PS3 kicks off most successful home console launch in UK… ever
*Update (10-25-2007)* Losses in Sony’s games division double
Straight from Joystiq: “MCV confirms the news that will send many a fanboy into a sequence of uncontrollable convulsions: The Playstation 3 has officially become the fastest-selling home console in the UK over its launch weekend. A reported 165,000 PS3 units were snatched from shelves, besting the Wii’s 105,000 launch units and the Xbox 360’s 70,000. The PSP still holds the top speed record (185,000 units) as a handheld, but we doubt that’s the sort of caveat that will bother the folks at Sony.
With plenty of consoles left in the 220,000 strong initial shipment, it would appear that a strong supply is the key to launch victory. Will sales remain brisk in the foreseeable future? We’ll find out soon enough, but until then, expect some elaborately spun responses from Sony’s competitors. Perhaps UK journalists ought to return those stacks of beer to Microsoft — then again, alcohol already seems a likely explanation for steering the Xboat to the wrong continent.”
what a crappy crop job on making the grill look embedded into the ps3.
tommy
August 30, 2007 at 6:53 pm
If only the 360 would stop taking the piss off the ps3. Ps3 rocks the 360 and the wii anyday!
Joshua
September 22, 2007 at 8:45 am
Omg shit picture, the thing is with the xbox 360 you could actually fry stuff on it, my mum asked if i was vacuuming when i turned my brothers 360 on…..
FEARMedic
October 5, 2007 at 4:38 pm
esta mortal
todo bien
aguante ps3
micaela
October 22, 2007 at 11:27 am
i dont think the ps3 looks nothing like a grill. i think its the coolest
console ever made. the only reason why ps3 hasent done very well is because of the price. but i think it will all soon change and i think then
the ps3 will beat the nintendo wii.
jonathan ainsley
October 23, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Fanboys….sad, sad, sad.
What, you think MICROSOFT and Nintendo will just stand there slackjawed? No, they’ll lower the price of the XBox 360 VERY SOON and cut the Wii price only if their marketshare drops by a certain percentage.
But even then, I’m not sure the Wii will have to do that. I’ve seen the Wii’s effect in action. The XBox and PS3 will be bought up by the relatively limited number of serious and semi-serious gamers. But the Wii will continue to get those casual gamers. True story: My wife and I bought a Wii after having played it at a beach party. We took it over to her parent’s house to show them a game or two. Two weeks later, my In-Laws, ages 57 and 59 who would never by an XBox or a PS3, BOUGHT a Wii. Two weeks later, they were having a football party at their house for friends and family. One couple, age about 52 and 54, bought a Wii on the way home while another “older” couple bought one a few weeks later. XBox and PS3 can’t do that.
However, they still have a bit of develop to get better games for the Wii in my mind. So no, I am not a Nintendo fanboy.
Warren
October 23, 2007 at 4:50 pm