European Users: How well is PS3 selling in Europe?

[TCMHQ]

Well, one day after the European launch we get a clearer picture: 1.) According to business analysts the number of PS3´s shipped to Europe was much smaller than 1 Mio. ... probably around 500.000 - 700.000 ( source: 4players.de news ). So, I think the VG Charts number effectivly shows the number of SHIPPED PS3 ...not the number of sold ones. 2.) Popular German newspapers (Spiegel, Stern etc.) gave the PS3 a very warm welcome and excellent reviews. And...there was a MASSIVE ( but crappy) publicity campaign by SONY on several TV stations (Pro7 and SAT1). Most newspapers here said the "launch day was a kind of success.... in Berlin"..and shows pictures of the official PS3 launch party there. But several net sources and online gaming magazines show a different picture: the SONY shop at the Postdamer Platz in Berlin - were the launch party was hold - was equiped with 1.500 PS3s and sold.... 200 (!) of those on Friday night... including the preordered ones. 3.) If you collect the various comments in German PS3 fan forums you get more informations: - a guy claimed his Sony shop south of Hamburg got 40 PS3 and sold all of them on Friday - a Media Market sales man from Cologne told us all 4 Cologne shops got 350 PS3´s and sold 90 of those on Friday. - a Saturn shop near Stuttgart sold all his 20 PS3 on Friday , while the neighbouring bigger shop already has 80% of his 50 consoles untouched. I was visiting my ProMarkt Shop here this morning and talked to one of the clerks about the launch day. Well, he said they were satisfied: they got 40 PS3´s: 5 were preordered and 10 were sold on Friday. They hope to sell this rest during the next "4 - 8 weeks". So, I think the PS3 launch day wasn´t a full sucess, but in Germany far away from a total flop. But after all, I still wonder about the SONY officials, who were quoted in the news TODAY with the statement " we will sell 6 Mio units worldwide till the end of March 2007 "....what did this guys smoke ? I guess the PS3 will be a success here in Europe...later this year, probably around the x.mas time and after a massive price drop. Cheers TCMHQ P.S.: I beg your pardon for my bad english :o)