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Record-breaking 165,000 PS3s sold at UK launch

"ChartTrack has confirmed that 165,000 PS3 units were sold during the console's launch weekend."

"PS3's record-breaking debut for a home console comfortably beats the previous top seller Nintendo Wii, which sold 105,000 after its frantic launch weekend in December last year. Fellow format rival Xbox 360 racked up an estimated 70,000 at launch in December 2005."

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N4G-GaMr - 1012 days 2 hours ago

1 - SEE WHAT I MEAN

These articles go back and fourth....all day long... I will still wait for official numbers...

But when I say this... I get attacked by Fanboys like

Jason Xg1:
2.3 - "I refuse to acknowledge these articles anymore."
Why because this paints a negative light for the PS3. “I refuse to accept negative news about the PS3 nananana bobobobobo I’m not listening nononono it’s not true. “For every 1 of these fud articles their is 5 "PS3 is selling Great” <---Prove this is 1 to 5 because all most of the news I ever see is dusty PS3s on shelves. Just as allways GaMr your a freaking lier.

You allready been "pwned" everytime by me and I warned you about accusing me of taking your bubbles. Now I will take them.

Oh GAMR GAMR GAMR dont like me saying your name go sign a petition or something and whine with the other 5000 Sony fans. Dont like me pwning you here I'll help you take some money go to ToysRUS and go where the board games are and buy yourself a CLUE. Dude please I been slaping you around this site the first moment you joined here http://www.n4g.com/up/2013/... do some research you know R E S E A R C H

Jason xg1<--- proud 360 fanboy.
GayMr <--- N4G.Com Contributor stalked by JasonXg1 and his fanboy camp.

Now please... someone tell me im wrong about this genre of articles....
Tell me they dont go back and fourth and contradict themselves...

Tell me JasonXg1 is not secretly in love with me...

Edit: Fine im wrong according to the guy below me. Back on topic....

Good news for Sony....And Im happy this is confirmed by "charttrackers" not some one employee in some 1 random branch of a major retailer about Saturday and Sunday sales. ; )

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Kyur4ThePain - 1012 days 1 hour ago

1.1 - You're wrong.

Now, will you shut up, or at least stay on topic?

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Geohound - 1011 days 4 hours ago

1.2 - : )

- Keep your comments relevant to the news story.
- Personal attacks on other members will not be tolerated and will result in temp or permanent ban.

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i rule - 1012 days 2 hours ago

2 - well

when you have perks like free tvs, their bound to sell

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Raist - 1012 days 2 hours ago

2.1 -

So 100 TV's given to the first buyers in one store explains 165k sells ?

Good try, but no xD

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deep - 1012 days 2 hours ago

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especially when they werent told about it. If they had I would have been at the virgin launch! I'm actually quite bitter about that...thinking of not buying a ps3 just because of that lame giveaway. The b*stards

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Tut - 1011 days 23 hours ago

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deep, don't you know? Apparently Sony just held a press conference and told everyone that they will be randomly giving away a 46" Bravia LCD HDTV's alongside a PS3 purchase. The odds are roughly 1 in 10,000!

Turns out it wasn't just a launch affair!!!

Note: In case you missed it... that was HEAVY sarcasm. =)

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Antan - 1012 days 2 hours ago

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Exellent figures, wonder what the "attach rate" is? I bought 4 games, optical cable and Blue Ray remote. I already had a QED hdmi cable.

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Premonition - 1012 days 2 hours ago

4 - Great news

Wonderful news, let the haters hate, cause they cant do nothin about it, now this means sony can kinda relax and focus on Software and the PS store since PS3 is pretty much launched every where and they have the units already to pack stores when ever needed.

