Other notable Sony percentages include 234%, 6%, 6.7%, 46%, 98%, 20.4%, and 19.2%. Impressive!

Haha... that was great!

Looks like Microsoft is having another shortage - what a coincidence!

fuchikoma

@TalKeaton: A Force to be Reckoned With: Oh i'm pretty much anxious to hear how Microsoft will try to PR spin this :D

Abriael

Sony seems pleased with their May NPD sales? Wow, I wonder if Microsoft and Nintendo seem just as pleased with theirs.

:)

TalKeaton: A Force to be Reckoned With

Sony has the right the gloat this time around. Let's not forget Microsoft gloating last month and they only outsold the PS3 by 900 units. This time Sony outsells them by 22,106

DigitalHero

I admit, I love getting my monthly NPD fix, but I've stopped seeing the point of the Sony, MS and Nintendo press releases that inevitably follow, though I do enjoy Kotaku's humorous takes on them.

tozza

you are one funny guy Michael McWhertor!
next months should definitely be interesting

Soldier87

@Neo_Deus: Sorry for the less than optimal corporate gloating experience. We're having tech issues.

Michael McWhertor

How ironic. Like Black Manta(He always faces Aquaman), Sony is competing with nobody. We know that the PS3 is having a breakout year, but the 360 is so far ahead that the PS3 is out of contention.

KM91

Ah, corporate gloating, my favorite article trifecta of each month! Have at it, McWhertor!

Neo_Deus

Those ps3 meta gear bundles sold like hotcakes today... $500 delicious hotcakes.

Grumps

@eqhara: only if it was followed by an evil laugh: "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

Now to wait for Microsoft's response...

psycoking

i did

JackDaniels19

Just once I'd love to see a press release that simply says "Yes, we are pleased with the NPD numbers this month"

eqhara

I wonder how many people bought Haze:(

xIvSlowDeath420

Leigon of Doom,eh? Very nice..

enewtabie

A lot of the wording in there is practically painful to read.

"The media have hailed 2008 as the year of the PS3, and with solid sales and growth opportunities ahead, we feel consumers are saying the same."

Wow.

Huckleberry

I have a 360 and a Wii for this generation. It´s good to see the PS3 selling more units cause competition is always a good thing. And now the PS3 has way more good games than it had before. If only I had enough money I would probably have a PS3 too. The more the merrier.

lucasreis

...also, does anyone find it strange that a competitor is always missing from PS3 releases? I don't know whether to see it as admirable that Sony can stay focused on one enemy at a time or to see it sad that they have nothing on Nintendo to comment on.

Be it mostly fool hardy at times, MS have always claimed their victories over Nintendo where they can. I'm not beating Sony down with Nintendo because I can't do it with Microsoft this month (who am I kidding, yes I am and it's pretty petty of me ), but it seems that not much has changed other than 22.1K units and they can use words like eclipse. Again Sony, save the good words for next month when you will have an awesome light in the sun by the why of (Snake's Voice) "Metal Gear". Don't go blowing your load all at once because when MS turns the table you again with these kind of numbers, how will you say you weren't eclipsed :)

Hell, who am I kidding, "eclipse" is such amazingly loaded word, I have to respect the PR rep who picked it. 22.1K... Eclipse. Amazing :)

okenny :)

@The Karate Kid: Awww, "xbotz"... so cute. Another person dedicating his life to a piece of hardware. And I'm sure if you misspell words and abuse the caps lock key hard enough, you may just accomplish something. Just keep on keepin' on, little guy. We're rooting for ya.

(Seriously, how has he not been banned yet? Every post he makes is pure trolling)

ShaggE

@SG79:

360 attach rate that is. Still, it has to be said: press releases from both Sony and MS that draw direct comparisons are laughable and in poor taste. Pointless at best too.

SG79

I'm still waiting for the press release where one of the companies bitches about their sales numbers.

EmeraldDragon

By the way, since we're having technical difficulties, if you'd like to take a ride on Microsoft and Nintendo spin cycles, they're here, not on the front page. :(

Microsoft
[kotaku.com]

Nintendo
[kotaku.com]

First one to most accurately guess the theme wins a prize.

