1 Million PlayStation 3s Shipped

The word from Gamasutra is that Sony is boasting 1 million PS3s shipped. They hope to have 6 million units out the door by the end of this year. This came from Sony's CES press conference, which only touched briefly on their new system. Hints were, though, that they'll be rolling out an IPTV system for many of their consumer electronics via the Xross GUI already in use on the PSP and PS3. From the article: "According to the company, the majority of new Sony televisions -- starting with several Bravia flat-panel LCD TVs this spring -- will accept an attachable module that can stream broadband high-definition and other Internet video content with the press of a remote control button. The module will be available this summer, and content will come from sources including AOL, Yahoo! and Grouper, now part of Sony Pictures Entertainment, as well as Sony Pictures itself and Sony BMG - however, none of this streaming video content has yet been confirmed for the PlayStation 3."

Re:1 million shipped

[j00r0m4nc3r]

They actually only have around 20 units that they shipped back and forth 50,000 times

Re:It only takes a couple good games.

[fistfullast33l]

although, good games (read: original) seem to only be found on the Wii right now.


Yes that's right! In the coming months we can look forward to original titles from Wario [ign.com], Mortal Kombat [ign.com], Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [ign.com], SSX [ign.com], Prince of Persia [ign.com], and Medal of Honor [ign.com]. Nope, never seen those before. And let's not forget all of those original rehashes for virtual console!

Re:1 million shipped

[UbuntuDupe]

I think the way it's supposed to work is that you fit the theory to the facts, not the other way around.

Re:1 million shipped

[UbuntuDupe]

The fact is, a bunch of 2+ year old systems wasn't any "saturating the market" or providing any competition at all.

Oh, I know, I know, when you said competition, you meant "real", "serious" competition. Not, in other words, the Saturn or the Sega CD or the CDi or the 3DO or the Turbo Duo or the Neo Geo. You meant the real, SOLID systems. Just like when you were saying that no Scotsman eats porridge, you were only referring to the true Scotsmen, not like, Angus. Sure, Angus eats porridge, but think about it -- he can't even play the bagpipes!

It really wasn't that hard to see where the market was going a few months after launch, even 10 years ago.

I know. The past is rather predictable like that.

1 unit shipped.

[MikeFM]

They have a single unit that can be in all places and in all times at once. Sometimes it looks like a big scary black bird.