PS3 Hits One Million Sales... No Not Worldwide, But In The UK

Krunal | February 13, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 Wii

It may have hit 1m in Japan back in June, however it has taken a bit longer (much longer) to reach similar figures in the UK, however it's still a great achievement nonetheless. Taking into consideration the console was put on sale 5 months after the US/Japanese release, it's most certainly a great achievement to have sold a million consoles in the UK, and more to that, it has been selling more consoles than the XBOX360 for the last month according to ChartTrack.

In fact the PS3 has actually managed to reach this milestone far quicker than the PS2 AND the XBOX360... times are changing for the PS3, it surely is looking better for Sony.

Last week, Electronic Arts stated that it expects the PS3 to outsell the Xbox 360 this year, clocking up between 5 and 6 million units in Europe and up to another 5.5 million units in North America.

Nintendo's Wii reached the one million mark in the UK within 38 weeks on sale, making it the fastest-selling home console in the region.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 sold one million units within 60 weeks.

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tidus04 | February 13, 2008

Indeed the times are changing for Sony and this is a great achievement to have for Europe especially when you are putting it up against the Playstation 2.
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jmac353 | February 13, 2008

Shit, Europeans blindly hate the 360 too!
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  LordMaChao | February 13, 2008
  
  Nah, more than ten and a half Europeans actually purchased a 360.
  
  Japan, on the other hand...
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kazad | February 13, 2008

go ps3 keep that ball rolling
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Final Blade | February 13, 2008

It was bound to happen at one point. And im glad it official. This is only good news for Sony. I wonder what worldwide sales are now. It must be close to 10 mil.
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  Existenz | February 13, 2008
  
  10.5 mil according to Sony.
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    Final Blade | February 14, 2008
    
    Im talking about sold not shipped.
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Red 9 | February 14, 2008

Why does the title imply global sales have yet to reach 1M? It's already at 10.5M (a startling achievement for only being out for a year and a quarter).
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  Deadman Rules | February 14, 2008
  
  The title clearly states IN THE UK.
  
  The real question is, who gives a shit?
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    Final Blade | February 15, 2008
    
    Clearly not you, but everyone in the UK does, and me since i want Sony to do well, it makes my investment in the PS3 worth it.
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      Deadman Rules | February 19, 2008
      
      Holy shit with the investment thing. Let me go copy and past what I said in another article.
      
      "And how does that make any sense? You already paid for the product, it's not like you are getting any money back depending on how good they do. You are still down the same amount of money.
      
      Buying a video game console is not investing your money, an investment is something you make money off of.
      
      I don't understand why people call buying an expensive item an investment when they have no intentions on later selling it for PROFIT. You will not profit from a PS3, 360, or a Wii.
      
      Before you or anybody comment with "but it is an investment":
      
      No it's not, you are dumb. Here, I'll even give you the definition of investment: "1. the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value."
      
      Your console will not gain value over time. How good they do does not effect you. I own a 360 and could give a shit less about how many other people buy one. If microsoft goes belly up then so be it. I'll just buy a sony or nintendo product next, honestly, the ONLY people who give a flying *bleep* about sales are people IN the company and fanboys."
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      Donnelly | February 22, 2008
      
      "everyone in the UK does"
      
      Another classic from finalblade.
      
      Keep up the lulz.
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  Krunal | February 21, 2008
  
  Uhh.... global sales aren't 10.5m, they've SHIPPED 10.5m consoles, there's a difference. And it CLEARLY says "in the uk" so I have no idea what your talking about
  
  And Deadman Rules, you just answered your own question, if Microsoft goes belly up, not all those that own an XBOX360 will be able to afford a new console, and thus they'll want it to continue and do well, so they get more games to play.
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    Deadman Rules | February 22, 2008
    
    I know what you mean, but if they can't afford a new console then they can't afford that many new games either.
    
    And where are they loosing or gaining money from this 'investment' finalblade speaks of?