Sony winning the console war in PAL territories?
The PS3 continues to sell well in PAL territories, as SCEE President and CEO David Reeves revealed that console sales just broke 1 million a few days back. Reeves stated that the milestone was achieved nine and a half weeks faster than its predecessors.
With such a hefty price, it could be safe to assume that where Sony is selling well, there’s bound to be people with high incomes. “The Middle East and Russia are quite lucrative markets, with a lot of wealthy people there.” Reeves went on with:
In terms of software, we’ve sold in about two million pieces of first party software. And the big ones are Resistance: Fall of Man at about 600,000 units and Motorstorm at just over the 500,000 mark. We’re obviously very happy that these two new IPs have done so well.
Reeves proudly announced, “I think the analysts out there will realise it’s faster than our brothers and sisters in the competitive world as well.” That’s right, they’re claiming a lead in the console arena.
Now regarding the 20GB and 80GB versions, they’re less likely to be released in PAL territories. He explains that Korea is more accustomed to broadband and downloading content, thus requiring a bigger hard drive. Smaller 20GB versions are simply not necessary since 60GB units are selling anyway.
About online service, “I don’t feel competing with Xbox Live; we feel we’re in a different stadium. And with the introduction of Home at Christmas, we’re going in a completely different direction with something very entertaining. We don’t have our eyes on the competition in any way.”
They don’t want competition, definitely not. Maybe they don’t mind losing exclusives neither? Whatever Reeves is thinking, let’s wish PS3 the best of luck.
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The PS3 continues to sell well in PAL territories, as SCEE President and CEO David Reeves revealed that console sales just broke 1 million a few days back. Reeves stated that the milestone was achieved nine and a half weeks faster than its predecessors.
With such a hefty price, it could be safe to assume that where Sony is selling well, there’s bound to be people with high incomes. “The Middle East and Russia are quite lucrative markets, with a lot of wealthy people there.” Reeves went on with:
In terms of software, we’ve sold in about two million pieces of first party software. And the big ones are Resistance: Fall of Man at about 600,000 units and Motorstorm at just over the 500,000 mark. We’re obviously very happy that these two new IPs have done so well.
Reeves proudly announced, “I think the analysts out there will realise it’s faster than our brothers and sisters in the competitive world as well.” That’s right, they’re claiming a lead in the console arena.
Now regarding the 20GB and 80GB versions, they’re less likely to be released in PAL territories. He explains that Korea is more accustomed to broadband and downloading content, thus requiring a bigger hard drive. Smaller 20GB versions are simply not necessary since 60GB units are selling anyway.
About online service, “I don’t feel competing with Xbox Live; we feel we’re in a different stadium. And with the introduction of Home at Christmas, we’re going in a completely different direction with something very entertaining. We don’t have our eyes on the competition in any way.”
They don’t want competition, definitely not. Maybe they don’t mind losing exclusives neither? Whatever Reeves is thinking, let’s wish PS3 the best of luck.
With the number of comments that have requested us to take down the previous picture in this article, we have now taken due action. As you can see, it’s now been updated with a different placeholder image. We apologize for having offended some readers, and we ask for your understanding that it was never in our intentions to offend anyone.
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