NPD Reports November Console Sales 82
CBackSlash writes "Joystiq has a summary of the NPD console sales numbers for November 2006. The big headline is that the industry overall was up 34 percent to $1.7 billion. But the smaller headlines are probably more interesting for us: PS3 only shipped 197k, while the XBox 360 had 511k, and the Wii had a very respectable 476k. However, all of the new consoles were outsold by the lowly PS2 (664k) and DS Lite(641k)." These are a more detailed set of numbers than those we discussed on Wednesday.
DS sales total 918k, not 661k (Score:5, Informative)
Re:197k PS3's seems right on target (Score:5, Informative)
Somehow the poster decides to say Sony *only* sold 197k as if that had anything at all to do with demand. They essentially sold exactly the number of PS3's they had available.
What is most telling is that demand for next generation systems is high this holiday season. The Wii and PS3, more or less sold out based on the supply they could get.
May 9, 2006
Kutaragi also took the time to comment on Sony's shipping targets for the system. SCE plans to have two million units available at launch (the Japanese press reports this as the initial shipment figure for the system, and not a number that will be gradually released over a launch window), with another two million by the end of the year and two million more before the end of March 2007.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/706/706133p1.html [ign.com]
After that Sony changed their estimates to 400,000 in North America at launch (100,000 in Japan) with 2 Million shipped worldwide by the end of the year
After that Sony changed their estimates to 400,000 in North America at launch (100,000 in Japan) with 1 Million shipped to North America by the end of the year
If they shipped 200,000 in North America (80,000 in Japan) they are so far off of their targets that it isn't even funny anymore
Re:how can i get a wii (Score:3, Informative)
Well, these are for the month of November, of which the console only launched halfway through. If 5K is accurate, then they're more than exceed 1m by the end of the year. At that rate, I think we're looking at 1.5m units sold by that time. Still, 1.5m units for one of the most anticipated consoles ever, is pretty scarce, so you're going to have to put a little energy and thought into planning how you're going to get it.
Start talking with sales staff at your local box stores. I say screw Gamestop, they're a little TOO organized, and their clientell is much more informed... thus the launch lines are longer and more cutthroat. You're better off targetting a less obvious place, like a Kroger Marketplace (called "Fred Meyer" here, which is where I got mine), or another general box store.
Lastly, treat every new shipment as a launch. It doesn't take much time to ask store representatives when and approximately what time of day they'll get a new shipment in. Do a little figuring as to the hype the system is drawing in your area to figure out just what lengths you're going to have to go to to get a Wii. All you have to do is be just slightly better informed than most of the population, which isn't difficult (since most people won't even know when a store will get a shipment in). Just a few minutes on the phone or in person, here and there, at a local box store, and you'll have a Wii in no time. And plus, it's kind of a fun little game in of itself, sort of like a Zelda puzzle, even before you get the game!
Re:how can i get a wii (Score:2, Informative)