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    PS3 Breaks Sales Records In UK

    To read coverage of the recent European (and Australian!) PLAYSTATION 3 launch here and elsewhere may lead gamers to envision Sony execs weaping over mountains of unsold stock and staffers leaping from rooftops from the resounding failure. But you'd be wrong—it wasn't that bad. In fact, according to gaming industry mag MCV, it was good. Record breaking, even!

    MCV reports that some 165,000 PS3s were sold to gamers in the UK over the weekend, besting initial weekend sales figures by console rivals Wii and Xbox 360. Shocking.

    It wasn't quite a sell-out, unfortunately, but that's what Sony Europe bigwig David Reeves wanted. The man hates sell-outs! Hates 'em! Looks like everything's going according to the master plan then, eh, David? Michael McWhertor

    Record-breaking 165,000 PS3s sold at UK launch [MCV]


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