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Pumpkin Head

07-04-2006, 06:06 PM

If you've got any connections on the inside, now might be a good time to start tapping them. German videogame site Gamefront is reporting that there are to be 150,000 PS3's available for Great Britain at launch. A rough extrapolation would probably put the total number of European PS3's available at launch somewhere in the vicinity of 500,000 units (note this is pure speculation on my part). Either way it's likely going to be a little difficult to pick one up. Got your pre-orders in yet? Still, until we get solid word from Sony, it's best to treat this little tidbit as a rumor. http://gamefront.de/

venomv

07-04-2006, 06:07 PM

Wow, in that case you guys better pre-order the second the stores in your area allow it, 'cause they will be gone in a flash.

cliffbo

07-04-2006, 06:13 PM

Wow, in that case you guys better pre-order the second the stores in your area allow it, 'cause they will be gone in a flash.

i always wait a good 3 to 6 months before buying a console anyway.

Fats

07-04-2006, 06:34 PM

Wow, sounds almost as bad as the allocated amount of PS2's we had for launch (I can't remember the actual number though). I should be pre-ordering in September though but I won't unless I know for sure that I'm getting one before Christmas.

Grovestreet

07-04-2006, 06:42 PM

Woah what a coincidence, I was just reading this in the latest PSW Mag :P
This is pretty bad...umm... :(

Fats

07-04-2006, 06:43 PM

More from CVG ::

You've got to love the wondernet. Someone thinks they've read something, publishes it on their site, and it becomes a whisper, that whisper quickly becomes a rumour, then rumour swiftly makes a leap to becoming a strong rumour, which in turn becomes reality and then becomes an ESTABLISHED FACT.

Ahem anyway, such was the case today when some European and US websites thought they'd dug up a real exclusive from our colleagues over at Official PlayStation Magazine, claiming that in their latest issue OPM had said the UK would get 150,000 shiny new PS3s come launch time in November. A quick call quickly put us right, with OPM pointing out they'd, erm, actually said no such thing.

If anything, a 150k allocation of PS3s would be seriously short of the mark for Sony's UK target. We know we should expect some kind of launch shortage, but seriously, that's around 100k short of what we'd want the UK to receive. Games mad Brits actually account for close to 13.3 percent of the global software market, so we'd expect Sony to do the decent (and profitable thing) and pump the third largest allocation our way, if not a bit more.

Anyway, glad we could clear that one up for you. Our best estimate for the UK allocation stands at around 250k, although that's strictly unofficial of course and Sony might even spare us a few more.

www.computerandvideogames.com

Fazares

07-04-2006, 06:45 PM

hmmm...i d wait for official stuff....anyway in my area,and in most others,september will be the month...

Jubal

07-04-2006, 07:18 PM

Thanks for finding that Fats, I'll update my article accordingly. In my defense though I did warn that the rumor be treated as such. I had also contacted SCEE about the rumor, but they haven't responded yet.

EDIT: Just a little thing to add that the UK and Great Britain describe two different areas. The UK encompasess England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland is not a part of Great Britain.

overclocked

07-04-2006, 07:27 PM

i always wait a good 3 to 6 months before buying a console anyway.

Not now with PS3, how can you stand it!? ;)

Fats

07-04-2006, 07:32 PM

EDIT: Just a little thing to add that the UK and Great Britain describe two different areas. The UK encompasess England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland is not a part of Great Britain.

Whoa, what? I think you'll find that Northern Ireland is a part of the UK!

Jubal

07-04-2006, 07:34 PM

Whoa, what? I think you'll find that Northern Ireland is a part of the UK!

Yeah, that's what I said, it's part of the UK, but not Great Britain. I was pointing out the distinction between the two.

Fats

07-04-2006, 07:35 PM

Personally I never seen a difference between the two, UK, Great Britain... I though they were the same. ;)

overclocked

07-04-2006, 07:53 PM

This was my inital guess.
Launch with app 2million units divided ~500000Japan,500000Europe an NA 1000000million.
Second shipment 2million about a ~month later(early December)
Then i could very well think 250000units in Japan, 500000 in Europe
and 1250000Million to NA.

But.
From a buisness POV imo i think its makes more sense to lower the numbers for Japan and increase the volume in NA, aswell as maybe 400000 for each shipment to Europe/PAL and an additional 200000 to NA for each of the inital shipments supplying NA with about 2, 2.5 Million Units.
For the initial 4million holliday shipments.
Then the 2million to end of Mars more equally but still a big chunk of the machines to NA imo.

