1 Million PlayStation 3s Shipped

The word from Gamasutra is that Sony is boasting 1 million PS3s shipped. They hope to have 6 million units out the door by the end of this year. This came from Sony's CES press conference, which only touched briefly on their new system. Hints were, though, that they'll be rolling out an IPTV system for many of their consumer electronics via the Xross GUI already in use on the PSP and PS3. From the article: "According to the company, the majority of new Sony televisions -- starting with several Bravia flat-panel LCD TVs this spring -- will accept an attachable module that can stream broadband high-definition and other Internet video content with the press of a remote control button. The module will be available this summer, and content will come from sources including AOL, Yahoo! and Grouper, now part of Sony Pictures Entertainment, as well as Sony Pictures itself and Sony BMG - however, none of this streaming video content has yet been confirmed for the PlayStation 3."

Comments

Some simple math...

[The_Pariah]

So, if at the end of the year, they hope to have a grand total of 6 million shipped, and saying that no one buys another 360, Sony will barely have over half as many units out there as MS. Those aren't promising numbers to me at all. Consider Wii sold 2 million in approx. 2 months. Sony needs 14 months to do what the Wii will most likely do in 6 months.

Pathetic

[Sciros]

If Sony plans to have *shipped 6 million units by the end of 2007* then just how bad they are going to get their butts kicked by Nintendo and Microsoft is beyond anything I can even imagine. Assuming they even sell all 6 million, they will be so far behind in market saturation that I don't see any developers sticking exclusively with them if they want to make any profit. At this point Microsoft should consider luring over Square-Enix because a Final Fantasy XIII released for 360 might not only help the Xbox a ton in Japan but on top of that will sell loads in North America and Europe.

If it weren't for the PS2 keeping Sony's gaming arm afloat (sorta), I bet the PS3 would have been a different animal altogether. Lower spec, lower price.