Sony : PS3 enjoys strong sales in Middle East

The Middle East accounts for the highest level of sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 games console among the world's developing countries, according to a senior official.

"The PS3, which is a high-end machine costing about $400 (Dh1,468) has a strong market in the Middle East," Jim Ryan, Co-chief Operating Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, told Emirates Business. "The sales have been disproportionately strong in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) and parts of Asia, especially in the May-June-July period

[TOO PAWNED]

yeah, all 10 people that got it hahaha
this is ridiculous. Just like those articles "Sony leads in Danmark!" - yeah in 5 million ppl population country lol hilarious.

[N4PS3G]

"At least 20,000 to 25,000 PS3s have been sold in developing countries this year and 80 per cent of that was in the Middle East."

Even the now dying japan sells those numbers in 2 weeks

bragging about selling 20,000 systems in 2009 is indeed ridiculous haha

[TOO PAWNED]

see, i knew it's something stupid, witout reading article.

[Power_Of_Flops_]

Still better than the 2000 Xbox 360 consoles sold in Japan last week.

Being outsold 2:1 by a 10 year old console (PS2) is sad.

[SevWolf]

@ too pawned: that was lame, but a bit funny
I'll tell you, right now I'm in the middle east, when I came here I thought nobody's gonna know sh1t about gaming, but boy was I wrong, you'd be very surprised...a lot of people own a Ps3 here, I remember when I went to the gamestore here, and realized they broke the street date for inFamous..I got the last copy, and Literally fought with the other guy for it...lol, a few people have a 360, me being between them, but the PS3 dominates

[dj55555555]

what would you prefer to see then an article on how Sony have taken 3 million out of the 360's 10 million 1 year head start but I guess it wont pay as well compared to all the articles that say its a failure.

Also the fact the only reason the 360 has the lead because of the never ending negative press that comes out of America

world wide sales of the PS3 (not counting the U.S.) 13.72 million
world wide sales of the 360 (not counting the U.S.) 13.65 million

U.S. PS3 sales 8.87 million
U.S. 360 sales 17.76 million

This just tells me that one companies influence over the media will be the defining result instead of the quality of the hardware or games.

[cayal]

"yeah, all 10 people that got it hahaha"

Middle East has about 300 - 400 million people fool.

[TOO PAWNED]

"400 million"= of which 390 million don't even have TV hahaha hilarious. Sony faboys are legends of spinning nonsense.

"djpolofish" - i don't have 360, i have PS3, but that is bogus that 360 has no games and you know it. Online on 360 is superior.
A lot of people don't give a f... about blueray, like my self, i never watched a movie on my ps3 and don't plan to, for me consoles are for games.
Ok there are ppl that watch movies on their ps3, i don't give a crap, besides you have netflix on 360 and that new thing that streams FullHD movies on 360..don't know details since like i said, i don't care about that stuff but movie/BR argument doesn't work any more.this is not PS2 era.

Exclusives0 sure PS3 have more of them and i am glad, but other then Ucnahrted 2, there isn't anything out on PS3 that is OMG must buy!
Let's be honest Splinter Cell look amazing, so it is 1:1

How ever you look at it 360 is great console, so is PS3 but i that crap that 360 sux, it doesn't work anymore.

[leila01]

I'm not surprised. They seem to despise American products over there (except for the Iphone), so if they had the choice between two consoles (no matter how much the non-American console costs), they often go for the non-American one.

Glad I don't live in a country fueled by hatred anymore.

[poopsack]

dont really know what he was spinning, just correcting ur non informed gibberish. 10 does not equal 400 million, and u may not care about movies but the world aint u bud. And if u dont care bout movies and just games, guess what, bluray helped there too.

[dj55555555]

sorry didn't mean to make your dummy fall out, truth hurts. and no i dont have a 360 i have a 5 y.o. PC so its the same thing. I dont have a 360 as i think buying old technology hinders progression in gaming

[leila01]

You seem conflicted; you like the X360 for it's online and upcoming catalog, but you PS3 fanboy senses are preventing you from taking the jump.

On topic
Go, Go Sony. Yay!!

[TOO PAWNED]

Truth hurts? Rlly? Hmm maybe you should reread my comment, since i am the only one nonbiased here, youe comment is just a bunch of fanboy crap.
Why do i even bother?

