Australian Launch Reports

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Some random guy jumps into the line hours early for a pics and now the PS3 has bombed. There were more pics, but I guess the singe guy one serves the purpose more for certain people...

Nope, PS3 bombed in Paris confirmed by Yahoo news. Your pic made it look good, and some photographer even shot those same 50 people from different angle to made it look better. But in the line that guy was on, only a couple more people were said to have lined up after him anyway. Stark contrast to the PS2 launch in Paris a few years ago. "In Paris only about 50 people turned out for the 1,000 PS3s available at a ceremonial launch at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
 
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Here is Next Generation's report on the PS3 France launch.

Sounds like the launch event at the Eiffel Tower didn't draw people. I fail to see how people are extrapolating that the PS3 has failed in France. You need sales numbers for the month, not one media event. But people love spin, doom and gloom sells.
 
PS and that guy is now famous and it is the only one in the queue for the event at the Champ-Elyséee launch, you can se him on pretty much every french forum and website.
That picture will probably be posted to counter the "bored sales clerk-x360 launch in Japan" picture every time from now on. :)
 
Sounds like the launch event at the Eiffel Tower didn't draw people. I fail to see how people are extrapolating that the PS3 has failed in France. You need sales numbers for the month, not one media event. But people love spin, doom and gloom sells.

You can take whatever you want from that. But 50 people purchasing the PS3 is HARDLY what many of us were expecting.

That boat is just too funny.
 
I am very surprised by MS's brutal adverdising to hit the PS3's launch. Very hostile I must say.

MS achieved what they wanted thats for sure.

If MS goes like this and the PS3 doesnt sell enough, for the first time I ll be pessimistic for Sony's console

btw: When I clicked that URL during the morning it didnt work. Not I get that MS marketing thing
 
I am very surprised by MS's brutal adverdising to hit the PS3's launch. Very hostile I must say.

remember the Xbox 1 launch in EU? sony had similar PR at some MS events. Big trucks with sony marketing across street etc.

All in good fun and MS's only point was, that they were ... late to the party. Hardly hostile IMO. :smile:
 
I'm not surprised though, since they have Moore on the team and I think they did something similar on PS2 launch. I think is job is to make aius many parallels between Xbox360 and Dreamcast as possible.
 
remember the Xbox 1 launch in EU? sony had similar PR at some MS events. Big trucks with sony marketing across street etc.

All in good fun and MS's only point was, that they were ... late to the party. Hardly hostile IMO. :smile:

Dont remember it. Didnt make the impact this makes it seems. This one though is huge. This also extends beyond local marketing.
Its hardly an effort to make an innocent point. Most like a hit towards Sony and defamation of their product

Anyways I think now that Sony is in a really disadvantageous position. I feel like the PS3 is bound to flop
 
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