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

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PS3 Week Two Sales Drop “Meaningless” UK stats merchant Chart-Track says it’s “meaningless” to draw conclusions about PlayStation 3’s performance based on an inevitable sales drop in the console’s second week on sale. Image Company director Dorian Bloch told Next-Gen, “A figure of an 82% drop has leaked out but that alone means nothing. Given how much pent up demand there was for PS3 and given the sophistication of pre-order systems now, it really doesn’t mean anything.” PS3 sold 165,000 units in its first two days on sale. Its second week sale came in at around 30,000. Unfortunately, Chart-Track said it would not release comparable figures for Xbox 360 or Wii sales, which would add some context to the figures. Figures for previous week two console launches are unreliable due to the usual shortages problem. Bloch added, “In almost all console launch scenarios, there has been no stock in a second week on sale. Sony, for a number of reasons, had extra stock available. So there really aren’t many comparable precedents for week two sales. Judging a console based on nine days on sale is just crazy. It doesn’t make any sense.” Chart-Track gathers sales of hardware and software for the UK and Irish markets. Sony declined to comment on the numbers. Next-gen.biz