Sony giving away 1 million ps3's or more since launch?

Since the launch of the PS3 I saw a lot of bravia TV promotions where they are giving ps3 with the purchase. Do you think sony reached at least 1 million free ps3 give away?

let see some numbers:

45,000 units

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/05/and-sonys-giving-away-ps3s-with-bravia-purchases-again/

The offer, which began on May 1, will run until July 12, or until all 45,000 units have been claimed

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21,000 (Sony Australia 2010)

Here's how it works: buy a new Bravia 3D TV, be one of the first 21,000 people to submit your proof of purchase to Sony, and you'll have a new 160GB PS3

http://promotion.sony.com.au/Bravia3d/

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25,000 (2009):

Sony is giving away 25,000 PlayStation slims, one with every selected Bravia LCD TV model in the lead up to Christmas. It seems Sony allowed a couple of bloggers to watch the "destruction" event. According to gizmag, there were only two of them who saw the said event.

http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/sony-bravia-promotion-ps3-slim-crashes-to-bravia-tv-video/

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France 2007:

http://en.akihabaranews.com/15636/misc/purchase-a-tv-and-sony-will-give-you-a-ps3-for-free

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35,000 units Australia 2008:

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9714/sony_relaunch_bravia_free_playstation_3_offer/index.htm

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Australia 2007:

http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/sony-australia-to-give-away-free-ps3s-with-1080p-bravias/

Since the launch of the PS3 I saw a lot of bravia TV promotions where they are giving ps3 with the purchase. Do you think sony reached at least 1 million free ps3 give away?

let see some numbers:

45,000 units

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/05/and-sonys-giving-away-ps3s-with-bravia-purchases-again/

The offer, which began on May 1, will run until July 12, or until all 45,000 units have been claimed

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21,000 (Sony Australia 2010)

Here's how it works: buy a new Bravia 3D TV, be one of the first 21,000 people to submit your proof of purchase to Sony, and you'll have a new 160GB PS3

http://promotion.sony.com.au/Bravia3d/

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25,000 (2009):

Sony is giving away 25,000 PlayStation slims, one with every selected Bravia LCD TV model in the lead up to Christmas. It seems Sony allowed a couple of bloggers to watch the "destruction" event. According to gizmag, there were only two of them who saw the said event.

http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/sony-bravia-promotion-ps3-slim-crashes-to-bravia-tv-video/

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France 2007:

http://en.akihabaranews.com/15636/misc/purchase-a-tv-and-sony-will-give-you-a-ps3-for-free

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35,000 units Australia 2008:

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9714/sony_relaunch_bravia_free_playstation_3_offer/index.htm

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Australia 2007:

http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/sony-australia-to-give-away-free-ps3s-with-1080p-bravias/

TakeOFF250

Were are all the link.?

Those numbers there don't even break 150,000,but all companies give away consoles MS had done it since launch as well in fact Motain Dew has been giving away xbox 360 since launch and continue to do so like the link down proves.

http://www.examiner.com/game-news-in-national/dew-goes-halo-again-giving-away-limited-edition-reach-360s

All the compnies do it is a good way to create hype some how.

they need some kind of incentive, bravias lose every head to head comparason against every tv they go up against.

i have not looked at tv ratings for a couple of months since i bought a tv but seriously, i never saw one shootout that a bravia won.

All the links? lol I find 150k of free ps3 in 5 minutes.. I will not link everything.. All you got is a sweepstake for moutain dew where they may give what 100 xbox?TakeOFF250

And how do we know that so we have to take your word for it that you found that on 5 minutes you could have 1 week serching for that for all we know.

Please Montain Dew was giving 360 aways before the console even launch.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/may05/05-17Every10MinutesPR.mspx

More than 9,000 before the unit was even launch.do i have to even mention this E3 where every single journalist got a flshy new slim 360.?

They have been giving them away before the unit even launched.

[QUOTE="TakeOFF250"]All the links? lol I find 150k of free ps3 in 5 minutes.. I will not link everything.. All you got is a sweepstake for moutain dew where they may give what 100 xbox?Samvigote

And how do we know that so we have to take your word for it that you found that on 5 minutes you could have 1 week serching for that for all we know.

