The number of televisions estimated that sit unused in closets.
The EPA estimates that nearly 100 million unused televisions are currently taking up precious, beautiful space. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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You realise of course, those number you post, are north america only, and the world is alot bigger.
Outside the US, PS3 is generally outselling he 360, and Blu-Ray is going great (in the UK, it's rare to see shops even stock HD DVD discs, but Blu-Ray discs are easy to find).
Don't be fooled into thinking 1 week PS3 sales, and what you see at BestBuy is representitive of the war as a whole.
1 week? PS3 has never been out of 3rd place between XBOX360 and Wii...look at NPD figures for last 2 months
July tally:
Nintendo Wii: 425K
Nintendo DS: 405K
Sony PlayStation 2: 222K
Sony PSP: 214K
Microsoft Xbox 360: 170K
Sony PlayStation 3: 159K
Nintendo GBA: 87K
And here's August:
PlayStation 2 202K
PlayStation 3 130.6K
PlayStation Portable 151.2 K
Xbox 360 276.7K
Wii 403.6 K
Nintendo DS 383.3K
GBA 69.5K
Ps3fanboy has a article up people are waiting for the $400 ps3. just like HD DVD buyers are waiting for 3rd generation.
Mike said,
"You realise of course, those number you post, are north america only, and the world is alot bigger.
Outside the US, PS3 is generally outselling he 360,.."
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT? Where did you get that info?
Please get the facts before you vomit up your personal views.
As of Aug. 23rd:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/23/total-wii-sales-surpass-the-xbox-360-worldwide/
As you can see the PS3 has yet to meet Wii or the 360 even halfway in sales, WORLDWIDE.
Reality is the PS3 has a LONG, LONG way to go before capturing the market.