Report: PS3 Enjoys "Increasing Worldwide Market Share"
See Full ImageSony's "It Only Does Everything" PlayStation 3 campaign, combined with stellar exclusives and the all-important price drop, has resulted in a definite surge around the globe.
As reported by Industry Gamers, Research and Markets has released a new report that deals with "the growth trends of video consumer devices, including gaming consoles." According to the results, the PS3 has been outselling the Xbox 360 in Europe since June 2008 and furthermore, Sony's machine "is also steadily increasing its market share in all other regions across the globe, including in the North American market." And although the 360 still sells more in this region, PS3 sales have been rising quickly (up 44% over the holidays) and SCEA senior vice president of Marketing and the PlayStation Network, Peter Dille, insists that some day, the PS3 will reach and surpass the competition. As for all the console makers, the report says the Americas should remain the largest through at least the next few years. However, although the PS2 continues to sell in less established markets around the world, sales have certainly fallen off in the major markets like the US, UK and Japan. In other words, it seems clear that the transition between PS2 and PS3 is essentially complete in the most important regions.
It's good to see the PS3 continue its upward swing and provided the exclusives continue to resonate with critics and gamers alike, it seems inevitable that Dille's claim will come true at some point in the near future.
2/8/2010 9:14:15 PM John Shepard
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mackid1993
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:00:51 PM
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rogers71
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:01:03 PM
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TheCrazyMerc
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:05:07 PM
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godsman
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:12:50 PM
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If either Sony or Microsoft manages to gather another 10 - 20 million gamers, it'll be the end for the other one. One advantage for PS3 is that their motion controller is similiar to Wii. Awesome games like Monster Hunter 3 would never be Wii exclusive.
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eLLeJuss
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:15:42 PM
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Kowhoho
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:30:06 PM
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carlospicyweinr
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 11:37:09 PM
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___________
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 1:16:02 AM
that happened to me 2 months after buying my launch ps3 it would not read any bluray disks but ps2 games, movies, music and ps1 games all worked fine.
probably just the laser you can pick those up dirt cheap off ebay.
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BTNwarrior
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 1:31:08 AM
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junglemunquay
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 3:32:47 AM
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junglemunquay
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 3:41:46 AM
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___________
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 6:57:22 AM
took them 7 weeks to fix mine, and i was on the phone with them every day.
thing that pissed me off the most was they would not tell me what went wrong and how i can avoid it happening again.
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eLLeJuss
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 1:47:03 PM
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bigrailer19
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 3:40:32 PM
Or just buy a new slim! ;)
Sony's always been great with me, sorry blankline.
btw, just a little secret my buddy had the same problem. He called Sony and complained his head off and got a free game (heavenly sword) along with his replacement PS3. i hate to do that for Sony's sake but as a consumer we got's to watch out for eachother! ;)
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ShadowxOPS
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 5:20:33 PM
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Fane1024
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 2:11:01 AM
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TheHighlander
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:18:21 PM
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godsman
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:41:38 PM
God of War
Final Fantasy
Gran Turismo
These games are sequels jumping to the new platform AND coming out 2010!
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 10:15:45 AM
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Scarecrow
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:26:38 PM
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All Microsoft was doing was riding the FPSs bycicle
Once people realized how good other genres were, they started to shift to ps3 (where there's more QUALITY in variety)
The console itself caters better for v-games. The other console was just a hungry machine:
-cheap DVDs
-RROD
-DLC milking
-etc.
It was never really the real HD console
blu-ray for ps3, just like DVD for ps2 will keep the console on top
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godsman
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:46:23 PM
Xbox fans, instead of asking "What other genre can we play?", they ask "What else can we shoot?"
This is why Microsoft writes those checks out, they hinder the potential of PS3, by time exclusivity then port down to PS3. Gamers will think Xbox is graphically superior. I was so glad that last year, Uncharted 2 claimed some face for Sony with their superior graphics.
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Qubex
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 1:26:35 AM
"Gulp"
Q!
"i am home"
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Kowhoho
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:27:06 PM
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But seriously, there are really quite a few factors in the mix, all leading to either the xbox or the PS3 finishing 2nd (or 1st! gasp!) in hardware sales. After we see the effects of Natal and Arc (or whatever), we will get a better picture of the situation. Sony is gobbling up market share in all regions and is now selling more than the xbox even in America! If Microsoft does not stop this trend with Natal (or something else), I would say it's definitely possible that the PS3 will overtake it sometime in the future. But then, Microsoft may release a new system before that can happen, so they can "win" the generation just in the nick of time. We have to wait and see.
I apologize for the long read.
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godsman
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:51:25 PM
I think instead of making it $249 for PS3, Sony will bundle the Arc+camera for $299 instead in Holiday 2010. It will draw more attention, and make it simplier for consumers.
