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[shpankey]

Oh noes. PS3 not selling in..........TURKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TURKEY

seriously, turkey

whats turkey

 

[Sirolf]

According to babelfish, it says that the entire chain sold 10,000 pre-oders which people have been collecting all day and they have approx. 15,000 consoles left for the weekend for walk-ins. Much better news...

According to me , a french who speak french and understand english,Micromania estimates than it has sold 15 000 PS3 TODAY.
Comprehension and traduction FTW.

 

[Zombie James]

So, what's been happening while i've been asleep? Is everyone still harping on France and ignoring everything else?

 

[meltpotato]

So, what's been happening while i've been asleep? Is everyone still harping on France and ignoring everything else?

no, dont worry. all the other failed PAL launches have been being discussed as well.

 

[3rdman]

According to me , a french who speak french and understand english,Micromania estimates than it has sold 15 000 PS3 TODAY.
Comprehension and traduction FTW.

Babelfish:

Since the opening the gamers are always very numerous to come to withdraw their console which they had taken the care pre-to reserve. The 10 000ème console was sold at 12 noon 33. From here at this evening, Micromania provides that more than 15 000 consoles the stores will have left. A tendency which would owe perdurer during all the day of tomorrow, saturdays being traditionally a day of very strong multitude in the network.

Perhaps something is lost in translation.

 

[Gen X]

Wow , well sony is in trouble .
I just hope they wont die from all that, and leave videogames, would be really bad if that happen for us as consummers

I dunno, Sega survived........ just.

 

[Sirolf]

Babelfish:

Perhaps something is lost in translation.

Yes something is lost
A french Gaffer other than me could corraborate this.

 

[3rdman]

Yes something is lost
A french Gaffer other than me could corraborate this.

No, no...I believe you. I just wanted you to see how easily I could have made that mistake.

 

[Xzbeat]

Babelfish:

Perhaps something is lost in translation.

The article says that 15.000 were sold today (most of them are preorders pick-ups) . They're expecting to sell another 15.000 units tomorrow.

 

[shpankey]

i'm no native french speaker for sure so trust the native speaker first, but i've had some college classes. but if the key term you're looking at is the word "auront" in that sentence, then that is the irregular form of the verb: avoir [ie: to have] in "le temps future". the "ont" ending also makes it plural [logical sense they are talking about playstations]. anyhow, i think it basically translates to "will have".

edit: but the verb directly after it is "quitté" which is in the passé composé so i guess it's in the past.

a little confusing for me actually since it's mixing tenses. i guess our classes haven't got this far in french yet. :/

 

[Sirolf]

i'm no native french speaker for sure so trust the native speaker first, but i've had some college classes. but if the key term you're looking at is the word "auront" in that sentence, then that is the irregular form of the verb: avoir [ie: to have] in "le temps future". the "ont" ending also makes it plural [logical sense they are talking about playstations]. anyhow, i think it basically translates to "will have".

edit: but the verb directly after it is "quitté" which is in the passé composé so i guess it's in the past.

a little confusing for me actually since it's mixing tenses. i guess our classes haven't got this far in french yet. :/

Well your french skills are quite good i can say

 

[Pope Benedict XVI]

Well my phone was recharging at that time so no pics
i don't expect someone to believe me like that but i have seen what i have seen

It just sounds kinda weird that there were 30 to 40 people there waiting to buy one at 10:30. Was the shop not open yet, or had they been processing customers all morning and still had 30-40 people waiting? If it's the latter then there must have been massive demand in that town.

 

[Sirolf]

It just sounds kinda weird that there were 30 to 40 people there waiting to buy one at 10:30. Was the shop not open yet, or had they been processing customers all morning and still had 30-40 people waiting? If it's the latter then there must have been massive demand in that town.

The shop was open since 9:30 as usual.But they were crazy slow at the cash register :lol

 

[Ajioss]

It just sounds kinda weird that there were 30 to 40 people there waiting to buy one at 10:30. Was the shop not open yet, or had they been processing customers all morning and still had 30-40 people waiting? If it's the latter then there must have been massive demand in that town.

No the PS3 had been launch at 00 am ... ergo no one bought it before

 

[Kosma]

Launch in the Netherlands:

First off props to Sony for meeting demand, the store where I work got 27 units for launch, 20 of which were pre-ordered. That is way more then both Nintendo and Microsoft had for launch (two times as much).

There were a couple of people waiting to pick the PS3 up when the store opened and a couple of more came in during the day. Most sold games were Motorstorm and Resistance (duh!) although someone got Tony Hawk doh! . The biggest problem of the day: Not enough HDMI cables and Sixaxis! Sony you should ship enough cables and controllers!

