UK PS3 sales drop, mooooooooo

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#1 bigboss5ak
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http://n4g.com/ps3/News-81229.aspx

After three weeks of improved sales for the PS3, the status quo seems to have been restored once again.

PS3 sales last week plummeted back to where they were before the price cuts and the launch of the 40GB model.

Sales of the Xbox 360, in contrast have held pretty steady in the last few months, an average of around 11,000 sold a week.

The PS3 now nestled back into its former postion in the sub-10,000 group.

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#2 HarlockJC
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It seems like the only console system that is really selling outside the US is the Wii.
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#3 Zhengi
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It seems like the only console system that is really selling outside the US is the Wii.HarlockJC

Bu.. bu... but the Wii fad is fading :cry:

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People seem to forget that the biggest reason people buy these consoles for is for games,
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http://n4g.com/ps3/News-81229.aspx

After three weeks of improved sales for the PS3, the status quo seems to have been restored once again.

PS3 sales last week plummeted back to where they were before the price cuts and the launch of the 40GB model.

Sales of the Xbox 360, in contrast have held pretty steady in the last few months, an average of around 11,000 sold a week.

The PS3 now nestled back into its former postion in the sub-10,000 group.

bigboss5ak

LOL...looks like all the home theater enthusiasts purchased the last of the 60gig players.

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#6 niall077
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total VG charts ps3 sales are 2month old anyway.

the ps3 broke 5.5 million in september

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Their source is VGChartz....automatic fail.
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#8 HarlockJC
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Wait they used VGChartz has their source...You would have think they would have used something better
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#9 kulmiye
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What did you expect...?
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#10 Blackbond
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360 also outsold the PS3 in Japan for the week since the price drop. This is not good news. But on the other hand maybe Sony will make it even cheaper AND INCLUDE B/C so I can buy it for FFXIII.
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#11 osan0
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now thats a shame. in fairness to sony, they did bring the price down by a fair bit. its definately more reasonably priced now imho. they still need to get the exclusives sorted though and there advertising is absolutely rubbish over here (im assuming the UK and ireland are getting the same adds). there still trying to sell it on the hardware and features (to quote roughly "a machine that thinks faster than u do" and "blu-ray games"). that kind of promotion is going to lead to a bad time. there was a TV spot there a few weeks ago that i saw on dinternets that focused alto more on games. that was far more impressive imho. dont know if its UK bound though. sony should get the bravia marketing team on PS3 duties.

they definately do have a big fight on their hands though. they need to get on the markets good side again.

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one other reason is because PS3 is not hacked yet i think.
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I don't doubt it, but let's wait for the ChartTrack numbers.
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360 also outsold the PS3 in Japan for the week since the price drop. This is not good news. But on the other hand maybe Sony will make it even cheaper AND INCLUDE B/C so I can buy it for FFXIII.Blackbond

they ownt include B/C anymore ... i;m so glad i got a 60 gb sittign in my room right now.

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It seems like the only console system that is really selling outside the US is the Wii.HarlockJC

the 360 is doing good in europe not the best nor better then Wii but still doing good. but with SMG and brawl comging soon right now Wii will be on top for a long time.

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[QUOTE="bigboss5ak"]

http://n4g.com/ps3/News-81229.aspx

After three weeks of improved sales for the PS3, the status quo seems to have been restored once again.

PS3 sales last week plummeted back to where they were before the price cuts and the launch of the 40GB model.

Sales of the Xbox 360, in contrast have held pretty steady in the last few months, an average of around 11,000 sold a week.

The PS3 now nestled back into its former postion in the sub-10,000 group.

Pimpshigity21

LOL...looks like all the home theater enthusiasts purchased the last of the 60gig players.

Yup. I am glad I can play all the PS2 games upscaled. So very glad. And I got my PS3 for $500, so no complaints here.
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#17 HarlockJC
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[QUOTE="HarlockJC"]It seems like the only console system that is really selling outside the US is the Wii.Hadoken_Kid

the 360 is doing good in europe not the best nor better then Wii but still doing good. but with SMG and brawl comging soon right now Wii will be on top for a long time.

Then Mario Kart which does its best in Europe

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[QUOTE="Blackbond"]360 also outsold the PS3 in Japan for the week since the price drop. This is not good news. But on the other hand maybe Sony will make it even cheaper AND INCLUDE B/C so I can buy it for FFXIII.humber_matus

they ownt include B/C anymore ... i;m so glad i got a 60 gb sittign in my room right now.

No BC = no buy for me. It was the whole reason I was originally going to buy a PS3. Then Sony screwed it up. *musicalmac looks at his 360.
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#19 Ontain
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360 also outsold the PS3 in Japan for the week since the price drop. This is not good news. But on the other hand maybe Sony will make it even cheaper AND INCLUDE B/C so I can buy it for FFXIII.Blackbond

add in rumble controllers as well

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#20 Pripyat
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299 eurowith BC, rumble controller and full GPU access under linux or bust.
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#21 niall077
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good think there was a price drop in america this week so it should even out of sell even more

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#22 Liquid-GEAR
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So VGchartz is now acceptable? Thanks for the heads up ;)