PS3 Sells 100,000 in Spain

Translated by Google from Spanish:
"Until now official numbers did not exist to value the welcome of PlayStation 3 in our country. We knew already that after France, Spain was the past between the countries with greater sales of PS3 after its launching 23, but can ofreceros a real and cuantificable value provided by same the Sony: today the 100,000 units have been surpassed."

[The General]

whatever.

[techie]

lol how productive of you. Nearly as productive as "Wow. PS3 sucks".

Continue.

[DJ]

The sales figures just keep getting more and more impressive.

[uHuRu]

where are the haters?

[techie]

So still...600,000 Europe...plus the rest of PAL?

[SEAN1617]

RUN FANBOYS RUN.

[Monchichi025]

It's no surprise PS3 has such high numbers as they were readily available to anyone who wanted one. But the negative from that strategy is that they will have a record drop in sales from one month to another. Don't you see how they sacrificed future sales numbers to get one large lump sum in a month. Not a very wise move if I may say as the media will jump all over it next month!

[kornbeaner]

If anything it's a good thing. Yeah next month were gonna start seeing the headlines "PS3 struggles to keep pace" and so on.

But with 600,000 units out there, there is more word of mouth advertasment that can only help the PS3. Think about how, there are not 10.5 million Hardcore 360 fans or 6.5 hardcore wii fans around the world, But why are there a lot of units sold? Word of Mouth.

Drops in PS3 sales are gonna drop next month and thats pretty much a given, but with 600,000 fans spreading the word of the fun being had with the PS3 a steady amount of sales will take place. IT worked for the Wii, didn't it?

[Maddens Raiders]

More good news for the PS brand and it has nothing to do with Blu-ray or "elite" models? WOW. All of this good hype means that more and more developers will be lining up to try their hand at creating an Epic on this legendary machine and the company can make some money from something more than cellphones, cameras, TV's, and movies. If you're an investor like your truly -- this news can't help but calm your nerves. Bienvenidos de cambio. Siempre PS3.

Gracias SNE y Espana

[techie]

It really isn't obvious. I didn't think theyd sell that much.

Hell i want one but i can't get it yet.

Still if you're talking about availibility...the 360 still didn't have great numbers when they were available in Europe. But hey ho. We'll see wont we.

Expect sales to drop to about 300,000 a month. (that'd be about 3.5million by the end of the year...360 did 1.9million last year).

Numbers snumbers

[Says you]

Considering you would have to be a retard. like you know a better move not really so you either shut up or just dont type at all.

[Monchichi025]

I'm in Public Realations/Promotions, so this is the type of work I handle everyday. The wisest move would have been to ship enough units to satisfy the market, yet enough to have them sell out. You have to create desire for consumers who are on the fence about buying one. By eating all your customers at one time you will see the numbers slip by a large percentage given ammunition to all those Sony haters to predict doom for the PS3. And for a company already fighting bad press and a system priced out of the target range, this can be disasterous for Sony.
Why they did it, you may ask. Simple...to increase the number of of consumers willing to buy PS3 games and Blu-Ray movies in one quick swoop. As the sales of PS3's in US and Japan have been very dissappointing, developers were beginning to lose confidence in the PS3, causing games to become mulit-platform or 360 exclusives. This also gets Blu-Ray closer to it's ultimate victory over HD-DVD in a much quicker fashion.

So was it a smart move: Yes and No. It's like taking that shortcut that will help you out in the short-term but you know somehow you will have to go back and complete what you did not do. Only time will tell.

[ddcab]

Looks like the PS3 is gaining more and more momentum and when it gets over the hill there will be no stopping it. MS screwing current owners ain't helpin either. SONY4LIFE

[Sexius Maximus]

I'm not hatin', but how is MS screwing over their customers. All the MS fanboys on this site are thrilled with the option of picking up an Elite model if they so choose. The only people upset about it are the Sony guys (for what reason, I don't know) Again, not hatin', but MS fans still love MS and love what MS is doing.

