PS3 Pre-orders five times that of Wii in NZ

Posted Mar 25, 2007 at 10:50AM EST by QJ Staff

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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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# dual shock 3? — Guest 2007-03-25 11:59

coulda sworn its a sixaxis

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# preorder???? — Guest 2007-03-25 13:30

pre ordering still??? i saw a ps3 at target and it doesnt look like it was pre ordered, noobz these days

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# indeed — ahnp 2007-03-25 14:36

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

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# yea... — Guest 2007-03-25 14:38

It's Target. Think about the kind of people that shop at Target...



Of course there will be tons left.

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# hah — Guest 2007-03-25 15:02

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.

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# not gonna happen — Guest 2007-03-25 15:14

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

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# nz er — Guest 2007-03-25 17:54

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

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# Lmao — Guest 2007-03-25 21:06

Who hates ***** Smith? Cheaper than EB for games and have a better warranty and take back system.

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# . — Guest 2007-03-26 00:41

There needs to be lots of good games and they have to sell them to make profits, fool.

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# ? — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2007-03-26 01:26

What do you mean by that?

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# Blu-ray — antbing 2007-03-26 03:19

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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