IDC comments on PS3 sales figures

According to IDC analyst Billy Pidgeon, Sony must produce more first-part software for the PS3 or risk seeing more and more units left on shop shelves. His comments follow the release of the NPD video game sales data for 2006, which, according to Sony’s Jack Tretton, prove the power of the PlayStation brand.

The IDC analyst said that while he agrees with Tretton’s assessment of the PS2‘s power in the market and the boost that it has given to most third-party publishers’ bottom lines, the PlayStation brand doesn’t appear to be helping the PS3. Here are his words:

The PlayStation brand doesn’t appear to be helping the PS3. If NPD’s numbers are correct, there are over 300K PS3s on retail shelves. That is not good for a console launch of only a million and it’s not good for publishers with PS3 software.

Pidgeon warns that Sony must focus on the games that are available for the PS3. He says:

Software libraries are the key driver of console sales, and no console is going to sell on the promises – they’ve got to deliver. Sony needs more must-have first party titles to sell consoles. Gamers know Halo 3 is coming on the Xbox 360, and they can expect Mario on the Wii, but there are no established first party franchises coming to the PS3 except Gran Turismo – and that is delayed.

Via GamesIndustry

According to IDC analyst Billy Pidgeon, Sony must produce more first-part software for the PS3 or risk seeing more and more units left on shop shelves. His comments follow the release of the NPD video game sales data for 2006, which, according to Sony’s Jack Tretton, prove the power of the PlayStation brand.

The IDC analyst said that while he agrees with Tretton’s assessment of the PS2‘s power in the market and the boost that it has given to most third-party publishers’ bottom lines, the PlayStation brand doesn’t appear to be helping the PS3. Here are his words:

The PlayStation brand doesn’t appear to be helping the PS3. If NPD’s numbers are correct, there are over 300K PS3s on retail shelves. That is not good for a console launch of only a million and it’s not good for publishers with PS3 software.

Pidgeon warns that Sony must focus on the games that are available for the PS3. He says:

Software libraries are the key driver of console sales, and no console is going to sell on the promises – they’ve got to deliver. Sony needs more must-have first party titles to sell consoles. Gamers know Halo 3 is coming on the Xbox 360, and they can expect Mario on the Wii, but there are no established first party franchises coming to the PS3 except Gran Turismo – and that is delayed.

Via GamesIndustry