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A piece this morning in the Wall Street Journal decries the problems that Sony is facing with their vaunted PS3 video game console. The facts in the article outline just how bad the sales are for the black wonder box: “U.S. sales of the PS3 fell 19% last month from a year earlier, while sales doubled for the Wii console and rose 8% for the Xbox 360, according to research firm NPD. Analysts say they expect PS3 sales for this month to be flat or lower than last year, while sales for its rivals are likely to rise. And Sony may not reach its goal of selling 10 million PS3 consoles in the fiscal year through March.”
It appears that Sony’s console is perceived as being too expensive by parents struggling in the wake of economic recession. Of course, this is not surprising to gamers who have followed the flow of the current console war. What is news worthy about it all is that the woes of Sony’s game division (and its electronics sales at large) are going mainstream. In fact, they’re being sensationalized as evidenced by the article’s headline: Hope Fades for PS3 as a Comeback Player The fact that the troubles have featured so prominently recently in various news sources and is now a main story for the Wall Street Journal may be the beginning of the end for the ailing console. Hopefully this is all simply blown out of proportion, but not all news is good news. Click HERE to be linked to the WSJ article. |
