Sony: PlayStation 3 Sells 30M Units in Europe and PAL
by William D'Angelo, posted on 19 December 2012 / 8,644 Views
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has announced that the PlayStation 3 has sold "30 million units across Europe and PAL Territories as of 17th December 2012." It has taken the PlayStation 3 five years and nine months to reach this milestone.
"This is a major milestone for us and clearly shows just how popular the PlayStation brand and products are within Europe and the PAL territories," said Jim Ryan, President and CEO of SCEE.
"We are really pleased with the success of the PS3 system over the last six years, and are committed to continuing our support of the platform with high quality products and titles that are of the caliber that PlayStation fans have come to expect."
The PlayStation 3 originally launched in March 2007 in Europe. It has since been redesigned which has helped boost sales of the console. Sony has also released the PlayStation Plus service, the PlayStation Move and the recently released Wonderbook.
Sony had originally announced that on November 4 the PlayStation 3 had shipped 70 million units worldwide.
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Very nice milestone just before the christmas sales are all clocked up, big gratz for Sony.
Actually I think they are probably including X-mas sales.... and this is shipped numbers.
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ah yes of course since it's from Sonys mouth then it just means sold consoles to stores but at the same time that is money in Sony's pocket right now which is a good thing.
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Kasz, Ethomaz in some thread posted the original PR with the link, differently from usual this time Sony released a sell-through estimate, not shippings. There was a note about it in the original PR that this article forgot to cite.
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4972408
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Kasz, Ethomaz in some thread posted the original PR with the link, differently from usual this time Sony released a sell-through estimate, not shippings. There was a note about it in the original PR that this article forgot to cite.
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4972408
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Kasz, Ethomaz in some thread posted the original PR with the link, differently from usual this time Sony released a sell-through estimate, not shippings. There was a note about it in the original PR that this article forgot to cite.
gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4972408
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And how many more years is that going to take? Its been over 5 and its still behind the wii.
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Great job, looking forward to the PS4 after a great 5 years as a Playstation 3 consumer.
Congrats Sony and here is to the continuous sales of the PlayStation 3 and all Sony consoles.
Note: unlike usually, this time Sony stated estimated sell-through, not shipped.
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even if its sell through or sell in,vg chartz has severely underestimated european sales of ps3...adjustments are needed ASAP and I need an official explanation about the under tracking
I don't think so. PAL territories is more than just Europe. If anything PS3 is slightly overtracked in PAL territories. But if so then it means undertracked elsewhere, otherwise the numbers don't add up in terms of Sony's reported global shipments.
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