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Black Republican - 1012 days 1 hour ago

4.1 - Mi5t4k3

"now this means sony can kinda relax and focus on Software"
But I also want to focus on games, I should be getting a PS3 VERY SOON : )

I agree this is great news, but I see it more as a sigh and a sign of relief. PS3 still have how many million to catch up to Wii??? and how much more million to catch up with X360

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power of Green - 1012 days 1 hour ago

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I wouldn't take this as a sign of any demand trend all this means PS3s numbers were available vs Wii and 360. lol

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deep - 1012 days 1 hour ago

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Saw it coming POG. Saw it coming :)

I will say this. It is a good sign. £425, bad press, lower bc...massive sales. They speak for themselves POG. If you don't want to compare then that's fine. But the point about having so many units is so they can sell...and not fall for this "they're arent any there..." in order to raise hype.

Ps. there's already another shipment for the ps3 there...so there will be no shortages. Meaning more sales.

Pog I dont doubt your Wii prediction.

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power of Green - 1012 days 1 hour ago

5.2 - Just as i knew you couldn't leave it be.

I wouldn't take this as a sign of any demand trend all this means PS3s numbers were available vs Wii and 360. lol

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Stop twisting i was saying these numbers dont mean the demand for PS3 is any higher than Wii and 360 due to availability of the other two consoles, I wouldn't expect anything less from you. hehe

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fenderputty - 1012 days 1 hour ago

5.3 - Damn ...

That's some good numbers there. It's been a funny weekend. Glad something official finally came to the surface.

Of course you wouldn't take the sales to mean demand. I wouldn't expect anything less from you.

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DJ - 1012 days 1 hour ago

6 - Good to see that

Sony handled their European launch very well. They beat sales records from its rivals, so that's a good sign.

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BrotherSic - 1012 days 1 hour ago

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This was always going to happen. It is no reflection on the quality of the consoles that have gone before the PS3 or the actual PS3.

165,000 (if taken as fact) is the actual demand for the PS3 which could be argued as actually quiet low. The Wii is still sold out everywhere, now i haven't heard sales figures since christmas but it supposedly sold around 250,000 in the 5 weeks before christmas. Now it must have sold closer to 400,000 / 450,000 and demand is yet to slow.

Now i am not bad mouthing the PS3 but everyone that wanted a PS3 got one where as there is still huge demand for a console that has sold 3 times the amount.

It was obvious that the PS3 sales would be a record as its the first console where supply has outstripped demand.

I thought the figure would have been slightly higher (180,000) but 165,000 is still great for Sony and we have to congratulate them on doing a great job in terms of supplies.

It is also great that ebay sellers have not profitted :)

great launch all round for me, just needed a couple more exclusive games :)

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SmokeyMcBear - 1012 days 1 hour ago

7.1 - ...

remember we are in March, with supposedly no good titles, bad press, high price, any number of negatives toward the console, and set records in units sold.... in March. Brand recognition is an amazing thing, business 101

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BrotherSic - 1012 days 1 hour ago

7.2 -

Of course the time of year has negatively effect PS3 demand but that was their own fault.

Now consider that the Wii was launched at the prime launch window so theoretically more people wanted to buy than a normal month. This you would imagine would lead to a sharper peak in sales followed by a more dramatic downward term in sales as we reached March / April. This hasn't happened though proving that demand has defied the time of year factor.

Unfortunately we will not get accurate sales reports for the UK for the month of April which would almost certainly show a huge downward turn in sales for the PS3.

In contrast I am sure the Wii will sell out again and again until the summer

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kewlkat007 - 1012 days ago

7.3 - Yeah you got a point there

this console was readily available at launch, which was a no brainer, after a year and some change.

-Fanboy Loyalists eat first..

-Casual Gamer, may look at the scrap, but might not want it...

-Simple gamer waits after 4 years..

Will the pace slow down, compared to the Wii, for which demands are still high. Only time will tell, well after a years to see where the PS3 sits.

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Xi - 1012 days 1 hour ago

8 - Now

will demand keep pace?

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scottie2521 - 1012 days 1 hour ago

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good news for some......bad news for others......

