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Sony Games Division To Be Profitable
Even the most die hard Sony fanboy has to admit that the PS3 has had its ups and downs. After all, it's not a good sign when a company releases more firmware updates for their console than games. But Sony appears to be turning a corner. The PSP is the best selling videogame console in Japan for 2008; MGS 4 has sold 3 million copies; and the price Blu-Ray technology is coming down.
Thanks in part to these developments, despite all its tribulations, Sony is set to achieve something that has eluded the Xbox division since inception - profitablity.
The latest Enterbrain sales data from Japan reveals the PSP continues to dominate in Japan, outselling the Wii even by 500,000 units in 2008. Meanwhile, the PS3 has come back down to earth dropping back from #1 to its normal #4 spot, just one week after the release of MGS4. That was probably a little less momentum than what Sony was hoping for.
PSP - 59,351 [1,999,167]
Wii - 41,037 [1,576,386]
NDS Lite - 36,599 [1,485,366]
PlayStation 3 - 20,336 [498,982]
PlayStation 2 - 6,346 [244,077]
Xbox 360 - 2,555 [62,636]
Globally, not much has changed.
Nintendo Wii - 45.9% Global Market Share
Japan - 6.31M
US - 12.32M
Other - 9.45M
Total - 28.07M
Xbox 360 - 31.7% Global Market Share
Japan - 0.62M
US - 11.78M
Other - 7.02M
Total - 19.41M
Playstation 3 - 22.4% Global Market Share
Japan - 2.23M (1 in 5 PS3 owners now owns MGS4)
US - 5.16M
Other - 6.28M
Total - 13.68M
NDS - 67.6% Global Market Share
Japan - 22.96M
US - 23.54M
Other - 28.00M
Total - 74.50M
PSP - 32.4% Global Market Share
Japan - 9.76M
US - 12.94M
Other - 13.04M
Total - 35.74M
Although Nintendo dominates each global market for both consoles and handhelds, Sony is starting to close the gap.
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