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TheHighlander
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 11:04:07 PM
How about a killer blow from them.
$199 for a PS3 base model and $299 for the one with Arc and the Eyepet.
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godsman
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 11:11:08 PM
Plus $100 dollars for the Arc + EyePet bundle sounds like a rip off. Eyepet and the camera sells for $60. I don't think the Arc will be $40 bucks. The Arc needs to be selling for $20-30 to stay competitive, considering that it needs the $40 PSeye to work.
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BikerSaint
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:31:50 PM
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HA, better than that, I'd like to think that Sony's now using some mighty Paul Bunyon sized lumberjack boots with stainless steel spiked soles.
I wonder how long before MS feels the Earth quake under their feet from the getting-ever-closer rumbling footprints being made by one mighty mean SOB of a superior gaming console?
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geovanwitdakick
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:36:39 PM
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godsman
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 10:54:57 PM
I'm glad that Sony rather spend the same money on developing new games rather than buying exclusives. In the end, it'll be a stalemate and it'll be hurting the industry. No PS3 gamers can't play the most common multiplatform game because they became exclusives and same for XBox gamers.
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BikerSaint
Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 11:08:42 PM
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hasn't shown us by their own prior actions, that they any moral standards
DISCLAIMER: due to any unscrupulous lawyers who maybe trolling PS sites:
This is only my own opinion of course.
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Robochic
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 12:16:53 AM
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@godsman M$, and Sony will always loose money on their consoles thats not where they make the money, it's the accessories, the games the content ect... where they make their money. Hardware they will always loose on.
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godsman
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 12:58:24 AM
Sony's said that they will be making a console profit of 15% (~$45) by 2011. To me it just makes sense, that they have room to cut $50, and still make ~$13 of profit per console.
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 1:06:48 AM
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Is if my imagination or is White Knight Chronicles getting crap reviews for being a JRPG? Looking at the majority of games to get moderately high reviews recently they are pretty much dominated by the more excessively violent, gorey and dark (in theme) type of game, and the western RPG style.
I understand that JRPGs are not to everyone's liking, but the kinds of review score this is getting for some are normally reserved for true drek. I mean, Diner Dash has a better metascore for crap's sake.
I still have to get my copy, but no amount of poor reviews are going to convince me that WKC is not superior to Diner Dash...
Anyone with some play time under their belt who can make me feel better about my purchase? Any reviews not from IGN, Gamespot or 1up?
Why let a reviewer that doesn't enjoy traditional JRPGs review a traditional JRPG just so they can dump on it?
*sigh*
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godsman
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 2:38:12 AM
To me, I dont think FFXIII will be the best RPG of this gen, but I'm sure the Western Reviewers will be forced to give it an upper 9 because it's an FF game.
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johnld
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 5:05:12 AM
however, i havent done any quests yet and i think theres around 50 of them, so that would keep me busy for a while. but when you do choose to do the quest solo, you are doing it solo with just your avatar character. i kinda hoped you can bring the other story characters with you though but i guess its supposed to be online quests.
there is just one thing that i dont like about the game though. you can reach the level cap and still not master all 8 of the skill sets. and you need to master all 8 sets to get the trophy. they do give you a chance to gain more skill points and reallocate the ones you had but it requires you to reach lvl 50 multiple times, which means a lot of level grinding after finishing the game. i'm not sure if its true but i keep hearing that you cant master all skills at once for one character and the trophy will only unlock for your avatar skill sets. if you arent really trying to get trophies then this is no big deal.
ohh, and you only get to have 3 people in your party unless theres a "guest" party member joins which you cant control. i would've prefered a 4 person party since beating down those giant monster can seem like its taking forever. i dont remember how many people ffxii let you have. and 2 giant knights beating up a handful of regular and giant enemies is awesome,hahaha.
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TES37
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 6:26:50 AM
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 10:17:29 AM
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Nynja
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 12:02:17 PM
Obviously, it does not surpass the graphic prowess of Uncharted 2 or even Killzone 2. This is expected being the game originally released about 2 years ago in Japan. The primary graphical issue is with the textures.
A pet-peeve I have with the game is the language selection when you first start up the game. You have to select your language every time you start the game. That's just sloppy design.
The real issue I have is with editing the combo system. Every time my party levels up, I have to go back and setup the command system all over. After doing this for 4 party members over 8 times each so far, it is becoming a tedious task. Which ultimately has placed the game back on the shelf where it is now collecting dust.
I don't particularly care for the fact that I cannot save my game at anytime. Why would this be an issue? Well, as I stated before; every time you level you are going to want to adjust your command options and combos for your character to make use of their newest skills. If you haven't had a chance to save yet and are on your way back to a save point then end up dying - all those changes are GONE. This has already happened to me once after spending 30 minutes setting up new commands. The game hasn't been back in my console since.
