PS3 sells 165,000 in 2 Days

[Hulkster316]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23781

Looks like you can have as much bad PR and charge as much as you like , if you have a strong brand name

[Nick F]

There's no doubt that the PS3 will sell well. It'll pass the 360 given time.

Still it's good to know that people aren't making a quick buck

http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8192

[Jay]

I still think its just too expensive

[Miller85]

The figures are surely a bit iffy to outright claim it as the fastest selling console ever. Yes, technically it is - but there wasn't an even starting ground. The 360 was desperately low on stock when it was released, it may have only sold 70,000 units but it's a fair bet that that was the entire allocation given to the UK as most people I know weren't able to get one because of a lack of stock. If there had been 220,000 360s in stock the figure sold would almost certainly have been drastically higher, but MS didn't see the delay-for-months route to be the preferable choice. It's sort of like saying Car A has a limiter fitted and does 70mph, Car B does 165mph but has no limiter; therefore Car B is undoubtedly better because it went faster. Of course Car B will be faster, but it's an unfair comparison, remove the limiter from Car A and they're on equal footing - only then can a direct comparison be a fair one.

It would be interesting to know how many Wiis and 360s were available in the country at their respective launches, because to look at the figures as a % of allocation sold (a good measure of just how wanted the console is) I wouldn't be surprised if the Wii and 360 were ahead of the PS3

[chuckskull]

There was never any doubt that this would sell. PS1&2 were THE console back at the time, but saying that it was always the games that made the playstation, PS2 just doesn't have that yet.

[bee]

impressive at that price, i wont be biting until they drop to £300.

[Skaramush]

you can buy a decent pc for the same price i kinda fail to see the point. There is no attraction whatsoever apart from being able to play final fantasy games.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

how much ps3 where allocated in the uk?

[Russ]

200k+ iirc i think 272 but i dont know where i got that figure from lol

[j.o.s.h.1408]

i doubt they sold 165,000 if UK was only allocated 200k because the ps3 is still widely available in most places including tesco!

maybe around 250k was allocated here...

[Tom Scott]

I'm seriously struggling to believe those figures, having seen the amount of PS3s sitting in stock in every store I visited at the weekend. I'm absolutely staggered to now find out that precisely 75% of UK stock has been sold.

You do realise that 165,000 is exactly 75% of 220,000 don't you? Quite a strangely precise figure. Having spoken to a few people who work in Game and the like in town, they've definetly not sold 75% of their stock.

[dangel]

Maybe it's "we sold 75% of allocation to retail stockists" rather than to end-users

You'd have to assume the PS3 would sell anyway - but I expect sales to replicate the US - an initial rush by die-hards and then luke-warm sales thereafter. It's not like it's a bad console, just one overpriced for the target audience right now.

[Stoo]

*sigh*

http://www.chart-track.co.uk/

More specifically, http://www.chart-track.co.uk/?i=429&s=1111

Measures sales via retailer's EPOS systems.

But then again it's Sony isn't it, so they must be faked/wrong/bribed etc..

[Tom Scott]

Not saying they're fake, I'm just suprised thats all!

[j.o.s.h.1408]

yea me to, like i said, if thsoe figures are true then the UK must have been allocated a lot more than the 220k has mentioned because in every game shop i go to they have quit a few in stock

[finlay666]

Measures sales via retailer's EPOS systems.

But then again it's Sony isn't it, so they must be faked/wrong/bribed etc..

Kindof although just unreliable IMO, doesnt take into account any indie shops/ebay sales that aren't franchises of places like gamestation as some places still do not use EPOS, and I'll be b*ggered if I'm going to keep a log of each game I have sold

Doesn't account for items returned either I don't think