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-FUCK SEGA SATURN-
PRESENTS:
300,000 PSX'S AND OVER 1 MIO. GAMES SOLD IN USA!
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 1995--Sony Computer
Entertainment America (SCEA) Monday announced that 300,000 Sony PlayStation
game consoles have been sold since the system's landmark introduction on
Sept. 9 of this year.
Additionally, high software sales of more than 1 million game titles have
resulted in an unprecedented 4-to-1 tie ratio (four titles per game
console).
"This is phenomenal news -- exciting for everyone involved in the launch
of the PlayStation, especially our retailers and consumers," said Jim Whims,
senior vice president, SCEA. "Several retailers are still in a sold-out
situation, and demand for software continues to increase as the installed
base grows. Our goal is to gear up for what we anticipate will be a
fabulous holiday season.
"These hardware statistics, coupled with impressive software sales, are
going to make the PlayStation a difficult package to beat."
The 1 million units of software sold to date include Sony titles, as
well as titles from third-party developers, including Acclaim, Crystal
Dynamics, Electronic Arts, Namco, Ocean of America and Ubi Soft.
Specifically, "Battle Arena Toshinden" and Namco's "Ridge Racer" are
currently selling at a ratio of nearly 1-to 1 (one title for every
PlayStation game console).
In additional to the success of PlayStation hardware and software,
performance and convenience "peripherals," such as extra game console
controllers and memory cards (which allow players to "save" advanced stages
of game play to be reaccessed at a later date), have sold exceptionally
well.
"Demand for PlayStation peripherals continues to exceed supply," said
Whims. "Incredibly, we have shipped the same number of memory cards to
retails as actual hardware units."
With record sales of more than a quarter of a million units in just over
six weeks, SCEA is anticipating that the PlayStation will be this year's
leader among the next-generation video game platforms.
According to Peter Roithmayr, merchandising director at The Electronics
Boutique, "The Sony PlayStation continues to be the dominant video game
hardware at our stores, by far outselling the Sega Saturn. Every new piece
of PlayStation software we get goes straight to the top of our sales charts.
We are ecstatic with the sellthrough."
Sony Computer Entertainment America, a division of Sony Interactive
Entertainment Inc., is based in Foster City. The company markets the
PlayStation for distribution in North America, publishes PlayStation
software for the North American market, and manages the U.S. third-party
licensing program. Sony Interactive Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony
Corp. of America, has headquarters in New York.