PS3 Pre-orders five times that of Wii in NZ |
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Wii owners are delighted with the fact that many more Wii consoles have been sold than PS3s worldwide, with the small console from Nintendo steadily catching up with the Xbox 360. However, although the cheaper console may have prevailed in total units sold, perhaps due to it's price, it does seem that the PS3 has been more eagerly-awaited, with more people pre-ordering Sony's console.
Here's the confirmation from New Zealand, with Dick Smith merchandise manager James Cunnold claiming that "[PS3] pre-orders are five times that of Nintendo Wii," as well as going above any pre-orders received for the original Playstation 1, 2, or the Xbox 360.
The New Zealand Herald has dubbed the PS3 a '$1200 toy', but sales figures for the console prove it's not just a toy: it's a complete home entertainment system.
Not all is good down under though, as New Zealanders will have to wait until Monday 26th March before 9 alleged 'launch titles' for the console are released, and some reports claim a shortage of Dual Shock 3 controllers, although Sony will have shipped more by next week.
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coulda sworn its a sixaxis :p
pre ordering still??? i saw a ps3 at target and it doesnt look like it was pre ordered, noobz these days
i went to the extremes to get my ps3 and it is *****ing awsome. i can see sony wining in total profits with this one
It's Target. Think about the kind of people that shop at Target... Of course there will be tons left.
awesome news for once. Isn't NZ where the PSP is beating the DS in sales? Guess they don't fall for the gimmicky stuff over there.
you might see $ony win in profits, if they wern't lossing $500 on every system sold and if they were able to sell as many systems as M$ and Nintendo
No real gamer buy from *****smith ppl hate the shop here the 360 sold over 35.000 units Only the fools buy a pooplayer and yes we have lot of them in NZ baaaaaaaaaaaa
Who hates ***** Smith? Cheaper than EB for games and have a better warranty and take back system.
There needs to be lots of good games and they have to sell them to make profits, fool.
What do you mean by that?
Sony is using the system to win the format debate. I know I am already going with Blu-ray just because I have a PS3. By the way, I have a Wii too...and I like my PS3 much better. Zelda is the only game on the Wii that's worth a *****.
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