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The fact that their is more supply than demand for a newly launched console is bad.

@ Ted

The fact they actually sold tons of consoles proves they havent completely failed like many want sony out of the game. I would be rather dissapointed if its just nintendo and M$.

Who the hell even CARES anymore? All of this bickering marketing number bullshit really sucks the fun out of gaming-related news.

I don't care about how many units the fucking console sells.

I care about things related to the games that you play on said consoles, because that's the whole POINT.

I wish everyone would shut the hell up about sales figures. Just proof that gaming is just as commercialized as every other form of media in the world. A damn shame that it can't just be art.

As soon as Blue-ray becomes the next standard, I'm gobbling up a PS3.

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Fuck me. Sony gives away free 46 inch plasma TV's and they still can't sell out!!??
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100 free TVs to the first 100 people at one store. not everybody in the UK is going to go there. the second they announced that it probably filled up. are you dumb enough to think that that would cause a sell out? and the fact is that they sold more than double the 360s and 60,000 more than the wii in launch day. that's good for sony. it doesn't matter if they didn't sell out. they'll probably keep selling this way for the next couple of weeks to and soon overtake the wii and 360 (by the end of this year methinks). the playstation brand name is huge in europe.

@Im OK, my thoughts exactly. I have been reading that site for a while and they have to great coverage on the European PS3 launch

I think Cypher_VR's animation says it best.

I'd like a PS3, but it costs too much and when it was released in the USA it didn't come with a free widescreen HD TV and whatever sexual favors it came with in the UK.

Lucky Brits...

haha love it, they sell more than the others yet people bitch and say, well sony was good at having plenty of stock and it didnt sell out, but cause it didnt sell out means it sux...


haha

people are so fun

"Come on, sell out or not it was a successful launch. "

Um, No. If your launch doesn't sell out, it means one thing: Everyone who wanted one bought one, and that number was smaller than what you had in stock. That being the case, their numbers will most likely fall off like a rock. That's not good. Also, these results are not indicative of what happened in most of mainland Europe where many crickets were heard chirping. Besides, all these consoles in Europe are just the ones that no one wanted in the rest of the world. That's why they had so many. It's like pick your poison, which country would you like to have the most stock gathering dust in?

ha ha well... I must admit my PS3 is collecting dust, and I'm sad about that friends. However, I knew well before buying it that it was going to sit for like a year doing nothing while my 360 would be well exercised. There are no games right now, but it will eventually. ^^

No one tell Summa that the PS3 didn't actually sell out in the UK. He might cry.

I see other people already have in the previous comments. Drat.

I mean the Wii had people slobbering over it for months after the initial launch. It was almost always sold out as more and more units get released for some time...but Sony being unable to manage to sell off their entire initial shipment? Yeah...we best not tell him.

But of course he posts things like this to bait people to the site and have them keep coming. The whole rar rar anti-nintendo thing is all an (annoying) act. It works on me anyway.

Eh. PS3, you an have UK. The Wii will have everything else.

"Chart-Track estimates 165,000 units sold in two days"

Note the estimates bit. I also point you to another key part of this article:-

"selling an estimated 165,000 units in its first two days of release, bettered only by its older handheld sibling the PSP which sold around 185,000."

Thats right. The PSP also sold extremely well on it's debut... and look what happened since.


So what is really happening here? A few things:

1. Sony has delivered a decent amount of consoles to actually meet demand and preorders. Both the Xbox360 and Wii failed to do this, infact the Wii is still not appearing on shelves in shops because they are being sold same day stock arrives. This is a positive to Sony; those that want a PS3 can get one.

2. There has been a considerable wait (over 3 months) between the release in USA and Japan and over here in the UK. That is a lot of time for more people to register a Preorder.

3. The Sony brand name over in the UK is still quite strong and this alone has probably secured it a good debut. Continuing these promising sales is the big challenge.


In reply to Summa's Nintendo bashing however he neglected to say that even now in Edinburgh, some shops are STILL fulfilling preorders for Nintendo Wiis. Yes, 3 months later, still trying to meet demand. If they had have had enough consoles for all who wanted one in December then the sales figures would have blitzed 165k. Is that Nintendo's fault? I guess so, but they are still shifting a huge number every week, they just cant seem to make and shift enough to meet demand.

However, credit to Sony for the First week sales. The excitement of launch was pitiful, but that is probably because most Europeans have had to wait so long (and were guarenteed preorders) that they turned up the next day to pick up their PS3 instead of queuing through the night.

I am going to be watching the sales figures for the next few weeks with interest though. When all those Preorders have gone and are out the door, just how much momentum will it have. Time will tell.

Oh I'm sorry, you wanted moronic flamebait and overuse of acronyms and 1337 h4X0rZ speak that grew old back in the late 1990's? So sorry to disappoint those with little to say and fewer braincells.

Come back when you can string together an insult.

"Oh I'm sorry, you wanted moronic flamebait and overuse of acronyms and 1337 h4X0rZ speak that grew old back in the late 1990's? So sorry to disappoint those with little to say and fewer braincells.

Come back when you can string together an insult."


Oof, looks like someone has a little sand in their vagina... STFUAJPG?

Also, cocks.

Hmmm.. Actually according to numbers the PS3 initially sold more in the US than the Wii. Simply because there were more. (believe it or not)

Two facts can be brought about this:

1.-Numbers can be fascinating and they can also be contrary to popular knowledge.

2.-Despite fantastic Wii sales and acceptance (as short termed as it may be), the PS3 is not doing that bad.. is just not doing very good. But is not rolling on its grave either. 2 million sales in 2-3 months is definetily not a "failure".

Anyway, the PS2 and the DS are still ruling the charts no next gen console is even close to those numbers. So who cares?

The Sony and Playstation brands are big time in the EU. (Some Euro heads I know only support Playstation product.) No surprise there.

Marketing companies can only gauge so much. Their numbers cannot determine the actual demand for each console (usually throwing a distracting spin).

My assessment in Europe is that the kids are all over the Wii, starting to embrace the 360 and giving a big warm welcome hug and french kiss to the new kid on the block, PS-tree. What's the deal with the PSP and DS out there right now?

There will be global figures to play around with pretty soon. Let the games begin...

oh just to add:

PS3 is the fastest selling home console at UK launch

Guess what the fastest selling piece of gaming hardware overall is.

PSP.

Nuff said.

ALSO COCKS