ps3 outselling wii and xbox 360 in Au

[lmtlmt]

Source: http://au.gamespot.com/news/6173349....stnews;title;0

Last week, Nintendo Australia was shouting from the rooftops about the success of the Wii down under, with the console becoming the fastest to reach 100,000 units sold down under. Now Sony Computer Entertainment Australia (SCEA) has gone on the offensive, with managing director Michael Ephraim saying the PlayStation 3 has been the number one selling next-gen console in the country since its launch, outselling the Wii and the Xbox 360 almost every week.

In an interview with GameSpot AU, Ephraim quoted figures from data trackers GfK Australia, which show that the PS3 has sold more than 50,000 units since it was launched on March 23. In comparison, the Wii has sold 100,000 units since its launch on December 7, 2006. "Based on GfK since launch, PS3 has been the number one next-gen console, outselling Wii and Xbox 360 every week, except for last week," Ephraim said.

"Since March 23, PS3 has been the number one-selling next-gen console in Australia, and this is GfK figures. We've now sold 50,000--and we're very excited about the fact that it's being sold in retailers that are gaming retailers as a gaming device and other things, but as you'll notice it's now being sold in Harvey Norman consumer electronic stores as a Blu-ray player."

Australia's next-gen console sales figures seem to be in marked contrast to Japan's, with figures from May showing that the Wii outsold the PS3 by five units to one.

[Uberman]

Sony has been caught in so many marketing lies before, you can't believe a thing they say. If the PS3 were actually outselling the Wii in Australia, Sony would have been the one yelling about it already. This is a reactionary tactic, and likely completely untrue -- as usual.

[iceman100]

who cares if it true Australia compared to the whole world is nothing, and if they are desperate for new try bringing up the stats in japan lol.

[mastersho]

Well sony should be happy that people are buying the ps3 somewhere in the world......

[Cokemusic]

Once the PS3 lowers in price it will completley own the Wii in terms of profitability , Sony may not have to sell more units.

It's not all about who can sell the most consoles in the first 2 years it's about cosistency over a 3-10 year period , I don't believe that Nintendo Wii will be able to come out with new ideas to accomodate it's style of gameplay for that period of time.

In the long run Sony have it in the bag , it's not who will win but how long it'll take for Sony to become market leaders , Sony's success with the PS2 will repat iself.

The only thing that has stopped me and many others is the Price of this console however i'll probably be getting one in december after the release of GTA IV a title which will be a console seller.

[lmtlmt]

Sony has been caught in so many marketing lies before, you can't believe a thing they say. If the PS3 were actually outselling the Wii in Australia, Sony would have been the one yelling about it already. This is a reactionary tactic, and likely completely untrue -- as usual.

Its not that they have sold more consoles, its that they have sold more consoles in the same amount of time as the wii.

[dejkirkby]

To be fair though (and no disrespect to my boy, lmtlmt) Australia is hardly a massive market for Sony to crack!
Sony can hardly claim a massive victory in this!

[I_Highway]

Hey, Nintendo, close Nintendo Australia and move to Brazil!!! Here we will buy your products!!! We need cheaper games!!!

Our GNP is bigger, our population is 800% bigger, we have more japanese living here and we love you since Nes times!!!

[VampDude]

Australia isn't really that big if you think about it, and worldwide the PS3 hasn't sold as many as the Wii.

[lmtlmt]

To be fair though (and no disrespect to my boy, lmtlmt) Australia is hardly a massive market for Sony to crack!
Sony can hardly claim a massive victory in this!

No doubt about that, it is just simply saying sony arent doing that bad.

Australia isn't really that big if you think about it, and worldwide the PS3 hasn't sold as many as the Wii.

The wii has been out longer.....i think??

on another note: All over the news here is that australia's 21st millionth resident is about to be born, taking long enough eh? even tho 21 million aint that much compered to other countries.