Sony's PlayStation 3 has hit the one million sales mark in the UK, according to Chart-Track.
The market researcher also revealed that Sony's console has been outselling the Xbox 360 over the last month. “It has been outselling 360 for the last four weeks, but they were neck and neck over the Christmas period, weeks 49-52”, said Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch to industry mag MCV†.
The PS3 has been on the market since March 23rd in the UK, so it's taken around 46 weeks to hit the million mark - that's faster than the PS2, which took 50 weeks.
The Wii, which hit the mark in August, took 38 weeks to get there. The Xbox 360, meanwhile, took 60 weeks to sell that many units.
This comes hot on the heels of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) president and CEO, David Reeves, saying that the PS3 will outgrow the 360's installed base in PAL territories by the end of summer.
Similarly, Electronic Arts has released figures showing that it expects the PS3 to outsell the 360 worldwide this year.
†Source: MCV
The market researcher also revealed that Sony's console has been outselling the Xbox 360 over the last month. “It has been outselling 360 for the last four weeks, but they were neck and neck over the Christmas period, weeks 49-52”, said Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch to industry mag MCV†.
The PS3 has been on the market since March 23rd in the UK, so it's taken around 46 weeks to hit the million mark - that's faster than the PS2, which took 50 weeks.
The Wii, which hit the mark in August, took 38 weeks to get there. The Xbox 360, meanwhile, took 60 weeks to sell that many units.
This comes hot on the heels of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) president and CEO, David Reeves, saying that the PS3 will outgrow the 360's installed base in PAL territories by the end of summer.
Similarly, Electronic Arts has released figures showing that it expects the PS3 to outsell the 360 worldwide this year.
†Source: MCV
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SuperSaiyan4 13 Feb 2008 15:36
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Hang on a sec, I thought Sony said they outsold Microsoft's 360 in December and were bragging on in cheer making it sound like the 360 sold a couple but PS3 sold tons??
Now they are saying 360 and PS3 were neck and neck during December and it was over the last 4 weeks the PS3 was outselling the 360??? WTF???
In any case looking at world wide sales I dont see the PS3 ever outselling the 360 it still has to sell around 9million more consoles to even reach 360 world wide sales.
Why are people buying a cheap ass blu-ray player with crappy graphics and installation times and a crap pad??
Now they are saying 360 and PS3 were neck and neck during December and it was over the last 4 weeks the PS3 was outselling the 360??? WTF???
In any case looking at world wide sales I dont see the PS3 ever outselling the 360 it still has to sell around 9million more consoles to even reach 360 world wide sales.
Why are people buying a cheap ass blu-ray player with crappy graphics and installation times and a crap pad??
Brains 13 Feb 2008 15:42
2/19
err... maybe because they prefer something which actually works some consecutive months?!
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tyrion 13 Feb 2008 15:50
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SuperSaiyan4 wrote:
Hang on a sec, I thought Sony said they outsold Microsoft's 360 in December and were bragging on in cheer making it sound like the 360 sold a couple but PS3 sold tons??
Now they are saying 360 and PS3 were neck and neck during December and it was over the last 4 weeks the PS3 was outselling the 360??? WTF???
Now they are saying 360 and PS3 were neck and neck during December and it was over the last 4 weeks the PS3 was outselling the 360??? WTF???
Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit is it?
Sony's numbers were for all of Europe/PAL, these numbers are Chart-Track's numbers and are for the UK only. The UK is roughly 25-30% of the PAL region and the UK is the only place where the sales have been matched recently. Everywhere else, the PS3 has been outselling the 360 for quite a while.
spudgun 13 Feb 2008 16:00
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>Why are people buying a cheap ass blu-ray player with crappy graphics and installation >times and a crap pad??
Ask yourself that Q. You did (ahem) buy one after all.
Ask yourself that Q. You did (ahem) buy one after all.
SuperSaiyan4 13 Feb 2008 16:52
5/19
i took it back and got my £425 back!
spudgun 13 Feb 2008 18:02
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Yes, yes but WHY did you buy one ? We know you `sold` it from one of your previous ramblings. Wasn't it a Limited Edition Crystal (transparent/invisible) version ?
I heard you managed to sell your air guitar too.
I heard you managed to sell your air guitar too.
Earl 13 Feb 2008 18:50
7/19
And these figures are supplied by the same people who said it sold out week of lauch?
WHEN IT VERY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT !!!
WHEN IT VERY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT !!!
HyperTails 13 Feb 2008 19:04
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This is good news, and further shows the popularity of the PlayStation series. Last year was apparantly 'crap' for the PS3, so if it has already hit 1 million, God knows what'll be this time next year after the likes of MGS4, Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 come out.
Its obvious the PS3 will outsell the 360 this year. The 360's already running out of steam and the PS3 is picking up the pace fairly quickly.
But I wonder how many of those 360 sales were new units sent out to people who got the RROD?
