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First of all let me say I'm strictly a PC gamer these days I have no loyal stance to any of the "big 3". I do however think you'd be fools to just shrug off the Playstation 3 at this very point in time. Speaking to some friends who work in various game stores here in the UK the demand was there for the systems come launch date. No they didnt sell out on the first day and yes you could walk straight in on the day and buy one but that was thanks to the plentiful supply.
I heard an example one friend told me on Nintendo Wii's launch the store only had 2 units to sell, pretty easy to sell no matter how much or little the demand is. Xbox 360's launch they had 5 units again not to hard to shift considering it was also very close to Christmas at the time. Playstation 3 launch they had 14 units in store, Sony have done well to make sure everyone that must have it for launch date didnt go away empty handed.
Microsoft it has to be said also got owned on the promotions on the day yeah they sent out beer in the difference of price. Sony however was to busy giving out 46" HD ready LCD screens for FREE to people that participated in the event.
Doesnt take a genius to work out which out of free beer or free LCD screen got the media attention over here.
All my friends agree we wont know how the "next gen battle" is shaping up untill we get to christmas...wait and see.
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