Michael McWhertor

@Chaospluto:

Last month Greenberg said that they're 5 million units ahead internationally, so those figures are a tad off. Regardless, the difference isn't as large given the headstart.

As always, the attach rate is truly impressive.

SG79

And that is why McWhertor is my favorite Kotaku editor... Wit as sharp as a sword :)

optimusprime

I'm gonna call crappy NPD next month.

With the walmart sale everyone I know is buying a PS3 there, and AFAIK Walmart does add into the NPD.

Terance!

@-oG-ShAdY: Not DC, but I wonder who will pick up the theme first.

Michael McWhertor

@-oG-ShAdY:
Scarecrow perhaps?

enewtabie

@KM91: So far ahead? How are they so far ahead? Let me look up vgchartz.......

PS3@13.27Mil and 360@19.13Mil right now

360 is 6Mil ahead, that's not "So far ahead", that's sad really. 360 has a 1 year head start, they should be further ahead of Sony than that imho to be "So far ahead"

Chaospluto

@CCCombobreaker:

Let me quote Microsoft (Aaron Greenberg) from April 2008 NPD when MS outsold Sony by just a mere 900 units.

"whereas the PS3 seems to be a bit stalled, and what you're finding is that there are two platforms that are performing very well, going after two uniquely different types of consumers, while the PS3 really seems like it's getting squeezed out."

You are right, classic. Goes both ways.

DigitalHero

Here they come! I wonder if all three articles will be DC themed.

@fuchikoma:

I thought so too.

@enewtabie:

I wonder if Microsoft will be Lex Luthor or Solomon Grundy.

"Solomon Grundy want pants too!" XD

-oG-ShAdY

@MaleficentLovecraft: Wonderful wishful thinking. But I'd actually would be curious to see that happen, just to see the mindless xbots that gasped to find the weirdest excuses to criticize the game (like cutscene lenght) suddenly jumping ship and starting to write on how the game is an absolute masterpiece (Which it is).

Abriael

@CCCombobreaker: "Outselling by 22,000 is the same as eclipsing them in sales?"

In Xbot land America I'd definately say yes. Add to that the usual Sony victory in Europe and Japan, and you get what i'd pretty much define "eclipsing".

Abriael

There is a history of cash cow exclusives sneakily jumping console a year or so after their initial 'exclusive' release. A rather misty-eyed Gamestop employee was dreaming of a 6-month wait for a 360 release of MGS4.

I know it is likely a possibility, as Konami does love its money, but I feel that the 360 release will come like a PS3 Bioshock release, after everyone has kindly told you what they thought of it.

Why is that valid? I think it colors 2008. Only a select few games are truly console exclusive, and although they are being careful about harping on the exclusive, they are flaunting it like a potential Halo.

MaleficentLovecraft

This is as bad as gloating gets and I don't mean Sony, I mean the comments. For crying out loud!

Save some of this for next month when the MGS4 sales take effect otherwise your XBox digs will sound old.

All I have to say is calm down or you risk saying things like this.

okenny :)

So Sony ended up being the Aquaman villain? =P

Ruglia

@DarkHomer:

Yeah it was really grasping to be honest. Especially considering how far the sales of the PS3 version fell in a month. Dropped by 50% and down from number 2 to number 4.

CCCombobreaker

Outselling by 22,000 is the same as eclipsing them in sales?

Ah whatever. Gotta remember this is all classic PR stuff.

CCCombobreaker

"a 6 percent higher attach rate than Xbox 360."

...thats because there is more 360's out there than ps3's. So..i would think that it would be slightly higher.

DarkHomer

@xIvSlowDeath420: i did i love the game :(

Raziel Dune

Too lazy to search for it, but I wonder if other industries go through the same NPD PR bonanza each month. E.g. "Blendtec responds to May NPD sales, seems pleased, promises to blend more", etc.

tozza

@Abriael: We need to add a rimshot button to Kotaku comments.

Michael McWhertor

@fuchikoma:
"Looks like Microsoft is having another shortage - what a coincidence!"

