Move Sells 4.1 Million Worldwide
How popular is the PlayStation Move? The answer: quite.
Today, Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. (SCEI) announced that sales of Move have hit 4.1 million units worldwide (as of November). The advanced motion sensing system topped the 4 million plateau after only two months of availability in North America and Europe, and one month of availability in Japan. If you've been living under a rock, Move utilizes the PlayStation Eye and a wand "to detect precise movement, angle, and absolute position in 3D space of the user, thereby allowing users to intuitively play as if they are within the game." As of now, there are over 30 titles on store shelves that are either dedicated to Move or offer Move support as an option. This includes Sports Champions, EyePet, SingStar Dance, Resident Evil: Gold Edition, and the upcoming Killzone 3 and LittleBigPlanet 2.
Additionally, Sony has confirmed that 41.6 million PS3 systems have been sold globally (as of September) and "the system is set to record another year of success" as it enters its 5th year of existence. The combination of true high-definition gaming, Blu-Ray, solid reliability, a free online Network, a superb lineup of exclusive titles, and an agreeable $300 price tag has allowed Sony's machine to rise. And you know, it seems clear PlayStation Move will assist hardware sales; 4.1 million is nothing to sneeze at.
Tags: move, playstation move, move sales, move ps3
11/30/2010 3:07:10 PM Ben Dutka
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Kowhoho
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 3:35:31 PM
Generally when any company releases sales figures they are talking about their sales to the retailers. SONY doesn't need to know how much of it has been sold to consumers. They can look at the demand that retailers are showing and get information about the consumer that way. Just saying, I can't completely buy that these are sold-to-consumer numbers.
In the end, though, it'd be just about impossible to overship THAT much so the actual figure, if not 4.16 million, should at least be close to that.
Last edited by Kowhoho on 11/30/2010 3:38:54 PM
Highlander
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 4:00:26 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 4:02:13 PM
Jawknee
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 5:12:13 PM
White_Mocha
Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 9:59:07 PM
manofchao5
Saturday, December 04, 2010 @ 9:17:12 PM
Shadow_Ninja
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 12:52:58 AM
Highlander
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 3:30:13 PM
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4.1 million Moves? That's a good number. They'll continue to pile them on between now and the Christmas holiday. Sounds rather like Kinect may not be quite as dominant as $500 million worth of marketing would suggest.
Kowhoho
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 3:37:07 PM
Highlander
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 4:06:02 PM
All of that said, the original price of the PS3 was far too high. Personally I felt it was about $100 higher than it should have been, but the costs of production were far too large to allow a lower price at launch. $300 today is, thanks to inflation, worth less than it was at the time of the PS2. I'd say that if the PS3 get's to the $249 mark, it will peak at that price. Then again if they can somehow push it all the way to the $199 point, it will really go crazy.
Clamedeus
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 7:43:23 PM
Highlander
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 11:49:18 PM
AcHiLLiA
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 1:00:18 PM
swapnilgyani
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 3:32:12 PM
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Highlander
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 4:07:21 PM
ZettaiSeigi
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 3:34:39 PM
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swapnilgyani
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 3:51:33 PM
FatherSun
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 5:27:31 PM
@Swap. It seems that Kinects hackability is actual helping Kinect sales. I am going to hack one to flush the toilet for me.
Riku994
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 4:39:46 PM
Jawknee
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 5:04:33 PM
sha4dowknight05
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 3:50:06 PM
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Orvisman
Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 9:37:34 AM
Ludicrous_Liam
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 4:32:51 PM
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Jawknee
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 5:06:21 PM
Snaaaake
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 6:06:34 PM
kraygen
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 4:38:37 PM
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Surprisingly Sports Champions is a lot of fun, never thought I'd say that. It's really impressive that they have sold that many units considering there isn't a wide variety of good games for move right now. Sports Champions is awesome, but I'm still waiting for a lot of other games, sorcery being my number 1 move wishlist game.
I have had my move since september and I still play sports champions a few hours a week. Too cold to go outside, no problem, how about a little disc golf in the living room. Love it.
BikerSaint
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 1:14:50 AM
I'll bet at least a 1/3 of them were bought by hackers just to interface with their programs on other non-console devices, like was already done(& shown on vids) with a Roomba vacuum cleaner.
Plus factor in that M$ is still out there throwing around their $500 million at Kinect advertising just to try & win bragging rights, and I can't see MS getting very much profit at all out of it.
Plus all the free Kinect's given out at Oprah, DeGeneres, & Boys clubs, Burger King, the Times Square launch, and other assorted places.
Since M$ counts Shipped as being sold, then I'm sure they also counted all the giveaways as sold too.
Anyway, I mean come on now, ever since MS canceled the Milo Project, there's a few hundred thousand less child molesters that will be fondling Kinect.
