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BKK2 on 24 May 2008

Au Benelux, nous en sommes aujourd'hui à environ 300.000 PS3 installées, indique Ronny Hoekman, directeur marketing Sony Benelux. Nos projections tablent sur un parc de 500.000 à 550.000 unités vendues d'ici fin décembre. Il devrait nous permettre de dépasser la Xbox 360 en septembre

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"In the Benelux, we are now about 300,000 PS3 installed, said Ronny Hoekman, Sony marketing manager Benelux. Our projections assume a fleet of 500,000 to 550,000 units sold by the end of December. It should allow us to exceed the Xbox 360 in September."

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From their projections I'm guessing 360 is currently somewhere around 350,000 in Benelux. 



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MANUELF on 24 May 2008

Where is Benelux?



BKK2 on 24 May 2008

Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.



Imthelegend on 24 May 2008

Any numbers on the Wii in relation to this?



 


 

BKK2 on 24 May 2008

Wii wasn't mentioned.



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MANUELF on 24 May 2008

Thanks, BENELUX is part of other Europe rigth?



koffieboon on 24 May 2008

Considering they don't mention the Wii I expect the PS3 to be behind the ii in sales, although the gap might not be that big. It is usually sold out in the Netherlands.



MikeB on 24 May 2008

Good figures! According to VGChartz the PS3 install base at the end of March for 'other Europe' was 506K. If true the Benelux accounts for about 60% of "other Europe" sales.

The PS3 did especially very well in the Belgium. But for Switzerland Sony announced they already overtook the 360 install base early this year.

Personally I don't think the Benelux accounts for more than 50% of "other Europe" sales. If this includes countries like Russia and such, I would say much less.



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Gazz on 24 May 2008
MANUELF said:
Thanks, BENELUX is part of other Europe rigth?

 



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kamil on 24 May 2008

@Gazz: What's the point of the map if it doesn't show when Benelux is?

@Mike: We don't know if those numbers are shipped or sold so it may be less than 60%. But I also think that "other Europe" is undertracked. Beside Benelux there are also rich countries like Austria, Switzerland and Ireland with population close to Benelux. Some other countries like Greece, Estonia, Czech Republic or Slovenia aren't that poor either.