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Retailers delighted with PS3 launch

UK retailers were absolutely delighted with the amount of PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles that were sold in the territory since launch, saying it was the biggest ever launch of a "home console". "Given the relatively plentiful supply, it's fair to say this was our biggest-ever console launch in unit and value terms," HMV's head of games Tim Ellis told GamesIndustry.biz.

He added: "We still have some consoles in stock around the chain, as we were able to order plenty, but we expect these to sell these through over the coming days and weeks, especially as new games titles are released." Retailers will continue to unload stock over the busy Easter period, but some have warned that lowering prices to move stock could harm long term sales.



"It's been a remarkable week for us here at GAME following the successful launch of the PlayStation 3," revealed Anna Macario, marketing director at GAME. "We have seen huge demand and seen fantastic sales throughout our 400 stores around the country."

Source:
GamesIndustry.biz

Written by: James Delahunty @ 31 Mar 2007 14:07

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• Edgewise

  glad to hear it

  31.3.2007 16:47 #1

• BobbyBlu

  Quote:"It's been a remarkable week for us here at GAME following the successful launch of the PlayStation 3," revealed Anna Macario, marketing director at GAME. "We have seen huge demand and seen fantastic sales throughout our 400 stores around the country."Good to hear this news but some how soME way somebody going to say it PR....LMAO

  31.3.2007 18:00 #2

• 26r0cK

  Congrats Sony! Their efforts for trying to create the craziest console is starting to look good.

  31.3.2007 20:00 #3

• pigfister

  they need to push it big in euro as it is far from doing well in the us or asia, thats if the game charts have anything to do with it.
  
  us charts march.taken from digitiser channel 4 teletext uk, week ending 1/4/07
  
  1(-) crackdown(360)
  2(-) wii play (wii)
  3(-) diddy kong racing ds (ds)
  4(5) Zelda: twilight princess (wii)
  5(2) Guitar Hero ii (ps2)
  6(3) Gears of war (360)
  7(-) Major League Baseball 2k7 (360)
  8(1) Lost Planet (360)
  9(4) Warioware: smooth moves (wii)
  10(-) NBA Street Homecourt (360)
  
  japanese charts:
  
  1(-) Orochi warriors (ps2)
  2(1) Yoshi's Island ds (ds)
  3(-)dbz: Harukanaru densetsu (ds)
  4(2) word puzzle: mojipittan ds (ds)
  5(2) monster hunt freedom 2 (psp)
  6(4) wii sports (wii)
  7(-) crayon shin-chan ds (ds)
  8(6) prof layton mystery village (ds)
  9(7) wii play (wii)
  10(12) supermario bros (ds)

  1.4.2007 00:51 #4

• BobbyBlu

  Spain, week ended March 25
  
  1. Resistance: Fall of Man
  
  2. F1 Championship Edition
  
  3. MotorStorm
  
  4. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training
  
  5. Virtua Tennis 3
  
  6. Call of Duty 3
  
  7. Spectrobes
  
  8. Final Fantasy XII
  
  9. Ridge Racer 7
  
  10. Big Brain Academy
  
  Italy, week ended March 25
  
  1. Resistance: Fall of Man
  
  2. MotorStorm
  
  3. F1 Championship Edition
  
  4. Ridge Racer 7
  
  5. Final Fantasy XII
  
  6. Virtua Tennis 3
  
  7. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
  
  8. Call of Duty 3
  
  9. Genji: Days of the Blade
  
  10. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
  
  Germany, week ended March 18
  
  1. The Sims 2: Seasons
  
  2. Final Fantasy XII
  
  3. Mario Slam Basketball
  
  4. Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike
  
  5. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training
  
  6. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
  
  7. Spectrobes
  
  8. World of Warcraft
  
  9. Test Drive Unlimited
  
  10. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

  2.4.2007 05:32 #5

• Mr-Movies

  Smoke and Mirrors just marketing BS... They're not showing us the real numbers and they still have PLENTY on the shelves so the fact that they FINALLY have had one day of successful sales because they lowered the price point just shows how stupid and greedy they are.
  
  This is a lot like sports players who are loosing miserably but make one good play in a game and celebrate like they won the championship, what a joke.
  
  Now with that said if the price remains low I just might go buy one just for the BD player and then the fact that I will get a free console out of it, if you'd like to look at it that way.

  2.4.2007 08:16 #6