PS3 Sales in Uk down 82% week 2....

[shams]

To add fuel to the fire, this little piece of media is now doing the rounds (re: PS3 performance in Japan). The poor media is bad enough...:

"According to a recent Bloomberg report on the sales of Wii vs. PS3 in Japan, Nintendo's new console has gained an overwhelming lead over Sony's HD console, selling at a 2:1 ratio over Playstation 3 to continue the Big N's domination of Japan.

Based on a sales research report by Enterbrain Inc., Nintendo has sold 1.95 million units of Wii through March 25. In comparison, Sony's console has sold 812,000 systems in its five months on the shelves since November 11. It is also important to remember that Wii launched a month after PlayStation 3 in Japan.

So while Nintendo's console continues to generate a profit on each system sold (as previously announced by Nintendo), sales also double Sony's console, expanding the profit gap between Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft substantially based on previous cost/profit information on hardware sales. Sony continues to stay afloat in both American and Japan despite a lack of hardware-driving games, though the company is undoubtedly losing a foothold on its previously uncontested mass-market appeal in every major region."

http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/777/777967p1.html

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This really is terrible news for Sony - if they "lose" Japan (goes the same way as the PSP - taking a couple of years to build any solid momentum?) there could be dire consequences for the company. The Japanese developers who solely supported Sony over the last few years with either switch to Nintendo, or instigate a long-term "multi-platform" policy. Without exclusives such as FF, DQ, MGS, DMC (and indeed this is already happening) Sony will not have a chance of reaching their former glory (of the PS1/PS2).