Yeah, a shortage of customers :P

Abriael

LoL 1 year ago XBOTZ all over the world thought this wasn't possible, with the video game industry now owned and controlled by lobbyist, its refreshing to see the platform and brand that kept it strong still deliver on the innovation that it utterly deserves!

Whats next for PS3???

Little Big Planet
Socom Confrontation
Enhanced Bioshock
Resistance 2
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
Killzone 2
Tekken 6
Final Fantasy 13
Final Fantasy 13 Versus
God Of War 3
Infamous
Gran Turismo 5

***Playstation Home***

The Karate Kid

they have the right to brag about MGS4, this game is BIGGER than GTA IV.

Grimmjow Jeagerjaques

Jeez, just as I tell meself that would no longer comment or pay mind to the console war bullshit flame-battling, something like this pulls me back in and consumes a little bit more of my soul.

h8GWB

Kind of ridiculous spin. Last month, they didn't mention trailing 360. This month, of course, they sold more, but why would you start comparing 3 consoles versus 1 with the profits and stuffs?

Right, with PS2 having a close to 90% margin and PSP with good margin (especially the "value" bundles), I don't see why it doesn't make profits when you add it to PS3 and compare with the lone 360.

mcool93

"-Other notable Sony percentages include 234%, 6%, 6.7%, 46%, 98%, 20.4%, and 19.2%. Impressive!

-Jack Tretton, president and CEO of SCEA said 'momentum' twice"

God I love Kotaku. No matter how much some commenters can suck, this site is still priceless.

slomo788

@DarkHomer: Oh they all damn well better be pleased or someone will wake up the next day to find their stocks plummeting. Bare and grin :D

okenny :)

@SG79: I agree.

@Mpalm.: yeah... "The Game List" or the "The Exclusives List" , there like problems; everyone has them but everyone also thinks theirs are more important than the everybody else's.

okenny :)

@Huckleberry:
Umm, whats so painful to read....?

A lot of people (media and others) actually HAVE called '08 the PS3's year. While the solid sales and growth opportunities might be a touch objective, I think the "we feel the consumers are saying the same thing" line kinda speaks for itself.

All in all not a BS of a statement as it could have been.

MightyKAC

@Michael McWhertor:
they all..seems pleased?

DarkHomer

@okenny :): But... without listing every game the ps3 has coming out in the next 20 years, HOW WILL PEOPLE KNOW?!

Mpalm.

@DigitalHero:

Haha yep. Press junkets rule.

@Chaospluto:

Don't use VGchartz. They make up numbers and they're proven to be bullshit time and time again. The guy who runs it was banned from neogaf because he was posting fake sales numbers.

@Abriael:

I thought Kotaku banned fanboy talk like this?

CCCombobreaker

@okenny :):

If MS didn't have an edge over Nintendo in attach rates generally, comparisons wouldn't be drawn either. So as I said, those comparisons, true or not, are laughable and pointless.

They're competing for second place after all.

SG79

I gotta admit, the most impressive number there is how quickly the PSN is growing.

Although, I'm sure it's nice for Sir Stringer to see the PS3 beat the 360 in the monthly numbers as well.

sascha23

@JackDaniels19: You're kidding right? >:( Right? right????

O_O

OT79

MGS4 is definitely gonna push console sales for June too. I went to Best Buy to pick up my game today and saw like 10 people walking around with the bundle and a bunch of blu-rays and it sold out before I walked out of the stores. Will be nice to see PS3 pushing it's way up toward the other two consoles and hopefully encourage developers to get more involved.

everybest

@Grimmjow Jeagerjaques:

An exclusive game can't be bigger than multiplatform GTA.

CCCombobreaker

@lucasreis: Bravo. If only more people shared your attitude. I may spend some time defending Sony since they get needlessly trashed so often (can you believe Penny Arcade is still throwing out the "PS3 has no games" insult? God I miss the days when they were fans of games and not platforms) but I own all three platforms and I love all three of them.

Console agnostic is the way to go if you can afford it. I don't miss out on great games for any platform.

Deviation59

@Michael McWhertor:

Underwater cartoon villains?

Marl13

"PS3 Eclipses Xbox 360 Hardware Sales"

"The media have hailed 2008 as the year of the PS3, and with solid sales and growth opportunities ahead, we feel consumers are saying the same." I love this.

