HA!
OK, now that we have that out of the way, take a look at the best Sony PlayStation 3 news to come out since ... well, maybe ever. According to Chart-Track via GamesIndustry, the PS3 is the fastest selling home console in the United Kingdom ... EVER! Yeah, EVER. Doubters, naysayers, what have you say now brown cow? Here are the deets:
Chart-Track has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that UK consumers snapped up 165,000 PlayStation 3 units in the two days following the console's launch.
That makes PS3 the fastest-selling home console in history, beating the Wii - which shifted 105,000 units during its launch weekend - and Xbox 360, with 70,000 sold.
Both Nintendo and Microsoft struggled to meet demand with their consoles, leading to stock shortages - but Sony previously stated that the UK would get around 220,000 of the 1 million PS3 units allocated to Europe for launch.
Wow, with today's news about the Virtual Console and now this uber-positive PS3 news, it's like Make Robert Summa Happy Day or something.
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7:48 PM on 03.26.2007
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Good for Sony, if the reports are true.
There's gonna be a lot of consoles on UK's ebay?
Nah, but seriously, it is good to hear some good news around sony for a change... Even though many of those buyers are probably making the "there's aren't any good games for PS3" realization about now =p
That's a lie
360: 10,844,354
Wii: 5,219,832
PS3: 1,843,413
Gosh, those extra 95,000 units Sony sold will sure make a big dent in those number.
lol Summa, come on, I'm starting to believe someone's comment that you're just out to bait fanboys for shits and giggles
If they sold 165K, then it WASN'T EVEN A SELL OUT!
Fuck me. Sony gives away free 46 inch plasma TV's and they still can't sell out!!??
I'm sorry, Robert but you just made my day. Thats hilarious.
I personally find it a nice breather to see something OTHER than the usual Sony haterade. Sure it has the typical PR spin, but it's not a false statement, and it definitely doesn't reflect the "LAWLZ ONLY 2 PPL SHOWED UP FOR THE EURO LAUNCH LAWLZ LAWLZ LAWLZ!!" dirt that's been flying across my computer monitor lately.
You are a sad, sad man. I miss the Summa (A.K.A. blowhard) free Destructoid.
so the US launch outsold the European launch. The fact that the PS3 is not sold out in Europe is a big problem. It is all about supply and demand. Nintendo just hit there 6 million mark and the wii is sold out everywhere. So 160,000 people bought a PS3 in Europe, there are still stores putting up signs saying "we have 73 PS3s left, buy one before we are sold out." Is it just me or is that bad?
They should never have to push as hard as they are to sell a launching console, every store in Europe has signs begging the customers to buy it, and yet it is not sold out. The way I see it, the launch failed and the PS3 sales continue to suck. It may have sold more than past instances but you have to look at the competition TODAY. The Wii is selling like hotcakes, and the PS3 is sitting in stores and collecting dust.
Us stupid American's just don't like living...curse us!
Actually, according to a Sony Exec, it's because American's are "cheap" or something along those lines.
You people deserve medals all around.
Yes, we know you're jealous of people who bought the console. We know you're poor and can't afford it. Nobody cares.
Everyone's a Sony expert these days, getting their primary info from MSN.com and the like, with amazing analytical powers of "Waaaaaaagh they should have done this, waaaaaagh they should have done that, waaaaaagh I would do it better, waaaaaaaagh I wet the bed again...".
Just...
...and get a job. Maybe then you'll be able to pay for it and quit bitching.
And you don't think it's fair to compare the ps3 because it's got a higher price point? I'm sure Sony doesn't either. In reality, a cheaper product that does a comparable task will always win in any technological arms race.
I think the gaming industry is best off with three competitors, so I'm in no hurry to give Sony a send off, but I'm concerned that they pushed their better talent away from SCEA and toward their hdtv marketing branch. The Bravia commercials are great and omnipresent, while the ps3 commercials are the subject of ridicule.
I remember the Dreamcast was the fastest selling console in the US when it launched. That worked out so well for them!
Seriously, good for Sony. Hopefully they can keep it up.
umm, games?
show me some games currently or within 3 months that i MIGHT give a shit about - excruding $600 out of my ass for sony's BS3, and don't tell me MGS4 because i know how much it rocks
Sorry, folks.
Other than that, a bit of blue(ray) for the Dad's is always good.
Talladega Nights.