This was a 5 week month for NPD...

Good point make tons of sense.

PS3 still behind, they need price cut and games.

I'm going to buy an Elite for home and move my premium to my workspace. Most of my friends are doing the same and i'm positive that we are not the only people in the world who could gain from waiting on the Elite. So with that logic, I'm sure a lot can be explained in the numbers on the 360 side of the house.

the top 10 software..PS2 outsold the wii and 360..lol..

In order to do that, they have to stop putting games on the PS2.

that will be freezing up or breaking down .... including mine

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/f...

I can't,because the Playstation 2 is last gen,and the Playstation 3 is next gen,and do you see any Playstation 3 games on the Playstation 2?I think not!

And I think more people will buy the Playstation 3 as more games come out!,and that's when the Playstation 2 needs to stop producing.

man only 3k more than feb for the ps3. i guess only having two games (RfoM and motor storm) worth playing didn't make that blu-ray player any better. lol. but don't worry sony fans if u just keep waiting (1-2yrs) the ps3 will be great. in the mean time i'll keep playing my cheaper less power full systems.

Is this just US and Canada or just US?

Either way dont know what to make of the Ps3, pretty bad if you look at it from that stand point..

But its more like 900,000 due to the launch in EU.

Either way Ps3 isnt doing well (not bad) right now. Probably due to cost and games and of course the lovely media.

Looks a bit deceiving though because sales officially for March would be a lot more then that worldwide...

Funny all those people who bought a 360 basically bought an outdated unit. No one can even say that they wouldnt spend an extra 79.00 either... Anyone would buy that over the 20gb...

Whats with the DS that thing sucks. Seriously I dont know why so many people like that thing. Its ok at BEST. Nintendo has always owned the handheld market even when NEO GEO was around which was sooo much better... People go nuts for Nintendo handhelds.

Is that people talk about the 360 selling 200,000 units in a month with no major game releases and almost a year and a half after it releases as a BAD thing, when the PS3, supposedly the hot new, REAL HD, next gen machine only sold 130,000 less than 6 months after its release. I guess people don't even want it as a cheap Blu-Ray player. So, yeah, factor in some comsumers waiting for an elite, and the sales spikes the 360 will see later this year with Mass Effect, Bioshock, Forza 2, and especially Halo 3, and I think the 360 is doing o.k. Also, if you look at the list, the cheaper systems are selling more, so apparently price DOES matter, and a great game like God of War 2 might tempt some people to finally buy a new PS2 to replace their broken one, but 4 of the top ten titles are on 360, PS3 only has one.

It has become aparent now that Sony fanboys have developed a patern to make themselves feel better about the fact that the PS3 IS NOT selling the thought it would.

1) "HAHAHAHA!The ps2 is still outselling the 360" - Yes, this happends every month on every NPD.

2) "that will be freezing up or breaking down" - Yes, it also happends every month.

Too bad these ignorant comments don't change the following facts:

1) The 360 is selling better than the PS3.
2) The wii is selling better than both the PS3 and the 360.
3) The DS is dominating across the globe.
4) The PS2 is selling better than the PS3.
5) 4/10 top games are 360.
6) 2/10 top games is DS
7) 2/10 top games is PS2
8) 1/10 top games is PS3.
9) 1/10 top games is wii

If parents buy a GC or PS2 now I doubt they will buy another game sys in the next 12 - 24 months.

If Sony stops making the PS2 and new games...then this would force parents to buy something else.
But I expect parents to buy a cheap new console over the most expensive one.

I expect the PS2 to stay around for another yr or two.

npd day !

all i see is that the GBA is beating the ps3 still. Pathetic.

Here is the fact of the matter...................

As of right now.......PS3 is OUTSELLING THE XBOX 360 in world wide sales today this minute!!!!

PS2 is OUTSELLING ALL home consoles systems right now in North America!!!!

PS3 will be offically awoken come October 2007 (All the great games coming out of course)

If things continue to trend the way they have, PS3 will have total True Next Generation Market Share by March 2008!!!!

PS3 continues to out sale the 360 on a 4 to 1 margin in Japan.

Seems like things are going great for the Sony Playstation 3 =) (Without any games to push it =) Yet...

wait til the end of the year. jan 1st we will see which system including handhelds will sell the most. Then and only then we will see, it's a critical year ahead of us with such a big year for the gaming industry, it's got to be exciting to wait and see, these numbers don't mean a thing until every system has established atleast 100 games(ps3,wii) but we will see what becomes of these numbers next year, it's still way too early to declare a winner or a loser.

O and yeah BLADESTAR I am a proud PS3 Fanboy because Im a fan of Next generation Technology and not 360 next generation boloni.

In order for the 360 to wiiiiinnnnnn this console war!!!!

