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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5:21 PM on 11.26.2007
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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.
Alternately, they stole Black Friday from Nintendo.
Or they could have hoped Nintendo and Microsoft would have announced figures, and not made Sony look weird. So this is pretty awkward.
Well, not the last one. She can run the show all damn day.
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.
(oh and it plays games too)
Don't worry ... we all know this is a 360 fanboys site :)
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.
wow
way to go sony