PS3 sales reach 9 million in fiscal 2008

by Andrew Yoon { May 14th 2008 at 12:00PM }

For the financial year ending March 31, 2008, Sony Computer Entertainment managed to sell 9.24 PS3 consoles worldwide. That's an increase of 5.63 million systems from the previous fiscal year. (Note: Fiscal 2007 was much shorter for PS3, due to its November launch.) Sony's first year in this generation was admittedly lackluster, with the company receiving a lot of flak from the hardcore gaming community. Since then, a number of high-profile releases have earned PS3 a better portion of gamer mindshare.

Software sales also experienced a tremendous boom, jumping from the miniscule 13.3 million to 57.9 million. Obviously, with more systems, more games, and more time, sales of software will experience quite a boon. As good as these numbers are, PS3 is still in infancy -- we can't wait to see how well it does in the next 12 months.

Tags: ps3, sales

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Devin @ May 14th 2008 12:16PM

hmmm....my friend must've been one of those 9...wonder where that .24 come from...lol

Rowdehaj @ May 14th 2008 1:12PM

So Sony *bought* 5629990.76 PS3s last fiscal year?

matthew_neitzer @ May 14th 2008 1:50PM

"Sony Computer Entertainment managed to sell 9.24 PS3 consoles worldwide."

Do I honestly need to explain this joke? I hope you were kidding, for your sake.

Rowdehaj @ May 14th 2008 2:07PM

Well of course I was, I was merely expanding on it. If I were that thick I wouldn't be a PS3 owner, would I?

:-P

matthew_neitzer @ May 14th 2008 3:01PM

Haha, so you say :P I can't believe they still haven't fixed it. -.- They must hate reading comments.

Game_playa @ May 14th 2008 4:29PM

It stands for 9.24 million you T-a-r-d

Rowdehaj @ May 14th 2008 5:53PM

Maybe my sense of humour is too European for you.

erico316 @ May 14th 2008 12:36PM

the ps3 have sold 14.83 millions its catching up fast to the xbox 360 sells and wont csot to must for sony yo keep a game exclusion

Ryan @ May 14th 2008 12:56PM

Can someone translate this please?

Seminole @ May 14th 2008 1:26PM

I think he said:

The PS3 has sold 14.83 million units and is catching up fast to the Xbox360 sales. It won't cost to much for Sony to keep a game exclusive.

I don't get what he meant by that, but I think that was his message.

Glen @ May 14th 2008 2:24PM

"the ps3 have sold 14.83 millions its catching up fast to the xbox 360 sells and wont csot to must for sony yo keep a game exclusion"

The PS3 has sold about 14.82 million units. It's catching up fast to the Xbox 360 in terms of sales, and the fact that the PS3 is going to become profitable soon will make it easier for Sony to buy game exclusivity.

There's your translation. I don't agree with the latter part of it, but I'm guessing that's what he meant to say.

Popfrogs @ May 14th 2008 5:19PM

Let the parent comment be a lesson to you all: don't type with donut holes stuck to the end of your fingers.

erico316 @ May 14th 2008 12:37PM

the ps3 have sold 14.83 millions its catching up fast to the xbox 360 sells and wont cost to must for sony to keep a game exclusion

n3rd @ May 14th 2008 12:55PM

"managed to sell 9.24 PS3 consoles worldwide." seriously.. lol
almost 10 consoles?! thats crazy

Dave @ May 14th 2008 1:07PM

"For the financial year ending March 31, 2008, Sony Computer Entertainment managed to sell 9.24 PS3 consoles worldwide. That's an increase of 5.63 million systems from the previous fiscal year."

Had to, best typo so far.
I wish I could've been one of the ultra exclusive nine. I was one of the 5 million other losers...

Lee Richards @ May 14th 2008 1:26PM

Wow, interesting to see the PS2 still doing so well.

grognard66 @ May 14th 2008 2:28PM

Slightly disappointing considering Sony had initially forecast 11 million PS3's, downcast that to 9.5 and still missed that lower number (albeit slightly). Hardly disastrous and the PS3 should prove profitable for Sony, but not the best news they could have hoped for.