As we already stated, Thanksgiving week was pretty good for video game hardware, especially the Nintendo DS. Now Sony has chimed in to announce that it sold 440,000 PS3s in the U.S. during the week ended November 29. That's significantly more units than were sold during the entire month of October, and it's about 110,000 fewer units than the Wii sold during the same time.
Sony is quite pleased with this performance. "The 2009 holiday season got off to an amazing start for PlayStation, with all key retailers showing a significant increase for PS3, PSP and key holiday titles over Black Friday and the holiday weekend. PlayStation 3 demand was at an all time high with the system selling more than 440,000 units for the week ending 11/29/09," commented Patrick Seybold, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications and Social Media at SCEA.
He continued, "In today's economy, consumers are drawn to items that offer the most value for their money, making the PS3 an ideal choice for those who want a comprehensive gaming and entertainment system all in one package. Combine that with exclusive holiday bundles and an extensive software line-up, one that many analysts are calling the best in the industry, with titles such as Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year, we have no doubt the momentum and demand will continue and consumers will prove that entertainment this holiday season is going to be defined by PlayStation."
3 Comments
December 1, 2009
great news
December 1, 2009
If thats true than that would mean they sold something like 600,000-800,000 for the entire month.
December 1, 2009
Sony's doing much better by the PS3 now. The new Slim and price cut have really helped them out.