PSN outage results in 200% PS3 trade-in increase

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According to a 'major UK retailer', the incredibly lengthy PSN downtime has seen an increase of over 200 percent on PS3 consoles being traded in. What's worse for Sony is that reportedly that half of these trades are shifting over to the Xbox 360, while the rest are opting for cash instead. The ongoing PlayStation Network outage is beginning to have an effect on the high street, Edge can reveal.

Our sources indicate a growing trend of PS3 consoles being traded in for cash or Xbox 360s, slumping sales of PSN points cards and a shift in the ratio of multiplatform game sales and pre-orders away from PS3.

“In the first week of downtime we did not really see any major change in sales or trades,” says one source, a store manager at a major UK retailer speaking on condition of anonymity. “However from the second week onwards we have seen an increase of over 200 per cent on PS3 consoles being traded in, split almost 50/50 between those trading for cash and those taking a 360 instead.”

Another source, working for an independent retailer in the South West, said he had seen a “massive increase” in the volume of PS3s traded in in recent weeks, with most exchanging for an Xbox 360. He describes those trading in their PS3s as “the hardcore online shooter crowd” – players who spend most of their gaming time playing the same game online, and who are therefore greatly impacted by the outage.

Tom Mestdagh, of Belgian indie Gameswap – the only retailer we spoke to happy to go on the record - agrees. “At the end of each month people come to sell their consoles,” he tells us. “People that need money [to pay bills]. What’s different this time around is that that they are bringing in PS3s together with all their games and they don’t want money, they want an Xbox 360. In every case it is because of Black Ops and or Modern Warfare 2.

“We’re just ten days into the month and already we have an increase of 200 per cent in PS3s coming into the store compared to all of March. Normally we sell them really fast, but not this time. We’ve only sold 30 to 40 per cent of our inventory right now.”

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SrooPPosted:

im sticking with my ps3 anyway still has great games multiplayer and singleplayer most xbox sp games suck

chillen420Posted:

LOLOLOLLOLOLOL THAT SUCKS SONY!

ViIIainPosted:

lol i thought this would happen 2 i hope it continues as well

sethrPosted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8PTGHXBiYM

This just in: Microsoft supports this video.

SkidPosted:

I am not keeping track of the tracing of the actual person who did this but i can say that person is in some serious trouble, thats a huge problem for sony.

Noah-Posted:

haha sony now who has run out of steam?

iPatoboPosted:

This was inevitable.

I can only image what will happen if PSN doesn't come back by the end of the month.

FlashedPosted:

wow Sony give me a break...lol

cuePosted:

and what happens if Xbox get's hacked for the same amount of time? lol
people will go to ps3? ( not me )

5thPosted:

im gonna laugh when everything goes back 2 normal and every1 that traded in there ps3 wants it back. lol