PlayStation 3 Reaches 50,000 Units in Australia

It seems that the PS3 has a strong start in AUS, selling upwards of 50,000 units in the first thirteen weeks. But am I reading this right? The price tag is $1,000 AUS? Living in Canada, I sometimes feel our markups are bad, but now I don’t feel half as bad. Though 50K in 13 weeks sounds impressive, by comparison, the Wii sold that many in just 3 weeks, and the Xbox 360 in 6. I’ll just jump to conclusion that the $1,000 is the cause of the slow adoption.

According to the latest GfK figures, in excess of 50,000 PlayStation 3 consoles have now been sold in Australia since the system launched on March 23, 2007. A Sony Computer Entertainment Australia representative commented that “With new and classic titles being made available regularly via the PLAYSTATION Network (PSN), and a strong portfolio of exclusive blu-ray disc based games set to launch over coming months, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia remains confident in the PLAYSTATION 3 console’s current position.”

Source: IGN