Its obvious the PS3 will outsell the 360 this year. The 360's already running out of steam and the PS3 is picking up the pace fairly quickly.
But I wonder how many of those 360 sales were new units sent out to people who got the RROD?
tyrion 13 Feb 2008 19:28
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Earl wrote:
And these figures are supplied by the same people who said it sold out week of lauch?
These figures are from Chart-Track who provided the launch figures for the PS3 and never said it sold out. These are UK figures in case you're thinking of another country.
Cap'n sensible. 13 Feb 2008 19:40
10/19
Fanboys should be surgically neutered.
Rutabaga 13 Feb 2008 20:45
11/19
Poor old SuperSa***n, first the Blu-Ray news, now this. Things just go from bad to worse.
Bentley 14 Feb 2008 02:08
12/19
Wow, SO many flaws in what SuperSaiyan says today. Last I heard, SS had bought a PS3 and even boasted about it in that smug signature, for bleedin' ages. Suddenly "I took it back" and the signature changed. I doubt very, very much SS ever even had one. There's a lie in here somewhere; either "I had one and took it back" or "I had one for ages and so I have used it and I know what I am on about". Either way; lies.
Hmm, what next can I point out as lunacy? Maybe the total inability of SuperSaiyan to read the words in the article. For example, the article says "according to Chart-Track", so SS reads this as "Sony are saying"... What an idiot. You really should try reading what it says in the article, rather than listening to your brain's stupid distorted fanboy interpretation. That is, if you don't want to come across as a total moron. Perhaps you enjoy people believing you are basically retarded, in which case, continue in the manner you have done for so long. You only make yourself look foolish. Well, I suppose you do taint 360 owners too, which is a shame as they don't deserve to be lumped in with an imbecile like you. In fact, you may well be responsible for the rise of PS3, as people flock to buy them just so they are as little like you as possible.
Also... it's a "cheap ass blu-ray player with crappy graphics and installation times and a crap pad", is it? Well, at the very least, it has Blu-Ray built in. Well done Sony, for the forward-thinking there. Now my games can contain 50GB of data if necessary, maybe more. OH NO! What a drawback. Errr, not really. Installation times? Not all games have that, and if a one-off procedure means a game runs smoothly in the future, great! Nice that all PS3s have hard-discs to install to though, isn't it? So that the developers know they can use it if they want. Unlike... hmmmm....
And a crap pad? Ha! The PS pad layout was the best innovation in gaming when it arrived for the PS1, and it's been a superb design ever since. Copied, and modified badly by Microsoft into something that looks and feels like a Fisher Price toy. So for me, the Dual-Shock wins over the 360 pad, every time. And the buttons on the 360 pad are horrible and sticky and uncomfortable. Sure, it don't rumble at the mo, but it will. It's a great pad and you are mental, because the 360 pad was so blatantly inspired by the DualShock design. Although they wronged it up good somehow. Fair play on the 360 pad for keeping rumble though, it's one thing I kinda miss, but have got used to, only because I am patient enough to look forward to the return.
I'm not having a pop at all 360 owners, but SuperSaiyan gives them a bad name by making up stupid lies, pointing out faults that don't exist, and just generally being a t**t. What a dick.... AGAIN.
Face facts, you may have well backed the wrong horse. Grow up and take it like a man. Or a woman, whatever you are. I can't tell from that avatar. Definitely a t**t though.
Hmm, what next can I point out as lunacy? Maybe the total inability of SuperSaiyan to read the words in the article. For example, the article says "according to Chart-Track", so SS reads this as "Sony are saying"... What an idiot. You really should try reading what it says in the article, rather than listening to your brain's stupid distorted fanboy interpretation. That is, if you don't want to come across as a total moron. Perhaps you enjoy people believing you are basically retarded, in which case, continue in the manner you have done for so long. You only make yourself look foolish. Well, I suppose you do taint 360 owners too, which is a shame as they don't deserve to be lumped in with an imbecile like you. In fact, you may well be responsible for the rise of PS3, as people flock to buy them just so they are as little like you as possible.
Also... it's a "cheap ass blu-ray player with crappy graphics and installation times and a crap pad", is it? Well, at the very least, it has Blu-Ray built in. Well done Sony, for the forward-thinking there. Now my games can contain 50GB of data if necessary, maybe more. OH NO! What a drawback. Errr, not really. Installation times? Not all games have that, and if a one-off procedure means a game runs smoothly in the future, great! Nice that all PS3s have hard-discs to install to though, isn't it? So that the developers know they can use it if they want. Unlike... hmmmm....
And a crap pad? Ha! The PS pad layout was the best innovation in gaming when it arrived for the PS1, and it's been a superb design ever since. Copied, and modified badly by Microsoft into something that looks and feels like a Fisher Price toy. So for me, the Dual-Shock wins over the 360 pad, every time. And the buttons on the 360 pad are horrible and sticky and uncomfortable. Sure, it don't rumble at the mo, but it will. It's a great pad and you are mental, because the 360 pad was so blatantly inspired by the DualShock design. Although they wronged it up good somehow. Fair play on the 360 pad for keeping rumble though, it's one thing I kinda miss, but have got used to, only because I am patient enough to look forward to the return.
