You might think that the PLAYSTATION 3, newly launched in New Zealand, would be a resounding failure with only 4,835 console sold during its first week of availablity. Apparently, you'd be wrong.

In the country of about 4 million, that's pretty respectable. Even the general manager of sales and marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand was pleased. He says of the launch:

It's very satisfying for us to see that our close planning with retail and channel partners has ensured that all consumers wanting to get their hands on a PS3, whether they pre-ordered or not, were able to. With the PS3 now realised, the strong consumer support to date indicates that we've had a successful platform launch and are at a great starting position for us to grow and develop the PS3 platform.

You know what they say. Once you've got New Zealand, the rest is easy. Michael McWhertor

NZ PS3 launch created unprecedented sales spike [GamePlanet]

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