PS3 sales down 82 per cent

[wraggster]

Sales of the PlayStation 3 have dropped dramatically on the second week of release in the UK, with official Chart Track figures revealing a fall of 82 per cent, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

Chart Track data is gathered from 7000 UK retail outlets representing 90 per cent of the software market, including GAME, Gamestation, Play.com, Asda and HMV.

A spokesperson for Chart Track confirmed the figure to GamesIndustry.biz this afternoon, stating: "Yes, sales of PS3 hardware have dropped by 82 per cent."

Last week, Chart Track revealed that the PlayStation 3 had sold 165,000 units in the first two days following the launch, making it the fastest-selling home console in the UK.

"We publish the first week figures because there's such a clamour for them that we can't keep it a secret," said the spokesperson.

This week's software charts revealed that sales of the top two PlayStation 3 titles, Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm, had dropped by over 60 per cent.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe declined to comment.

via eurogamer

[splodger15]

DROP YOUR PRICE ON THE PS3 CONSOLE ITSELF THEN.

I mean £425 for it bring it down.

Wii's are £179
360's are around £200 or less

You cannot compete with a price like £425 drop you price lower and people may consider in purchasing the console thus increasing more sales.

[Demibeard]

Did Gamesindustry.biz really expect Sony to sell another 165,000 units this week?

If so are they in cloud-bloody-cuckoo land?

Considering Sony only shipped 220,000 units (or so) to the UK that equates to selling 39,400 this week, leaving a grand total of 10,000(ish) PS3's still to be sold.

The same goes for Resistance FOM those who wanted a copy have bought a copy, I don't see the point of buying one a week.

If you don't have enough consoles at launch you generate false demand (ebay sellers get very rich very quick). If you have the right number of machines for sale, people moan because your sales fall off sharpley. To sell that many machines (2 milliom world wide) means they (Sony) must be doing something right.

Yes it's expensive in the UK, what isn't?

[Sonicboy 101]

DROP YOUR PRICE ON THE PS3 CONSOLE ITSELF THEN.

I mean £425 for it bring it down.

Wii's are £179
360's are around £200 or less

You cannot compete with a price like £425 drop you price lower and people may consider in purchasing the console thus increasing more sales.

Agreed, compared to the wii and 360 the ps3 is far too expensive. A price drop would no doubt increase sales but until then expect even less sales.

[tsimehC]

Haha! I laugh at Sony. I knew it's success wouldn't last long.

[lmtlmt]

well it has lasted for 15 years so i think it might go on a bit more tsimehC

[JKKDARK]

hah glad to see these news. A lot of people was happy for the first week

[tsimehC]

well it has lasted for 15 years so i think it might go on a bit more tsimehC

I was referring to the success of the PS3 not all of Sony's franchise.

[DPyro]

As if Sony was gonna sell as many consoles now as the the UK launch week.

[Emeriastone]

I think it's because everyone who wanted one, has one already.