I'm not having a pop at all 360 owners, but SuperSaiyan gives them a bad name by making up stupid lies, pointing out faults that don't exist, and just generally being a t**t. What a dick.... AGAIN.
Face facts, you may have well backed the wrong horse. Grow up and take it like a man. Or a woman, whatever you are. I can't tell from that avatar. Definitely a t**t though.
jg3z 14 Feb 2008 05:59
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Yeah... No real major releases on the p3 and in one year it almost caught up! How awesome is that? just wait until some rpgs and this xmas happens! we'll see whos on top! Resistance 2, killzone 2, gta 4, little big planet, mgs4, ff13 (if it comes out then), white knight stories, last remnant, haze...mmmm... I can keep going but i think u get the picture! the short lived time of the 360 is over and it was very short lived... hmmm kinda like xbox 1. figure that 2 failing systems in a row! hopefully their next step is to go back to P.C.
Rutabaga 14 Feb 2008 10:05
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Bentley wrote:
Hmm, what next can I point out as lunacy? Maybe the total inability of SuperSaiyan to read the words in the article. For example, the article says "according to Chart-Track", so SS reads this as "Sony are saying"... What an idiot. You really should try reading what it says in the article, rather than listening to your brain's stupid distorted fanboy interpretation.
Calm down Bentley, I've said in some previous posts that SuperSa***n is either a 12 year old boy with ADD or a Sony plant. There's no point getting mad with him 'cause it only serves to feed his troll like tendencies, it's like having an argument with a drunken tramp.
HyperTails 14 Feb 2008 10:50
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If SuperSaiyan has sold his PS3, i'm the President of the US. He's been saying for a couple of weeks now that he's sold his PS3, yet I keep meeting a guy on Resistance online called 'SuperSayin'. He was on there when he was bragging about his PS3, now he's still on there when he's 'sold' his console.
Coincidence me thinks. But yeah, you guys are right, he's still a t**t.
Coincidence me thinks. But yeah, you guys are right, he's still a t**t.
Bentley 14 Feb 2008 11:22
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Rutabaga wrote:
Calm down Bentley, I've said in some previous posts that SuperSa***n is either a 12 year old boy with ADD or a Sony plant. There's no point getting mad with him 'cause it only serves to feed his troll like tendencies, it's like having an argument with a drunken tramp.
Oh, don't worry, I'm not getting mad or upset. I'm just calmly, and rationally, calling him a f**king idiot.
alexh2o 14 Feb 2008 11:32
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Seriously guys... you all have a go at about SS4 24/7 on here and to be honest, yes he posts a lot of s**t, but reading all your constant "SS4 is a t**t", "PS3 this", etc pisses me off even more! You are all as big a PS3 fanboys as SS4 is a 360 fanboy. Do you think maybe just once, seeing as you constantly seem to talk about how SS4 is just a 12yo kid and you are all so grown up, act like normal adults and just ignore him in one of these threads.
As for the numbers, I own all 3 consoles. In my mind you don't love gaming unless you enjoy playing the best games no matter what system. Being a fanboy of any system is just low. And ooh wow, the 360 outsold the PS3 here... ahhh but look the global figures PS3 this... who cares?? The Wii has already owned both of them. If you're not first, you're last!
As for the numbers, I own all 3 consoles. In my mind you don't love gaming unless you enjoy playing the best games no matter what system. Being a fanboy of any system is just low. And ooh wow, the 360 outsold the PS3 here... ahhh but look the global figures PS3 this... who cares?? The Wii has already owned both of them. If you're not first, you're last!
Rutabaga 14 Feb 2008 12:10
18/19
alexhooren wrote:
Seriously guys... you all have a go at about SS4 24/7 on here and to be honest, yes he posts a lot of s**t, but reading all your constant "SS4 is a t**t", "PS3 this", etc pisses me off even more! You are all as big a PS3 fanboys as SS4 is a 360 fanboy. Do you think maybe just once, seeing as you constantly seem to talk about how SS4 is just a 12yo kid and you are all so grown up, act like normal adults and just ignore him in one of these threads
I kind of agree with you but, why didn't you just ignore this thread? My "complaint" over SS4 is that he hijacks the thread of most forum posts, so a reasonable discussion turns into a thread like this.
alexh2o 14 Feb 2008 14:28
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Rutabaga wrote:
I kind of agree with you but, why didn't you just ignore this thread? My "complaint" over SS4 is that he hijacks the thread of most forum posts, so a reasonable discussion turns into a thread like this.
Yes I know I basically contradict myself by stooping to the same level, but if you do a search of my posts you'll notice this is the first time I've ever said anything on the subject, yet nearly every article I read has bitching in it. I just had to say something because its gone on too long!