They will need to outsale the PS3 on a 4 to 1 margin in North America, well buddy from the looks of the current trend THAT AINT HAPPENING, You will need to lead the industry in world wide market share to win this console cycle.

PS3 will outsale 360 in Europe (Thats a Fact)
PS3 is out selling the 360 on a 4 to 1 margin in Japan (Thats a Fact)
360 is barely outselling the PS3 in North America (Thats a Fact)

In order to gain developer support, you will need to have a large install base in Japan as well as Europe. 360 will not be a failure (Thats a fact) but they will not win this console war. If you have been paying attention to Microsofts strategy, Microsofts knows that in 2008 they are completely screwed. Halo 3 madness will be over and there will be NO Grand Theft Auto 4 for any of the consoles..... So what do you think the 360 is going to do then? Well by then all of the attention will be nodding over to PS3, cause at the very least PS3 will have more world wide sales in the industry.

Now by the time PS3 gains its momentum that will be the end of the 360 regime. By that time arrives, Blu Ray will for surely be the standard in the industry making the PS3 an even more Value as time goes on. Just imagine what the outcome will be when the PS3 drops in price? 130,00 can easily be 230,000. Now with the 360 coming out with an Elite version, it technically rises the price of the system. A direct attack from Sony would be to drop the PS3 price to $499, introducing a new BIGGER hard drive and things will be different.

No matter how you look at the situation, when the elite version of the 360 comes out sales of the Premimum version will dip, the elite version will be the standard version to buy. This makes sense for the PS3 to drop the price to $499.99

Also PS2 total North America Sales were 45 Million
Xbox total North America Sales were 15 Million

This consoles war is BY far in its infatile stages.

XBOX 360 is currently at 6 Million
PS3 is currently at 1.6 Million

Once the price of the PS3 drop you will see change. I promise you when the games comes out and home comes out! Your going to see a whole lot of momentum switch to the King Brand. Sorry for the long comment

The sh!t that comes out of his mouth is crazy.

Just want to point out that, If PS2 outselling Wii and XBOX 360, that's not a good thing for nexgen. XBOX 360 may lost it demand, but with the new Elite coming up, it will definately bump up the sales.

As for PS3, 130k is not a bad news, keep in mind they still have PS2 up there. As long Sony kept mainstream consumer away from XBOX 360 and Wii by getting PS2, Sony's strategy is working. If Sony managed to delay the transition, it's gonna work in Sony favor. With Mainstream more comfortable with Sony brandname, When PS3 is ready to take over with price cut and more games, it will definately make a good impact.

Seriously XBOX 360 slowing down is not a good sign. Let just hope the Elite will bring them back up. PS3 can get away with 130k because they have PS2. XBOX 360 just 199k in not a good sign, they totally drop XBOX 1.

As for Wii, I believe their short coming in just based on their supplies problem, if they have the stocks, they will be number 2 easily.

hahahahah xbox n/a hahahahahaha ( i hope they support the 360 longer than they supported this peice of junk)

All last year, we all had to listen to X360 owners bragging about how well there console was doing. "WOOHOO, we're so good, we sell heaps and enjoy having no competition."

Now PS3 is out and has actually exceeding expectations despite what haters think. No one thought an expensive machine with hardly any games and 2 years worth of bad press on its back would do as well as it has. Its selling just as quick as XB did its 1st year or even better.

So why are Xbox owners still not happy? They harp on and on about out selling PS3 every month in the Good Ol USA but no one stops to realise Xbox is in its 2nd year, and every single console in history has sold more its second year, than its first, and its still cheaper, and still has more games. You should be outselling PS3. But you should be doing it by alot more. Maybe thats why you sound so nervous. Plus you know games are coming, so if PS3 is holding its own now, how much more even will it be when we actually have a heap of good games? No wonder you're so desparate to knock it. Every PS3 story here, the first post is one of you Xboys.

Besides, for those not sharp enough to notice 590K Playstations still sold in the US this month so it doesn't look like Sony are hurting to badly. I wonder if when they show the Europe sales figures you'll be crowing so loudly. You'd think I would be bragging when they announce 200K compared to 1 million but I'll just be happy if the haters shut up.

The only thing that this chart proves for CONSOLE sales is that the cheaper you are the more you sell. PS2=$130 Wii=$250 Xbox360=$400 PS3=$600 The price is determining the order.

combine all Sony`s numbers.

590K is how the Sony is doing.
a month.
plus GOW2 sold all most as much as all those games combined.

the ps2 and psp will pay for more for the ps3.

you guy`s act like all their systems are from different companys.

almost 3 years to get the PS2, well being a poor college students, it was either finance/computer text books or the PS2, but I waited. Now it is a lot cheaper than that and with a good gaming library so no-brainer there.

-Business 101, the PS3(The Market Leader) is not selling like hot cakes, like Sony predicted.(were gonna smash the xbox360....nooooot)
When your the market Leader, poor numbers are not acceptable.Sorry fanboys this is still a business.