EDIT:leila01

Again go reread my comment. 360 HAS superior online, but i my self don't care about online gaming but i am not going to dismiss that. Than netflix vs BR, again i dont care about movies but MS has it covered for ppl that do.
In short i have ZERO interest in 360 but i am NOT biased fool like rest of you. It is great console, i can at least admit that.

[ElijiaAmaya]

I heard they are taking the processors out and using them to create an army of nuclear armed robotic camels....

[All-3]

--> Still better than the 2000 Xbox 360 consoles sold in Japan last week.

- Here are the latest Media Create console hardware sales for the week of July 6 - 12 in Japan:

Xbox 360 - 3,561 [sales since January 1st 2009 - 235,191]

PlayStation 2 - 3,508 [sales since January 1st 2009 - 135,471]

Where are the numbers for 'last' week?

--> Being outsold 2:1 by a 10 year old console (PS2) is sad.

You must have been truly unhappy then --> when the PS2 was outselling the PS3 in Japan.

- Here are videogame hardware sales in US for the month of July 2009:

1. NDS - 766,500

2. Wii - 361,700

3. Xbox 360 - 240,600

4. PlayStation 3 - 164,700

5. PSP - 163,500

6. PlayStation 2 - 152,700

Now what about the PS3 barely outselling the 10 year old PS2 - in the US?

[ultimolu]

Funny that people like you ignore the small countries when the small countries matter as well as the big countries. :)

Sony is doing well for having an expensive console on the market.

[leila01]

You're biased towards the PS3, you've always been and you always hated the X360. You're pretty much a good/bad example of a PS3 fanboy, so just drop the acting please.

[mint royale]

were the hell are you getting your numbers from?

The 360 never had a 10 million lead, upon the ps3's release MS had announced they had shipped 5.5 million consoles. The gap with the latest figures is 8 million. Cut it anyway you want but those are the facts. In my opinion the ps3 has done very well to keep on the 360's coattails seeing as it had an awful start and has been much more expensive. I know theres not much point in discussing middle eastern sales due to their tiny nature on the world stage but that doesn't stop people such as Nasim using them to 'prove' that the flopbox is dying.

Can we not just accept that both are selling well. None of this crap about one company counting shipped numbers and the other sold. They use the same numbers and tbh its just fanboy crap. Love the games and the console not the company, they love your money not you.

[DARK WITNESS]

@ Megatron08

Thanks cold man. I don't care what type of fan or fanboy or whatever system you support, but that's cold.

[Power_Of_Flops_]

@All-3 : Nice numbers you just invented here :

Famitsu Sales: 07/13 - 07/19

PSP 25,000
PS3 8,300
PS2 5,000

360 2,700

You just owned yourself.

[mint royale]

@power of flops

yes those numbers really show that the ps3 is whupping the 10 year old ps2. Im sure sony planned the numbers to look like this back in 2004/5.

Also where are the DS and Wii numbers? Too ashamed to put them on? If your talking about commercial success then you can't look at anyone but nintendo. Arguing over Japanese sales for HD consoles is irrelevant and truly very funny!

[zok310]

...Sugar coated bubbles, tasty.

[sak500]

To the ignorant fools.

ME comprises of rich and poor nations like other regions. Dubai and KSA are one of the richest nations here. All teh latest tech and gadgetry is available. You will find bugati veryons , lambos etc here in UAE. Anyway point is i still find stacks of ps3s in most power retailers in dubai but more 360 games on the shelves so it means what? PS3 is mostly been sold to retailers and they still hv stocks and w/o games who goes and buys them? So 360 is still more popular here. I know someone who had a ps3 and then bought a 360. So what does it say? Why would he need a 360 if he was satisfied with ps3.

[Veneno]

Is that smaller and developing countries choose Playstation 3 because it is reliable and long-lasting. They have to make their money stretch farther. It's a good investment because it will be around longer. The bigger countries have more people that have money to burn on short-lived things like Xboxes, Segways, and beanie babies.

[Veneno]

It's because your friend is not a fanboy. He is a true gamer. I have both systems as well so that I don't miss out on anything.

