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UK PS3 sales spank 360 2-to-1

October 23, 2007 in News comments 25

The recent Playstation 3 price cuts have been increasing sell units vastly around the U.K. 64,087 Playstation 3 units have been sold the week ending 21st October. While the 360 has only sold just over 37,000. Still nowhere near what the DS had sold 171,260 units. Although things are looking up for the PS3.

Xbox 360 was last week outsold by everything except Game Boy as PS3 sales make a charge for Wii's typically huge lead.
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    Dai Oct 23, 07
    Not too big of a surprise. It is nice to see the PS3 picking up. Too bad for the 360. If it would ever take care of its hardware issues I (and I believe many more) would consider gettign one. Till then I hope the PS3 and Wii profit from it. Heh...
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    killer bee Oct 23, 07
    Not to much of a shock since i have always seen the uk to be a strong Playstation market
  • 0
    Donnelly Oct 23, 07
    Exactly. Very few of my friends have a 360, and even less a Wii. Most of them were waiting for the PS3.

    And with the recent price cut...

    In fact, Sony have almost put the PS3 into a position, where I would consider getting one. I'm just gonna give it a year, hopefully the price'll go down again, and there'll be a decent line up.

    That said, I'm getting a Wii first.
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    iLLmatic Oct 23, 07
    I wouldn't say 2:1 is spanking the competition. Japan is another story.
  • 0
    Revenger of Wastelan Oct 23, 07
    Wow 22000 GBA's sold in one week? They are still in business.
    • 0
      Capn Droid Oct 24, 07
      That's when people saw the PS3 graphix and stood in awe, then saw the price. They walked over to the GBA and said, Wow, so many classic games for a cheap price. This looks better kthxbai!
  • 0
    S v R 2010 Oct 23, 07
    It's about time.

    Everyone knew it was gona happen.
    • 0
      iLLmatic Oct 23, 07
      Knew what was going to happen? Do you guys see this as some kind of domination?
      • -1
        The Deathwind Oct 23, 07
        The tide slowly turning in Sony's favour.

        While not domination, it's certianly looking better for the PS3 now than it was.
        • 1
          Cdemon Oct 24, 07
          Are you *bleep*ing kidding me? For the month of September:

          Xbox 360 - 528k sold
          PS3 - 119k sold

          And that's with Sony doing better than Microsoft x5 in Japan.
        • -3
          Final Blade Oct 24, 07
          Cdemon what the hell do you expect its all thanks to Halo 3 thats why their month was so great.

          If halo didn't come out that month the PS3 would have done alot better in comparison to 360. It probably would have been alot closer. Japan isn't going to help the PS3 sales alone. No matter how big of a market it is.

          However i suspect the Price cut really helped them this time. So good job Sony, Just keep up the good work.
        • 1
          Cdemon Oct 25, 07
          The X360 has been outselling the PS3 on a constant basis.
        • -2
          Final Blade Oct 25, 07
          Cdemon Did i state other wise, i was talking about last month. Please learn to read.

          Like i stated before if halo 3 didn't come out last month the PS3 sales and 360 sales would be alot closer. Regardless who was ahead. That was my point.
        • 2
          Cdemon Oct 27, 07
          You're *bleep*ing r3t4rded, dude. After the X360 has a huge boost in sales, Sony sweeps in and outsells them for like the first time in history and suddenly "the tid is turning in Sony's favor"?

          Yeah, okay.

          Halo 3 boosted the X360's sales, yeah. No shit. But that doesn't explain while the X360 has been outselling the PS3 time after time.
  • -1
    Slumpy monkey Oct 23, 07
    ya 360 has been spanking ps3 all along?
  • 2
    Steel Magnolia Oct 23, 07
    Is it really surprising since now most people who wanted a 360 have got one? It's been out since 2005 remember.
    • 0
      Existenz Oct 23, 07
      If most people is 11 million then the 360 is in huge trouble haha.
      • -1
        Ekou Oct 25, 07
        I don't expect this generation to generate the same kind of sales that the previous cycle did.

        The PS2, at the time, had great functionality. Great games, DVD player, later adapted to online play, and had very little competition.

        This generation is hampered by that. Not everyone wants to upgrade, nor sees why they should. Unlike Microsoft, Sony has kept it up with not one, but TWO systems. Though Sony stopped manufacturing PS2s, they're still selling. They're still making games for them as well. Microsoft just literally killed the original Xbox.

        It's hard to say Sony is losing when they, technically, still have the leading console.

        Back to that point though, yeah, the 360 is in trouble in terms of sales. The one year headstart may not have been big enough. We'll know for sure next year when Sony finally hits hard.
        • 0
          iLLmatic Oct 28, 07
          No, the PS2 did not have a great lineup of games in its first year either.
  • 1
    Red 9 Oct 23, 07
    Well, UK sales are nice, but the PS3 isn't doing as well in North America. In September, the 360 I believe sold almost three times as much as the PS3 did. Of course, there was Halo 3, so it was inevitable for there to be a large influx of 360 sales, but PS3 sales were just bad.

    And of course Wii will always lead. It's freakin' $299.
    • -1
      StewieRox Oct 23, 07
      I only know 2 people that have ps3 and in my opinion i don't really want it because they rip you off a big load amount of money for something with good graphics which is the only improvement.
      • -3
        Final Blade Oct 24, 07
        You obviously have no clue about the PS3. PS3 is a completely new system made from scratch. Its the most innovative system of the PS systems. The price and games is a small issue that will get solved with time. But everyone i know who has a PS3(including myself) loves the thing.
        • 1
          Deadman Rules Oct 27, 07
          This made me lol. It's been proven that you don't even have one.
  • 1
    Slumpy monkey Oct 24, 07
    my mate had one said its crap and he hardle plays it. But he was always a pc man
  • 0
    Dance Floor Killah Oct 27, 07
    This is really no surprise. Price cut=better sales.

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