Sony OFFICIAL: PS3 Has Outsold Xbox 360 in Europe
SCEE crows its glory...
A picture of a picture of David Reeves
7 May 2008
Sony has stated that the PlayStation 3 has now outsold the Xbox 360 in Europe.
Speaking at PlayStation Day 2008 down in London, David Reeves, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's president, said, "We have sold over 5m PS3s throughout Europe. We are particularly proud of this as it has been achieved in a SIMILAR time frame to PS2, which retailed if you remember at a significantly lower price.
"We have been consistently outselling our closest competitor since October 2007.
"Even with the latest (Xbox 360) price drop I am delighted to be able to announce today that we have sold more PS3s throughout Europe than Xbox 360 even though they launched 16 months before PS3."
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That's not bad going, we're sure you will agree. Alas, hard figures were not provided, but outselling the Xbox 360 in half the time is no mean feat.
Reeves did not draw a comparison between the PS3 and Wii in Europe.
Reeves also hammered home the message that the PS3 is all about the games. "Kaz has clearly indicated that PS3 is first and foremost a games machine - and it is!" he exclaimed. You can catch a rundown of just what Kaz had to say here.
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Posted by schnide
Take that, Microsoft cnuts!
I really did want this to be a better post than something along the lines of "I told you so" but I do so love being right.
This is why you always have to wait and see how things pan out in the long run, rather than coming out with stupid lines such as how Microsoft was outselling Sony at day 1, which of course it was always going to do.
GTA IV is going to compound the situation. The brand is synonymous with Playstation in the eyes of the massmarket.
I really did want this to be a better post than something along the lines of "I told you so" but I do so love being right.
This is why you always have to wait and see how things pan out in the long run, rather than coming out with stupid lines such as how Microsoft was outselling Sony at day 1, which of course it was always going to do.
GTA IV is going to compound the situation. The brand is synonymous with Playstation in the eyes of the massmarket.
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Posted by PreciousRoi
Could, probably easily, but can't be arsed. Neither proving it to you nor the fact of it merit the effort. Fact though it be.
Anyone else want to testify that Brother SS4 is less obnoxious than he used to be?
Anyone else want to testify that Brother SS4 is less obnoxious than he used to be?
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