[FamilyGuy]

Why do you have to attack every article that is pro sony? It's not like they come around that often to begin with but you troll every one of them and start arguments every time. You belong over there ---->

[DarK-SilV]

"400 million"= of which 390 million don't even have TV hahaha hilarious"
are you trying to be funny!!!
you are ignorant who live under a rack,you don’t know what you talking about, you remind me how some westerners(No offensive to other peoples)who don't now sh!t about the world ,some even asked me this "do you live on a tent and travel by camel ?" ,this is just show you the mentality of these peoples

[crillyconlig]

you racist fuk, live under a rock, alot of the middle east is vastly rich, your the the ignorant one living under a rock blissfully unaware of the real world, hope you get band for just being stupid

[na2ru1]

Denmark, Africa, Australia(?), other countries unknown to USA......it will all add up to something that can only get closer to worldwide recognition.

[All-3]

If you learned to read... I posted numbers reported by Media Create for the week July 6 - 12 in Japan.

The numbers you posted were for the following week.. which I asked for in my initial post.

The over all sales for the year in Japan since January 1st 2009 - including the numbers you posted would be:

Xbox 360 - 237,891

PS2 - 140,471

[aaron5829]

But, TOO PAWNED is an example of how ignorant some westerners can be...

Middle East people, to the rest of the world, are wealthy SOBs.

I was asked before by an American Kid, you're a malaysian... but you have computers and internet ?

I replied... yeah, but out computers are made from leaves and wood.

"39 million people dont have TV" ?

LOL... My god... you are are fool...

[SolidAhmed]

????

i am from Saudi Arabia guys and i have noticed something that no one have pointed out.

saudi arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain...etc have a huge problem when it comes to record sales.... how? and why?

because 85% from their sales are from The US and this is counted as sales with in the US market?

the reason of that is the biggest retailers are buying not from sony or the factory but rather buying it from retailers in the US such as Game Stop.

go and ask any one in the middle east about the price of the ps3 you will find that they selling it with 50-70$ margin.
and it varies from one store to another.

but if you want to buy the pal version this transaction is through the agent of sony check the website and you will buy it with the same price as the European price
http://www.alfaisaliah.com/...
this transaction will be recorded as sales in Saudi however it will not account for the total sales in saudi arabia

going back in sony ps2 the total sales was 3.5 million plus discluding the 85% NTSC US vesion

the real problem in middle east is the software sales because 95% of saudi users are buying the PES or winning elven (not original) or other games that can be pirated and so for that PS2 was dominating the saudi market of course ps3 has droped significantly because such chip that run the pirated copes do not exists.

[mt]

they delete my damn comment nd there are more offensive comments out there what bulls Hit site

[ultimolu]

Pretty good.

[Raf1k1]

Yeh it is especially considering they're developing countries and most people don't have money to spare.

There's nothing wrong with Sony bragging about it. With more PS3s being sold than 360s Sony is gaining a valuable foothold in the region.

What do you think will happen in a decade from now when even more people have money to spend? Will they buy the more well known Playstation name or the Xbox?

edit: I made an assumption on the PS3 selling more than 360 in the region which I shouldn't have lol. But my point still stands since the PS2 is selling great around there too so the Playstation is better known in the area.
Also, Playstation has apparently become the word people use around there for all consoles much like the Hoover did here in the UK.

[ultimolu]

Very true but unfortunately the fanboys slamming disagrees seem to think this is bad news.

Le sigh.

[aaron5829]

Sony's sales are not as high as most expected is because of this very main reason.

It cant be pirated.

It's the truth.

[starchild]

They know what's good in the Middle East.

[The Meerkat]

The people of the middle east who have emigrated to the west are not known for having the best taste.

[Raf1k1]

Middle Eastern's seem to have expensive tastes from what I've gathered about them through the ones I've come across (especially those with money to spend).

[The Meerkat]

I would agree with expensive.
But expensive can be very different from tasteful.

Take Dubai as an example.

[Raf1k1]

lol good point but the same could be said about a lot of people with plenty of money to spend.

I see plenty of people in the UK wearing a lot of expensive clothing and non of it tasteful.

edit: sorry, came out wrong lol.
I made it out as though there are a lot of people around here who wear a lot of expensive clothing.
What I mean is that of those that I do see wearing a lot of expensive clothing, most of the time what is being worn isn't tasteful.

