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PlayStation 3 Launches in EU/AU

Posted by Zonk on from the it's-everywhere-it's-everywhere dept.

stpk4 wrote to mention some articles discussing the launch of the PlayStation 3 in Europe; London saw Phil Harrison handing out HD sets, while Microsoft's party barge and lackluster crowds marked the Parisian launch. The Australian launch went well but also saw disappointing crowds, with media, security, and store officials outnumbering the customers for much of the event. Eurogamer has a comprehensive list of launch titles, for those of you in the new territories thinking of picking up a console.

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  1. Folding by cxreg · · Score: 1, Informative

    Coinciding with the EU and AU release was the new firmware, including the PS3 Folding@home client. This has caused the project to explode, with PS3's putting up more than 20x the performance of a Windows PC

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    God Fucking Damnit
  2. In my store... by Kazzahdrane · · Score: 3, Informative

    we sold about 26 machines at our midnight launch this morning. That was only about a third of our pre-orders, and Sony got us 120 machines for day one. I know everyone's heralding the death of Sony's gaming division these days, but they've done a fantastic job with getting stock out there to stores (admittedly they've had months to put this in motion). I won't be buying one myself but I think Sony are starting to turn their fortunes around.

    Just as long as they don't let any of their execs do anymore interviews.

  3. Re:The reviews... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    The price in Norway, which the grandparent seems to be discussing, is, after tax, 5995 NOK ~= 734 EUR ~= 981 USD. (Norway is not part of the EU, so the euro price is provided for comparison only.)

    Please don't assume that people who use numbers you're unfamiliar with are simply making them up.