PS3 Sale Percentages Surge During Holiday Rush
On a smaller scale, PlayStation 3 sales at those select retailers were up 245% on the day after Thanksgiving--commonly referred to as Black Friday--compared to those of last year.
Though Sony did not provide any hard numbers, the PlayStation 3 sold about 120,000 units per month across September and October. However, the specifics of the provided percentages make it difficult to confidently calculate hardware sales using this figure, causing some to wonder what, if anything, the announced numbers imply.
The PS3 launched in North America on November 11, 2006, mere weeks before Black Friday. Likely explanations for this year's jump in Black Friday sales over those of last year include a more robust software lineup, lower price points, increased availability, and increased public awareness of the system.
The Black Friday rush also saw the selected retailers' sales of the PSP--which recently underwent a price cut and a redesign--increase by 136% and those of the PlayStation 2 grow by 287% over the week before. A redesigned PS2 was recently unveiled by SCE Japan. SCEA has yet to announce details of a domestic release for the latest revision, though a price cut to $99 is rumored.
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Schnapple
replySounds impressive - except that it uses percentages instead of actual numbers. 298% of their previous PS3 numbers might still not be as many units as 360's or Wii's (speculating here). I'd bet that the 136% increase for the PSP is still not as many units as the DS moved, for example.
Still, it does look like they price cut had the intended effect - people did go out and get one at that price point.-
Remember that day in math class where they taught you how to skew percentages and make some decent figures look really impressive?
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I did a few live edits to make things more clear, no worries. I just wanted to say I agreed with you.
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