Why, hello there! Gamespot just posted a news item about the rapidly increasing PS3 sales numbers. One of the figures that stuck out to me was that the console itself had seen a 135% increase in sales, while the software only saw a 15% jump. That seems a little odd. I mean, as you sell more PS3's, you would expect to sell more games with it too, wouldn't you? After all, it's not like people are just going to sit around and look at their PS3's all day long. That would be a waste of (what is it now, $400 US? I dunno...) a lot of money, unless they all bought the games when they came out, and just wanted to wait until the price dropped on it so that they could get it for a little cheaper. I also think that the massive sales percentage increase is not just the price drop itself, after all, it doesn't take that long to raise an extra hundred dollars, with a well paying job. And if your excuse is that you need the extra money for food, so I won't get one right now, that's a load of sh*t. If you're trying to save up every penny because you need food, you should be more worried about food than a next-gen gaming console. And sorry about the tangent right there, now, back on track. The Wii and 360's slow sales have also contributed to the increase in sales. With a flurry of mediocre games being released for them over the summer (not that it's anything new, this happens every year), everyone's looking towards Sony, because they've got some good games being released soon. With Persona 3 coming out tomorrow, and Wild ARMs 5 not long after, along with a massive announcement of games at the recent E3, it was about time that sales picked up for Sony. After all, I'm a gamer first and foremost, no matter what platform or genre (although, I don't particularly care for the horror genre), so I, naturally, followed a lot of the news coming out of Santa Monica with a watchful eye. I was excited by all of the new titles that I hadn't heard about before E3 (or that I just heard about right beforehand), but, most of them aren't coming out until later this year, or even next year (i.e. Starcraft 2). But, with MP3:C coming out soon, along with SSB:B, and Halo 3 on the horizon, the market will be busy in about two to three months, just you wait and see.

~Lego out~