Sony Ignores PS3’s Sales Stumble
For the month of April, Sony’s PS3 only sold 127,000 units for North America. Sony ignored the poor performance completely by just concentrating in the future of PS3. Here’s what Patrick Seybold, Sony’s US comms boss said in regards to the NPD report:
“We’re revving up the new fiscal year with a broad tent of content and services across our platforms with envelope-pushing PS3 games like inFAMOUS, MAG, and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves”
“We often hear from our customers that they’re surprised by everything the PS3 does in addition to what they purchased the device for – including features like DLNA, free access to Wi-Fi and internet browser In some ways, this serves as a reminder that there’s more we can do to relay the full breadth and power of the PS3.”
“We know our consumers have varying entertainment lifestyles from the Blu-ray movie fanatic to photo enthusiast, so we’ve outlined our most aggressive marketing plans to help showcase this tremendous value proposition to all our consumers.”
“We’ve got a proven history in delivering the best entertainment experience and there is no doubt the PlayStation brand is staged for another big year.”
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May 15th, 2009 at 3:29 PM
i think theyll be fine in 09. and that rhymes so you know it has to be true.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:37 PM
I think this fall if a price cut happens and with the HUGE library of games coming they will be on top this holiday season…either way I love my ps3, and games like Uncharted just show what this thing is capable of.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:46 PM
I believe this was an industry wide drop in sales? I just heard that on the radio, and haven’t looked it up yet. I think they said April was off by about 40% compared to last year. Sony’s not the only one that took a hit.
May 15th, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Oh Noes DOOOMZ n GLOOMZ.
Everything will be fine I’m sure of it.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:00 PM
They have a great product and a great set of games. But what they don’t have is a user base that is flush with cash any more. Visa/MC/AMEX have tightened the screws and short changed the Economy. We over spent and now we have to adjust our lives to the reality of no cash or credit… But 20years from now it will all be over and life will go on…
May 15th, 2009 at 9:50 PM
In E3 if they do announce a price cut like Sneeches said, a lot of people will buy the ps3 because price is one of ps3’s negatives even if its worth way more.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Sony’s playing it cool… they have enough surprises up their sleeves, many are aces.