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The biggest news to come out of the industry-tracking NPD Group's September US retail sales figures recently was that Halo 3 sold 3.3 million copies and helped push Xbox 360 hardware sales in a big way. Now, a handful of industry analysts added a bit more shading to the story with their own interpretations of the numbers.
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Analysts were particularly downbeat about the performance of the PlayStation 3, with both Greenwald and Pacific Crest Securities describing the system's hardware sales of 119,000 as "dismal".
"We expect similar (dismal) results in October for PS3 hardware units as a result of Sony's low-end price reduction to US$399, which does not go in effect until the last two days of the October NPD period," Wilson wrote.
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Analysts were particularly downbeat about the performance of the PlayStation 3, with both Greenwald and Pacific Crest Securities describing the system's hardware sales of 119,000 as "dismal".
"We expect similar (dismal) results in October for PS3 hardware units as a result of Sony's low-end price reduction to US$399, which does not go in effect until the last two days of the October NPD period," Wilson wrote.
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