Sony Playstation 3 instead of the first place Xbox
Sony has sold 405500 PS3s, compared with 219800 Xbox 360s, but still has a long way to go before catching up with the Wii, which sold 666700 systems last month.
This is the second month that the PS3 has stayed ahead of the Xbox 360. Sony still has a long way to go before it beats Nintendo. The Nintendo Wii is now the best-selling console among its peers, with 10.9 million units sold the year so far to the USA Sony stumbled when he launched the expensive PS3 console one year and a half and trailed its competitors for months. This is contrary to its position as undisputed market leader with the old PlayStation 2 console. Sony made concerted efforts to regain its footing. Earlier this week, he shaved $ 100 on the price of the PS3. Sony said the 80 gigabyte version of the PS3 will retail at $ 400, down from $ 500, while abandoning 40 GB version of the console. Microsoft has also decreased by $ 50 the price of the Xbox 360 and said that the basic 20 GB model of the console retail $ 299. Sales of PlayStation 3 have been assisted by Konami's latest release, Metal Gear Solid 4: Gun Patriots for the PS3, which zoomed to the top of the charts with nearly 775000 copies sold last month. Konami's game was made available exclusively on the PS3. "Platform-exclusive content generally fuel system equipment purchases and PS3 sales certainly reflect the impact of Metal Gear Solid 4," said Anita Frazier, an analyst with NPD Group, in a statement. "PS3 unit sales were higher than a month away from that registered during the previous November and December holiday periods. " Overall, the sector of video games, including hardware, software and accessories has increased by 53% in June to 1.69 billion dollars, compared with the same month a year earlier. The equipment sales grew 54% last month to $ 615.1million a year earlier, while software sales grew 64% to $ 872.6 million during the month. Activision (ATVID - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) Thursday Guitar Hero The Tour for Nintendo DS in the second (422300 copies), while Ninja Garden II from Microsoft ranks third on the cards. Electronic Arts has been placed sixth with his game Battlefield: Bad Company, while three of the last 10 points went to Lucas Arts Indiana Jones title. Nintendo Wii Play game is still strong in fifth place while the Wii Fit the balance has been one step ahead. Sales of video games and accessories increased 25% in June to $ 202 million. "The video games industry continues to occur despite an ever-increasingly difficult economic environment as many more are turning to home entertainment," said Frazier. "Even if growth slows on the back half of 2008, the industry is poised to achieve record turnover of over $ 22 billion for the year," she said. |
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