Wii sales 2-1 over the PS3 - XTREME-SOURCE

PTU · 12-10-2006, 11:44 PM

Who would have thought the Wii would out sell the PS3? Could it be because of the amount of units Nintendo shiped versus Sony? Wii will just have to sii!

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- You weren't imagining things. Finding a PlayStation 3 in November really was a Herculean task.

Sony (Charts) sold just 195,000 PS3 units in its first 13 days on shelves, according to analysts quoting preliminary numbers from The NPD Group, which tracks video game sales. That's well short of the 400,000 the company had projected. Nintendo's Wii console, another hot holiday item, sold 476,000 units - a more than 2-1 sales advantage.
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Sony's PS3 has been continually out of stock at most retailers.
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Microsoft's (Charts) Xbox 360, fueled by the critically praised new title "Gears of War," sold 511,000 units, which John Taylor of Arcadia said puts it on track for 2006 sales of roughly 4 million.

The real surprise of the month was the strong sale of handheld and legacy systems. The Nintendo DS, which was one of last year's hottest items, continues to sell extremely well. November saw sales of 920,000 for the device (Taylor's estimate for the month was just 650,000.) The Game Boy Advance, meanwhile, continues to sell well, with another 639,000 units sold.

Sony saw the PlayStation 2 continue to sell well, moving 663,000 units. And 413,000 PSPs (PlayStation Portable) were sold in November.

The NPD Group declined to provide the information, citing errors in "historical data" (which is typically used to provide comparisons to previous months and years). November 2006 data is correct, however.

Taylor said both Sony and Nintendo are actively working to get additional units on retail shelves. Sony, he said, is shipping roughly 75,000-100,000 units to the U.S. each week. He expects there to be 600,000-800,00 PS3s available in the U.S. by year's end.

Nintendo's strategy is slightly different.

"Retailers were told by Nintendo that there would be three major waves of product," said Taylor. "The first wave was at launch, then there was one immediately thereafter, which was in Nintendo's warehouse, and a final wave is due the week before Christmas. ... Retailers who had ads planned throughout the holidays, we heard, would get supply as well, but those are rifle shots instead of waves."

Game sales were stronger than expected in November. A report from Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan Securities quotes NPD software sales figures of $804 million. Of that, $363 million was spent on 'next generation' machines (which Pachter defines as the PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, DS and PSP).

Xbox 360 and DS sales led the charge.

Before the launch of the PS3 and Wii, many speculated Microsoft would benefit from the expected shortages. The theory went that consumers, frustrated by their inability to find a new Nintendo or Sony system, would pick up an Xbox 360 for loved ones.

Now, though, analysts aren't sure that is happening.

"The kicker for Microsoft is going to be the psychology of scarcity in a seasonal environment where people need to make a decision," he said. "It appears, based on these numbers, that they might be buying handheld systems instead."

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Stang · 12-10-2006, 11:47 PM

Seems fairly simple...ill condense that article:

more available units + hell of a lot cheaper = more sales.

Black · 12-11-2006, 01:38 AM

I dont get it......Sony releases 400,000 units....only sells 195,000, yet you can't buy it anywhere because everywhere is sold out?? Is this some sort of voodoo math? Or are they just talking about the first three days? I thought they sold out everywhere the first three days.

Lord Sesshomaru · 12-11-2006, 02:29 AM

Xbox 360= Not hard to find and a years worth of kick arse games in a proven format.

Wii= Nice system with some fun games, time will tell if it's a major player in the seventh gen wars.

PS3= Unrivaled horsepower, big name liscenses, again time will tell, in year we'll know if it's here to stay.

Sadalius · 12-11-2006, 03:51 AM

Stang hit this one on the head. Wii has a little more availability than the ps3. The price for the Wii sounds a whole lot better than a 360 or a PS3. So to me it only makes sense that the Wii would sell a few. Once the ps3 becomes more readily available, you'll start to see sales figures climb.

Adrenaline Rush · 12-11-2006, 04:59 AM

NexGen Wars - who will win? you decide.

punqewe · 12-11-2006, 09:10 AM

All I know is on the weekend when I went to the shops NO ONE was even looking at the ps3 display. They were just walking by it like it had the plague,tons of people at the Wii and 360 sections though.

theridges · 12-11-2006, 09:39 AM

@Blackmath
they sold 195,000 in the first 13 days that was about 3 weeks ago, im sure they sold out of what they sent over.....i was confused while reading it aswell lol

kambodianboi · 12-11-2006, 09:50 AM

Thats still wierd 195k in 13 days, I was a guarantee buyer, it could of been, 195,001 and they delayed me!!! If I dont get a PS3 by tomorrow, things will happen. Maybe good things, maybe bad. We'll see.

Stang · 12-11-2006, 10:09 AM

Their is no wrath like the wrath of kam!!!

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Originally Posted by kambodianboi

Thats still wierd 195k in 13 days, I was a guarantee buyer, it could of been, 195,001 and they delayed me!!! If I dont get a PS3 by tomorrow, things will happen. Maybe good things, maybe bad. We'll see.

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