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Shocker: PlayStation sales increased during Black Friday week, says Sony photo

Who would have thought that during the week of Thanksgiving -- home to the dreaded retail rush known as Black Friday -- that sales would increase?

Today, Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that PlayStation brand unit sales actually increased by 178%. Additionally, sales dollars also saw an increase, up by 154%. Other fascinating figures, guaranteed to blow your mind:

  • PlayStation 3 hardware sales increased by 245% when compared to Black Friday sales last year
  • Since November 2nd (along with the availability of both the 40GB and 80GB PS3 models, PS3 hardware sales have increased by 298%
  • PlayStation  Portable hardware sales increased by 136% when compared to previous week sales
  • PlayStation 2 hardware sales increased by 287% when compared to previous week sales

All of these numbers were taken from sales figures from the top ten retailers in the US, and are evidence of one thing -- more people shop on Black Friday than any other day of the year. With that in mind, I think that next year, stores should be prepared to have crowds on that day. Maybe they could even have big sales or something.

Just a thought.


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cjpkiller's Avatar
cjpkiller at 11/26/2007 17:23
augh...
working black friday sucked dick,
never again shall I wake up at 3 am just to help you fucking consumers find where the 300 dollar laptops are, and getting you approved for special financing on that deeply discounted hdtv.
I hate you all.
liam2015's Avatar
liam2015 at 11/26/2007 17:26
What is this black friday you speak of? Does it have some importance to the economy?
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 11/26/2007 17:28
That picture wins.
Magesx's Avatar
Magesx at 11/26/2007 17:29
I think Sony made this whole Black Friday bullshit up.

Alternately, they stole Black Friday from Nintendo.
Quest's Avatar
Quest at 11/26/2007 17:30
Good thing for the PS3 more good stuff to come :))))
thedarksideofgaming's Avatar
thedarksideofgaming at 11/26/2007 17:30
That pic indeed does win. Also, Sony has the worst PR department in the world.
Lord The Night Knight's Avatar
Lord The Night Knight at 11/26/2007 17:31
I'm sure the Wii and 360 didn't benefit from this. Only Sony got the boost.

Or they could have hoped Nintendo and Microsoft would have announced figures, and not made Sony look weird. So this is pretty awkward.
Danmartigan's Avatar
Danmartigan at 11/26/2007 17:36
Looks like the Sony marketing machine is fully operational... especially considering all the PS3 ads I saw on the tube this past week. meh.
thedarksideofgaming's Avatar
thedarksideofgaming at 11/26/2007 17:37
That's what you get when you have assholes like these guys running the show:









Well, not the last one. She can run the show all damn day.
cjpkiller's Avatar
cjpkiller at 11/26/2007 17:42
oh right this post was about sony, heres a quote from an interview with kaz harai from the latest issue of the playstation official magazine
OPM: Were you surprised by the initial reaction from the community to the demandfor vibration effects in the controller?
KH: More the longevity of the requests - it was consistent. It was clearly not something people were willing to let go - not a fad request. So after I got back to japan, I got the engineering guys, and said "look, I understand the technical issues... [involved in combining both rumb effects and the SIXAXIS motion in one controller] can we give it one more go and come up with a conclusion?"

also known as... look just throw some rumble on the SIXAXIS, we'll go settle the lawsuit with immersion so we can release it.

you see months ago Phil Harrison outright said that Sony lied about not being able to technically make a rumbling motion sensative controller (ahem wiimote) and said yeah, we cant do it because of the immersion suit. looks like no one told Kaz.

another fine day at Sony.
KamikazeTutor's Avatar
KamikazeTutor at 11/26/2007 17:43
Well duh, one can only guess that many people were saving money to buy a PS3 and black friday was the best time to let the bills fly.
vexed alex's Avatar
vexed alex at 11/26/2007 17:53
How much can these numbers really be trusted?
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 11/26/2007 18:08
Yeah, I was at Target between like 6:15 and 7 on Black Friday, and a woman next to me was getting two slim PSP Star Wars packs, one for each of her kids. Go PlayStation brand!
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ArrestedDeveloper at 11/26/2007 19:19
Thats retarded, of course sales were up, the ps3 was released 1 week before black friday last year, that is the only time that ps3 was hard to find and buy.
Bricfa's Avatar
Bricfa at 11/26/2007 19:24
Last Black Friday Ps3 was still in short supply. so whoopdeefuckingdoo. That being said ps3 probably will do decently due to the price drop.

(oh and it plays games too)
Bricfa's Avatar
Bricfa at 11/26/2007 19:31
Damn, beaten.
vp360's Avatar
vp360 at 11/26/2007 19:54
ps3 sucks balls. its probably all bullshit to get more people to buy a ps3.
Magesx's Avatar
Magesx at 11/26/2007 20:01
vp, the anti-Sony hexfix?
Skribby's Avatar
Skribby at 11/26/2007 20:19
Why does this site find it necessary to bust on SONY all the time. It is really biased from a news perspective. They didn't mention anything but facts in their release. All you did was show your own hate. How is the reader supposed to trust the rest of your opinions.
Quest's Avatar
Quest at 11/26/2007 20:49
@ Skribby

Don't worry ... we all know this is a 360 fanboys site :)
Nick Chester's Avatar
Nick Chester at 11/26/2007 23:14
@ Skribby:

You're not serious, are you? Because I'm a pretty big Sony supporter, and I'm a pretty big fan of their console(s). But comparing Black Friday's sales to the sales of the prior work is laughable. No one is denying the numbers.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 11/27/2007 01:14
News flash: Sales of everything on store shelves increased during Black Friday week.
Knives's Avatar
Knives at 11/27/2007 02:00
I made over 200% more money this past thanksgiving week in comparison to last year's one, sure... last year I didn't have a job at this date, but just look at the %!!!
raggedROBO's Avatar
raggedROBO at 11/27/2007 05:42
For all the "Duh!" comments: All of theses companies are going to post sales figures for this weekend. It makes it kind of ironic that you say "no wonder" for sony's advertised increase and pretend that it's inconsequential--given the time of year--since you don't seem to recognize that companies ALWAYS report their black friday sales.
raggedROBO's Avatar
raggedROBO at 11/27/2007 05:45
I sold all of my PS3's (5 40's,2 60'2, 2 80's) on friday, and all of my Wii's (8). I sold 3 360 premiuims, and no Elites or Halo LE's. That same week, I had no Wii or PS3 defectives (which is usually the case) and I had 6 360's returned for warranties.
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AgentMOO at 11/27/2007 09:37
I'm with MXY... this falls under the realm of captain obvious
0chan's Avatar
0chan at 12/01/2007 10:34
0 sold ps3s to 3 sold ps3s is a 300% sale increase
wow
way to go sony
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