Please Montain Dew was giving 360 aways before the console even launch.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/may05/05-17Every10MinutesPR.mspx

More than 9,000 before the unit was even launch.do i have to even mention this E3 where every single journalist got a flshy new slim 360.?

They have been giving them away before the unit even launched.

Who cares?

I fail to understand the point of this thread. They are simply trying to promote their TV's.

I fail to see the point of this thread, i only see a bunch of links with a bunch of numbers, i honestly don't know if TC is trying to bash Sony or to praise it.

they need some kind of incentive, bravias lose every head to head comparason against every tv they go up against.

i have not looked at tv ratings for a couple of months since i bought a tv but seriously, i never saw one shootout that a bravia won.

Riverwolf007

I don't believe those reviews that hype other brands. LG gets lots of favorable reviews in those "head to heads" - but what about long term? Are they going to last? If you didn't know LG is just the old Korean "Goldstar" brand, their reputation was so bad they had to completely rebrand themselves as "LG" (lucky goldstar). They seem to have made some quality improvements, and now they release things that are on cutting edge of TV technology (whereas before they were just the bottom of the barrel "disposable" model at Wal-Mart). But I am still concerned about their quality after scouring reviews online, and visiting stores. I was turned off when I visited stores and they seemed to have more display models with technical problems than other brands. Saw one LED model at Best Buy that had a line of stuck LCD's right down the middle of the set, all the way from top to bottom. There were several other display models were just turned "off" - presumably for technical problems, it was rare for other brands, but for LG it seemed to be a common theme. I guess it's true Sony used to be the top of the heap for televisions, and now they are just another player in the TV market.

After being iniitially intent on getting a Samsung I ended up buying the Sony EX700, which according to CNET only got 3 stars, but to me looks much better than the Samsung "edge lit" models, and miles better than the LG sets. Beyond just the picture the interface seems more "professional", the remote is better, the tuner is faster, the sound is actually somewhat decent (so I don't need to turn on surrounds just to watch TV), etc. Basically everything about the Sony says it is better electronics all around. However the actual panel is probably made by Samsung or Sharp, which is the knock against Sony now, they don't technically even make their own LCD panels. They use components from other manufacturers.

I fail to see the point of this thread, i only see a bunch of links with a bunch of numbers, i honestly don't know if TC is trying to bash Sony or to praise it.

madsnakehhh

I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say he is trying to "discount" 1 million PS3 sales because he wants to estimate that many have been given away with Bravia TV's.

Of course that marketing is designed to sell the TV, not the PS3. Lots of other things get bundled with TV's, whether it's from Sony or another brand. The most common thing is to bundle a blu ray player or 'surround system' with the TV. I.e.. buy a Panasonic TV get a Panasonic surround system or blu ray player.

If that's what OP is trying to prove, I'm sure I've also seen XBOX's bundled as well at Best Buy, but most likely with a Samsung set.

Whats the point of this thread?

thats nothing. at the uk launch sony gave away 32` 1080 p sony bravias to each person who bought a ps3:shock:

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

they need some kind of incentive, bravias lose every head to head comparason against every tv they go up against.

i have not looked at tv ratings for a couple of months since i bought a tv but seriously, i never saw one shootout that a bravia won.

2Chalupas

I don't believe those reviews that hype other brands. LG gets lots of favorable reviews in those "head to heads" - but what about long term? Are they going to last? If you didn't know LG is just the old Korean "Goldstar" brand, their reputation was so bad they had to completely rebrand themselves as "LG" (lucky goldstar). They seem to have made some quality improvements, and now they release things that are on cutting edge of TV technology (whereas before they were just the bottom of the barrel "disposable" model at Wal-Mart). But I am still concerned about their quality after scouring reviews online, and visiting stores. I was turned off when I visited stores and they seemed to have more display models with technical problems than other brands. Saw one LED model at Best Buy that had a line of stuck LCD's right down the middle of the set, all the way from top to bottom. There were several other display models were just turned "off" - presumably for technical problems, it was rare for other brands, but for LG it seemed to be a common theme. I guess it's true Sony used to be the top of the heap for televisions, and now they are just another player in the TV market.

