After experiencing one dismal month after another on US shelves, Sony’s Playstation 3 has finally reversed the trend and begun to sell. June numbers show that sales for the system rose 21 percent – but other systems’ sales are on the rise as well.
According to NPD Group, a market research firm, sales for the PS3 hit 98,500 in June, representing the 21 percent increase from the previous month. However, the older Xbox 360 still outsold the PS3 by more than double with 198,400 systems, an increase of 28 percent for Microsoft. The clear sales leader for the month was once again Nintendo, with 381,800 Wiis sold, an increase of 13 percent.
The good news may be that Sony’s $100 price cut on the PS3 has yet to show up in the statistics. Sony claims that their internal figures show a huge boost in sales following the price cuts. “The whole world will be able to see the results when the July [NPD] charts come out,” SCEA’s Peter Dille told Next-Gen. Whether that increase gives Sony real momentum, or just a temporary success, has yet to be seen.
