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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

PlayStation 3 sales plummet by 82% -- more free TVs please!

"Sales of the PlayStation 3 have dropped dramatically on the second week of release in the UK, with official Chart Track figures revealing a fall of 82 per cent," reports GamesIndustry.biz.

"This week's software charts revealed that sales of the top two PlayStation 3 titles, Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm, had dropped by over 60 per cent."

Since Sony failed to sell out the launch allocation in the UK, it seems reasonable to suppose that most of the people who really wanted a PS3 managed to get one. Where sales go now is an interesting question.

However, Sony has already demonstrated a way to shift plenty of the things: just give away a free £2,500 flat-screen TV with every console. Come on, Sony, how about it? ;-)

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