PS3 breaks 1 million mark in UK sales; FW 2.4 coming: in-game chatting hinted

Good news! Ray Maguire of Sony Computer Entertainment UK has revealed that the PS3 has officially hit one million in sales for the UK. Maybe those 40GB PS3 SKUs really did help push sales, but more interesting to note here is that Maguire also revealed that the PS3 has sold faster than its previous siblings, the PS1 or PS2. And oh? What’s this? Mention of PS3 firmware 2.40? Coming this summer? Why, that’d could be the BD Live update! Or… do we hear in-game messaging? Read more for the full scoop.

Ray Maguire of Sony Computer Entertainment UK has some pretty astounding remarks about the PlayStation 3. Previously, he was confident that the 40GB PS3 SKUs would sell like crazy and help push the PS3’s sales over a million through the holidays in the UK. Turns that he was right: not only has the PS3 now reached 1 million in sales for the UK, but there’s actually more to the story.

Maguire has revealed that, for the UK, the PS3 has now sold faster than the PSOne or PS2. Speaking to MCV UK, here’s what the SCE UK boss had to say:

Achieving one million PS3 sales faster than both PSOne and PlayStation 2 is even more gratifying considering PS3 is a premium product introduced at a premium price.

Our momentum will continue with the introduction of in-game communication in the summer, firmware update 2.4 and the strongest line-up of games through our third party partners and our own studios. IÂ’d personally like to thank our trade and business partners for helping us on the start of the PS3 journey.

Did we just hear right? Firmware update 2.4? Whatever happened to 2.20 and 2.30? If Maguire is eyeing a 2.40 PS3 FW, then you could guess that it’s quite a big bump up from the previous 2.10 released last December.

Now, if you’ve been keeping up with firmware news, you’d probably already know what to expect: the BD Live firmware update. The most recent bit we heard is that that firmware could roll out as early as Summer, and that echoes well with what Ray Maguire just said. Confirmation much?

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And oh… *face palm* (We’re only humaaaan!) Thanks to Dr Egg who pointed it out! Looks like we got a tad bit excited about the “2.4” bit and missed out the whole “in-game communication” part.

So yeah. We, reiterate our question: confirmation much? Looks like it’s going to be one hot summer indeed!