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Sony's PlayStation 3 Hits 50 Million in Worldwide Sales
Wed Apr 20, 2011 at 02:00 PM ETTags: PlayStation 3, 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray Players, High-Def Retailing, Industry Trends, 3D, PS3 (all tags)
The Move controller has done well too, coming in at a surprising 8 million.
When the PS3 first launched, sales were slow, systems sat on shelves and people balked at the high price. Now, a few price drops later and after the release of a new slimmer model, the PS3 is neck-and-neck with the Xbox 360 to be the most popular HD console on the market.
Part of the reason for the popularity of the system, and the primary reason for many buyers, is that the PS3 can act as not just a Blu-ray player, but a 3D Blu-ray player. It's updated regularly, it has Wi-Fi capabilities and access to streaming video sources. Oh, and it plays PS3 games too.
50 million PS3s sold means that there are 50 million Blu-ray players in houses that might otherwise not have upgraded. Possibly more significant in the coming years, it also means 50 million 3D capable Blu-ray players.
Source: PR Newswire
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