SCEJ Boss Reveals 38 Million PS3s, 62 Million PSPs Sold Worldwide

September 16, 2010 8:20 AM

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan president Hiroshi Kawano showed off his wild side by kicking off his company's Tokyo Game Show 2010 media briefing by talking sales numbers.

According to Kawano, the PlayStation 3 has sold 38 million units worldwide. In Japan, the PS3 has sold five million units--two million of which were sold in the last year. As for Sony's handheld, the PSP has sold 62 million units around the world--with 15 million units finding homes in the Land of the Rising Sun.

After boasting about Sony's success, Kowano said that there's "very positive momentum in Japan and around the world," according to Joystiq.

Xav de Matos

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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September 16, 2010 9:08 AM

38 Million PS3 worldwide? That sounds really low.
- vx2o
  
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  September 16, 2010 9:25 AM
  
  How does 39 million sound to you?
- brokenjpg
  
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  September 16, 2010 11:49 AM
  
  Well that just crazy talk
- MonkeyKing1969
  
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  September 16, 2010 11:57 AM
  
  PS 2 hit 66 million world wide by the end its fourth fiscal year. So, this is low I suppose, then again PS2 wasn't being sold mostly in a worldwide depression. It is selling more and more faster and faster, so the curve is still upward. I don't think Sony is worried.
- HisDivineOrder
  
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  September 16, 2010 4:18 PM
  
  Considering the economy and the cost of the PS3 when it was released, I'd say this is pretty good. They're still trending up in sales, which is a good sign for them. And they didn't have to extend their warranty after two years of denying there was a problem with their console. Two years, during which a lot of people went out and bought ANOTHER 360 to keep from having a collection of coasters.
  
  Microsoft's sales were pumped up by the sales a year in advance and then for the nearly two years it took them to acknowledge they had not properly QA'ed their console before they released it. Even then, they only acknowledged the RROD and not the DDE's that were nearly as common. This leads to people buying more than one 360 to try and play games they purchased.
  
  Wii's still blitz'ing them both.
  - Mansmells
    
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    September 16, 2010 4:54 PM
    
    Lots of speculative silliness here. First of all why would people buy another console when they could have it replaced under warranty, or even have it repaired for less than the cost of buying a new one when out of warranty? Second ,why would they buy another 360 and not pick up a PS3 after getting burnt like that, assuming they were out of warranty? Wouldn't this be as likely to pump up competitor's sales? Third, the idea of these "rebuyers" as a significant portion of sales seems at major odds with the attach rate.