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Sony sells 600,000 PS3s in EuropeDela @ Mar 29, 2007 21:43 | 13 comments Sony has confirmed that over 600,000 PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles have been sold in Europe since the console was launched last week. This means that 60% of the stock shipped to Europe (1,000,000 units estimated) has been sold. The 60GB version of the console (20GB not yet available in PAL territories) sells for €599 on average in Europe (£425 in UK).
Sony had previously sold 165,000 units in the UK in two days, which compares well against 105,000 Nintendo Wii consoles and 70,000 Xbox 360 consoles. Sony achieved the figure by delaying the European launch by four months, giving itself time to manufacture enough units to avoid shortages seen by Nintendo and Microsoft.
"Yes, 600,000 is the figure for Europe," a spokesperson told Eurogamer.
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Comment by: JorDogg (Mar 29, 2007 22:08) go sony, big ups! now if only they could sort out the shortages of extra controllers in NZ id be stoked! |
Comment by: hade (Mar 30, 2007 00:57) well its fair to say the launch went well. i read somewhere that the ps3 numbers already surpassed what the 360 sold in its first month in europe. i believe the figures for the 360 were around 500k, not to mention the 360 launched during the xmas season. i think the wii sold some 700k units for the month. now all we need is some great games to go along with it. |
Comment by: pigfister (Mar 30, 2007 03:38) Originally posted by hade: the 360 and the wii both sold all avalible stocks so a fair comparison cannot be made. |
Comment by: nptwenty (Mar 30, 2007 05:40) If Microsoft and Nintendo knew they were gonna sellout im sure the would of made more consoles. Sony knew they were going to need a lot so the made a lot. Like hade said its a shame theres not enough good games. Only game I bought was motostorm (got the rest on 360 :) |
Comment by: ZippyDSM (Mar 30, 2007 06:49) from what I have seen the data dose not say if stores bought it or indavendauls did both sony and MS love the number game to much to not pad numbers,I wonder when the PS3 glut will start....mmmm |
Comment by: muccione (Mar 30, 2007 07:37) Originally posted by ZIppyDSM: It says SOLD..If 1 million PS3s were sent to Europe (to the stores) for the launch and 600,000 sold (to people)that leaves ...ahhh...ahhh 200,000 more to sell this weekend |
Comment by: ZippyDSM (Mar 30, 2007 07:43) Quote:Originally posted by ZIppyDSM: So? you sale off off your factory stock to retailers that they cant push even half of it,this is why I call numbers game :P
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Comment by: SProdigy (Mar 30, 2007 09:55) I agree with Zippy. They say the same thing here in the US. They "sell" them to retailers and then retailers "sell" them. All the companies do this. Look at the differences between nexgenwars.com and vgcharts.com and that will tell you no one really knows the real figures. |
Comment by: hade (Mar 30, 2007 10:38) Quote:
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Comment by: madUKan (Mar 30, 2007 19:32) Quote: Erm have I missed the joke or is my maths crap, 600 000+200 000= 800 000 not 1 million (1000 000) so doesn't that meen 400 000 units are still for sale hmm |
Comment by: muccione (Mar 30, 2007 20:25) Quote: Erm have I missed the joke or is my maths crap, 600 000+200 000= 800 000 not 1 million (1000 000) so doesn't that meen 400 000 units are still for sale hmm[/quote]Your math is correct....mine is messed up because of a mod job gone way wrong...not only did I cut off both thumbs(can't count to ten anymore), but I bricked the PSP when my blood gushed onto the motherboard...now I can't play that many games lol just a joke |
Comment by: ZippyDSM (Mar 31, 2007 06:42) In all this is a numbers game $ony is selling the console well to retailers who seem to be havign a glut problem I wonder why not every one can afford it $ony forgets the tween sheeple dont have a high enough attention span to save moeny up for a long time :P |
Comment by: mickyc (Apr 04, 2007 03:18) the PS3 is not as good as the wii i bought my ps3 yesterday and i perfer the wii more |