From Kotaku-
"It's not just Japan that is going bonkers over the PS3 Slim. The United Kingdom is going bonkers, too. PS3 sales are up over a thousand percent, apparently!
Sales tracker ChartTrack hasn't revealed specific numbers, but told game site MCV: "The sales increase is very impressive, making the PS3 the top selling hardware in Week 36. The Xbox 360, Wii and DS Lite all sold around the same amount last week – PS3 Slim outsold each of them by a ratio of three-to-one."
ChartTrack is not certain how long this upswing in sales will last. Enjoy it while lasts, make hay and all that jazz. And hey, David Jason!"
"In The Land of the Rising Sun, Sony has a hit with the PS3 Slim. A really, really big one.
In its first three days on sale, the newly redesigned console sold 150,252 units. Not bad for a platform that was originally released in November 2006! What's more, this is the biggest weekly sales figures for the PS3 console. Because of shortage issues at launch, only* 88,000 PS3s were sold in its first two days on the market. (*only is a relative term here!)
Just think how the console could have done if launch conditions were more ideal.
According to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, the PS3 (Slim and original) sold 150,832 units combined during the period from August 31 to September 6. The new life-to-date sales figures for the PS3 in Japan are 3,431,964 units as of September 6."
Very telling numbers. Are these guys collector otaku, or people who haven't jumped on the bandwagon yet?
