Playstation3 breaks all known pre-order records in Europe ~Welcome back Sonyland~

[Zenien]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/a42660/playstation-3-enjoys-record-pre-orders.html?rss

Advance orders for Sony's highly anticipated PlayStation 3 console have broken all records, with high street stalwart Woolworths revealing it has been taking one order every 20 seconds during the past week.

The state-of-the-art PlayStation 3 will go head-to-head with Microsoft's Xbox 360 when it hits the shops on March 23 and Woolies, one of the first stores to accept pre-orders, has admitted it has been staggered by the demand.

Gerry Berkley, Woolworths' head of games, said, "It's the hottest gaming system since the PS2 launched in 2000 - demand will outstrip supply."

With a retail price of £425, the 60Gb PlayStation 3 costs £125 more in the UK than in the US, but this has failed to deter those determined to try out Sony's latest dream machine.

The First 500 000 Playstation 3's in the UK will come bundled with a free (not counted in the HD movie Units war, FYI) copy of Blu Ray Exclusive Casino Royal.

PLAYSTATION 3 LAUNCH TITLE LINE-UP

Resistance: Fall of Man™ - SCEE - Disc
MotorStorm™ - SCEE - Disc
Genji™: Days of the Blade - SCEE - Disc
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION - SCEE - Disc
Ridge Racer™ 7 - SCEE - Disc
Tekken®: Dark Resurrection - SCEE - Network
Lemmings™ - SCEE - Network
Go! Sudoku - SCEE - Network
Go! Puzzle - SCEE - Network
Blast Factor™ - SCEE - Network
flOw™ - SCEE - Network
Super Rub’a'Dub - SCEE - Network
Call of Duty 3 - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Tony Hawk’s Project 8 - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Gundam – Target in Sight - Namco Bandai Games - Disc
Full Auto™ 2: Battle Lines - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
Sonic the Hedgehog™ - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
Virtua Fighter™ 5 - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
Virtua Tennis™ 3 - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
World Snooker Championship 2007 - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
NBA 2K7 - Take 2 International SA - Disc
NHL 2K7 - Take 2 International SA - Disc
Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWll - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Enchanted Arms - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
The Elder Scrolls lV: Oblivion - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Def Jam: Icon - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Fight Night Round 3 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
NBA Street 4 Homecourt 2007 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Need for Speed Carbon - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
The Godfather: The Don’s Edition - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
F.E.A.R. Vivendi - Universal Games Intl SA - Disc
Gripshift - Sony Online Entertainment - Network

 

[Avalanche]

Good games available at launch. A free Blu-Ray copy of a critically acclaimed, well received film. Looks as though the PS3 is going to perform despite the high price tag.

 

[Ken Kutagari]

Zenien we moved a second time to a prettier forum

 

[El Santo]

They're giving away my favorite movie of 2006
Ok, ok, I will stop bashing the Ps3 for 1 week because of that

 

[Fran]

Come over to the better forum, Zenien.

 

[Horrorfan]

Don't Zenien. The forums are full of xbots who hate you and will tear you apart. Stay away for your own good.



By the way, Im moving in with Blas. As if we didn't know Europe was mostly full of idiots, this piece completely confirmed it. Europe deserves to be nuked. If there's ever a war with russia and china, i will gladly sign up to fight for either of those countries against the idiots here.

 

[Electro UK]

Christ! I wanna exclusive Casino Royale blu ray thingemy! As for launch line up:

Resistance: Fall of Man™ - SCEE - Disc
MotorStorm™ - SCEE - Disc
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
F.E.A.R. Vivendi - Universal Games Intl SA - Disc


No Rainbow Six Vegas? But that's my most wanted one!

 

[Electro UK]

By the way, Im moving in with Blas. As if we didn't know Europe was mostly full of idiots, this piece completely confirmed it. Europe deserves to be nuked. If there's ever a war with russia and china, i will gladly sign up to fight for either of those countries against the idiots here.

Yeah, then again your country (if it is America) is led by the king of idiots.

Can you not nuke me? You like me.

 

[Doctor of Doom]

PSP also got a LOT of pre-orders in Europe- an extreme amount.

The PSP was then nuked there.

 

[BatMatt]

Christ! I wanna exclusive Casino Royale blu ray thingemy! As for launch line up:

Resistance: Fall of Man™ - SCEE - Disc
MotorStorm™ - SCEE - Disc
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
F.E.A.R. Vivendi - Universal Games Intl SA - Disc


No Rainbow Six Vegas? But that's my most wanted one!

delayed till April 24th
I want that game so bad as well

 

[FreeRadical]

Gamer stores in the UK such as GAME and Gamestation are having problems shifting pre-orders. How can a shop like Woolworth have a larger allocation than GAME? I remember that Woolworth didn't fullfil all their wii pre-orders...

Sony's UK head of sales resigned a few days ago, few weeks before the PS3 launches in Europe......