According to MCV UK who got their statistics from ChartTrack, over 165,000 PlayStation 3 units were sold in the United Kingdom on opening weekend.
This figure means that Sony’s new console has broken the record for the fastest-selling UK launch of a home console and second only to its handheld predecessor, the Sony PSP (Which sold 220,000 units on opening weekend). For relative purposes, the Nintendo Wii sold 105,000 units and the Xbox 360 sold 70,000 in its December 2005 Launch.
The put things into perspective, 165,000 units was not Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s full stock on launch day, which was 220,000. That means roughly 75% of total stock was sold, however, according to Sony, that is part of their overall strategy. We’ll see over the next few months how things playout.
