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Fat reduced, price reduced PS3 sells a million
Surprising no one, Sony has sold one million of its new, slimmed-down, "don't call it Slim," PlayStation3 console in just three weeks.
Posted September 24, 2009
By SHAUN CONLIN, EVERGEEK MEDIA
 
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. today announced that retail sales of its new PlayStation3 (PS3) CECH-2000A - also known as the PS3 Slim, though Sony hates when you call it that - achieved an internally estimated 1 million units worldwide in the three weeks since its launch on September 1, 2009 (September 3, 2009 in Japan).

Long lamented as an overpriced overachiever of underwhelming sales performance, the new don't-call-it-Slim PS3 features a smaller, sleeker form factor and a retail price to match, namely $299.99 in the US and Canada, down $100 from its full-sized price.

Pre-installed a bigger hard drive - now at 120GB - Sony also attributes the sales success of the streamline system to aesthetic appeal coupled with reduced power consumption and fan noise, though a $100 off a loud fan system probably would have done the trick.

Sony also noted that it expects the system's improving line-up of attractive entertainment content expected this holiday shopping season will further expand the PS3 platform.
 
 
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