SCE UK: PS3 will sell a million in UK through Christmas

With the release of the cheaper 40 GB SKUs, Sony Computer UK managing director Ray Maguire is confident that the PlayStation 3 will be able to sell a million units through Christmas in their area.

Currently, the new SKU is moving at an incredible rate so Maguire’s prediction coming to pass won’t be surprising. The 40 GB SKU caused PS3 sales to spike by 178% last week in the UK and even caused some games to reenter the charts, like Heavenly Sword and MotorStorm.

Aside from the success of the console, Maguire has expressed confidence in the future of PS3 games saying that developers will begin looking to the PlayStation 3 first before the Xbox 360: “We’re in the period of crossover now, where people will start to develop on PS3 as the lead [platform] if they’re multiformat.”

Maguire, who predicted that the PS3 will indeed get “better reception” with the new SKUs earlier this month, may prove to be right again and this may indeed be a white Christmas for Sony.

Via Games Radar

With the release of the cheaper 40 GB SKUs, Sony Computer UK managing director Ray Maguire is confident that the PlayStation 3 will be able to sell a million units through Christmas in their area.

Currently, the new SKU is moving at an incredible rate so Maguire’s prediction coming to pass won’t be surprising. The 40 GB SKU caused PS3 sales to spike by 178% last week in the UK and even caused some games to reenter the charts, like Heavenly Sword and MotorStorm.

Aside from the success of the console, Maguire has expressed confidence in the future of PS3 games saying that developers will begin looking to the PlayStation 3 first before the Xbox 360: “We’re in the period of crossover now, where people will start to develop on PS3 as the lead [platform] if they’re multiformat.”

Maguire, who predicted that the PS3 will indeed get “better reception” with the new SKUs earlier this month, may prove to be right again and this may indeed be a white Christmas for Sony.

Via Games Radar