PS3 Outsells Xbox 360, Wii Bested only in January sales

PlayStation 3 beats all but the Wii during January hardware sales

Holiday sales figures for hardware console games are predictable. PlayStation was at the top, Xbox 360 somewhere in the middle and the PlayStation 3 at the bottom. But 2008 is a new year and so far is anything like 2007, except, of course, the Wii is still number one.

Nintendo is the best-selling console in North America, with 274000 units, probably still sell what is delivered to retailers.

Believe it or not, second place belongs to the PlayStation 3, the sale of 269000, only 5000 units unless the Wii. The PS2 was not even remotely, with 264,000.

The hand-held systems fourth and fifth places, with the DS on the move 251000 and 230000 by the PSP.

Surprisingly, the Xbox 360 tied for last place with 230000 units during the month. Microsoft said to the press before the release of data from NPD that your console recently experienced shortages.

“You could say that the demand misjudged … We literally exhausted in many stores,” Jeff Bell, head of global marketing of the games business from Microsoft, told Reuters in history. “We think that this will have an impact on our sales. You can make the overall number of industry that provides a little bit … Retailers have been really annoying, which are in the allocation. This is a gap I think we are seeing in January and that can continue in February, then as ramps until spring, we will be able to meet this demand. “

Sony, on the other hand, appear to be exceptionally pleased with his excellent placement in January. The PlayStation 3 is in uncharted territory is near the top. One possible explanation might be that Warner Bros. exclusive announcement regarding Blu-ray Disc support the thrust of the fence to finally pick up a PlayStation 3. Another reason could be that with the PS3 be seller at the bottom of December 2007, there were still a lot of stocks that remain in the channels of retail sale to offset the shortage of other systems.

Despite this, Sony is pleased to boast that its PlayStation brand as a whole generated by the sale of dollars Most in the industry with 486 million dollars, 25 percent higher than Nintendo and 61 percent more than Microsoft.

“Reaching a great holiday season sales, we see strong momentum behind PS3 in 2008, and felt confident for the coming year. We have an exceptionally diverse line of exclusive games, the Gran Turismo Prologue 5, and Metal Gear Solid 4 Resistance 2 to incorporate more games like SingStar and LittleBigPlanet “said Jack Thirteen, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America. “Beyond that, we have Blu-ray emerging as the de facto standard for high-definition television, the developer community is attacking his tenure, consumers are recognizing the immense value and innovative services, such as PC Home are all in the works, so this is definitely shaping To be a year for us. “

Although January is usually a slow month in the video game industry, the first month of 2008 was up 18 percent compared with the same period last year, with games at 50 percent higher. In general, US Game industry pulled in $ 1.18 billion in sales during the month of January.