The story telling is weak and very shallow. I still don't fully understand what exactly is going on and I am easily 8+ hours into the game already.
If none of these issues are of a concern, then I think you will enjoy WKC. Had the game been released 2 years ago, I would be loving every bit of it - minus the constant reconfiguring of the command sets.
WKC has just got me more interested in Heavy Rain and FFXIII. I need a game with a good story that is told very well.
Thanks, Naughty Dog. You've ruined every other game out there! :P
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johnld
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 4:31:37 PM
as i said, i never did any of the quests which could be why it said 100 hours to complete. plus you can rebirth multiple times in order to master all 8 skill sets. I'm going to start working on the quests after i finish the game but i really want to do them offline by myself with the party in the story. i dont think i can take out those giant monsters by myself with my own avatar add to that the time limits with quests.
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Fane1024
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 2:17:16 AM
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___________
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 1:18:02 AM
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to think i could be playing the getaway 3 or 8 days right this minute.
*cries*
ill never forgive sony for that.
they shelve 2 of the best games ever for eyepet.
WTF?
thats like trading a Ferrari enzo for a freaking suzki swift.
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carlospicyweinr
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 1:24:40 AM
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___________
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 7:00:31 AM
all open world sandbox style games sell like hotcakes, especially the gang styled ones thats just peoples interest.
you look at the sales of eyepet, i can literally count the copies sold at my local EB on one hand.
im willing to bet planet earth, and every living soul on it that 8 days or the getaway 3 would of sold at least 15 times better than eyepet.
sony just looked at the wii and said yes i want a slice of that pie.
their forgetting they dont have the family and soccer mom image that ninty has.
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herukuti
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 7:09:45 AM
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then again maybe they shipped so many and math plays a part in the large number of reported defective units.
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kevyd09
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 7:59:47 AM
also a few people complianing bout noise coming from the bluray drive but hey with the amount of slims bein bought it would be impossible to gaurentee 100% that all ps3s wouldnt have problems!!
seams to me that yours dies and you took great offence to it and now hate sony and want others to believe you!!
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 10:34:55 AM
I mean, really, you bounce along making baseless claims of astronomical failure rates of the PS3 Slim. Personally I've not read reports to suggest this anywhere, and haven't heard legions of PS3 Slim owners on forums complaining about their PS3 slim dying on them.
An ex/ps3 gamer indeed, lemme guess you 'defected' to the 360?
You know what they say, if it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, then...
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Douchebaguette
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 12:57:42 PM
As for my next trick, what I'm going to demonstrate now [remember you've just taught me this] is the art of pulling out random false information...out of my ass. Nothing up my sleeve: just my ass.
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CH1N00K
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 8:19:32 AM
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The Good news? I took my old beast apart and got it working again so I now have two PS3's, but without searching youtube videos to see how to fix it, I probably would have just tossed it. I wonder how many others have run into this problem.
Also I don't trust my new slim that much, I've already had it freeze up and need system restores twice since I bought it.
Why doesn't anyone build anything to last anymore? I mean I've still got an original PS1 that works and my launch PS2 is still going, How many people 10 years down the road are going to be able to say that their launch PS3 is still going strong? Does quality not matter anymore in the name of "new and flashy"?
That being said,even with these problems that left me a bit frustrated, I would still chose a Sony product over the competition.
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 10:20:30 AM
BTW, you could probably have got Sony to fix that 80GB system for about half the price of a new slim PS3.
As for your question about how many will still have their PS3 still going strong 10 years after getting it? A question and a guess. First of all, how many people have many CE devices that are still working like they were on purchase day, 10 years later? Especially complex devices like the PS3 which is more analogous to a PC. I have one PC that still works and is 10+ years old, but it's in a bit of a dilapidated state and only works because I'm geek enough to keep it running and it was a Compaq server class system to begin with. I'd guess that by the 10 year mark, at least 50% of the original launch systems will still be operational - assuming that their owners take care of them and clean the optical lens from time to time. I'd also guess that the mortality rate for 10 year old PS3s will be greater than that for 9 year old ones, or 8 year old ones, or 7, or 6, or 5, or... Like most CE products the older the device, the greater the chance of failure.
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herukuti
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 @ 8:35:46 PM
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if you dont have a slim or are not looking for one i doubt you would come across the numerous consumer reports about the failure of the ps3 slim.
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TheHighlander
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 12:01:40 AM
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kevyd09
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 2:39:40 PM
and i notice you havent responded to any of the responces to you 1st bullshit post so that makes me think you are a xbot trying to get accross your false message!!
begone vile demon!!
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Lex Luthor
Sunday, February 14, 2010 @ 2:26:31 PM
@ herukuti....
Source or name of the forums??
Right, I forgot
Your ass...
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OtisFeelgood
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Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 9:54:51 PM