Both Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. have been committed to shipping six million units of their latest home consoles by last Saturday, respectively.
While no official figures have been made available yet, reliable estimates clearly show that Nintendo has met that goal, while Sony seems to have missed it.
Videogame Charts pegs current sales thus:
Wii: 6,47 million
Xbox360: 9,86 million
PlayStation3: 3,07 million
NexGen Wars paints a similar picture:
Wii: 5,3 million
Xbox360: 10,9 million
PlayStation3: 2,5 million
While it is important to point out that the two companies have committed to shipment numbers rather than sales, Nintendo has actually sold through the amount they intended to ship.
Sony, on the other hand, must have the same amount of consoles in transit or sitting in stores as they have sold so far, in order to make good their prediction. That is very, very unlikely. If true, after all, it would prove that millions of units are gathering dust in shops around the world, which would be very, very bad news.
Soon, each company will release financial statements that sum up the past fiscal year, including final shipment numbers. Stay tuned for the exact figures. It is already clear, however, that Nintendo will more than meet their target, while Sony will have no good news in store for investors.
Sources: Videogame Charts, NexGen Wars
5 comments:
Hi Lord_Darcia.
Thanks for your suggestion, but I´ve covered it already.
Heh Darcia. Get with the times!
Anyway back on topic. I sincerely hope Sony to not keep failikng because I really do not wish MS to become stronger in the gaming market. If this was MS who manufactured the PSX and PS2 with that market lead, it would be so so hard for anyone to get back into the market with MS's financial power.
So Sony lift your game just a little but not too much ok?
Grandmaster: I'm personally hoping that Sony does feel the hurt this generation. The past year has shown an immense amount of hubris, not only from SCE, but from the company as a whole. Rootkits, DRM, lawsuits against customers, offensive [borderline racist] ads, and the most insulting form of astroturfing that I've ever lain eyes on only help to cement this belief in my eyes.
I don't want to see Sony bow out completely, but I DO want to see this financial albatross cause changes in management, as well as a new outlook on how the customer should be treated (basically, don't bite the hand that feeds you).
Good Lord, don't include numbers from NexGenWars in your articles if you want to bee seen as a serious source of accurate data. They extrapolate based on trends and propaganda, where VGChartz.com (the new domain) uses only officially published numbers (such as NPD).
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