First sales figures trickle through for PS3 launch, how do they compare with Wii and Xbox 360?

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Published: Monday 26th March, 2007 | Author: Steven Williamson
Products: PlayStation 3
Companies: Sony Computers Entertainment Europe (All Sony Computers Entertainment Europe content)
Platforms: PS3
External reviews: Sony PlayStation 3

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According to The Age,via Nextgen.biz, Sony has announced the first set of PS3 sales figures in Australia and it looks as if they'll fall short of beating the countries current record for the fastest selling console of all time. That accolade currently belongs to Nintendo, who sold 32,901 units in the first four days of launch. Microsoft also had a successful Australian launch with the Xbox 360, which sold 30,000 units over the same period of time.

Sony has today confirmed that they have sold 20,000 PS3s in the first three days of the Australian launch, which means that they still have one days worth of figures to play with before we can draw up a decent comparison.

We're expecting the initial European figures to be launched later this week

Source :: Next Gen

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Posted by Tom Scott - Mon 26th Mar 2007, 2:30pm

Quote: mcmiller
are companies allowed to lie about sales figures ?

Whose going to prove otherwise? :)Quote

Posted by vinnyT - Mon 26th Mar 2007, 2:30pm

Quote: mcmiller
are companies allowed to lie about sales figures ?

Probably not allowed to outright lie (though, in the past some have), but manipulating the numbers to suit your goal is a given:)Quote

Posted by YorkieBen - Mon 26th Mar 2007, 2:54pm

what sony may have done is quoted items shipped not items sold in shops?Quote

Posted by Steven W - Mon 26th Mar 2007, 5:49pm

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Except of course that Australia's Wii and Xbox 360 launch were restricted by a lack of availability........

Excellent point.Quote

Posted by Gordy - Tue 27th Mar 2007, 5:21pm

I'll take any figures with a pinch of salt, but I'd love to see a comparison of the three consoles launch sales with their allocation. I'd expect the wii and 360 to have 100% of allocation sold. I highly doubt this is the case with the ps3.Quote