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gooner - 1012 days 1 hour ago

9.1 - so true marts probably somewhere crying thinking in his mind

my man bill gates will not allow this he will drop some witty comment in a sec watch and see

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Odiah - 1012 days 1 hour ago

10 - That's pretty lame anyway.

Wiis were in such crap supply in the UK. I ordered mine three months beforehand and got it two days before Christmas. (After many angry letters)

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brianodom - 1012 days 1 hour ago

11 - yup...Told you so ..lol

people forget the thing has just been out 4-5 months, the devs will be knocking down the floor to get ps3 games on the shelves

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Balance - 1012 days 1 hour ago

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ok i think some people are not thinking through this. only fanboys buy systems at launch and fanboys don't make a console a winner and attract the devs. it is how many you sell after launch (and at christmas) that drives the big numbers. all this tells me is there are 165,000 people in UK that would buy anything at any price as long as it said sony on it. what would be impressive is if they sell 500k more in the coming months.
Just like all the stories during the US launch, fan boys bought it immediatly then it seemed the demand by gamers just isn't there right now.

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kingboy - 1012 days 1 hour ago

12.1 -

I think you make a valid point there

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scottie2521 - 1012 days 1 hour ago

12.2 - @ Balance........i gotta disagree with you on that.......

......"only fanboys buy systems at launch"......so not true. people with money and fanboys buy systems at launch. i got both 360 and ps3 within the first two weeks of launch, not because i'm a fanboy but because i wanted the newest system and i have the money to do it. i didn't care which company make what. i use MS and Sony products everyday.

i don't mind buying the things i want, i know price will drop with time but i'm the type of person that if i want something i go buy it. i'm not going to sit around a wait two or three years for the price to drop. i buy the systems with their warranties and sit around and laugh while you guys go back and forth about which is better.

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Balance - 1012 days 1 hour ago

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btw i will give sony this,,, good job having 165,000 consoles available. when the 360 launched you couldn't find one for 4 months

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Fx35 - 1012 days 1 hour ago

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GREAT NEWS,where are you 360 fanboys?

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THAMMER1 - 1012 days 1 hour ago

15 - Balance

Nice posts. Thanks you saved me from typing all that.

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Robotz Rule - 1012 days 1 hour ago

16 - .....

Have you ever thought about the price tag?
Xbox 360 is 100-200 dollars cheaper excluding the hd-dvd drive,and I was lucky to get both my Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 at launch!

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Ps3007 - 1012 days 1 hour ago

17 - Sony Ps3 Most Sold

Wow, interestin read.

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spacetoilet - 1012 days 1 hour ago

18 - Nice numbers.

And this is despite some desperate attempts by M$ and 360 fangirls to spin negative BS and F.U.D right up to the launch.
Just look at all the dumb posts DC_RID3R has put up for example. She has so much time on her hands, and all her friends like MART and POWEROFPEEN etc. I thought they would all be so busy playing GOW. Is that not the greatest video game ever made?

Anyway, ps3 will be fine. ANd they know it. That's what their afraid of.

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Ps3007 - 1012 days ago

18.1 - Nice post. Let them hate

Its starting to look quite pathetic that despite ALL OF THE NEGATIVE PRESS Sony is still alive and kicking. I love my Ps3 no problems since launch.

Owner of 3 xbox 360's, now I know why they sell so much.

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Bathyj - 1011 days 21 hours ago

18.2 - Its an interesting point.

The thing to remember is us nerds on the internet, only get heard by other nerds on the internet.

To the mainstream society Playstation has a really good name. Exceptional in fact. These people know it has tech and features other consoles dont have. They know it will get plenty of good games including follow ups to all the ones they love now. They know PS has dominated since it first came out.

They DON'T know about blue lazer diodes causing delays, they don't know about exclusives becoming multiplatform (nor would they care since most dont have an XB) and they dont know who The Mart is.

