February 14, 2008 – For the fifteenth month in a row since they’ve been on the market at the same time, NPD is reporting the Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 in the US for the month of January, 2008. Microsoft cited the 360’s remarkable reliability and their efficient distribution channel for helping to keep Xbox 360’s available for purchase in January. The “Playstation Brand” as a whole performed pretty dismally in the post-holiday period leaving little hope for resurgence until the ramp up to fall begins.
Analysts suggest part of the weakened PS3 sales may be due to the fact that Blu-ray is losing the high-def video format war to rival format HD-DVD. Word is circulating that one-time partner Toshiba has developed a plug-and-play compatible dual-format laser pickup that would allow the Playstation 3 to read discs from the more popular HD-DVD. The laser assembly would raise the cost of the Playstation 3 by approximately $200 but analysts feel it’s probably Sony’s only hope to stay viable at this point.
We’ll bring you more news on the NPD numbers when our analysis is complete (we’re still trying to figure out why the Wii numbers dropped so sharply).
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lol this is funny. until the dismal sales this past holiday season part i thought it was true.
Take that Rothbart! Where’s your precious Blu-ray now?? Mwahahaha
Ok, I ‘m just kidding. I love fiction friday.
DDL’s going to hell for submitting this one to Digg…
Ohhh fiction Friday…that’s why this article is bogus. Here’s the real news:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=24274
Jan 2008 sales
PS3: 269,000
XBOX: 230,000
oh thank god. i was getting a lil scared, wat was i thinkin. OF COURSE the ps3 is gonna win the battle
Had me thinking it was genuine until I reached “remarkable reliability”.
Just waiting for some 360 forum to post this as a legit article…
@Slashlen Yeah, I don’t doubt that.
@Rothbart: I should’ve beat him to it. I sometimes submit these to Digg (not the fake ones, mind) and this would have been a funny one… Oh well, at least someone got it.
The best thing about the ps3, it has no place to go but up, really it can’t get much worse. on related news, i no longer have a paper weight half of the week.
PS3 beat the 360. wow. about time the 360 got what it deserves. funny though. and why do you try to mock the ps3 so often?
how long has the 360 been out?
a good while before the ps3
Can’t really expect them too be on top forever
360 is way better ps3 games suck
Wait there’s a console war going on? Why don’t people tell me these things.