PS3 SETS NEW RECORD LOW IN JAPAN
Sony managed to sell 5,826 PlayStation3s in Japan last week. If you lined all of them up, the line would be long enough to stretch all the way across an average UK kitchen. Or, to put in in a different context, to transport that many PS3s you would need the boot space of three separate Vauxhall Corsas.
JAPANESE HARDWARE SALES, WEEK ENDING AUGUST 9, 2009
DS: 78,765
Wii: 47,140
PSP: 33,893
PS3: 5,826
360: 5,436
PS2: 4,601
Amazing. All those other times people have said PS3 is dead were wrong. Now it actually is. Pronounced at *looks at clock* 12.35pm on August 18 2009.
“Connect 4” is also rumoured to be the new name for PlayStation Network. Figures taken from GAF, home of MEN.
August 18th, 2009 on 1:00 pm
So does that mean that the 360 is even deader? Are we all going to be at the mercy of Nintendo until somebody brings out another console that people will actually buy? :(
August 18th, 2009 on 1:05 pm
But I have a t-shirt that says RIP 2007-2007!
August 18th, 2009 on 1:29 pm
C’mon Sega, now’s your chance!
August 18th, 2009 on 2:06 pm
As much as it deeply pains me to say this, I suspect the drop in sales is due to stock of the 60GB PS3 drying up as people wait for the launch of the alleged slim PS3. So I’m not even able to get semi-hard at this news.
Of course Sony are still doomed. There’s no way a slim console can change the fact that they’re a distant third this generation, and losing ground every day. OK that’s done the trick, time for some tab remorse.
August 23rd, 2009 on 2:20 am
You gotta love the way Sony have arrogantly and brazenly thrown away a whole generation of their games console just to get Blu-ray players in people’s homes.
Their contempt for the gaming community and industry is admirable.