Analyst: PS3 Kept Momentum Going Through January
See Full ImageDecember was the best month for the PlayStation 3 yet, selling 1.36 million total units in the US. The question is, can Sony's machine keep this momentum going into the first part of 2010?
Well, according to Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia, it most certainly will. In speaking to IndustryGamers, Bhatia believes the PS3 "will have the best year-over-year growth in January among all consoles." At the same time, he - like many others we've heard from - expects the Wii to drop significantly; right now, Bhatia says the console "is experiencing meaningful shortages." He says that of all the stores they called in January, only 28% had the Wii in stock although they could be found at 47% of the world's biggest game retailer, GameStop. As for the Xbox 360, Bhatia believes the GameStop promotion (featuring a free $50 gift card) helped the console in January. But perhaps most interesting is the fact that the PS3 will once again boast the biggest year-over-year growth, provided Bhatia's beliefs are accurate. We'll know the facts when the NPD results arrive next week but in the meantime, it's a good sign heading into a February that sees the release of two big PS3 exclusives in the US: White Knight Chronicles and Heavy Rain.
Many believe 2009 was "the year of the PS3" and given the exclusive software on tap for 2010, it seems plausible that we could see a repeat performance this year.
2/2/2010 9:13:12 PM Ben Dutka
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Qubex
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 11:20:07 AM
Q!
"i am home"
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Jonesy555
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 7:54:50 PM
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michiganfan1983
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:15:56 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:17:29 PM
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chedison
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:39:15 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:05:42 PM
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johnld
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:14:18 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 1:08:25 PM
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johnld
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 4:18:08 PM
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giant123
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:38:38 PM
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GOD OF WAR 3
just sayin....
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chedison
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:39:40 PM
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Highlander
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:41:17 PM
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P S 3!
P S 3!
P S 3!
...
or is it too early? ;)
Haven't got my copy of WKC yet, should be this week. But I agree with Ben about the PS3 repeating in 2010. Key things in 2010 for Sony, continue to deliver impressive exclusive games, get GT5 delivered, make a lot of noise about 3D games on the run up to the launch of Gem.
360 supposedly has some game announcements coming at X10, I assume that Microsoft - who have been very quiet for a long time now - will try to come roaring back into the market. But, I suspect that they will try to wait until Natal is launched, that way they can try to pull off a re-launch of the 360 with Natal.
Sony should be in a good position, but they need to have a few aces up their sleeve waiting for when Natal launches.
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SvenMD
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 8:40:55 AM
'starts slow dramatic clap'
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gumbi
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 8:47:16 AM
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SvenMD
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 9:27:45 AM
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Highlander
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 9:54:28 AM
;)
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rogers71
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 10:25:11 AM
I was about to click thumbs down and you let out that awkward yell and I clicked thumbs up instead. You definitely caught me off guard.
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Russell Burrows
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:51:14 PM
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This Sunday and Monday at three Walmarts, one Best Buy, two Targets and two Game Stops the song was.
Sold out, sold out and sold out.
Or
The Walmart warehouse is sold out of PS3 units.
I went WTF!!! not even on Black Friday or the big C on the 25th of December does that happen? in these three towns?
And they were out of PS3 units in January, January are you for real I asked? and store workers just pointed at empty shelves and said those are empty ok? so like come back next week and maybe, maybe we will have some as we have advance sold our PS3 stocks for next week.
So outside of south Texas how are PS3 sales in your area?
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:05:00 PM
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Whenever demand for PS3's are outstripping the supplies, you gotta to know that's a good thing!!!!
Now all Sony's got to do is just ramp up the production some more.
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Snaaaake
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:16:09 PM
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I think it's gonna be hard for Sony to come up with a game that's gonna get the same score.
I mean, Mass Effect 2 is now 95% on Gamesranking, the only PS3 exclusive I see getting that kind of score is GOWIII this year and hopefully, Sony will announce new games that's coming out this year.
Some like R&C ACIT announced at E3 and released in October instead of announcing it this year and then release it 2 years later.
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COBB
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:53:56 PM
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Snaaaake
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 11:58:19 PM
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But from everything I read about both games, it seems that WKC boast more feature and content such as online play, build your own village, online quest, exclusive item from online that can be brought back into the story and last but not least create your own character to accompany the main character.
That's a lot of stuff and I'm positive that's only a fraction of what WKC have to offer.
For FFXIII, the only good thing I see is superior quality and storyline is 60 hours long.
But well being a fan of FF I'll be getting FFXIII first when I have the money.
And I just came back from Gamespot, they just gave WKC a 6.0 out of 10.
For real?
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godsman
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 12:12:14 AM
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COBB
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 12:15:51 AM
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Robochic
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 12:32:15 AM
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More and more exclusives they keeping coming out with the more people will switch to the PS3. Sony plays the game right why rush perfection I bet they had it planned like this from the beginning sneaking and smart at the same time.
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chedison
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 3:05:09 AM
I mean lets face it: Sony has two amazing systems behind it that boasted an amazing catalogue of games. All I see from Microsoft is a fail of a system that barely had anything worth playing other than Halo (and even only if you are in to fps's).
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___________
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 12:33:20 AM
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weve got so many fantastic games in the first 3 months of the year and theres still releases to be dated like mafia 2, GT5 (not that i care), LA Noire, Agent, davids new game, crysis 2, RAGE, half life 2 epp 3.
people 10 years from now will be looking back and saying gee i wish we were back in 2010, we surely had a once a lifetime treat then.
now please can we not spoil this with the usual 150 game delays per month?
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BikerSaint
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 1:47:15 PM
And if you also were to add in the PSP too....
then it's actually 3 amazing systems.
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gumbi
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 8:55:45 AM
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The price is no longer daunting and the 'no games' argument is officially laid to rest. At this point, for a new buyer doing a straight up comparison, it should be a no brainer.
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Snaaaake
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 9:19:03 AM
At certain forum, there's still people saying stuff like the 360 exclusives are better, Ps3 has no games, XBL offer better service, PSN is free because it suck etc.
Guess some people just never learn eh?
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mexgeo86
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 9:31:55 AM
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telly
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 9:51:43 AM
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rogers71
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 10:29:11 AM
Does that mean that the PS3 will end up in the bed of thousands of women in 2010?
They should make a commercial about that.
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DarthNemesis
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 4:18:36 PM
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Razgriz916
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 @ 6:06:54 PM
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It's gonna be a big year for Sony! :D
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BikerSaint
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010 @ 10:02:12 PM