Sony's PR this month is hilarious.

crazyorloco

@StrikerGold:

I agree that this is the year for Sony to break out. However, I don't think MGS4 is a "mass appeal" game. There's no doubt that a lot of people have been waiting for it, and those people are currently enjoying it. I'd be interested to see what Brian's dad (someone new to the franchise) thinks of it... the gamers here have already made up their minds about it.

That being said, there's plenty of reasons to buy one even without MGS4. Especially with the $100 discounts (WalMart)... it's almost crazy not to.

Snokie

@MightyKAC: I hope it is Sony's year actually, because now that MGS4 has finally dropped, they had better take June and July and probably the year in sales. MSG4 was the game all ardent PS3 defenders were saying, "just wait till it comes out!" So if they don't start taking over the 360 in a big way, I don't see how they can come back in a few months and truly "seem pleased."

Or are we going to have "Wait till FFXIII!! Wait till LittleBigPlanet!! Wait till White Knight Story!" Speaking of which... where is White Knight Story?

StrikerGold

I've got 3 360's and 2 PS3's in my house.

The 360 gets games played on them the PS3's get used for Blurays.

kgetz3

@Marl13: A winner is you! Shoot me an e-mail.

Michael McWhertor

@okenny :):

well nintendo has time and time again claimed they "weren't competing with microsoft and sony", really it wasn't until the wii took off that they got all smug. i'm pretty sure if the wii ended up not doing well it would have continued to be "oh we're not competing we have no real competitors" as opposed to "lolz we pwned your face".

either way i love my wii and my ps3, i just wish all the damn rpgs would quit going to the 360 since i'd rather upgrade my computer before getting a 360.

@Snokie:

between metal gear and 300 ps3's i think june is definately going to be a good month for sony.

btw for anyone that hasn't heard metal gear is amazing :p im actually taking a break and checking out kotaku because ive been playing it pretty much nonstop for the last like 5 hours or so >.>;;;;

demonknightinuyasha

@CCCombobreaker:
aww come on..You can say something positive about Sony for once.It won't kill you.

enewtabie

Looks like Sony loves then some stimulus checks...

Rask

Anyone know if Walmart has that $100 off deal on a MGS4 PS3 bundle package? Just Curious.

DugDawg

@CCCombobreaker: Marketers come from the Land of Statistics. And thats why I like Mark Twain. Why?

"There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- Mark Twain

Salen

@DugDawg: I think its for ALL PS3 bundles, so I think it would apply. You might want to check your local Wal-Mart for confirmation though.

Salen

When did Black Manta become Devil Ray?

CaptainMurphy

@Rask: Those stimulus checks were for American products and services, doh!

denebola

Wait...they keep saying the playstation brand, does that include psp, pstwo, and ps3? Because if so, no wonder they're leaps and bounds ahead.

Talleh

I heard that MGS4 sold one-third of a million games in Japan alone, and that's not counting the PS3 bundles... I wonder what the PS3 sales will do in June.

Too Human is coming out soon, we'll see what's what.

fraggenstein

Just done a quick comparison on Metacritic's 'Recent and Upcoming' lists:

Green Scores (76%+)
360 - 21 Titles, Average Score 80.4
PS3 - 18 Titles, Average Score 82.9

Yellow Scores (50-75%)
360 - 25 Titles, Average Score 60.3
PS3 - 21 Titles, Average Score 64.8

Red Scores (below 50%)
360 - 5 Titles, Average Score 42.4
PS3 - 3 Titles, Average Score 40.0 (Damn you, History Channel; Battle For The Pacific!)

I agree with most here that the spinning is laughable on both sides, but there's little surprise that MS are conveniently ignoring what's going on around them right now in choosing to gloat over past glories...

stussygalore

Wait, Haze is out?! I am going to go buy a PS3 right now. Is there a Haze bundle? Maybe with a special yellow paint job?

curtisawa

Nice use of Black Manta. ;)

Candle

@enewtabie:

What, do you think I've never said anything positive about Sony or the Playstation brand? I just can't say anything positive about a dumb press release.

CCCombobreaker