At the end of the day we sold 15 of the 27 units. Reports from other stores suggest the same, just over half the stock sold. 6 pre-orders weren't picked up (yet?) and we only sold 1 non pre-ordered unit. So it's not a sell out or anything but Sony did sell the same amount as MS and Wii during launch or even a little more, plus we got stock left so should there be more demand we don't have to turn down customers.

On another note I really really like the European Blue Ray cases which are....transparent! Looks very hot, just like the machine itself.

PS: I had a "friend" who thought he was smart by buying two units, as he wanted to E-Bay one....jokes on him now laugh

PS2: Someone made me a member, thanks!

 

[sprocket]

Well I guess things are not that bad. Sony bashing party is over?

 

[schuelma]

Well I guess things are not that bad. Sony bashing party is over?

The problem is Sony needs the Europe launch to be an absolute blockbuster, as opposed to "not that bad"

 

[Kosma]

Good find.

 

[Branduil]

The problem is Sony needs the Europe launch to be an absolute blockbuster, as opposed to "not that bad"

Well, the real problem is that they have to demonstrate that they are capable of sustaining sales in at least one place in the world.

 

[sprocket]

Good find.

Thats idiotic .. so someone took pics of the line from different angles and that says its failure?


Thats some mr fantastic reaching there.

 

[the girl next door]

Well, the real problem is that they have to demonstrate that they are capable of sustaining sales in at least one place in the world.

Yup, otherwise it'll turn into another GC.

 

[mckmas8808]

Launch in the Netherlands:

First off props to Sony for meeting demand, the store where I work got 27 units for launch, 20 of which were pre-ordered. That is way more then both Nintendo and Microsoft had for launch (two times as much).

There were a couple of people waiting to pick the PS3 up when the store opened and a couple of more came in during the day. Most sold games were Motorstorm and Resistance (duh!) although someone got Tony Hawk doh! . The biggest problem of the day: Not enough HDMI cables and Sixaxis! Sony you should ship enough cables and controllers!

At the end of the day we sold 15 of the 27 units. Reports from other stores suggest the same, just over half the stock sold. 6 pre-orders weren't picked up (yet?) and we only sold 1 non pre-ordered unit. So it's not a sell out or anything but Sony did sell the same amount as MS and Wii during launch or even a little more, plus we got stock left so should there be more demand we don't have to turn down customers.

On another note I really really like the European Blue Ray cases which are....transparent! Looks very hot, just like the machine itself.

PS: I had a "friend" who thought he was smart by buying two units, as he wanted to E-Bay one....jokes on him now laugh

PS2: Someone made me a member, thanks!

Again watch noooobody read this good news. :lol

 

[schuelma]

Again watch noooobody read this good news. :lol

It's not really all that good- for months Europe has been seen as Sony's last hope. Sony needs to CRUSH Nintendo and Microsoft in Europe, not sell the same amount of consoles at launch despite having a lot more consoles available.

 

[Zep]

:lol

 

[meltpotato]

Again watch noooobody read this good news. :lol

At the end of the day we sold 15 of the 27 units. Reports from other stores suggest the same, just over half the stock sold. 6 pre-orders weren't picked up (yet?) and we only sold 1 non pre-ordered unit.

that's good news?

 

[besada]

Again watch noooobody read this good news. :lol

That anyone thinks selling half the launch units is good news for Sony tells us everything we need to know.

 

[fse]

hmmm :\

 

[Dinamidante™]

Sony sucks everywhere

 

[OokieSpookie]

First people say that nobody will buy it in europe because of the price, then it becomes not enough people will buy it because of the price, then it becomes people could have bought them faster.
Some of you people must have really shitty lives to be able to only get your rocks off by spending more time on the interweb being negative ****s than actually playing games.

 

[antiloop]

If Europe had 1 mil at launch. That's almost double the amount 360 and Wii had together (300k+360k)..

Seems like it sold half of the units in one day in most places. Not that bad as long as it continues to sell.

 

[Souldriver]

Tonight in the news of the Dutch national television:

- Playstation launched: the gaming world back in balance now the big three have launched their consoles
- Launch at midnight: hardcore fans are there
- Wii outsider
- PS3 and X360 have realistic games, you could almost make a news episode with them (example of Gears of War with commentary about the war in Iraq )
- High price of €599
- Mention of the bad PS3 sales in USA
- Wii might be the unexpected winner


Overal nice little news section, pretty objective, although they focused a little more on the Wii than the PS3 actually. :lol

 

[Taurus]

That anyone thinks selling half the launch units is good news for Sony tells us everything we need to know.

loweredexpectations.jpg

If Europe had 1 mil at launch. That's almost double the amount 360 and Wii had together (300k+360k)..

Seems like it sold half of the units in one day in most places. Not that bad as long as it continues to sell.

Like in US and Japan? Both launches were crazy with riots and stuff, but after fans and hardcore got what they wanted... who is going to buy it for that price? Same will happen in Europe, there's no question about it.

