PS3 Missed Ship Targets, Loses Exclusives

Sony's having a rough week. After shootings on launch day and a harsh review from the New York Times, Bloomberg is now calling Sony out as having completely missed its shipping targets. The analyst company says there may have been as few as 50% of aimed-for units available, and that the company may only get about 200,000 units to stores by the end of the year (something Sony flatly denies). PS3 fans now also have to deal with the fact that Koei is cross-platforming two previously exclusive titles. Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm are now in development for the 360 as well, marking the latest in a string of titles that have slipped away from Sony. There is some consolation for the company to take away from this week, though. They did better than Microsoft last week in Japan, with around 81,000 PS3s, 19,000 PSPs, and 16,000 PS2s sold to a mere 4,000 Xbox 360s and ... 4 Xboxes.

Re:Sony Style Store just had some

[antifoidulus]

So basically the bags are mobile adverts that scream "mug me!"

Xbox?

[fatty ding dong]

They did better than Microsoft last week in Japan, with around 81,000 PS3s, 19,000 PSPs, and 16,000 PS2s sold to a mere 4,000 Xbox 360s and ... 4 Xboxes.

At this stage in the game, who is buying a NEW Xbox? You couldn't find a used one or hit up Ebay? I need to find one of these 4 people. I have a nice 486 with a Turbo button that they might find appealing.

Re:So in other words your verdict is...

[Control Group]

Don't get ahead of yourself; Netcraft hasn't confirmed it.

Oh, good

[dryriver]

"PS3 Missed Ship Targets" the convoy must have made it safely across the channel then.

Re:Other PS3 problems of note

[Control Group]

So, is this only the second time you've posted this exact comment [slashdot.org], or have I missed others?

I'd accuse you of karma whoring, but people normally log in for that.

Re:Nice BS numbers from Japan.

[cowscows]

Fuck you, BSD is better than Nintendo and you know it!

And the PS3 controllers have a way better button layout than an Apple mouse. So much for cupertino's vaunted user friendliness.

Re:Sony Style Store just had some

[Fozzyuw]

The boxes go out in a distinctive black bag with PS3 graphics on it.

It could be worse... they could buy it from Target!