So the PS3 has been out for longer, yet the Wii has sold 3 times as many units

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Queasy

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According to research by analyst PJ McNealy of American Technology Research, for Sony's PS3 launch weekend, the company shipped between 125K and 175K units, far below the 400K that had been targeted all along by the company. McNealy noted that these latest figures even include 15K units that were sent to retail for interactive kiosks.

"After further review, our research indicates that Sony's PS3 opening weekend shipments were below our already lowered expectations, while Nintendo's Wii numbers remained in-line... [Sony's shipment] number is below our previously lowered expectations of 250k to 300k. We previously expected SNE to be able to still make a calendar year 2006 North American and Japan shipment number of 2MM, but those numbers are now under review," McNealy stated. "We will continue to monitor the frequency and volume of SNE's shipments to retail over the next 33 days or so ahead of Christmas, as well as the context of SNE's ship-in numbers being a factory floor-invoiced number as of December 31st."

He continued, "To be crystal clear, we don't expect it likely that SNE will update any of its hardware numbers before it reports its December quarter in late January. We believe that the December NPD report of North American November retail hardware is shaping up to be 125k to 175k, but outside of NPD and other local (Japan) market reports, we expect SNE to remain mum and focus on delivering units to retail."

The numbers for Nintendo's newly launched Wii console were far more encouraging, however. McNealy's research indicates that Nintendo shipped between 425K and 475K to North America for launch.

"This number is in-line with our expectations, and bodes well for consumers looking for a Wii this holiday season. Our research indicates that Nintendo will likely ship at least 1.5MM to 2.0MM units to North America this calendar year, which indicates that availability of the Wii both at retail and via online stores should provide buying opportunities," he said.
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loup garou

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Originally posted by: Queasy
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According to research by analyst PJ McNealy of American Technology Research, for Sony's PS3 launch weekend, the company shipped between 125K and 175K units, far below the 400K that had been targeted all along by the company. McNealy noted that these latest figures even include 15K units that were sent to retail for interactive kiosks.

"After further review, our research indicates that Sony's PS3 opening weekend shipments were below our already lowered expectations, while Nintendo's Wii numbers remained in-line... [Sony's shipment] number is below our previously lowered expectations of 250k to 300k. We previously expected SNE to be able to still make a calendar year 2006 North American and Japan shipment number of 2MM, but those numbers are now under review," McNealy stated. "We will continue to monitor the frequency and volume of SNE's shipments to retail over the next 33 days or so ahead of Christmas, as well as the context of SNE's ship-in numbers being a factory floor-invoiced number as of December 31st."

He continued, "To be crystal clear, we don't expect it likely that SNE will update any of its hardware numbers before it reports its December quarter in late January. We believe that the December NPD report of North American November retail hardware is shaping up to be 125k to 175k, but outside of NPD and other local (Japan) market reports, we expect SNE to remain mum and focus on delivering units to retail."

The numbers for Nintendo's newly launched Wii console were far more encouraging, however. McNealy's research indicates that Nintendo shipped between 425K and 475K to North America for launch.

"This number is in-line with our expectations, and bodes well for consumers looking for a Wii this holiday season. Our research indicates that Nintendo will likely ship at least 1.5MM to 2.0MM units to North America this calendar year, which indicates that availability of the Wii both at retail and via online stores should provide buying opportunities," he said.
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If the wii only has 750k sold, Nintendo must have missed their mark as well. They're sold out everywhere. What happened to the 2 million at launch?
 
Queasy

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Originally posted by: her209
The PS3 is 2X the price but 10X the satisfaction.
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You can still get satisfaction without the rumble?
 
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everman

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The important numbers right now isn't really consoles sold, they'll both sell out and the Wii obviously has more available. What is important is how many games are sold, right now It's about 1.5 per PS3 and around 3 per Wii. The PS3 number is depressed due to ebay sales of course. It's these numbers that determine whether someone will develop a game for a system because they obviously want to make a game for a system that sells lots of games.

I only got Zelda with my Wii, trauma center might be next, and maybe red steel (iffy on that one).
 
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Originally posted by: her209
The PS3 is 2X the price but 10X the satisfaction.
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Yeah, just ask all the people who've played it.

/looks around...

;)

I've gone to Target to play it twice now, but both times it was frozen :(

I did play NBA 07 at EB Games for a few minutes... basketball isn't really my cup of tea though. Didn't seem much different from any other basketball game in the last few years other than the graphics.
 
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