And the price factor may not be as big a deterent as everyone thinks, as at least for the time being. Face it, when somethings expensive you imediatley think its top of the line and good quality. Thats why Jack Daniels costs more than Early Times bourbon but people dont mind paying for a Jacks. If its worth it to the individual (its well worth it to me) then its not a ripoff. I dont care about price myself but I do care about value.

Anyway, looks like its going pretty well so far and all the nerd tears in the world aren't going to stop it.

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jwatt - 1011 days 20 hours ago

18.3 - I couldn't agree more.

"The thing to remember is us nerds on the internet, only get heard by other nerds on the internet."

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USMChardcharger - 1012 days 1 hour ago

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after christmas at the end of the year...that is when everyone will have a clear picture of what is what.
right now we know there are 165,000 playstation fans in europe.
as BALANCE pointed out...the coming months will be the real story. looking good so far...so far

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Raist - 1012 days ago

19.1 -

Er, those numbers are for UK ONLY.

Europe should be around 500k for first weekend, if VGcharts is right.

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USMChardcharger - 1012 days ago

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thanks for pointing that out RAIST. impressive indeed, especially if Europe is around 500k

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BrotherSic - 1012 days ago

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i imagine it will be around 500,000 but surely the UK is one of the largest market segments so it might be lower than this.

I wouldnt believe VG Charts either as they posted the 500,000 the day after launch. There is no way that was base on anything but speculation.

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deep - 1011 days 23 hours ago

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if the rest of the PAL reigion follow suit...that'll be 750,000 launch

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Killer Cop - 1012 days 1 hour ago

20 - Behold!

Behold gamers D-day!!!

OVER 2 TIMES MORE SALES THAN XBOX 360!!! WHERE ARE YOU NOW XBOX FANBOYS?

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spinal remains - 1012 days ago

21 - weird

this site has an article 4 inches away from this one swearing that the ps3 isnt selling any units in the U.K

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 1012 days ago

22 -

Sony did nice.

BUT

The 360 was in short supply aka not to find in 4 months time. So they sold 70k

The PS3 had supply enough. Like 220k. And still these aren't official numbers.

So 165k die hard Sony fans have bought the PS3. In USA 250k got it at launch. After that the sales decreased. Last month it came down to 130k sold. The 360 sold almost twice that number of consoles.

Thus: launch numbers don't say that much. It depends how it keeps or doesn't keep selling the coming time

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overrated - 1012 days ago

22.1 - hey marty boy you cunt

Hey where do you live? oh ye Netherlends so how in the blu fuk do you know about the 360 situation in england? on the 360 sold 70k when it launched theres 70k fanboys, oh the wii sold 105k theres 105k fanboys, i can say the same thing to all you sadacts, onestly it sounds like a broken record. Really your supposed to like your games console not compare it with others over sales figures, are you that disapointed with your 360?

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brianodom - 1012 days ago

22.2 - but, but, but

no ubts man, its microsofts fault they couldn't meet demand, rush out faulty systems, overcharge for parts that should have been standard...Sony actually came through

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Raist - 1011 days 23 hours ago

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Nice damage control attempt mate. A few moments ago you were rejoycing with "accurate reports" stating that PS3's wasn't selling, and now you say "bah, whatever"

Besides, the 360 had shortages ? Too bad for them. The result is here. The PS3 is the fastest selling console ever in UK. MS should have worked harder, and not rush their launch. They had no choice tho, if they'd launch at the same time or right after the PS3, they would be already losing.

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spinal remains - 1012 days ago

23 - hey Mart

we arent up to that yet. The thing just launched. What are we supposed to talk about? Should we speculate about the future, or talk about the record setting launch that just happened?

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spinal remains - 1012 days ago

24 - vg charts

how is it not possible for the rest of the world.....not America or Japan; to sell 500K. Thats a small number for the rest of the world. I dont think that it's speculation. Why would they just throw a random number on the chart?

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