Sony France talks about GT5p and the PS3 sales

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Business, posté le vendredi 4 avril 2008 à 17h 59 Business, posted Friday, April 4, 2008 at 17h 59

 

While Kazunori Yamauchi, the producer of the saga Gran Turismo, recently confided to the IGN possible online as early as this fall a patch to integrate damage in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Sony France welcomes its sales side of title in France. Released at home on March 26 on PS3, a foretaste of GT5 it is up to 65,000 copies during its first week of marketing we are told. A nice performance by Georges Fornay commented, CEO of SCE France, which took the opportunity to clarify the sales figures of the machine in France: "Prologue WG5 has resulted in a growth of 80% in sales of the PS3 that accentuates a little more its lead in the market for high definition; installed base approaching 700,000 copies sold in France "before adding:" in spite of offers and repositioning very aggressive price competition, PS3 confirms its sales pace 3 times higher than its main rival. "

 

 

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NOTE : there is a comment in the same site about this news and I can partially confirm it :

""In a big paris retailer (fnac montparnasse), there are

5 PS3 u can play (WOW 5 PS3 ???, CANT CONFIRM THIS TOO, have to check myself) in front

1 PC

1 Wii

1 Xbox360 in the back

+ 2 men "advicing" people with PS3 T-shirt (NOT CONFIRMED)

+ 5 ranges of PS3 to buy, opposed to 2 ranges of Xbox360"""