PS3 Fastest Selling Console In UK - 27.3.07

Sony’s PlayStation 3 has broken sales records in the UK to become that country’s fastest-selling next-gen console.

According to Pocket-Lint, 165,000 consoles were purchased in the two days after the console’s launch. These numbers put it ahead of the Xbox 360 and the Wii. They note, however, that does not beat the PlayStation Portable.

The Wii might have beaten the PS3 figures, but Nintendo only had 105,000 consoles available for launch weekend.

Interesting to note here is the fact the PS3 broke records, but it didn’t sell out. If Sony delivered the 220,000 consoles it promised, about 55,000 were still without homes.

Meanwhile, Sony is playing third fiddle in sales elsewhere.

The Wii topped both the PS3 and the 360 in February. Wii sold 335,000 unit. The 360 came in with 228,000 and the PS3 trailed with 127,000.

As Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal has been quoted as saying, the performance “is simply abysmal. The PS3 is sucking wind right now. ... Price is a factor. Some of the negative buzz is a factor. Some of the FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) is a factor. And the lack of a large number of triple-A software titles is a factor."

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