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Xbox 360 and Wii Each Double PS3 in December Console Sales

Posted on Monday, January 10 @ 09:40:26 Eastern by Anthony Severino

The PS3 has been in dead-last this entire console generation, but has picked up considerable steam recently. Lately, the Wii's sales and software offering have been dwindling, despite being the clear-cut leader thanks to mainstream acceptance and astronomical sales since launch. The Xbox 360 found its second wind with the Kinect motion-sensor, and has once again been able to remain a hot sell. So how did the big three perform during the crucial holiday sales-month of December? The Wii and 360 sold extremely well according to industry analysts Wedbush Morgan and EEDAR. The PS3? Not so much.

Prior to the official NPD Group sales figures for the month of December being published, analysts from Webush Morgan and EEDAR have offered up their sales performance predictions for each console. These estimates have the Wii and the 360 neck and neck, while more than doubling the PS3 in units sold. Even the Nintendo DS has doubled the PS3 in sales if these figures are to be believed. Check out their estimates below:

Wedbush / EEDAR (year-over-year change)
DS: 2,550,000 (-23%) / 2,400,000 (-27%)
Wii: 2,600,000 (-32%) / 2,200,000 (-42%)
360: 2,500,000 (91%) / 1,900,000 (45%)
PS3: 1,200,000 (-12%) / 1,100,000 (-19%)
PS2: 2 00,000 (-40%) / NA
PSP: 4,50,000 (-31%) / 5,00,000 (-24%)
Industry: 9,500,000 (-12%) / 8,100,000 (-25%)

While these are only "estimates", they are a good indication of the current sales climate for each console. With that said, it seems the PS3 is destined to stay in last place this generation, even with 2011 being the console's best software lineup yet.

What, if anything, do you think Sony could do to turn things around?

Comments

Bretimus_v2
Joined: Jan 2009

Posted: Jan 10th, 2011 at 9:54 am
PS3 it does everything...except sell.

I would take a long hard look into adjusting price-point if I were them.

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schimmel
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Jan 10th, 2011 at 10:38 am
Price drop by $50 and make the system come with Uncharted 2 for a while, people will buy it...

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De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: Jan 10th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
I can't say I believe these figures....mostly because they don't make any sense.

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Doc_Holliday
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Jan 10th, 2011 at 4:29 pm
The PS3 will pass the Xbox 360 in sales in 2011. Mark my words.

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astrowabbit
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jan 10th, 2011 at 5:47 pm
I bought my Xbox 360 Boxing week 2009 for $259.99 with 3 games. I agree with schimmel. Maybe 2 AAA games at $250 or 3 games at current price and I'd buy a PS3. Only problem is where I live there are about 1/2 the number as PS3 games compared to Xbox games at just about every store and even at EB Games it's the same thing. Or something more radical. One store here gave away a free PS2 with the purchase of $250.00 in games a few years back. Not bad considering the PS2 was selling for $100 at the time.

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MrrClean
Joined: Aug 2010

Posted: Jan 11th, 2011 at 7:00 am
The Blu-Ray drive in the PS3 is kinda sweet, but its totally driving the price up, which is driving me away from buying one of em. Besides which, I don't actually know anyone who uses their PS3 as a Blu-Ray player, everyone just watches Netflix now. They could pull that disk drive, increase, sales, and everything would be hunky dory. Man, Sony should give me a job...

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De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: Jan 11th, 2011 at 11:11 am
I use mine for bluray...my dad uses his for bluray...my brother's friend's family uses theirs for bluray. And besides, the games are all on bluray. So no offense, dude, but selling it without the bluray drive is the worst possible thing they could do for sales at this point.

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MattAY
Joined: Mar 2006

Posted: Jan 12th, 2011 at 8:07 am
everyone around me is converting to PS3. It's only a matter of time surely....you would think...

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