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Highlander
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 3:16:11 AM
erislocker
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 10:15:12 AM
dirdiggler
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 5:18:59 PM
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Masterofallz
Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 3:16:45 PM
Lawless SXE
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 12:58:46 AM
Jawknee
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 5:35:49 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 6:36:08 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 7:24:32 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 6:37:58 PM
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Clamedeus
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 7:56:54 PM
Clamedeus
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 9:20:25 PM
Lawless SXE
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 1:00:25 AM
Highlander
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 10:02:35 AM
H8WL3R
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 11:33:12 PM
True the DS3 can fulfill the Move nav controller's function, but personally when I tried using it in conjunction with the Move motion controller I found it awkward and unwieldly. Have you (or anyone else tried it) and if so, how did you or others find the Move and DS3 combo? I did try it though, only for a brief period of time for the Tiger Woods Golf demo, (although the DS3 wasn't needed often and could be set down). I also tried it for the Heavy Rain demo in conjuction with Move and felt the same (also briefly). I think I would prefer to use the nav controller for Move required/compatible games. I suppose though that the DS3 may be better used for bowling games, while holding it in the middle. I wonder if the Move motion controller would more precise and accurate though.
Thanks for your time. Later.
FancyHuh43209
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 7:33:15 PM
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Snaaaake
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 8:38:13 PM
Highlander
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 @ 11:50:01 PM
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 12:47:07 AM
Highlander
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 10:20:36 AM
;)
I'm not sure that 'Soccer Moms' are ore consumers of the Xbox 360 - even in the USA.
MS' saturation marketing may shift units, but it's like a firework. It burns very brightly, launches into the sky very quickly, then explodes with a spectacular bang before quickly fading from view and falling back to earth as spent ash. Sony's standard marketing ply (which is how they're hitting move) is more like how you get a bonfire going. First assemble the fuel, then light a few small starter burns, fan the flames for a while, and then sit back and watch the fire really get going. If you throw on a few logs every now and then, the fire can burn all night and beyond. Long after the fireworks have soared skyward and fizzled out.
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CH1N00K
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 11:17:31 AM
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Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 5:56:40 AM
theres so many exercise games on the kinect, that will bring them over to it.
thats why the wii has sold so well, because of its family friendly appearance.
a family friend of ours wanted to get a gaming system, but his parents would not let him because the ps3 and 360 have so many MA games.
the wii did not, so they bought him one instead.
now hes sick of it, so he wants something new and his parents got him kinect because for some reason there in the mindset that if you have kinect you can only use the system for kinect games.
just goes to show how powerful and important advertisement is!
___________
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 12:46:00 AM
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sony thought move would sell well but it has not for one simple reason.
where are the games for it?
there are very few decent games for it, and what there is the controls are pretty buggy.
time crisis razing storm or the shoot for instance.
only game so far thats worthwhile using with the move is heavy rain, by far the years best game!
if that does not get GOTY im going to go on a murderous rampage!
Lawless SXE
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 1:02:44 AM
Peace.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 6:52:03 AM
to me GOTY is not only about quality its about originality.
heavy rain is the only game i have played this gen, and probably last gen where i can honestly say i have never played this before.
i mean how often is it that we get a game that creates its own genre, is so emotional makes the player cry on several occasions, and has completely different gameplay.
not only was it fun, not only was it a technological marvel it was also genre creating!
how many other games can you say that about?
if that does not deserve GOTY, than nothing does!
i know heavy rain wont get GOTY, because allot of people hated the QTE fest, and that its too niche.
but, it is so original, so well made, so polished, so new it is not the best game of the year, but one of the best games ever released!
ZettaiSeigi
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 8:52:00 AM
Highlander
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 10:19:43 AM
But it's sold far, far more copies than many other excellent titles this generation, despite not being the most mainstream game. I think that our expectations for game sales are being horribly skewed by the hyper success of games like Call of Duty. From that point of view it actually is too successful to be a cult classic - in the classic sense...
A cult classic is often defined as a movie/book/work which achieves a devoted fan following despite not having a huge success when released. Rocky Horror Picture Show was a tiny movie that didn't get the widest theatrical release (actually it's release was curtailed and it went into a 30 year long very limited theatrical release). Yet today it's most definitely a cult classic. In fact it's in danger of losing that cult status thanks to continued mainstream attention with things like the Glee episode doing the Rocky Horror show in an episode.
Try looking up the number of games on the PS2 that had more than a million units sold. Then recheck that list for 1.5 million units sold (actually when you do look at the numbers, it's very educational considering the kinds of sales expectations people have in today's market). In that traditional sense of a production that got a devoted following, but did not achieve initial success, Heavy Rain probably fails because of the good sales it has achieved.
Lawless SXE
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 12:51:25 PM
And as for my comment regarding GotY and scores: I know that the score given to a game does not necessarily denote contendership. But it is a good indicator of what the source will use. And as I mentioned above, while Heavy Rain is, beyond the shadow of a doubt one of the best games of the generation because of its originality, I just see the award going to a game that has more weight and notoriety behind its name.
Peace.
Lawless SXE
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 1:06:41 AM
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I'll be interested to see the comparative sales figures in a years time.
Peace.
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Highlander
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 3:18:06 AM
BikerSaint
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 1:25:45 AM
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JJJames
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 2:03:00 AM
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Hope no one takes offence but I just don't see Xbox 360 as Sony's no.1 competitor anymore, there just in a league of there own.
Ludicrous_Liam
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 3:57:08 AM
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CH1N00K
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 @ 11:24:05 AM
FancyHuh43209
Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 6:46:32 PM
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Veitsknight
Thursday, December 02, 2010 @ 11:10:15 PM
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