PS3 Super Slim launch propels console sales up 138%

News by Dave Cook Contributor

Published on Oct. 1, 2012

PS3 Super Slim may not be any cheaper than the original PS3 slim model, but its launch has caused overall PS3 sales to rocket by 138% in the UK last week.

MCV reports that of the 138% increase, 37% of those sales were of the PS3 Super Slim 500GB model.

Want to see a PS3 Super Slim unboxing? Check out Sony's official video clip here.

Read this next

Helldivers 2 devs shut down some live testing rumours, emphasising that Arrowhead folks playing it won't show off that they're a dev before getting up to "strange behaviours"
We still don't know what Christopher Nolan's next movie is about, but Robert Pattinson is reteaming with the filmmaker after Tenet
As Stalker 2's devs set about fixing its "rough edges", modders are on the case: less than 24 hours after release there are already four separate mods designed to stop stuttering