Gamestation exec talks merry holidays, 40GB PS3 pushing 60GB PS3 sales upward
It looks like everything is going according to plan for Sony at the moment, at least in the UK. Jeremy Gerkin, the MD for online UK game retailer Gamestation said that the release of 40GB PlayStation 3 SKUs in the UK have greatly boosted the sales of the 60GB PS3 units, in conjunction to the UK-only 60GB price cut. Said Gerkin:
If anything it’s demonstrated what good value the 60GB version is. What we expected initially was that we were going to sell a boat load of 40GB models but that’s not what has happened. By bringing out a cheaper model it’s improved the sales of the higher-priced model. It’s great for the industry because it’s another format for people to get behind.
As for other consoles, the Gamestation executive said that it’s going to be a merry holiday season for the console market in the UK, by stating that consumers now have more affordable options for the PS3, as well as Microsoft‘s Xbox console. The Wii may be having some problems with supply, and people are already starting to get Nintendo’s motion-sensing console early in the season. “It’s doing all it can to produce the Wii as quick as it can,” Gerkin said of Nintendo.
Via Game Industry
It looks like everything is going according to plan for Sony at the moment, at least in the UK. Jeremy Gerkin, the MD for online UK game retailer Gamestation said that the release of 40GB PlayStation 3 SKUs in the UK have greatly boosted the sales of the 60GB PS3 units, in conjunction to the UK-only 60GB price cut. Said Gerkin:
If anything it’s demonstrated what good value the 60GB version is. What we expected initially was that we were going to sell a boat load of 40GB models but that’s not what has happened. By bringing out a cheaper model it’s improved the sales of the higher-priced model. It’s great for the industry because it’s another format for people to get behind.
As for other consoles, the Gamestation executive said that it’s going to be a merry holiday season for the console market in the UK, by stating that consumers now have more affordable options for the PS3, as well as Microsoft‘s Xbox console. The Wii may be having some problems with supply, and people are already starting to get Nintendo’s motion-sensing console early in the season. “It’s doing all it can to produce the Wii as quick as it can,” Gerkin said of Nintendo.
Via Game Industry
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