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Tuesday, November 14 2006

PS3 Launch Sells Less Than One Game Per Console  by James B at 18:19

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GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that the tie-in ratio of PS3 units to games was 0.98. This number might not seem like much, but when you consider that nearly 90,000 units were sold in Japan, that means a fair number were snapped up without software.
Obviously this is not a good situation for games developers or Sony as they generate their revenue from software. It should be noted that this ratio is actually higher than that for the Xbox 360's Japan launch, with both consoles suffering from a rather shallow set of launch games.
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Midnight
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14 November 2006 18:20
All that means is that they're probably buying the machine to sell on at a later date for huge profit
malis
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14 November 2006 18:21
Sony really need to get so called 'killer-aps' out as soon as possible if they want to catch MS
hobgoblin
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14 November 2006 19:05
i agree with grant
Mani
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14 November 2006 20:35
aye, the lines of chinese immigrant workers buying PS3's in Japan has been well documented, all paid by Japanese businessmen wanting to sell on the machines at a profit, probably to Europeans who will pay twice face value or more.
KingKennedy
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14 November 2006 20:37
It wont really take a lot for them to catch MS because far more people will buy the ps3 regardless of the games.
ig88
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15 November 2006 03:54
This just proves what that one sony exec said, that people will buy it just cause its the next playstation and nothing else. I can spend 600$ better, because no one game is worth 600$, well maybe halo 3
Abstract
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16 November 2006 18:50
As has already been said, just buy it to sell on.


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