SCEA has also flagged a tentative Q3 release date for the upcoming PlayTV add-on for the PS3 in Australia

Cool.. how bout a NA and Euro release date...
looking forward to this service...hope it wourks out

238000 for a country with a population of 20 million. that not really that good. especially when you consider ireland has sold over 110000 with only a population of 4 million.

@Lucidmike78 .... wow, i've read some amazingly silly posts in these forums and i gotta tell ya'... yours is up there with the worst of them. i don't need to go off on a tangent and try to explain simple mathematics to you, but, if a developer can take advantage of user base that's three times larger than the alternative...that's going to increase sales. think about it, should they sell to 10 million customers, or 30 million. it doesn't matter how good your marketing is, your're not going to convince a larger perctange of people to spend $500 compared to $65. (first being a PS3 console, GTAIV & taxes, second simply being the game for those who already own a 360) what would you do if GTAIV was the only game you wanted and you already owned a 360. Spend $435 more for nothing?
also, where do you come up with the idea that the 360's are more hacker friendly than the PS3. concerning piracy one is a completely closed system that discourages piracy, the other, the PS3... isn't. between the two systems, i'd be willing to bet there's a greater respective percentage of hacked PS3's to 360's. but, that's just conjecture on my part. but, maybe you know something i don't, then again, from the unperceptive, backwards-as@ posistion you took with you post, i'm sure you don't.

Anyone think that Rockstar not making the game exclusive to the PS3 actually hurt GTA IV sales?

GTA IV has good enough marketting for people who don't own a PS3 to go out and buy one (eventually if not immediately). Instead, because its on the XBOX 360, it's fallen vicitim to some piracy.

not a big ddeal imo. thats only so much money for sony. they made much green off them tv's though

yea i do know that - do you know it happens alot more for 60 gig ps3 users? my 360 version stopped durring a loading screen once, but i havent had any problems since that. and i've been playing it on live for days now w/o hangups... my point is sony and rockstar arent the same and it isnt ps3's fault... but that fact is getting lost with all the screaming fanboys - and so, sony's trying to remind us that by stating one of its achievements.... i wonder how many gamerscore points they get lol

CharlieFubar

didn;t you know? its both versions of the game that crash, there just isn't a fix for the 360 version yet

is this even news? i think sonys just trying to get some "good" thoughts out there - seeing as its getting bashed for crashing gta4 all the time

Would be more believable without the words "Sony Reports" at the start.

So you're saying Sony's credibility is null when reporting information? Why should anyone believe what Nintendo or Microsoft say sales wise then? Because the majority of gamers own either, therefore these multi-billion dollars companies wouldn't lie to the public?

That's good news, but the 28K that were given away constitues apprx. 12% of the total reported. That's not HUGE, but it's significant.

Even discounting the give-aways, it sold 210K which is still substantially higher than the PS2's first year.

That's a fantastic start and I expect more to sell with the upcoming titles later this summer and fall. Good job Sony.

Would be more believable without the words "Sony Reports" at the start.

Nice to see the PS3 doing good down under

good for AU -but this is gamespot UK isn't it??? why all the aussie news all the time?

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Surprising. PS3 is not doing great in California. It seems to do better everywhere else.

the ps3 had a rocky start, but it seems to be picking up. good for sony.

NIce to see PlayTV due before x-mas.

pretty good numbers for such a small population.

I c sales r beginning 2 soar, lets c how much furthur it goes!

That really is strange that no one is commenting on the other articles besides GTA IV......

Their loss.

FIRST!! guess everyone's too busy flaming away on PS3 GTAIV fix article...

but these are impressive sales figures "down under.." i wish it'd be that successful in US