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PS3 sales up 178% in the UK thanks to price drop photo

You can always count on a price drop to boost sales (unless that price drop is for The IT Crowd), something Sony can attest to. Since it dropped PlayStation 3 prices in Europe, UK sales have gone up by 178%. Another score for Blu-ray!

In the UK, PlayStation products are true status symbols, so it's no great stretch to imagine a price cut attracting yet more buyers who found the launch product a bit too rich for their blood. I was a little shocked at first, especially since I wouldn't recommend a PS3 purchase before we know more about the Dualshock 3, but then I forget that many people still don't pay attention to the Internet like they should.

Either way, this is good news for Sony, which seems to have not been doing too much of anything interesting lately. Will this boost carry the company through the Christmas period, and just how well will a similar move serve Sony in America? Time, like that child you touched, will tell.


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brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 10/16/2007 07:46
PRICE DROP = SALES? PHHWAAAAAT?!?!
Pantheon's Avatar
Pantheon at 10/16/2007 07:56
Much lulz in that photo!
Cowboy TTop's Avatar
Cowboy TTop at 10/16/2007 07:56
A lot of people got on this boat to suckerville. Not surprised at all, all everyone wanted was a decent price.

Now time for the real trick, getting the games for the thing on shelves. What are all these new suckers gonna buy, when there's next to no games, and lack of PS2 support?
bhive01's Avatar
bhive01 at 10/16/2007 08:01
Blu-Rays?
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 10/16/2007 08:02
in before the hate squad
bhive01's Avatar
bhive01 at 10/16/2007 08:07
@ Linuxguy, did you read Jim's post?
wardrox's Avatar
wardrox at 10/16/2007 08:08
The IT crowd is awesome!

The Ps3 is now actually priced close to the other consoles, so it's not too surprising. For me its going to have to be sub £200
bhive01's Avatar
bhive01 at 10/16/2007 08:11
I guess you should buy one over here then Wardrox. They'll soon be 399$ which is just about 200 pounds.
VWGTI's Avatar
VWGTI at 10/16/2007 08:13
@ Jim

The caption is priceless.
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 10/16/2007 08:18
@bhive:I meant the comments cause honestly didn't expect anything different from Jim
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 10/16/2007 08:19
@ Linuxguy, did you read cowboyTTops comment, you are going to have to be damned fast to beat the fanboys on ps3 news.
VWGTI's Avatar
VWGTI at 10/16/2007 08:19
@bhive

I think it's become so common place to hate on Sony and the PS3 over the internets that he assumes that dispite this good news for Sony, people will come in and bash them regardless.
bhive01's Avatar
bhive01 at 10/16/2007 08:19
The early crowd isn't as spiteful as the late crowd I guess.
BS3 Owner's Avatar
BS3 Owner at 10/16/2007 08:19
"In the UK, PlayStation products are true status symbols"


In the UK, Playstion products are true chick magnets!

Well you still have to have a nice Aston Martin right?
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 10/16/2007 08:27
*insert critical comment about no BC in BS3 when i really didn't plan on getting one anyway and perpetuate xbox user stereotype*

-slips rufanol into hot but whorry girls drink for touchy time later, sips beer, (natty ice) and laughs at unrellevant Family Guy joke involving a has been actor who nobody remembers, oh yeah, and punches infant in mouth-
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 10/16/2007 08:27
"I meant the comments cause honestly didn't expect anything different from Jim"

What the fuck? I didn't even DO anything this time!
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 10/16/2007 08:29
@ Jim, all you have to do is mention the ps3 and you'll get burned. BTW, u r the best dtoid writer evar for cereals.
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 10/16/2007 08:42
@Jim:just kidding
we all love you
Ogu's Avatar
Ogu at 10/16/2007 08:48
Hmm. I thought a survey said most europeaens didn't think it was expensive. Those liars.

And cereal, still making a fuzz about dualshock 3? Rumble is so 90s anyway. It's cool but not necessary enough to make it a reason not to buy.
Cynical Gamer's Avatar
Cynical Gamer at 10/16/2007 09:05
UK gamers must love playing mediocre to shitty games.
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 10/16/2007 09:06
@cynical:halo you mean?
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 10/16/2007 09:09
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

DISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
TorpedoTed's Avatar
TorpedoTed at 10/16/2007 09:22
Chaps have bought the PS3 becasue the same reason men buy pink shirts, they think otherer people think its cool when its actually crap and you look like a twat!
What fools, they should have waited for rumble and some games, a wasted buy me thinks! Stick to your Ps2 people it rocks!
comradetrotskii's Avatar
comradetrotskii at 10/16/2007 09:26
I don't understand the 178% figure. Previously they sold 10, now they have sold 17.8? How do you sell 17.8 consoles?
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 10/16/2007 09:34
wow comradetrotskii, you got some sharp wit there, I don't know how you come up with such gold. Maybe one day someone will give you recognition for stating something that has been stated so many times that it becomes a trite expression of verbal vomet.
:-)
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thisissami at 10/16/2007 09:41
wow, as much as i love sony and the PS3, that caption is priceless! it made me laugh so hard!!!

and also, comradetrotskii, if that was the case it would be 27.8 :)
atheistium's Avatar
atheistium at 10/16/2007 09:58
Guess what's been stopping people from buying them?
The lack of backwards compatibility!
comradetrotskii's Avatar
comradetrotskii at 10/16/2007 09:58
thisissami: 178% = 1.78. 10*1.78 = 17.8. Thats the only way I can understand a percentage. I've always been unclear as to whether your figure (in this instance) is what they actually mean.

Brainderailment: You've got to take the easy targets. If it makes you feel any better I have owned a PS3 since its UK launch.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 10/16/2007 10:02
I don't care what you own or have owned.
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 10/16/2007 10:02
@comradetrotskii:so to you a 100%sales surge is the same?
100%=1.00. 10*1.00=1
CaffeinePowered's Avatar
CaffeinePowered at 10/16/2007 10:02
<economics>
Oh basic economics, how you make people demand for a product has changed, it hasn't.

The demand curve hasn't moved one iota, you just slid the supply curve down to a lower price level and higher output level.

</economics>
comradetrotskii's Avatar
comradetrotskii at 10/16/2007 10:25
linuxguy: I'd never thought about a 100% sales surge too much before but thisissami already cleared it up for me. I have now, never have had and never will have a need to think about such things. But at least I now know.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 10/16/2007 10:26
100% increase is double sales
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 10/16/2007 10:38
I wont buy one, it cant play my PS2 games
TheDude234's Avatar
TheDude234 at 10/16/2007 10:41
@king3vbo Ranked Soup. Exactly.
Cynical Gamer's Avatar
Cynical Gamer at 10/16/2007 11:31
@linuxguy halo is only on xbox silly.
BS3 Owner's Avatar
BS3 Owner at 10/16/2007 12:06
^ LOL!

@ king3vbo & antheistium :

The 60GB model they're trying to clear out...
Has Backwards Compatibility...

Sku You both! ( Ill timed attempt @ humor? )
spoot-smeg's Avatar
spoot-smeg at 10/16/2007 12:16
in every single shop I saw about the 40gb model not a single one meantioned anything about no backwards compatability
Ha-Puken's Avatar
Ha-Puken at 10/16/2007 12:24
@Jim
"Time, like that child you touched, will tell."
Fucking CLASSIC!
Sliced Bread's Avatar
Sliced Bread at 10/16/2007 13:22
In England there are STILL NO BLOODY Wiis to buy, the sexy breadbin looks of the PS3 are seducing those with cash in their pockets.
Volomon's Avatar
Volomon at 10/16/2007 14:22
Damn 178% increase thats impressive.
hexfix93's Avatar
hexfix93 at 10/16/2007 14:38
the same thing will happen here too.

and i think a wii shortage and the falcon chipset in the 360 fixing the overheat but creating 4 new problems like unable to read dvds, bad sound and other things, another blow to microsoft who cannot get their console stable and reliable.. sony will clean house this holiday...
wonky360's Avatar
wonky360 at 10/16/2007 14:57
It is good value for a Blu Ray player, shame ...I was hoping for a games console. Hold on, do I want a Blue Ray player? Nope.
hexfix93's Avatar
hexfix93 at 10/16/2007 16:09
what, the ps3 has tons of amazing games you dolt!
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 10/16/2007 16:56
hexfix: You really think Sony's victory will be that complete this Christmas? That's a pretty big statement, dude.
Namelessted's Avatar
Namelessted at 10/16/2007 20:43
funny thing is that a pricedrop also means that Sony is losing even more money for each hardware sale. lols
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 10/16/2007 21:11
@ hexfix93
Take your trolling elsewhere, kthxbye.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 10/16/2007 23:51
I agree with Jim: Sony may have shot themselves in the foot by withholding the DualShock 3 from US/Europe until early next year. Seriously...what’s up with that? It’s going to be bundled with the new ceramic white 40 GB PS3s in Japan starting now, but they can’t produce them anywhere but in that country? I’m so glad I never bought a second SIXAXIS.
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