Sony has sold 800,000 PS3s in Europe and the company’s CEO, Howard Stringer, called it the “largest consumer electronics sale in history.” How modest of Mr. Stringer. Sony says this success (800K sold is certainly nothing to sneer at, though Nintendo may yet have something to say about all of this) could be attributed to the fact that European gamers don’t have the same “perception” as Japanese gamers. Sounds to me like he’s hating on Japan some.
The launch saw $199 million change hands. Too bad the launch here in God’s country hasn’t gone so well.
Nearly 800k PS3 units sold in Europe, says Stringer [GamesIndustry.biz]
I find it hard to believe anything that comes directly from Sony these days. They have been known to ‘confuse’ (read: mix together) the actual consoles sold to consumers and the units shipped to stores before now. So I am dubious about this figure they have given.
It also puzzles how you can walk into any games store in the UK and buy a PS3 – yet it’s still almost impossible to find a Wii. As soon as Nintendo ship them out, they are sold. But the local games stores I have been to still have several launch day PS3s available to buy (one store still has 18 units from launch in stock!)- they can’t get rid of them.
I could be wrong, but it sounds like Sony’s PR are up to their old tricks again.