[gooner]

most 360 fanboys h8 ps3 so much because they cant afford it,trust me i use to be 1 until i got a cheap ps3 from hk :)
so y would they buy an elite?

[techie]

Expect sales of the ps3 to be quite a bit above the 360 in most of Europe. But note...that says nothing. Because the sales in the UK will perhaps be something very different...UK consumers are quite taken with the 360. Tough call.

[SIX]

That is, until Heavenly sword, Lair, and Killzone drop later this year. I think it's pretty safe to say that the PS3 is in pretty good shape this year.

[BIadestarX]

Congratulations to Sony. Sony did a great job in shipping enough consoles to supply all the people that have being waiting to buy one for many months. Ofcourse this shouldn't be seen as a sign that the 360 is dead in those countries. There are no shortages. Now if Sony keep the sales that hi for the next 6 months, then they can call themselves the champions.

[Silverwolf]

but I expect sales to go up once some "must have games" start coming down the pipeline. But 100,000 units is nothing to sneeze at though, good job Sony.

[ddcab]

You obviously haven't been on xbox.com. It's like a funeral over there. Current owners are not happy about MS's decision to go ahead with the so called "ELITE". MS dropped the first xbox like a hot potato, upgrading systems after only a year and raising the price, damn u can't even play the new Halo 2 maps on the regular XBOX. UP next is $4.00 for xbox 1 maps, $129.00 Halo 3 ripoffs, $179.00 hard drives. Thanks MS for milking your loyal fanbase dry!!

[razer]

Bungie announced that they would be available for both.

Agreed that Microsoft's hardware decisions have been poor and it has angered a lot of loyal customers. Especially when you figure if you have a Premium and want the 120gig HDD it will cost you more than the Elite. So they chose to "stick it" to the current owners in order to go after new blood. They are only loyal up to the point they have your money.

However, with the announcement of EIDOS saying they won't support the PS3 platform until 2008, 360 gaining PS3 exclusives and the literal windfall of hot new titles coming to the 360, it has the best games at the moment and probably well into 2008 of any of the consoles. Halo 3 alone will provide a huge increase in hardware sales I predict if the game is as good as it looks like it's going to be. But that still doesn't mean MS won't be jerking you around all along the way..

The next big 360 drama is the DRM on purchased content, it's turning out to be a headache for owners and they are getting loud about it.

[Icryo]

"Sony 4 life"
Those comments worry me slightly...
Remember, there's no problem loving a console, but caring for multi-billion corporations- i don't think so.

[Maddens Raiders]

absolutely agreed. Great post and freakin' hilarious too.

[Icryo]

ddcab- just analysing your comment here...
1. "You obviously haven't been on xbox.com. It's like a funeral over there. Current owners are not happy about MS's decision to go ahead with the so called "ELITE"---do you think Xbox.com is representative of 11 million 360 owners- i thought not.
2. "MS dropped the first xbox like a hot potato, upgrading systems after only a year and raising the price, damn u can't even play the new Halo 2 maps on the regular XBOX."---yes Microsoft dropped the Xbox too quickly, i miss the xbox, it had much more potential. But as releasing Halo 2 maps for Xbox 1. Why? On a dead system? This is precisely why Halo 3 is only coming to 360, people would adopt the 360 less quickly if their favourite game + content was available for the cheaper xbox.
3. "$129.00 Halo 3 ripoffs, $179.00 hard drives. Thanks MS for milking your loyal fanbase dry!!"---How is Halo 3 Legendary a rip off? You don't have to buy it after all, there are 2 other versions that have the exact same game on them. Plus, Halo 3 is the last game in an incredibly well received trilogy. Its a once in a lifetime deal. I agree though with the stupid hard drive price- 120GB is good but £92? No way. But again, are YOU being FORCED to buy it? Fanboyism at its purest...

[kewlkat007]

what else is new...just read some of these comments, its getting sad.

so many corporate fantards, and fake gamers.