[phosphor112]

But it is true that folks from the UAE live very high in their life styles. That's just the kind of money driven country it is. Everyone is rich there, but everyone else is basically "poor" compared to western standards. Egypt isn't that bad in terms of poverty line, but beyond that it starts to go downhill fast. Life styles are very simple over there. Most people bootleg their things there to make them last longer, instead of buying new things.

Anyway, I've had cousins tell me horrible stories about their 360's. During the days they get up to 120 degrees F, and that will kill any xbox whether on or off.

[The Meerkat]

I shop in Primark.

Mucho Cheapness.

[Tinted Eyes]

i cant beleive these sony bashers have nothing better to do than rag on a system

[Tee7soo]

in the Middle East we prefer the ps3 over xbox 360
me and 6 of my friends have a ps3 and only one got a xbox 360 .

[saimcheeda]

i live in the ME too...and its the same deal here, my friends got psp's and some have ps3's(including me) and we all have ps2's!!

[Raf1k1]

So is it true people in your region refer to consoles in general as Playstations?

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

Thought the U.S.of.A was the only place in the World??? ;-D

Is Google Earth REAL then??? ;)

[ultimolu]

Goddamit Ken, the U.S is the world! >.<

How dare you contradict the bots?!

EDIT: I read the article Flop_of_the_Year. And as usual you're talking crap trying to look smart. It doesn't matter whether they're small countries or small numbers. What matters is that the PS3 isn't as doomed as the media made it out to be.

The small countries count as much as the large ones.

Stop spinning, thy silly bot.

[Man_of_the_year]

"The Middle East accounts for the highest level of sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 games console among the world's DEVELOPING countries, according to a senior official."

""At least 20,000 to 25,000 PS3s have been sold in developing countries THIS YEAR and 80 per cent of that was in the Middle East.""

Did you 2 Droids even read the article. Ya the PS3 is selling around the world but these sales are only considered BIG because they are within DEVELOPING world regions.

To me this is a desperate attempt to make the PS3 look like it is selling big numbers in small market regions. 20,000 - 25,000 units sold this year in DEVELOPING countries with 80% in the middle east...North America does those sales in 1 week.

Sir Ken_Kutaragi and ultimolu, you both made really stupid comments. The market in the middle east is NOTHING compared to North America so ya... i would say in comparison with the Middle east and North America, America would represent the greater and more important market for Sony and MS.

Stupid Droids.

EDIT - WOW 7 disagrees so far and not a single rebuttal.

EDIT 2 - @ Ultimulo -

"And as usual you're talking crap trying to look smart. It doesn't matter whether they're small countries or small numbers. What matters is that the PS3 isn't as doomed as the media made it out to be.

The small countries count as much as the large ones."

If you think that PS3 sales of 20,000 - 25,000 a year will keep the PS3 afloat, then you are as delusional as the next DROID with no common sense. Those sales are a spec in the bucket of sales.

IF SONY and the SONY DROIDS like yourself think that Sony won't be doomed with yearly sales of 20,000 - 25,000 units then you deserve to be a sony follower and Sony deserves to become the next Dreamcast. Use your head ulimino.

LOL the small countries matter as much as the big ones...not when your console is in 3rd place, and you have big name game companies saying lower your prices or we will pull out of supporting your console.

[ultimolu]

"If you think that PS3 sales of 20,000 - 25,000 a year will keep the PS3 afloat, then you are as delusional as the next DROID with no common sense. Those sales are a spec in the bucket of sales."

You are a f*cking moron. I did not say that 20,000-25,000 will keep the PS3 afloat. Every little sale counts. Stop acting as if the 20,000-25,000 doesn't count because it does. You're either mad that the PS3 has a bit of recognition in the Middle East or you're trying very hard to downplay this.

I'm guessing both!

Instead of congratulating Sony, you resort to childish little temper tantrums that add NOTHING to the damn discussion.

"IF SONY and the SONY DROIDS like yourself think that Sony won't be doomed with yearly sales of 20,000 - 25,000 units then you deserve to be a sony follower and Sony deserves to become the next Dreamcast. Use your head ulimino."

You're beginning to sound like a broken record. Do you play sales or games? That's what I'd like to know.

I'm proud to be a "droid" because I made the right decision when I bought a PS3. I'm glad I didn't buy a 360 back in 2007, otherwise I would have throw it outside the window if it gave me that much trouble.

And you are a silly bot talking out of his butthole as usual.

