Reeves confident in European lead

  • Posted August 26th, 2008 at 06:33 EDT by
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It's David Reeves morning here on PSU. The outspoken Sony Europe boss has confirmed his absolute belief that the PlayStation 3 holds a commanding lead in PAL regions, but fell short of backing the claim up with any figures.

“In PAL territories we are ahead of Xbox 360,” he stated. “I am supremely confident of that statement. Sony would not let me say that if they hadn’t seen all the numbers… They would not let us say that. And we are absolutely, 100 percent confident of it.”

Microsoft has questioned this claim before, pointing towards similar month-on-month sales totals and a previous lead in the hardware install base, but little detail is known on the cumulative figures from either side.

If this is a 10-year war, you get the feeling Europe will be a crucial battleground this time around. For once, that can only be a good thing.

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  1. Doogal_UK | Doogal_UK

    • 6:34am BST - August 26th, 2008

    yay! its david reeves day!!! PAAARRRTTTYYYY!!

  2. SamuraiClarke

    • 6:40am BST - August 26th, 2008

    Hm. It would be very convienient (Spelling..) if we knew thee exact sales numbers of both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. I hope this means us Europeans will start getting some love back, i'm sick of getting average Store updates week after week.

  3. Rauland | PPp_Killer

    • 6:42am BST - August 26th, 2008

    yer ps3 are doing pretty well in PAL region even if they cost like double here including the games well the high price must be to high demand :P

  4. Infernoz0 | Oblivian_92

    • 6:48am BST - August 26th, 2008

    maybe david reeves drunk around 10 bottles of redbull and now he's full of energy !!

  5. T-Dogg400 | T-Dogg400

    • 7:24am BST - August 26th, 2008

    Reeves day to speak lol.

  6. Triple Dk | TripleDk

    • 7:26am BST - August 26th, 2008

    If you like EU that much then give us the same as the US XD

    Then spice every region up!

  7. mayhemmusic | mayhemmusic / stonepig / philmadog1970

    • 8:29am BST - August 26th, 2008

    So then treat us with at least the same respect as the US then please David, lets have the same quality store and the same downloads and the Movie Download Store!!!!

  8. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 8:51am BST - August 26th, 2008

    Lead or no lead, they's better start treating Euro-costumers like gold.  Only a matter of time before MS's excellet marketing team finds that weakness that is SCEE's missteps with the Euro market.  They will jump all over it.  I don't like the 360 anymore, but one thing MS is good at is exploiting weaknesses.

  9. gingo | gingo

    • 8:58am BST - August 26th, 2008

    psn id: gingo... europe is always where the console war is fought and playstation has usually came out on top and apart from here in the UK, ps3 is outselling the 360 by a large margin so i can imagine ps3 is in the lead

  10. taurus82 | taurus82

    • 9:53am BST - August 26th, 2008

    Reeves. Talking. Again. Why?

  11. bilbo_bobbins | bilbo_bobbins

    • 9:55am BST - August 26th, 2008

    @ 8
    I completely agree with you. I purchased a 360 when they first came out, played GOW etc and it was good other than that it was a bit naff and TOO loud. Since then they have managed to gain some good ground on Sony in the console wars. I still believe Sony is ahead, but Microsoft is coming fast and has some very good things going for them. If Sony don't keep hold of their gold customers, they will eventually leave for a better service. Online is the future, and so far the Xbox seems to rule that.

  12. markwesker

    • 11:52am BST - August 26th, 2008

    Europe should get the best and the first releases since the EU is the biggest economy in the world and growing even larger.

  13. jigglespsu

    • 6:48pm BST - August 26th, 2008

    Reeves must have gone to the same school of making sh!t statements that Kaz and Jack went to ... do they have a special PR (public ridicule) training camp they send these muppets to?

  14. spaceharrier | spaceharrier

    • 7:43pm BST - August 26th, 2008

    Awesome!

  15. BayBud

    • 8:02pm BST - August 26th, 2008

    Well if it's selling so well in Europe why doesn't he do something about our cruddy store updates?

    I;m fed up with this testicle swill they keep serving.

  16. Girugamesh | Shidousha

    • 8:05pm BST - August 26th, 2008

    The PS3 is dominating in Europe. Wasn't this established months ago when the PS3 passed up the PS3 in European sales even after a 16 month head start the 360 had?

  17. stovich | TasteLikeBurning

    • 1:31am BST - August 27th, 2008

    Sony needs to start showing the EU some love, because my fellow Americans aren't manning up. It's somewhat embarrassing considering I have 2 kids, 2 car notes, a mortgage and a surprisingly below average-paying job, yet I got mine.

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