PlayStation 3 sales suffer 82% in the UK

It seems that after the first week of release, PlayStation 3 sales have dropped by 82%, according to the data taken from Chart Track (Chart-Track). Chart Track gathers information from 7000 UK retail outlets such as GAME, Gamestation, and HMV. The total coverage of Chart-Track encompasses 90% of the total software market, which makes its information relatively accurate.

Chart Track was one of the companies which stated that the Playstation 3 had sold 165,000 units within two days of its UK launch. The recently released information regarding the sales drop though came as a big surprise, given the outstanding performance in the first release of the console. To further confirm this information, a spokesperson from Chart Track said to gamesindustry.biz that, “Yes, sales of PS3 hardware have dropped by 82 per cent.” Aside from the drop in console sales, it also released information that the top two PlayStation titles have also taken a hit with Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm dropping over 60 per cent in sales.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has declined to release a statement on the new information regarding the sales of its console. Right now, there is a lot of speculation regarding this information, and people are asking if this is a sign of the market hitting its saturation point, or simply just a hangover from the great opening launch of the system? We’ll have to wait a couple of months to find out.

It seems that after the first week of release, PlayStation 3 sales have dropped by 82%, according to the data taken from Chart Track (Chart-Track). Chart Track gathers information from 7000 UK retail outlets such as GAME, Gamestation, and HMV. The total coverage of Chart-Track encompasses 90% of the total software market, which makes its information relatively accurate.

Chart Track was one of the companies which stated that the Playstation 3 had sold 165,000 units within two days of its UK launch. The recently released information regarding the sales drop though came as a big surprise, given the outstanding performance in the first release of the console. To further confirm this information, a spokesperson from Chart Track said to gamesindustry.biz that, “Yes, sales of PS3 hardware have dropped by 82 per cent.” Aside from the drop in console sales, it also released information that the top two PlayStation titles have also taken a hit with Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm dropping over 60 per cent in sales.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has declined to release a statement on the new information regarding the sales of its console. Right now, there is a lot of speculation regarding this information, and people are asking if this is a sign of the market hitting its saturation point, or simply just a hangover from the great opening launch of the system? We’ll have to wait a couple of months to find out.