Comments on: PlayStation Move Sells 4.1 Million Worldwide

By: James

James — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:27:44 +0000

So what if the same person buys multiple MOVE Wands. A unit sold is a unit sold.

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:25:59 +0000

Microsoft $250×2.5mil units = $625 mil revenue
Sony $80×4.1 mil units = $328 mil revenue (thats using the move bundle US price)

There might be more factors obviously, such as distribution costs, products costs etc… etc…. etc….. but in sheer revenue on the units, I would say Microsoft is beating Sony.

By: TOP_SWATTA_SHANE

TOP_SWATTA_SHANE — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:12:13 +0000

True, very true. Now, I’m pretty sure that’s a good thing for the consumer, but is that good for Microsoft????

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:09:57 +0000

One thing you are forgetting is that 1 Xbox owner will only purchase 1 Kinect. On the other hand PS3 owners might purchase between 1 and 4 Moves. So while Sony has sold 4.1 million moves, it might have only be to 2 million customers (for example).

By: TOP_SWATTA_SHANE

TOP_SWATTA_SHANE — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:31:26 +0000

Retailers order what they think they can sell, but that still doesn’t mean they can ‘move’ all the units they order. One must also take into account that many retailers also order enough inventory so they don’t run out, so my best guess (albeit unscientific) is that somewhere about 30 percent of sony’s 4.1 M figure is still belongs to retailers. So while Sony may have long ago pocketed the proceeds from those shipped units, retailers are yet to enjoy their slice of the pie.

By: tbtbtb

tbtbtb — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:37:01 +0000

I am surprised that the Playstation Move sold more than the Kinect. XD

By: Average Joe

Average Joe — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:15:23 +0000

Resellers only order stocks of products they will sell. Otherwise they would be out of business. And once they have something in shop, anyway, they will sell it no matter what.
Therefore it is reasonable to believe that only a small percentage of those 4.1 millions of controllers can be unsold at any point of time.

By: Aks

Aks — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:49:47 +0000

but they could be sitting at the stores without all being sold out. so it’s not exactly apples to oranges.

By: Average Joe

Average Joe — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:21:37 +0000

It’s not that resellers keep products for themselves.

By: Massimo

Massimo — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:50:04 +0000

You’re misreporting these figures. The 4.1 million is how many Sony have sold to resellers and distributors, not to actual customers. The 2.5 million Kinects are actual end-user sales. We may never actually know the real sales figures for the Move, as I don’t think Sony collects that data.

By: JR McAtee

JR McAtee — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:45:18 +0000

I bought one controller and one navigation then played the demos Sony soon released and it was fun. Not as fun as Kinect though. The demos I played didn’t make me want to buy any games.