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Playstation Day: PS3 Sales Surpass Xbox 360 in Europe

Posted on 06. May, 2008 by Reckless in News

At the recent Playstation Day even in London Sony announced that they have succeeded in selling more PS3 consoles than Microsoft has sold Xbox 360 consoles in Europe, despite Microsoft’s earlier launch.

SCEE president and CEO David Reeves said that Sony has sold 12 million PSP handhelds and 48 million PS2 consoles in Europe.

“I’m also delighted to announce today that we have sold over 5 million PlayStation 3′s throughout Europe,” Reeves said.

“We are particularly proud of this as it has been achieved in a similar time frame as PlayStation 2 which retailed, if you remember, at a significantly lower price.”

“I am delighted to be able announce today that we have sold more PlayStation 3′s throughout Europe than Xbox 360 – even though they launched sixteen months before PS3.”

“These numbers are a testament to the strength of the PlayStation brand throughout our region, the ever-increasing number of titles being launched, the rich content on offer and its appeal to different demographics and cultures.” News Source

(Update) Passing Xbox 360 is important because we’ve been mistreated, says SCEE president

“I think the fact that Microsoft launched 18 months before… It is significant for us because we get so many things thrown at us, because we were too expensive, we came too late, we didn’t launch early enough in Europe, and Xbox have been saying, ‘Well, we’re doing well and we’re the best the console,’ so we thought, for once we will say, actually, very quietly, ‘We’ve passed them,’ News Source

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