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PS3 breaks sales record in UK with 165,000 units sold during launch weekend

Posted Mar 26, 2007 at 8:20AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Chart Track, Nintendo, playstation 3 updates, Ray Maguire, Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment UK

Just moments after the PlayStation 3 (PS3) European and UK launch were over, Sony Computer Entertainment UK managing Director Ray Maguire was quoted saying "Our egos want to make sure that we have the biggest launch in history." He even mentioned that total sales will go up this weekend. Well, it's already weekend and the numbers are in.

We don't know about egos, but we're certain that Sony's efforts paid off...

According to reports, the PS3 did break the record for the fastest selling home console in UK or what Maguire refers to as a little island where rents and rates are at an absolute premium. Company Chart Track stated that a total number of 165,000 out of the 220,000 PS3 units available has been sold during the launch weekend.

When we consider sales of all consoles, Sony doesn't need to worry at all as the record is owned by its handheld system, the PlayStation Portable (PSP). Back in September 2005, when the unit launched in the said market, its total sales during the launch weekend rose to 185,000.

Nintendo was able to sell 105,000 Wii units during its December launch last year while just 70,000 Xbox 360 systems was sold back in its 2005 launch.

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This makes me wonder if, had Nintendo had unlimited supplies of the Wii available, how many would it sell? Same goes for the PS3... Both sold out in many locations, so neither launch could live up to its full potential. All this piece of news shows is that Sony had lots of PS3s, and there was a good level of demand. (Well done to Sony for finally pulling it off, BTW.

# . — Guest 2007-03-26 09:57

Great News for All PS3 fans. Amazing the fact that is an expensive console!

# Cool! — Guest 2007-03-26 09:59

but this shows that price is the barrier SONY needs to lower to get all PS2 fanbase jumping to its next-get baby. Exclusives AAA titles can be system sellers (and a lot of them are coming) but without any doubt a price drop is utterly needed.

SONY we are waiting for you, make PS3 cheaper for cheap people like me! I'm not from that little island called UK

# well... — Guest 2007-03-26 10:51

i guess advertising the sale with A FREE 46 INCH HDTV with the PS3 payed off .............................................................................

# Advertising.. — Guest 2007-03-26 10:59

Involves telling people about it beforehand.

# wow — Guest 2007-03-26 11:18

saw this on vgcharts ealier today....and was waiting for qj to post it up.

good news for sony!!

165,000 units sold in MARCH!!

NOT NOVEMBER/DECEMBER like the Wii and 360.

oh yeah and for the record....

NO.... THE PS3 DID NOT SELL OUT. IT JUST SOLD TWICE AS MUCH AS THE 360 ON LAUNCH.

# true — antaeus 2007-03-26 11:19

people that were waiting for hours on line for the PS3 did not know they were getting a HDTV until after purchase READ THE NEWS

# No, mate... — Guest 2007-03-26 11:21

This is bull*****...

I have not seen a single one sold... WE haven't sold a single one! Sony have to stop lying soon, this is obviously not true, sorry.

# ... — Oner001 2007-03-26 11:40

I guess I don't have to answer the question from Mr. No Common Sense now as QJ answered it for me (in referance to the "bad" sales he believes the PS3 has)....

Xbox360 sold 9.75 mill in more than a YEAR

PS3 in just 3 months sold a third of that

Not to mention the total slow down (near a halt) of the 360 weekly sales. Plus the PS3 has a better start than the 360 did when it launched. Should I even go on about the 360 in Japan?....lol

# yup — Guest 2007-03-26 12:02

if they launched in the holiday season....it would of been more.

# ... — Guest 2007-03-26 12:02

Ms fanboys always looking at ways to hide when xbox is not the winner.

# yer — devildude 2007-03-26 12:39

sony always lying about everything wat u except they wouldnt say we aint sold enough console they might get in top by lying

# wrong — devildude 2007-03-26 12:47

xbox 360 sold more than 10 milion unit in 1 years and sony just sold 2milion ps3 worldwide in 4 months and they delayed europe cause they couldnt mk enough ps3 and they lied about worldwide ps3 launch and microsoft keep their promised about launching xbox 360 worldwide . sony had enought time to mk more ps3 for europe do u think if they did launch ps3 in europe in same time as us and jap they would mk enought ps3 to sell like xbox 360 did on launch date hell no $ony is *****ing *****

# .|. — Guest 2007-03-26 14:50

NABOS!

É tudo pessoal estúpido!

Deviam de desaparecer estes americanos todos fãs da Xbox360 e da PS3!

.|.

# .|. — Guest 2007-03-26 14:51

Compra uma PS3 e cala-te de vez!

# Expected.. — Guest 2007-03-26 15:10

These sales were expected...

