Sony UK boss reports positive response to PS3 launch news

[wraggster]

Ray Maguire, managing director of SCE UK, has told GamesIndustry.biz that retailers have been quick to welcome the European PS3 launch announcement.

"We have had an incredibly positive response from our partners in UK retail," Maguire said.

"There has been some great feedback on pre-order take up and the palpable anticipation from consumers."

As announced at midnight last night, the PlayStation 3 is set to launch in Europe on March 23, priced at GBP 425 / EUR 599. Sony plans to ship 1 million units for launch day, when more than 30 software titles will go on sale alongside the console.

"With the strongest and biggest launch line up of any console in the history of our business and a unprecedented stock allocation for the launch period, we look forward to sitting down with our trade partners in order to finalise our plans for a very solid UK launch," Maguire concluded.

via gibiz

[Shrygue]

This is good to hear... in fact, I'm already set for the March 23rd launch date. Now it's just the waiting game until the day arrives...

[F9zDark]

Wow, kinda wish the US and Japan launches were as good...

I still think Sony should have waited until March for a worldwide launch (by now they'd have enough for probably 1 million units per territory) and that they would have spared themselves a ton of bad publicity and would have had some big name games to go with it.

FEAR, Resistance and Oblivion for launch day? Christ, probably be the best launch in the history of gaming...

Oh well, perhaps they'll think of that for PS4.