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Sony's launch of the new slim PlayStation 3 is certainly making a big impact on the company's bottom-line, at least in their homeland of Japan. Famitsu reports (via Kotaku) that in the first three days, over 150,000 PS3 Slim units were sold. This is compared to the launch of the console in Japan, which only moved 88,000 units. Console shortages at the time may have artificially deflated that number, but doubling the launch sales three years later is still an impressive feat. Meanwhile Eurogamer reports that in the U.K., PS3 sales have increased 1,000% from the week prior to the Slim launch.
We'll probably see a similar burst of activity here in the U.S. But unless Sony shows internal figures, we won't really know the full scope of increased sales until the September NPD figures come in, and that won't be until mid-October. The 360 price cuts came at relatively the same time, so it will be interesting to see how the two compare when the official numbers come in.
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looks like PS3 is getting popular.
We'll probably see a similar burst of activity here in the U.S. But unless Sony shows internal figures, we won't really know the full scope of increased sales until the September NPD figures come in, and that won't be until mid-October. The 360 price cuts came at relatively the same time, so it will be interesting to see how the two compare when the official numbers come in.
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looks like PS3 is getting popular.
