulate crap on. Pirates are unintentionally helping Sony!
October 31st, 2008 on 12:56 pm
Well, if Sony are selling PSPs at a stupidly high loss, like they do with the PS3, then the pirates are actually plundering Sony’s rectal cavity faster than Sony can shit themselves at their current dire financial situation.
Avast!
October 31st, 2008 on 1:31 pm
I can only ever remember UKR being exactly like this, a patented blend of mediocrity aimed at precisely no demographics whatsoever. The only thing that’s changed is the chairs I’ve sat on and the walls I’ve been staring at and how much RAM my PC’s got in it.
October 31st, 2008 on 2:13 pm
Why is the PSP doing so well? Is there a game out for it now, or what? Should I get mine out from under the bed, charge it up, and pretend I’m one of the cool kids?
October 31st, 2008 on 2:14 pm
I wouldn’t take the opinions of anonymouses to heart, Zorg.
It’s the internet equivalent of dialling 141 before a number and doing a crank call.
How much ram IS in the pc? 500 rams?
October 31st, 2008 on 2:24 pm
Exactly, bilal.
At least when I have a moan, I go to the trouble of signing in/registering.
:)
October 31st, 2008 on 3:05 pm
500 rams? Ewe must be joking!
October 31st, 2008 on 3:48 pm
Seems like the 360’s starting to make (small) inroads into the Japanese market – I wonder what gives?
p.s. Fuck off Anonymous.
October 31st, 2008 on 5:52 pm
PSP is only doin so well cause the new version hit japan last week, expect normal service to resume shortly. I think they dont see the screen issues as much as the west…maybe scan lines dont affect asians…or perhaps theyll just buy any old shite as long as its new.
October 31st, 2008 on 7:18 pm
“500 rams? Ewe must be joking!”
Flock off, I’ve herd that one before.
October 31st, 2008 on 8:40 pm
FLOCKIN’ HELL! (father ted)
My cousin showed me a laptop she wanted for uni and asked me ‘how much pentinum is it?’.
I’d love to go into PC World and ask them that very question, but I’m too ashamed to go to PC World.
October 31st, 2008 on 9:18 pm
Be strong, bilal. It is worth the laugh!
Also, the comments on these LOL PS3 SALES threads are always so much more entertaining than the actual article…
October 31st, 2008 on 9:59 pm
I don’t know whether to knock a triumphant/angry one out in honour of the utterly shite PS3 sales figures, or have a happy wank at the thought of those plush Amy dolls.
What a dilemma. I’ll probably just smoke a pipe and read private eye in bed.
You’ve ruined self abuse Fridays Zorg by posting something else which is actually interesting/ mildly arousing. The best I can hope for is a wet dream where 100 24″ plush Amy’s rip my clothes off and girls aloud chuck their new fangled lime green DS’s in the bin and crack open the baby oil… hmmm … just hope Tails doesn’t creep into my dream or I may go off the boil.
November 1st, 2008 on 7:49 pm
Japs buy the PSP because of the 3000 model and for warez. Here's some proof:
PS3 million sellers numbers: http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=&console=PS3&publisher=&sort=Total
PSP million sellers numbers: http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=&console=PSP&publisher=&sort=Total
While the PS3 registers some 36~37 million games with a 16.22 million system install base, PSP registers approximately 40 million games with a 40 million system install base, and this is considering games that managed to sell a million or more units only.
Conclusion: people don’t buy PSP systems for (buying and) playing games, or do so in an even poorer proportion than the “OMG 599.99 D0LLARZ!!1111!” Blu-ray player.
November 2nd, 2008 on 8:59 pm
PS3 FTW.
November 4th, 2008 on 12:50 am
Dreamcast logo’s, PS3 is dead lol, repeat = Ukresistance