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

[Cryoakira]

Hus said:

Cryoakira said:

ioi said:

lenardo said:

i was expecting a drop yes. say around 50%

 

but not a plummet.

 

82% is a plummet.

 

 

It's a post-launch drop - no different really to what was expected. Typical weekly sales in the uk (aside from DS) are ~25k .

 

Yeah, but you're basing your figures on "typical" consoles. The PS3 is not typical.

While MS or Nintendo were counting on the 20 millions owners of their old gens for the launch of their Next Gen, Sony can count on 110 millions of PS2 owners. You would expect very high figures, not only the first WE, but also the next ones.

 

you are right its not typical, its a $600 console. 

and majority of those sales came later in the consoel life... not in the first year.

 PS owners did not rush to the store and buy a 100 million PS2 in the first year now did they.

I think you're making a common "american" mistake.

In the US, the PS2 was 300$ and the PS3 600$, so indeed, it's quite a difference.

Not in Europe. The PS2 launch price was between 475 and 500 euros  while the PS3 is 600.

So indeed, this is a high price, but not that much higher than previously and yet, PS2 had a strong and (more importantly) steady launch in Europe.

We'll see what's coming but I can tell you something many french retailers report : those high numbers comes from reservations. Peolpe came quietly took what they had ordered, but beside that, there are no many sells. that's what bothering them.