PS3 Launch Weekend - Outsold By 360?

The free-TV, rather subdued, European launch of the PlayStation 3 is done, and the sales figures for the first (and crucially important) weekend are being calculated. Speaking to SPOnG today, a Sony spokesman would not even hazard an opinion with regard to the weekend's sales figures, stating that the company is awaiting figures from Chart-Track.

Nor are any of the major retailers prepared to comment, on the record, anything but bland PR-driven statements.

Under terms of strict anonymity, however, SPOnG was told by they contact at one branch of a major retail outlet, that on both Saturday and Sunday it sold more 360s than it did PS3s. Is that a bad sign? Yes. This soon after launch it would be just about acceptable for the masses of expensive, late PS3 stocks to be moving slowly. However, for the 360 to outsell it at launch weekend should come as a shock to Sony.

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Under terms of strict anonymity, however, SPOnG was told by they contact at one branch of a major retail outlet, that on both Saturday and Sunday it sold more 360s than it did PS3s.REAL35

this one sentence right here says don't use this article as "proof" of anything.  It is basically saying, "some employee at a ONE major store told us"

We'll just have to wit and see, thats why I'm holding on buying the PS3 most games are going muilt-platform and bad sale, the BLUE-RAY is killing them.

    Um, not very credible, and I don't believe it til I see some real numbers.

    I call bogus.