-360 is still steady as expected, with some great games coming out this second half of the year it will only get up. The more 360's that are sold the more Sony looses SHARE and thats the IMPORTANT SINGLE thing here for Microsoft.

-Nintendo is doing it's thang, well I don't know for how long.

-Don't think just cause they buy a PS2, then they will also purchase a PS3. The is never garenteed. If that was the case, where did all the Xbox fan installment base come from? or continues to grow?

-PS2 is taking the PS3's limelight and it's not something I'm sure Sony wanted. People will still flock to the cheaper Next-Gen console when they get out from under the PS2 spell, and be like
"Wow all these games I've been playing are not exclusive to Sony anymore(when did that happen), and the 360 is a lot cheaper". "I also don't have to wait for games,"(well thats been happening all along.)

Price will always Win casual gamers, grandpa, grandma, soccer moms, when they have a comparable Product side by side. It's sad Fantards are relying on PS2 numbers to justify the PS3's poor sales....talk about being stuck on yesteryears success. "Funk what you've heard, is what your hearing gamers"

4 - This is Lying ?
They (PS3) actually had an 18% drop in sales. The sales were tracked for 5 weeks instead of 4. It really needs a price drop NOW. The kids on this site can say what they want , unfortunetly the PS3 isn't failing in North America , it has already failed. They need to stop worrying about the XBOX 360 (which had mediocre sales , though it outpaced it's last year total for this same month. ) and at least try to keep the platform (PS3) viable in North America. It's just plain bad , no software will be able to save it in the US at this point , it needs drastic price cuts to stay competitive.

Every one takes ohhh but in japan around 900k, in EU around 800k + US at 1.189mil. But yet they say #'s will be fine. The PS2 did that faster and continue to sell like hotcakes each month. The PS2 dip under 200k for just two months From 01 to 07. FOR 2 months!!! http://forum.pcvsconsole.co...

The PS3 already dipped that low in two months In a row. The PS line hasnt done that since probably back when ps1 came out and they had no competition. Same thing with PS2, till xbox and gc came out they had already sold almost 9 mil in America alone. So far after all 3 launches they are back to 20 to 25k a week and if these keeps up I am sorry but devs and movies BR makers will not be able to make enough money. Let's be serious and think for a moment. The PS2 line in America lost to the Xbox1 3 months from 01 to 06. Starting in Sep 04. It took xbox1 over 3 years to even win 1 month.
FWD to today. Dammm Xbox has won all 5 months in a row. The greatest and best PS the PS3 now has lost all 5 months in a row 1.189 mil to 2.362 mil.
http://forum.pcvsconsole.co...

That is why alot of news come out as to why the PS3 isn't selling. Yes its selling but no where near PS2 numbers. Remember sony saying we are on track to sell 6 mil by March ending 07.? Well that went and gone. With under 3mil sold. How do you think Blue ray got so many supporters. Do you think sony would of said "ohh we will sell 20k a week so we need all your support and movies on Blue Ray". NO Sony must of brought the mighty PS2 numbers and companies fell for it. It's not just us looking at numbers but the press and many many more companies. Today is different people. They made there bed and they will lay in it. Stop comparing PS2 to PS3 or x360. It's like comparing a 20k honda accord to a 35k BMW. You just can't say them in the same sentence.

I find it interesting that the big reason that the PS3 was said to fail was its price.

Sony drops the 20GB model in NA because people where not buying it so kind of means that logic was false since the more expensive model was in far greater demand then the cheaper model.

In addition MS then comes out with an even more expensive SKU. Is that not counter productive to gaining market share if the guy who has the cheapest console wins?

Hell if you ask me MS should be dropping the price of the Premium and Core 360 by $100. Instead I have the feeling they will keep it right where it is and make money until Sony drops the price of the PS3 and they will counter to keep the margin what it is.

Fact is the numbers for March are not that great for Sony but then again they are not that great for MS either. It does not matter what the reasons is, be it lack of games or people waiting for a new SKU.

MS sales will increase when the new SKU comes out and the PS3 sales will go up when all the next round of games come out.

Anyone with brains knows that both Sony and MS have deep pockets and are not going to throw in the towel in the next few months. They are both in this for the long haul and everyone will have a much better picture of how well MS and Sony are doing after the coming Christmas season. Trying to predict a winner from one months sales figures is silly and both sides are just going to spin it to make their side look like its doing better then the other. In the end its all just spin and the reality is something we will start to get a much better picture of next year.

