SCE Australia 35,000 PS3 Giveaway: Live countdown

[BKK2]

shanbcn said:

BKK2 said:

shanbcn said:

bigjon said:
sadly... these should be counted... even though they were individually bought by customers, they are now entering the userbase. If a person did not want one, they will sell it to someone who does therefor these PS3s are now part of the PS3 audience. Also technically you could say the price of the PS3 was rolled up into the TV (Even though I don't think it cost them anymore).

 

20k PS3s given early by Sony are not counted by GFK.

33,000

 

 

So total of 68k PS3s will not be counted in Australia by GFK which is huge.

According to this article GfK are going to track these ones:

The new promotion which is worth over $20 million will also result in Sony Computer Entertainment getting a big lift up against the Xbox and the Nintendo Wii as they will be able to count the PS3 giveaways as sales according to research group GFK. It is estimated that Sony could end up giving away 35,000 40GB PS3 consoles worth a recommended retail price of $699.

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It remains to be seen if the article is correct or not.