 

[Juice]

If Europe had 1 mil at launch. That's almost double the amount 360 and Wii had together (300k+360k)..

Seems like it sold half of the units in one day in most places. That would mean a success.

Not necessarily. Wii launched with 360k, but with demand that far exceeded that number. Sony will, if they name numbers, will claim a near sell-out, but even if they pushed 500,000 to consumers it's still a very big red flag (since Wii demand was far in excess of 500,000 at launch in Europe).

 

[StingerNLG]

That anyone thinks selling half the launch units is good news for Sony tells us everything we need to know.

Especially since he admitted the PS3 wasn't nearly as supply constrained.

 

[Souldriver]

First people say that nobody will buy it in europe because of the price, then it becomes not enough people will buy it because of the price, then it becomes people could have bought them faster.
Some of you people must have really shitty lives to be able to only get your rocks off by spending more time on the interweb being negative ****s than actually playing games.

First people say the PS3 will crush the competition and overtake X360 sales in matter of weeks, then it becomes the PS3 will have fairly good launch considering the price, then it becomes the lackluster launch is actually not that bad it's just that people/neogaf don't want Sony to succeed stupid fanboys.


Seriously, it works both ways.

 

[sprocket]

umm guys .. it launched last night . The day isn't over yet .

 

[J-Rzez]

Well I guess things are not that bad. Sony bashing party is over?

:lol You can always count on someone to make a hilarious gif of a hilarious situation here... and then for someone to make a hilarious gif out of a hilarious gif...

 

[steinmc]

If Europe had 1 mil at launch.

That`s the question. Has Sony really shipped 1 million PS3 to Europe? Today on www.gamefront.de ( a German Newssite) Analyst Todd Greenwald of Nollenberger Capital Partners said, that Sony probably only shipped 500.000- 700.000 to Europe.

 

[Graphics Horse]

It got busier later on...

 

[StingerNLG]

You have to admit the 3 flashing red lights is a nice touch. :lol

 

[Dante]

:lol Guess things weren't the doom and gloom some people in here were hoping for

 

[Evlar]

First people say that nobody will buy it in europe because of the price, then it becomes not enough people will buy it because of the price, then it becomes people could have bought them faster.
Some of you people must have really shitty lives to be able to only get your rocks off by spending more time on the interweb being negative ****s than actually playing games.

Most of us didn't say that literally nobody would buy the PS3 in Europe. You're right, that's a ridiculous position... that few people at GAF (if anybody) would have stated seriously.

Now tell me... The system is four months later than the Wii and more than a year behind the 360. It started the day millions of units behind both in Europe. It is not supply constrained on day 1. It will end today millions of units behind both of its competitors, with stock still on the shelves. A system not selling out on launch day IS news, regardless how much stock you have. Now tell me, how is this good news for the PlayStation brand worldwide?

 

[Link]

You have to admit the 3 flashing red lights is a nice touch. :lol

Haha, didn't even notice that. Classic.

 

[xaosslug]

Well I guess things are not that bad. Sony bashing party is over?

:lol

 

[antiloop]

That`s the question. Has Sony really shipped 1 million PS3 to Europe? Today on www.gamefront.de ( a German Newssite) Analyst Todd Greenwald of Nollenberger Capital Partners said, that Sony probably only shipped 500.000- 700.000 to Europe.

I can't see why they wouldn't be able to ship 1 million though.

 

[schuelma]

I can't see why they wouldn't be able to ship 1 million though.

The implication seems to be that they didn't think they were going to sell 1 million right away, hence they didn't ship a million.

 

[squatingyeti]

Not to put a damper on the fun, but just because Sony shipped 1M consoles, doesn't mean they're going to sell them any time soon. For reference, they still have yet to hit that in Japan. Now, they could fly past 1M quickly in Europe, but no one will freaking know, because we get no numbers and based on the numbers we DO have, followed by the PR releases from Sony, we can't even remotely guesstimate from what they say.

 

[sprocket]

Not to put a damper on the fun, but just because Sony shipped 1M consoles, doesn't mean they're going to sell them any time soon. For reference, they still have yet to hit that in Japan. Now, they could fly past 1M quickly in Europe, but no one will freaking know, because we get no numbers and based on the numbers we DO have, followed by the PR releases from Sony, we can't even remotely guesstimate from what they say.

doesn't matter as long as VG charts puts up some high numbers. As you can see from posting here, must people do not care about facts anyway.

 

[squatingyeti]

That`s the question. Has Sony really shipped 1 million PS3 to Europe? Today on www.gamefront.de ( a German Newssite) Analyst Todd Greenwald of Nollenberger Capital Partners said, that Sony probably only shipped 500.000- 700.000 to Europe.

Why on earth would they not be able to ship 1M?

 

[3rdman]

Well I guess things are not that bad. Sony bashing party is over?

The 3 red lights is brilliant! LOL