After being iniitially intent on getting a Samsung I ended up buying the Sony EX700, which according to CNET only got 3 stars, but to me looks much better than the Samsung "edge lit" models, and miles better than the LG sets. Beyond just the picture the interface seems more "professional", the remote is better, the tuner is faster, the sound is actually somewhat decent (so I don't need to turn on surrounds just to watch TV), etc. Basically everything about the Sony says it is better electronics all around. However the actual panel is probably made by Samsung or Sharp, which is the knock against Sony now, they don't technically even make their own LCD panels. They use components from other manufacturers.

now i'm sure the differences are prolly as insignificant as the diff between console multiplats but i also know that i stayed away from the bravias because of the reviews.

All the links? lol I find 150k of free ps3 in 5 minutes.. I will not link everything.. All you got is a sweepstake for moutain dew where they may give what 100 xbox?TakeOFF250

[QUOTE="2Chalupas"]

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

they need some kind of incentive, bravias lose every head to head comparason against every tv they go up against.

i have not looked at tv ratings for a couple of months since i bought a tv but seriously, i never saw one shootout that a bravia won.

Riverwolf007

I don't believe those reviews that hype other brands. LG gets lots of favorable reviews in those "head to heads" - but what about long term? Are they going to last? If you didn't know LG is just the old Korean "Goldstar" brand, their reputation was so bad they had to completely rebrand themselves as "LG" (lucky goldstar). They seem to have made some quality improvements, and now they release things that are on cutting edge of TV technology (whereas before they were just the bottom of the barrel "disposable" model at Wal-Mart). But I am still concerned about their quality after scouring reviews online, and visiting stores. I was turned off when I visited stores and they seemed to have more display models with technical problems than other brands. Saw one LED model at Best Buy that had a line of stuck LCD's right down the middle of the set, all the way from top to bottom. There were several other display models were just turned "off" - presumably for technical problems, it was rare for other brands, but for LG it seemed to be a common theme. I guess it's true Sony used to be the top of the heap for televisions, and now they are just another player in the TV market.

After being iniitially intent on getting a Samsung I ended up buying the Sony EX700, which according to CNET only got 3 stars, but to me looks much better than the Samsung "edge lit" models, and miles better than the LG sets. Beyond just the picture the interface seems more "professional", the remote is better, the tuner is faster, the sound is actually somewhat decent (so I don't need to turn on surrounds just to watch TV), etc. Basically everything about the Sony says it is better electronics all around. However the actual panel is probably made by Samsung or Sharp, which is the knock against Sony now, they don't technically even make their own LCD panels. They use components from other manufacturers.

now i'm sure the differences are prolly as insignificant as the diff between console multiplats but i also know that i stayed away from the bravias because of the reviews.

You have to test with your own eyes man. All these LCD sets get 3 and 3.5 stars on CNET anyway. Yet they seem to give every PLASMA set 4 stars. I know videophiles like their Pioneer Kuro, but to me the plasma's that are left on the shelves are just not as good despite whatever the reviews say. Obviously there is more competition for sony than 10 years ago. But their XBR sets are still class leading, and I like their LED sets compared to the other "edge lit" models. Basically the only two models to look at were Sony and Samsung. I just don't trust LG and lots of people complain about them online, so I eliminated them from a "reilability" standpoint. But besides that their picture didn't look to have any advantage either.

I'm not just a Sony loyalist either, as this is my first Sony television ever. I had a Sharp previously, and my last tube TV was a JVC. If I was going to spend $2000 instead of the $750 I spent I probably would have gotten a Sharp Quattron. However if I could have ANY television period no doubt it would be a 60" Sony 3D XBR.

After looking at TV's for MONTHS, I basically got the EX700 because it was on sale and under my budget, it was LED which means less power hungry and should last longer than a Plasma, etc. I personally thought it was better than Samsung;s equivalent edge lit LED, but I actually got it for a few hundred $$$ less than the same size competition which sealed my decision. In fact the next lowest LED model I could have got that was cheaper would have been a Vizio Razer 37" LED, but that set is a joke compared to the Bravia which is quite nice.