PS3 is having a great week, crosses fingers

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It seems like gamers are favoring Sony’s PlayStation 3 lately, which is nice to hear (for Sony, at least) as that has not been the case for some time. Sony does seem to be turning things around post-E3, and these couple of nuggets of sales news point to better times for the console.

PunchJump’s beady little eyes have spotted a 5,685% sales increase for pre-orders of the new 80GB PlayStation 3 model on Amazon yesterday. This is the set we heard about at E3, packed with an 80GB hard disk and a copy of MotorStorm for $599. We saw similar increases at Amazon when the 60GB model’s price dropped to $499, and as of Thursday it ranked as the #1 best-selling product in Amazon’s Computer & Games category.

In Japan, sales numbers for the PlayStation 3 have doubled the previous weeks’ count. We’re not sure if it was the ‘filthy upskirt’ action of last week’s Hot Shots Golf 5 release, but Sony managed to move 28,829 units in Japan on the week of July 23rd, up from the previous weeks’ 12,000 according to Games Industry.

Is Sony just starting a hot streak? Will things continue to go well for Sony as we move into the holiday season? Is a PS3 in the cards for you?

[Via PunchJump and GI ]


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