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Sony Sells 1 Million PS3s In 10 Weeks

June 08, 2007 in News comments 20

They have met the 1 million mark. I bet Sony had expected to sell One Million Playstation 3's earlier than ten weeks, as well as I did. But none the less, they have made it. Still, the PS3 outsold the PS2 and PS1, seeing as neither of the two could make the One Million mark in that short of a time. Not only that, but it also outsold the Xbox 360 and Nintendo products. A good week for Sony no doubt

"Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s President David Reeves announced that Sony has sold one million PS3 units in PAL territories in less than 10 weeks.

This is huge news for Sony as it is a big milestone to be reached in a short period of time. This rate of sale of the PS3 puts it at a pace above the PS2 and PSone as neither were able to sell one million units that quickly like the PS3 did.

The PS3 launched back on March 23rd in the PAL territories and has already topped that milestone. David Reeves stated that "Early last week we went through the one million mark on PS3 and we did that in nine and half weeks."

He continued by stating that it was "faster than both PS2 and PSOne. An dI think that the analysts out there will also realize that it’s faster than our brothers and sisters (Microsoft and Nintendo) in the competitive world."

Good news for sure for the PS3 in PAL territories."
Zhou Tai Rocks via ps3center.net »
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    S v R 2010 Jun 8, 07
    WOOHOO!

    I always new the PS3 would outsell the XBOX360 and the Wii
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      Soul79 Jun 8, 07
      This was very good for sony, but it said that the PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 and nintendo products. It didn't say anything about outselling the Wii.
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    joshthegreat Jun 8, 07
    Nice job, Sony.

    They got off to an excellent start in the first weekend of the European launch, breaking the sales record for any home console to date.
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    Zhou Tai Rocks Jun 8, 07

    But we all seen this coming
    I knew the PS3 would dominate the other systems, Sony is too good not to.
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    bbb7002004 Jun 8, 07
    I'm not exactly sure if you could call this domination, PS3 is still being outsold by Wii 5:1 in Japan, and not doing much better elsewhere.

    I do think they did a good job in having supply levels high enough for demand in PAL regions, even if it did mean a five month delay.
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    iLLmatic Jun 8, 07
    This is good news for Sony, but what the hell are some of you talking about dominating the other system and outselling the competition? Its still very far behind even 2nd place. Are you all that deluded or can you somehow read the future?
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    Gotenks* Jun 8, 07
    Some places one system reigns above the rest and then others another does. Nice to see Sony at the top in Euripe but as bbb7002004 said the wii dominates PS3 in Japan.
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    weskraudaon Jun 8, 07
    iLLmatic,its about selling but who cares if the wii is selling more.It is not the better system anyway.Great accomplishment for Sony.
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    Zhou Tai Rocks Jun 8, 07

    I said "dominate" in the words of a Sony fan. Although, I do see PS3 sales heading through the roof once they establish a price cut. It should be no problem then. Unless they go off and make a small cut, such as 50 dollars.
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    Storm Jun 8, 07
    That's good progress for them, I'm glad. I'll get one soon...real soon.
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    Tom Jun 8, 07
    Well, I can honestly say, that I hope Sony's dreams of beating Microsoft and Nintendo come through. Well done on reaching this milestone, and I hope to see them reach many more.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Jun 8, 07
    Kay. Good for them. Now if only they would make enough money to be able to afford a price cut. =[
    • 0
      Final Blade Jun 9, 07
      Here's an idea, and i dont mean to sound offensive, but save your money to get the ps3. I mean its not that expensive if you account plasmas being 2 times as much as ps3.
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    Mishtram Jun 9, 07
    Poor Wii fanboys, all of a sudden pointing out that so many people bought doorstops won't mean as much anymore. =(

    It was expected for them to fly off the shelves when some newer titles began coming out, the bugs were fixed and some heavy hitters for the industry would be coming soon.
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    Infinite Jun 9, 07
    Nice to see Sony finally sell 1 million PS3s. I figured it would happen sooner but oh well.
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    mharbenedict34 Jun 9, 07
    Wow they sold 1 million PS3 in less than 10 weeks. Good but I thought it would be earlier...Sony got some good start with it.
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    Cheater X Jun 9, 07
    Wow. I thought the PS2 would have outsold both of them. Well, good for Sony anyway. They deserve it.
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    bbb7002004 Jun 9, 07
    I finally figured out why this stat sounded, out of place. This may be historic in PAL territories, but certainly isn't all that impressive compared to other territories. For example, PS2 sold 900,000 units in Japan on its first weekend.
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      teodortenchev Jun 9, 07
      To be honest, I couldn't care less about other territories, I live in Europe.
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    Shiney_Sneasel Jun 9, 07
    wow sonys really done it this time

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