There’s a well worn saying that software doesn’t sell on the PlayStation 3, at least in comparison to the Xbox 360. However, things may be changing, since there’s been a significant improvement in both the PS3′s software and hardware sales. Despite a lower installed base, software sales on the PS3 have outstripped that of the Xbox 360 in the fiscal-2009 year.
We’ve gone into detail over PS3 hardware sales, but now it’s the chance of software. The PlayStation 3 enjoyed 115.6 million software sales in the Sony’s 2009-fiscal year (runs from May 1st 2009 to April 30th 2010), up from 2008′s 103.7 million units. Surprisingly, despite a lower hardware installed base, this performance was better than that of the Xbox 360, which achieved 103.1 million software sales. The PS3′s boost is sure to have been caused by a number of key exclusive releases, such as God of War III.
This increased software performance has also had an impact on its attach rate. That is, the average number of software units to each console sold. In its lifetime the PS3 has now sold 290.5 million software units, compared to 35.7 million PS3s. That puts the PS3′s attach rate at an impressive 8.1 copies per console. That’s now in touching distance of the Xbox 360′s 8.8 attach rate.
Just for fun, we can also compare these software sales to that of the PS1 and PS2 at the same four-year period in their lifetime. The PS1 had sold 236.0 million software units, compared to the PS2′s massive 350.0 million. We’ve included a table below illustrating the fiscal-2009 software sales for each platform (in millions) alongside their lifetime-to-date software sales, lifetime-to-date hardware sales, and their adjoining software attach rates. Enjoy mulling over it.
It Only Does Everything, Well that is Apart from having usable voice chat of any kind, sounds like you are underwater talking through LW radio. Toatally unusable
No front USB ports.
Have to have it on to charge controller, no intellegent charge I.E as the 360 has
To scared to play BluRay movies in case I wear out the blu ray drive as the cost of repair after the year is ridicusly high.
Most exclusives are just plain boring
GT5 demo was a joke
Etc.
Good posts.
@Xbox fanboys – Stop comming on a playstation form to bash it. What kind of reaction are you expecting?
PS3 is in a much better position (now) than Xbox. I have not seen this mentioned here, but it is hug in the outcome of sales.
1) Numbers don’t lie, and last years numbers showed more interest in PS3 games than 360. (Stated in article)
2) Xbox new releases will be great. However, there is limited ‘new’ interest in getting a new console. Most people getting the new Halo will have the previous Halo with the previous Xbox system. The main point here is that MS does not have great exclusives in a variety of genres. From what I have seen, PS3 has better exclusives over a variety of genres.
3) Xbox is big in NA. PS3 is gaining everywhere else in the world. Europe and Asia combined have a larger market, and PS3 is selling more units there. (I believe this is the main reasons sales have been increasing)
However, both systems are fun to play, and both systems have amazing games. To say one is better than the other is purely a personal preference. I prefer PS3, but I am not ignorant enough to say it is better than Xbox. I just believe that PS3 is now in a more favourable position than Xbox. I could be wrong. Time will tell.
Maurice
@ Moemoron
Lol at your Limited intrest in the new xbox 360 s, there is a huge intrest in it, large hard drive, USB ports now has 3 rear ones, Wireless N ideal for streaming and gaming unlike the outdated wireless built into the PS3, Super quite unlike my PS3 slim that sounds loud once it gets hot .
1] To say it has limited”New” intrest would be exactly the same for the PS3 slim compared to the phat in comparison which we know didn’t just have “Limited” intrest but the one BIG difference is the 360 S has new things ADDED whereas the slim had things taken off, I can’t even switch off my slim it has no on/off switch which is ridiculous.
2] I have both systems 2 Xboxs and a PS3 and my personal prefrence is the 360 as I just feel it is the better gaing system and online voice chat is great, but the limited PS3 game chat is broken, no standard headsets and people using $3 blu tooth headsets just ruin it even more
3] I prefer the 360 exclusives and the nulti format games always end up being better on the 360, RED DEAD REDMPTION is the latest example of this.
I shall certainly be getting the 360 S I may even part exchange my PS3 slim for one as it really does not get much use .
Looks like those hardware sales are now changing in a big way in favour of the 360
“360 HW Outselling PS3 Worldwide”
This is with the 360 S sales just of North America alone and there are large shortages, it will be released worldwide in the next couple of weeks.
http://vgchartz.com/weekly.php?reg=World&console=&date=40349&maker=
These numbers do not represent sales to consumers, only shipments (sold to retailer). Sony has over-shipped many games such as GT5 which only sold a small fraction of it’s millions shipped, to consumers.
Soon you will begin to see GT5 pack-ins and reduced prices to sell out their batch that initially failed to sell to consumers. Much of you see already being done in the UK.
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