It's a playstation... It will sell regardless of price.

# Yeah, One Of The Best Televisions... — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2007-03-26 17:58

..to go along with the best system of course.

# NUMB SKULLS — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2007-03-26 18:02

Are you guys retarded or just borderline?

# Yeah, Your Somewhat Right — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2007-03-26 18:14

The regular XBOX is no longer made and support is gone as well. Probably a lot of XBOX fans went to the 360 by now. PS3 has this many people who purchased one and many people are still waiting because the PS2 is not dead yet. It is just a matter of time before mass conversion begins.

# 600$ — Guest 2007-03-26 19:36

man if this expensive system is selling like this, just imagine if the ps3 only cost 250. you would have to call and have a system made and sent to you, because it will never stay on store shelves

# More Lies — Guest 2007-03-26 21:09

Sony get ready for more bad, these figures are outright LIES. You'll never learn.

# Hmmm — Guest 2007-03-26 21:38

If Sony SOLD 165,000 of the 220,0000 shipped this would create sellouts in certain areas ( goods do'nt sell evenly some areas sell many more than others ) I'm i contact will people in the retail trade in UK, France and Holland all have mentioned poor sales and stock build up. Sorry but i'm calling BS on those numbers.

# wrong also — Guest 2007-03-27 00:29

Microsoft didn't keep their promise about launching worldwide. They pulled out of other markets, such as Australia + NZ, Mexico, HK. Australia didn't get it 'til March 23 '06 (exactly 1 year before PS3).

# ... Strange — Guest 2007-03-27 01:57

Whats odd is that I still can't walk in and buy a Wii, but I can walk into any retailer in town and pick up a PS3. In one store where I live they have more PS3's than 360's in stock.

Its great that the PS3 has sold so many, but I think that its only because of the huge number of consoles they shipped.

# Doesn't say much for Wii — Guest 2007-03-27 02:57

Considering how low tech the Wii is, is doesn't say much for their manufacturing process. There is no ground breaking technology. It's off the shelf components. They could be keeping the numbers low to induce a false shortage. Then as soon as units show up, they are snapped up, because they are limiting supply.

# No offence to you HighPS3, this is for all fanboys — Guest 2007-03-27 04:43

Come on, are you PS3 fanboys really this nieve. They shipped 220K consoles. No duh they sold more than 360 (Shipped 70K) and Wii (Shipped 30k) at launch. If you have more stock, you stell more, this isnt rocket science people.

The only fact is that Sony didnot sellout at launch, and only moved 165K out of 220K at launch. At freaking launch people, every console sells out.

IF you cant sellout at launch, how do you expect to sustain sales?

# Ill say the same to you CHUCKINGROCKSAT SPACESHIPS — Guest 2007-03-27 04:46

You must be retarded, you bought into Sonys Spin.

Heres some education for your thick skull.

They shipped 220K consoles. No duh they sold more than 360 (Shipped 70K) and Wii (Shipped 30k) at launch. If you have more stock, you stell more, this isnt rocket science people. The only fact is that Sony didnot sellout at launch, and only moved 165K out of 220K at launch. At freaking launch people, every console sells out. IF you cant sellout at launch, how do you expect to sustain sales?

# Says less for Sony — Guest 2007-03-27 04:49

Seriously, Nintendo shipped everything they made to customers. They didnt make you wait 6 months to build up stock, so they could spin the numbers. The wii is impossible to find, gets double on ebay. Do i really have to explain how capitalism works.

Man you PS3 fanboys are a dense bunch.

# @Lurker — Guest 2007-03-27 06:25

Yeah, It's neat how Nintendo can sell 105K when they only shipped 30K

# Yaaaay — Guest 2007-03-27 07:00

Yay for Sony fan boys. 165000 suckers just joined you in thier waste of money on a game system that has one game!!! Enjoy your laggy games of Resistance with no voice support!

# Nice try — Guest 2007-03-27 07:36

In that case - hats off to SONY for making enough units and delaying the launch to allow for a successful start to the PS3's life in europe. Can't fault it.

# Lurker... — Guest 2007-03-27 07:40

Don't be a sore looser. If can't take this little defeat image how you'll feel in a couple of years time when the 360 will indeed be surpassed despite the year and a half head start. The future's SONY flavoured.

# What!?? — Guest 2007-03-27 07:50

I've never had any lag on resistance unlike rainbow and gears for xbox3shi*-sty, but if you've had lag then at least resistance has an excuse - 40 player online matches versus a pathetic 8 (GOW and it still lags).

