[Sussex] PS3 First Sales better others

[Alan Pope]

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 10:45:43AM +0100, Andrew Guard wrote:
> Well The Playstation 3 first weekend sales numbers where better then
> XBox360 and Wii.
> 
> PS3 165,000
> Wii 105,000
> Xbox360 50,000
> 

And the second weekend?

http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=ps3%20sales

"PS3 sales down 82% in the 2nd week"
"PS3 UK sales rocket... then plummet"
"Wii doubles PS3 sales in Japan"
"UK PS3 Sales Fall After Launch"
"PS3 Sales come near screeching Halt after first Week in UK"
"PS3 Week Two Sales Drop 'Meaningless'"

http://news.google.co.uk/news?ie=UTF-8&q=wii+sale

"Wii Sales Destroying The PS3's"

> That impressive remember that PS3 cost lot more then all other system at 
> launch.
> 

First weekend is when the fanboys buy any console. There is hype a plenty, 
freebies and photo opportunities. Once the dust settles, everyone else 
evaluates things and decides whether to buy that console or not.

Try and buy a PS3. Amazon have them in stock. Then try and buy a Wii. Demand 
outstripping supply there by some considerable margin.

> The public have spoken! And public wants to PS3.
> 

That's one way of interpreting one weekend of sales of one console. 

Cheers,
Al.