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Friday, November 16, 2012
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PlayStation 3 Sales Reach 70 Million Units
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced that the
cumulative sales of the PlayStation 3 system reached a milestone of 70 million units worldwide as of November 4, 2012.
SCE added that sales of the PlayStation Move motion
controller surpassed 15 million units worldwide as of
November 11.
 Since its launch in 2006, the PS3 system has
continued to evolve with more streamlined design,
larger Hard Disk Drive (HDD) capacity, and new features
through software updates. In September 2012, SCE
launched the new PS3 system, which has a reduced
volume and weight of more than 50 percent compared to
the original PS3 model, and of 25 percent and 20
percent respectively compared to the slim PS3 model
launched in 2009. Sony claims its new PS3 has been well received by consumers around the world.
Along with the introduction of PS3 in November 2006,
SCE launched PlayStation Network, which now operates in
59 countries and regions around the world.
PlayStation Network supports free community-centric
online gameplay, exclusive games from independent
developers and major publishers, and a broad range of
entertainment applications across movies, music, and
sports. PS3 owners can access 170,000 downloadable
digital content including 57,000 game content worldwide
from PlayStation Network. In October 2012, SCE
redesigned PlayStation Store for PS3, offering a more
streamlined and accessible store experience, including
a new user interface, simple search, and
powerful content discovery. The new store is now
available in Europe and North and Latin America with
more countries and regions to follow.
PlayStation Plus, the subscription service package on
PlayStation Store that offers benefits such
as discounts on games or online storage for game saves,
started to offer an "Instant Game Collection" in North
America and Europe in July 2012. The Instant Game
Collection enables PS Plus members to enjoy popular
titles from third party developers and publishers as
well as SCE Worldwide Studios at no extra cost. SCE has
also enhanced the content offering for PS Plus members
in Japan in November.
Introduced in September 2010, the PlayStation Move
motion controller that enables users to
play games is now supported by a wide range of titles
with more than 400 as of November 2012, including
Sports Champions 2, LittleBigPlanet Karting (Sony
Computer Entertainment). Additionally, this month marks
the global launch of Wonderbook, a new peripheral that
delivers the next evolution of storytelling. Wonderbook uses
the PlayStation Eye camera to take augmented reality to
spectacular new places, while drawing players into new
worlds and allowing them to interact with stories as
they tilt or rotate it, or simply turn the pages.
Cumulative number
of software titles for PS3 reached 3,590 with more
than 595 million units sold worldwide, according to Sony's data. New titles are to be released from third
party developers and publishers as well as SCE
Worldwide Studios, including Assassin's Creed III
(Ubisoft Entertainment.), Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
(Activision, Inc), PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
(Sony Computer Entertainment), towards the holiday
season. In addition, software titles that support
"cross platform feature" such as LittleBigPlanet 2:
Cross Controller Pack, PlayStation, Sly Cooper: Thieves
in Time (Sony Computer Entertainment) are also expected
to be released. |
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