Friday, March 23, 2007

Better late than never

So the Playstation 3 was finally launched today and although they have dominated the last few years with sales it appears to me like they aren't reaching the heights they had hoped. As I wrote yesterday about my conversations with the people in PC World it seems that across Europe it has been a stale launch. Below is an extract from the BBC which speaks of the launch and also of some publicity stunts from Microsoft.

It's great that they have now released the console but personally coming with a £500 tag it's overpriced and not worth it at the moment. I'm happy with the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii at the moment and you can pick them up for less than you pay for the Playstation 3 so use the Force -

At the Virgin Megastore in London's Oxford Street, the software giant handed out chairs to those queuing that had a website address printed on them.

Anyone visiting the webpage saw an Xbox 360 branded site that "welcomes" Sony to the next generation and chides the electronics giant for being "late". Microsoft's Xbox 360 launched in late 2005.

In other European nations the response to the launch of the PS3 was more mixed.

In France several stores stayed open until midnight so gamers could pick up a PlayStation but few people took the opportunity to grab one.

Game news site Next Gen reported that French gamers were outnumbered by the media on the boat Sony moored by the Eiffel tower to act as a temporary electronics store selling the console.

The event was upstaged by Microsoft which drove its own boat covered in Xbox 360 logos up and down the Seine near the Sony craft.

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