{"id":5112,"date":"2010-01-05T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"ps3-gains-ground-in-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/5112-ps3-gains-ground-in-2009","title":{"rendered":"PS3 gains ground in 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As expected thanks to the reduction of the retail price and introduction of the PS3 Slim, Sony saw a significant increase in console sales in 2009, while Nintendo and Microsoft were both down on their flagship units for 2009 compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The PS3 was the only home console which sold more in 2009 than it did in 2008. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/news.vgchartz.com\/news.php?id=6382&amp;mp=1 \" target=\"_blank\">VGchartz <\/a>Sony sold 10,192,070 PS3s around the world in 2008. In 2009 they reportedly sold 12,363,207 marking an increase of 2,171,137 consoles.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Microsoft was down 976,724 consoles sold in 2009 compared to 2008, selling 10,127,190 Xbox 360s in the year. Nintendo also registered a decline but still sold an impressive 21,170,070 Wiis.<\/p>\n<p>In total there were 43,660,467 current generation home consoles sold around the world in 2009 &#8211; 2,414,204 less than were sold in 2008; a difference which equates to a 5.52 percent decline in global console sales for the year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Nintendo lost the most market share going from 53.78 percent in 2008 to 48.49 percent in 2009. The PS3 enjoyed a 6.2 percent increased market share in 2009 compared to 2008. The Xbox 360 also saw a decrease in market share in 2009, going from 24.10 percent in 2008 to 23.20 percent in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo has now sold 64,382,443 Wiis in the consoles life time, equating to a market share of 48.78 percent. Microsoft has sold 36,580,655 Xbox 360s giving it an overall market share of 27.72 percent and Sony has sold 31,017,435 PS3s giving it 23.50 percent.<\/p>\n<p>2009 was by far the best year that the PS3 has seen yet. While neither of its competitors could match their previous year&rsquo;s exceptional performances, the PS3 saw significant growth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php?p=160569#post160569\" target=\"_self\">Discuss PS3 sales in 2009<\/a> in the forums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony\u2019s console shows growth in 2009 while the Xbox 360 and Wii fail to match 2008 sales figures <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}