PS2 Sales Surpass Successor
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Japanese shoppers opt for older console over hard-to-find PlayStation 3.
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Having done all it can with the PS2, Sony has today launched the PSP to a waiting Japanese market. Roughly 1,300 impatient people waited their turn at an outlet of Yodobashi in Shinjuku district while the
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Video game sales soared to a record &#36;18.2 billion last year, but the days of strong growth are on pause as players await a new generation of consoles in 2005 and 2006, a new study showed on Wednesday.
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U.S. sales of video-game hardware and software jumped more than 50 percent in November, driven by record purchases of Nintendoâ Wii console and several new blockbuster games.
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Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation  3 will double its installed base this year, posting the  strongest growth of any video game console and narrowing the  gap with rivals, research firm iSuppli said on Thursday.
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Some six months after Nintendo's popular Wii, Sony's PlayStation 3 game console sales hit the one million mark in Japan.
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The PlayStation Portable, or PSP, goes on sale in Japan on December 12th. Prices for the United States and Europe are still undecided, although overseas sales are
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Sony Computer Entertainment is set to unveil a smaller version of the PlayStation 2 on October 26, according to industry reports. Dubbed "PStwo," the new console will be 30 percent smaller, but retail for the same price. Sony reinvigorated sales of the original PlayStation by making a smiliar move with the smaller PSone console. Sony refused to comment on the rumors, but the company is holding a strategy briefing in Tokyo next week where an official announcement is expected.
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New consoles are old news. What's hot now? Sequels to old games.
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Ten days after the successful launch of Nintendo DS, Sony put its PlayStation Portable (PSP) on sale in Japan at a discounted price.
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Last month's back-to-back price cuts by Sony Corp (6758.T) and Microsoft Corp  have boosted sales of their PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles in Britain, retail sources said on Thursday.
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Halo 2 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, two hit video game sequels, have had tremendous advance sales. What's all the fuss about?
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Up 135 per cent, apparently Sony has claimed that PS3 sales in North America have jumped 135 per cent since it brought the price of the 60GB console down to $499 two weeks ago.â¦
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Sony Corp sold 1.2 million PlayStation 3 video game consoles in North America over the holiday season, the company said on Sunday.
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Nintendo&#39;s Wii is still holding the top spot in its home country, but Sony&#39;s PlayStation 3 is gaining ground on the low-cost console. According to Japanese game magazine publisher Enterbrain, Nintendo sold 245,653 Wii consoles during the four weeks ending August 26. Sony sold 81,541 units of the PS3 during that same period.
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Sony's game unit said Monday that it had sold 1.2 million PlayStation 3 video game consoles in North America during the key year-end holiday shopping season.
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) made another hit. After optimizing the PlayStation 2 multiple times, they now decided to give the Portable market a chance.