Some Sony haters/ MS fanboys are really really picky. If you hate Sony you shouldn't be posting "HAHAHA the PS2 IS OUT SELLING THE PS3", either way, Sony wins if they still sell more than the competition, no matter what console it is. The more PS2's sold, the more time Sony has to give the PS3 a price cut and more games (which is stupid that people are complaining about that, this early in the PS3 lifespan as if no other system was expensive at first and lacked games in it's few months before). So to the fanboys: stop talking as if the PS2 selling well is a negative for Sony, unlike MS & nintendo, they haven't given up on their last gen system and is still expecting it to do well. stop trying to portray a Sony success as a Sony failure. If you're really going to hate Sony then hate ALL their systems and EVERYTHING they have, if not then stop bit<hing. I'm sure Microsoft would LOVE to have both systems selling well over 100k, then maybe they wouldn't be losing 5+ billion dollars in their console venture. I'd be suprized if the Xbox sold more than 5000 consoles in america over the last month.

BTW: Sony is in the lead in console market and they profit more selling a single PS2 than MS does selling a single Xbox360.

always seem to make me laugh,im tired of reasoning with idiots the 360 is still sellling more than the ps3 no matter what sony dose nuff said.

Sounds to me your in bed with sony mate, your sonys lil biatch

predator and Dr Rage are your pure MS fanboys. Just look how they take the bait from anyone. ha ha.

Here are the 360 sales from last year (NPD)

Jan 06 - 249,000
Feb 06 - 161,000
March 06 - 192,000
April 06 - 295,381
may 06 - 220,877
June 06 - 277,000
july 06 - 206,000
August 06 - 204,000
Sept 06 - 326,000
Oct 06 - 218,000
Nov 06 - 511,300
Dec 06 - 1.1m

in comparison to this years sales, you can see that 200,000 is really an average month when no real games are released. Even though the sales figures are slightly lower this month, MS wont be too worried.

Compare these numbers to the PS3 and surely any fanboy can see that the PS3 is selling poorly. Sales will pick up but at the moment there is something about the PS3 that is turning consumers away. Is that price? lack of games? it would be difficult to say, probably a combination of both.

first place - Nintendo - Everyone at that company must be walking around with a huge smile of their face.

second place - MS - Content with their own sales figures in the face of heighten competition

third place - Sony - Asking themselves, should we have launched the PS3 later?

ps3 is selling stable - 130k wihout many good games,
when all good game will be released + price drop, it can multitype even 3 times. :)

and well, x360 isn`t doing pretty well.. only 200k such megapowerful console with so mane amazing titles and hits, which are real killer`aps, because they come on x360..
not good. =)))

as I said before its too early to say which one will get more market share ( ppl call it WINNING ) ...

more titles for ps3 >> more numbers sell... Halo3 >>> more numbers..

this chart just show the f***ing awesome Ps2 life cycle.. and this is a good sign for SONY buyers... anyone see XBOX1 there? ....

what do u expect when MGS4 release? its my opinion :
there is no ps3 anywhere , plz give me a ps3 .. Plzzzz...( he bought MGS4 before PS3)

both MS and Sony will win ..

199K
130K

39 - good sales =)
"ps3 is selling stable - 130k wihout many good games,
when all good game will be released + price drop, it can multitype even 3 times. :)

and well, x360 isn`t doing pretty well.. only 200k such megapowerful console with so mane amazing titles and hits, which are real killer`aps, because they come on x360..
not good. =))) "

???

So the PS3 doesn't have any good games? Virtua Fighter, Resistance, and Motorstorm aren't good games?

Ok then, I'll take your word for it.

And I thought the PS3 was the "megapowerful console"?

I suppose this fight will continue every month (day) until the end of the 360 and Ps3 lives. I would think that this argument is ridiculous but its far worse than that.

Guys are arguing their system is better when its only been out 4 months with a few games.

Other guys are arguing about their system having more games when its been out 12 months longer than its competitor.

If the 360 was so awesome and changed whoever played its life so much I doubt the PS2 would be outselling it by 90,000 consoles.

If the PS3 was so spectacular that you really felt like you were in paradise every time the blue and green LED's were on then it would not be ONLY outselling the Gamecube (Who the phuck bought that?) and the Xbox that Microsoft abandoned like a new born baby out side a hospital from a 14yr old mom.

If everyone at your school thinks you're a weirdo and the girls won't date you its because of you arguing about things like this.

We all enjoy GAMES we should all be in agreement way more than we are arguing. "Wow, 360 has some hot games! You guys are lucky" "Man, I wish my 360 came with a bluray! You're a lucky dude to have the cash for that." Cheesy? Yes but I'd rather read that than "I hate you and the console you play on you fanboy" every other posted comment.

360 sales will go up... Elite & the summer line up...plus X-mas bringin out Halo 3

PS3 sales will go up cuz of the games it has also. I think PS3 is proving it promises with Home and other stuff like rumble. after that, Sales will pick up forsure

Gaming is good.

Wii is something i want sooo bad.. c'mon... it's soo cool..

Much Love commin from here.
(lol... gayest comment i've said)