Comments on: November NPD Hardware Stats – Surprise 3rd spot for Sony

By: Bobby Kotick thought Tony Hawk Ride was Ace

Bobby Kotick thought Tony Hawk Ride was Ace — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:44:27 +0000

Lack of live support in South Africa and the shoddy (cheap) nature of the xbox 360 has seriously hurt Microsoft here (The E74 errors are merely repackaged RROD errors).

It would be safe to say, that the PS3 is now the console de jour. In other words, SONY has finally recaptured South Africa. I sincerely hope that MS can bounce back (in territories other than the US), purely because it keeps SONY on their toes.

By: WitWolfyZA

WitWolfyZA — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:54:10 +0000

I highly doubt it, I in my opinion think the natal is a piece of crap to rape us even further of our money. People are gonna buy it for the novelty. and sell it again after a week.. mark my words

I wanna lay down and game not stand up and jump for joy , otherwise i would of gotten a wii

By: Vox Amplifiers

Vox Amplifiers — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:30:49 +0000

Yeah the PS3 is quite strong in Europe and I think it will probabaly maintain its thin lead over the 360 until Natal comes out. From the positive things I’ve heard from developers about Natal, it really could kick-start the 360′s sales again.

By: ewie

ewie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:40:24 +0000

from last year , they include the laptop range in the same section. But they make up a small portion of the whole.

E.g. Laptops.
PS3
PS2
PSP
and other network devices.

By: RSA-Ace

RSA-Ace — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:12:19 +0000

I’m not even sure the financials will help because sony bundles their gaming with other forms of entertainment don’t they?

By: RSA-Ace

RSA-Ace — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:10:37 +0000

remember this is just USA. every where else the ps3 is pretty much killing it.

how ever much the ps3 is beaten in the US japan pretty much always evens that out. so that leaves Europe/Others – which seems to have the ps3 200-300k ahead monthly.

By: Lydon

Lydon — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:41:03 +0000

I knew it would happen one the Slim hype died down.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:05:04 +0000

I sincerely doubt Sony will allow that. External umd readers would just blow the piracy door of its already squeaky hinges.

By: Someone

Someone — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:02:51 +0000

There is a rumor of a Logitech releasing a UMD Addon drive for the PSP-Go.
I wonder if this is true, and maybe just maybe it’ll help that stupid thing keep afloat.

By: LazySAGamer

LazySAGamer — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:33:30 +0000

You do realise you say “only” in the same sentence as the DS which sold 1.7 Million units?

Also the Wii’s decline is pretty much spot on when compared with previous generation consoles… so Nintendo aren’t crying.

I mean they outsold the 360 by 400 000 units… but I’m just a Wii fanboy