PS3 Slimpact: Sony Refuses To Comment On Sales
MCV throws out potential figures, while SCEE's lips are sealed.
Sony has today refused to comment on exactly how many units of the PS3 Slim have been sold in the UK in its first week. A representative responded back to SPOnG's calls with "No sorry we aren't commenting on PS3 slim sales."
The reason we ask is because it's just getting so darn confusing trying to nail down a solid number, with MCV playing the Guessing Game in an attempt to thwart Chart Track's silence on the matter. A number of 40,000 was decided by the trade website after taking the first-week sales of the PS2 Slim (which was reportedly 50,000 according to an age-old BBC report) and concluding that the PS3 Slim apparently sold 20 per cent less than this number.
What is less confusing than trying to figure all this out is just how impressive the PS3 Slimpact has been in general, with a 1000 per cent sales boost in the UK since the 1st September. And with the run up to Christmas featuring a fair few Sony exclusives, the Winter period could be a good time for the PS3 to make some headway in the tussle with the Xbox 360.
The reason we ask is because it's just getting so darn confusing trying to nail down a solid number, with MCV playing the Guessing Game in an attempt to thwart Chart Track's silence on the matter. A number of 40,000 was decided by the trade website after taking the first-week sales of the PS2 Slim (which was reportedly 50,000 according to an age-old BBC report) and concluding that the PS3 Slim apparently sold 20 per cent less than this number.
What is less confusing than trying to figure all this out is just how impressive the PS3 Slimpact has been in general, with a 1000 per cent sales boost in the UK since the 1st September. And with the run up to Christmas featuring a fair few Sony exclusives, the Winter period could be a good time for the PS3 to make some headway in the tussle with the Xbox 360.
Companies:
SCEE
Read More Like This
Comments
PS3 Slim 9 Sep 2009 13:50
1/3
I've seen various reports about the exact sales figures of the PS3 Slim, I would guess between 30,000 and 50,000 depending on what news source you trust the most!
Its obvious Sony wouldn't comment because otherwise it would be giving the game away to their competitors!
Thanks for the news!
[9 Sep 2009, 15:55: Message edited by 'TimSpong'] Bit of an advertising edit in there... naughty.
Its obvious Sony wouldn't comment because otherwise it would be giving the game away to their competitors!
Thanks for the news!
[9 Sep 2009, 15:55: Message edited by 'TimSpong'] Bit of an advertising edit in there... naughty.
dz 9 Sep 2009 14:27
2/3
According to vgchartz.com, the UK sales of the last week of September was around 5000 units (down from ~7000), 1000% of it is 50,000.
config 10 Sep 2009 15:02
3/3
@dz and vgchartz's source is? ChartTrack? In which case SPOnG ran a story with a quote from ChartTrack stating their number cruncher maxes out at 999%, and the figure was actually more than 11-fold, so that would be 55k
Still, I'd like to know where vgcartz got the 5k from.
Still, I'd like to know where vgcartz got the 5k from.