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gebx on 17 April 2007

PS3 nearing 800,000 sold in Europe

"Sony chief executive declares the European launch a resounding success; doesn't comment on whether the company has hit its global target of 6 million units."

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6169204.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;2

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/54432dd2-ec80-11db-a12e-000b5df10621.html 

 



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LordTheNightKnight on 17 April 2007
gebx said:

PS3 nearing 800,000 sold in Europe

"Sony chief executive declares the European launch a resounding success; doesn't comment on whether the company has hit its global target of 6 million units."

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6169204.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;2

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/54432dd2-ec80-11db-a12e-000b5df10621.html

 


 The front page says "Other", not "Europe". There's Asia outside of Japan, Austraila, South America, and Afirca. All of those could easily add the extra 300k, even if it is an estimate.



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Bonafide732 on 17 April 2007

rememeber that the category on the front page says others.. and not europe



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Bonafide732 on 17 April 2007
ioi said:
Isn't this about the 3rd or 4th thread on the same subject??

haha probably so it never fails



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Lynn on 17 April 2007

The front page seems correct since it is "other" and not just Europe.

The real news is that the PS3 sold 650,000 the first 2 days and only 150,000 since.  They must be selling less per week than the Wii and 360 now.



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MikeB on 17 April 2007

The real news is that the PS3 sold 650,000 the first 2 days and only 150,000 since. They must be selling less per week than the Wii and 360 now.

AFAIK the 619K figure was for "others" and not just Europe. 360 sales across Europe are very slow.



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Lynn on 17 April 2007
MikeB said:

The real news is that the PS3 sold 650,000 the first 2 days and only 150,000 since. They must be selling less per week than the Wii and 360 now.

AFAIK the 619K figure was for "others" and not just Europe. 360 sales across Europe are very slow.

At the current rate the PS3 will stabilize between 12k-15k a week in Europe.  The 360 is selling 11k a week in just the UK. 



gebx on 17 April 2007
ioi said:
Isn't this about the 3rd or 4th thread on the same subject??

Well actually no.

This article just come out on the 17th.... Actually I think it's the first time since launch that Sony mentioned actual sales numbers for Europe...



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BenKenobi88 on 17 April 2007
gebx said:
ioi said:
Isn't this about the 3rd or 4th thread on the same subject??

Well actually no.

This article just come out on the 17th.... Actually I think it's the first time since launch that Sony mentioned actual sales numbers for Europe...


 Yeah, but I've seen talk of this in at least a couple threads now...whatever.



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windbane on 17 April 2007
Lynn said:
MikeB said:

The real news is that the PS3 sold 650,000 the first 2 days and only 150,000 since. They must be selling less per week than the Wii and 360 now.

AFAIK the 619K figure was for "others" and not just Europe. 360 sales across Europe are very slow.

At the current rate the PS3 will stabilize between 12k-15k a week in Europe. The 360 is selling 11k a week in just the UK.


Right.  12k a week in all of Europe.  I'm sure that's an accurate estimate.  PS3 is still selling over 15k a week in Japan, and judging by PS2 and PS1 numbers Japan buys almost half the amount of Europe and half the amount of the US alone.  But what do I know?