Jubal

07-04-2006, 07:55 PM

Personally I never seen a difference between the two, UK, Great Britain... I though they were the same. ;)

Minor difference of one country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain

Xerxes

07-04-2006, 08:20 PM

I think it will be divided like this Europe: 500,000 North America 850,000 Japan, Australia, 650,000.

VG Aficionado

07-04-2006, 08:25 PM

I remember seeing an official slide in a Sony conference. It said 1 million for the US and Canada while Europe and Japan will get 500K each. Australia will get its share from the European fraction.

Must preorder...

woundingchaney

07-04-2006, 09:02 PM

VG Aficionado

07-04-2006, 09:22 PM

1 million split between US and Canada or 1 million for US and 1 million for Canada????Split of course (probably not a half each anyway, the US should get more). Their plans consist in shipping 2 million worldwide in November, and an additional 1 million worldwide every month until the end of the fiscal year.

woundingchaney

07-04-2006, 09:25 PM

Its going to be a real bitch to get a PS3 on launch, but the Wounding will have one.

MARK MY WORDS :skull:

LOL I just referred to myself in the third person.

gljvd

07-04-2006, 09:58 PM

IF its true , that is still not bad numbers. Remember this is a world wide launch.

So we'd figure NA would get more than europe , japan would get about the same as NA , I can see them launching with around 1m or 1.5m which is not bad at all .

I don't see them launching with more than 2m though.

Angeljuice

07-04-2006, 10:17 PM

If Britain accounts for 13.3% of the global software market (which itself is pretty amazing considering its tiny size and fairly small population), surely it would make sense for them to ship 13.3% of the initial (2 million) consoles there. A quick calculation makes that approximately; 150 375.94.

Ok, I cheated and used a calculator but it gives you an idea of where the 150,000 figure came from.
If Europe were only allocated 500,000 PS3's That would only leave 350,000 consoles to share between France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 30 other countries who I'm bound to offend by not mentioning (such as Sweden, sorry overclocked).
The point is, either the 500,000 figure is too low, or we in Britain will be swimming in PS3's compared to the rest of Europe, and that is using the 150,000 figure, not the 200,000 - 250,000 that some people are quoting.

gljvd

07-04-2006, 10:29 PM

perhaps angel , this is just what sony can produce and we will have to suffer through shortages .

It wouldn't be the first time. launch hardware is normaly limited

Angeljuice

07-04-2006, 10:52 PM

perhaps angel , this is just what sony can produce and we will have to suffer through shortages .

It wouldn't be the first time. launch hardware is normaly limited

You missed my point entirely, the way I see it, 150,000 at the UK launch may be optimistic!!

gljvd

07-05-2006, 07:02 AM

yea , reread your post , sorry about that

yoshaw

07-05-2006, 12:11 PM

I suppose no more need to speculate until further details arrive from Sony in the future.

Sony dismisses talk of 150k PS3 allocation

A Sony spokesperson has told GamesIndustry.biz that the size of the UK's PlayStation 3 allocation has yet to be determined - dismissing rumours that the figure has been set at 150,000 units.

Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, a Sony spokesperson said: "We have yet to confirm allocation for the UK territory. We're on target to ship 2 million units globally at launch and 6 million units by end of fiscal year."

This rumor is officially debunked :thumsdown:

overclocked

07-05-2006, 08:58 PM

2million units for NA and 1million each for Japan and 1million for "PAL" lands sounds good if they can leverage the numbers. Then the rest 2 million units comes bit by bit.. Would still think it make more sense to overall have more units moved from Japan to Europe/pal counrties.
So its pretty good numbers. :angelgrin

overclocked

07-05-2006, 09:04 PM

and about 30 other countries who I'm bound to offend by not mentioning (such as Sweden, sorry overclocked).

:gunner: :swear: !!

Dont you know that the nordic countries gets priority before ex any baltic state and all the other countries besides the big ones you named... :smoke:

Angeljuice

07-05-2006, 09:22 PM

I did'nt want to offend you by failing to mention Sweden, which I forgot to mention earlier,that was all.
I told you it's impossible to mention europe without offending somebody.

venomv

07-05-2006, 10:29 PM

overclocked

07-06-2006, 06:22 AM

I did'nt want to offend you by failing to mention Sweden, which I forgot to mention earlier,that was all.
I told you it's impossible to mention europe without offending somebody.

No i was just joking Angeljuice, but with truth in it of course aswell, sorry i thought you get that i was a bit ironic, so no worry relax. :thumbr:

Unfortunatly that is 2 million more then they think they will have.

They are expecting 4 million units from launch to end of hollidays. Then 2million units from january to end of march.
So theres nothing wrong with the numbers.