# Oner001 yer you go on about Japan but the Look at The worlds biggest sales the USA — Guest 2007-03-27 08:08

The US Hardware sales for February

360 - 228,000

PS3 - 127,000

The PS3 is seeling bad give it a month and even its UK sales will drop below 40,000 per week

# are you kidding me — Guest 2007-03-27 09:49

dude, get your tounge out of bill gates' ass for a minute. And get the ***** off qj you moron. You really think that the ultimate next gen system is going to be shorted on game releases? Have you looked at the lists? The *****ing games are all coming. The fact that the ps3 sold almost as many consoles in the UK as it did in the USA (where there WAS a supply problem) is amazing. That's just one weekend in march. And your arguements about not buying a ps3 because it HAS a bd player? Why? I wouldn't have bought one if it didn't. That's why I was never interested in the 360. DVD is on the way out eventually. I want a console that thinks ahead. Oooh add ons? Yeah, I have this monolith PS3 sitting next to the tv, with nothing attached to it. Looks great. Or I could have an Xbox, with all the wireless adapters, wifi box, add on hddvd drive, whatever the ***** ass else I could add on to try and make it close to the ps3, but it will never be. Now you would have spent more than a ps3 to make it, and it looks like an octopus on the shelf.

# o yeah — Guest 2007-03-27 15:00

ps3 rulez!!"silent giant"

# o yeah — Guest 2007-03-27 15:09

The WII is awesome I like the PS3 as well but is to freking expensive......I will get my PS3 when it drops the price!! But I like the WII more them the PS3....but I would love to have a PS3 too!! ^_^

# excuses — Guest 2007-03-27 15:36

stupid nintendo fanboys go get a life, i bet you anything prior to humping the wii you owned a ps2 and as soon as nintendo and microsoft made some success you jumped ships cause you are all cowards, Nintendo is weak and im sick of their antics sacrificing quality for useless innovative novelties wtf first with the DS... lol like 5 - 10 3D games and the rest are either 2D snes games or cel shaded *****, then the pathetic wii which seriously the novelty wore off far too soon for my liking, the wii is really good for collecting dust as it is graphically inferior to both the PS3 and X360... oh and with the 360 what the hell is with the fan on it, seriously its louder than any standard sound system freaking thing cant even last 1 hour of oblivion before it starts having a fit and overheating...

# Im with Lurker!!!! — Guest 2007-03-27 17:06

Zen 360 is not gonna get surpassed!!!NO WAY!!!!ur the sore loser cause ps3 isnt really doing what everyone expected it to do!!!

# Mcs get ur tongue outta sonys a$$!! — Guest 2007-03-27 17:14

ps3 is not doin as well as expected so that only tells u that over the next few years 360 and ps3 are just gonna be in the same spot with 360 a few notches ahead!!!!! Panzy a$$ sony fanboy

# Hmm lets see Zen!!! — Guest 2007-03-27 17:16

My GOW doesnt lagg in any form fashion or way!!!U just been making some retarded comments

# to all the rest — Guest 2007-03-27 18:00

i just want to say that everyone who settled with a Wii or a 360 are just bitter cause they just can't afford the PS3... that's the fact here... they keep on dissin Sony on this or that but the thing is they just can't afford it and they're trying to justify why they're better off by not having it. they are making so much noise now in dissin Sony cause they know in the future they won't be able to do so cause the PS3 has the lifespan which a REAL NEXT GEN console should have...

To everyone dissin the PS3... we know you guys are poor.. we understand and symphatize...

# Lol.....different consoles different market — Guest 2007-03-27 23:47

Hey people.....can we stop the clash of which is better between Wii and playstation 3 , its obvious that its two different markets. It might be true that ps3 sold alot of consoles, but it didnt do too badly in the US besides the stock shortages and the shooting and all.... the fact is that sales have declined. also as it stands, no console that did well in its first 5 months has ever failed as a console....so wii is set...maybe ps3 is ....not sure and xbox360 will have to prove itself as the competition heats up. it still stands to reason though that if you grab all the consoles and compare them to the ACTUAL (non hype) sales of the DS they still dont compare.....even the PSP sold better than the ps3 last month. its not the release thats important, its the sustainability. graphics was never the hold on the market.....its fun......PSP did well on release in the UK.... but the best selling handheld in the world easily is the DS ( check the NDP reports)..... so dont get side tracked by the release.....its the follow through that counts......i dont want to see sony dropped further behind so it will be good if this statement is true.....but sony has a long way to go.

# Laggy GOW — Guest 2007-03-28 10:36

GOW lagged on my 4meg Broadband, Resistance hasn't, deal with it boy!

# You have a motorbike? — Guest 2007-03-28 10:42

I thought you were an adolescent after reading most of your comments.

You can afford a motorcycle and an Xbox360 but not a duster? lol.

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