"LOL the small countries matter as much as the big ones...not when your console is in 3rd place, and you have big name game companies saying lower your prices or we will pull out of supporting your console."

LOL, open ur eyes. This is a console war, is it not? Why do 360 fanbrats such as yourself ignore the small countries? Oh, because the United States equals the world, right?

You're an idiot. Don't reproduce, for the sake of humanity.

EDIT: Dammit Ken, don't tell me you ran outta bot-begone sprays. :)

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

11 people say the USA is not all of the World
+
2 people say the USA is the whole of the World
(Well going by the Disagrees so far i got!!!) ;-D

@ultimolu ;)
They are trying to BRAINWASH ME...HEEEEEEEELP... ;)

+ The ChatBots are just LUCKY at the moment because of the PS3's still high price :-/
It won't always be that Price ChatBots!!! WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU!!! ;-D

'You can Run, but you can't Hide' As one of the whole of the World President said...er erm whole of the World???...it was just the USA President...OH...GOD...THE... BRAINWASHING...IS...WORKING... NEED...SOME...GOOGLE EARTH!!!;)

EDIT - ultimolu ;) I need to make a Stronger Spay!!! ;-D
I'll add 'RRoD' + 'E74' later to the Magic Potion and see if that works!!! ;-D

[blackbeld]

Ohh.. Yeah... PS3 is speeding up the sales!!! USA will follow the world!!!

[Kill Crow]

Seriously ... 20K units is a drop i nthe ocean ... you're stupider than Ken ....

[ultimolu]

How am I stupid for saying this is pretty good for Sony? Oh, that's right...360 fanboys never like when there's good PS3 news.

Gotcha.

And the children cry, stomp their feet and keep feeding me with disagrees.

Well done my children. You have proven to be quite ignorant this generation.

Ho ho ho.

[DelbertGrady]

Just because you're too fat & ugly to reproduce you shouldn't tell others not to. It's not Man_of_the_year's fault that you look like a warthog. Get over it.

It's better they feed you with disagrees than with food. You should be happy about it.

[Man_of_the_year]

My what a short memory span you have there. Must be becuase its needs to be updated with mandatory firmware every week.

You said BEFORE ANYONE ELSE SAID ANYTHING

"Goddamit Ken, the U.S is the world! >.<

How dare you contradict the bots?!"

For you to say this is claear ignorance. OFCOURSE THE PS3 IS SELLING IN OTHER REGIONS but for you to say sarcasticly "Goddamit Ken, the U.S is the world! >.< is implying that the U.S is not the only market out there. Well 20,000 - 25,000 units sold in 1 year is hardly a market, so as i STATED this is hardly news that this is a great achievement and that comparing the 2 markets, U.S and Middle east holds no justification for you to make the statement you made and then to add in it "How dare you contradict the bots?!"

You are absolutley pathetic to make those comments when the sales in the Middle East Are NOTHING compared to the U.S. If we are comparing sales wise the Middle East and the U.S markets, then yes the U.S is the world.

I refuse to continue this conversation with you as your mind is clearly small and obsolete. You obvioulsly cannot fathom the difference here and how your pathetic comments are no more than Fanboyism.

Oh and by the way, i have stock in MS AND Sony, so sales wherever they may be benefits me as a shareholder. So i do care, im just not as ignorant as you.

[Sez]

have a bubble + dude. you earned it in my book.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

I meant 'Spray' not 'Spay'!!! ;-D I cannnnnn'ttt spppppppeelll todaaay ;-D

[ultimolu]

1. Soda: F*ck off. You don't even know what I look like in real life. Boo hoo, I'm crying! Oh noes, teh fanboy said I'm uglllly!

2. Flop_of_the_Year: Wah, wah, wah, blah, blah, I'm a baby, wah, wah *sucking my thumb* That's all I heard from you. Won't even bother deciphering your fanboy drivel.

2. vega75: Still didn't sell the PS3 yet?

[Etseix]

PS3 is not doomed as the media says.
people who think that is stupid, PS3 selling 20,000+ on middle east? what abotu other regions? this is not talking about the whole dam world!! DAM!
still i always laugh at those comments
POINT IS
the place where PS3 sells slower than any other will be the whole world to the xbox fanboys.

Soda@ did u say that to ultimolu or to Gabe? lol

[Kill Crow]

since when did any of you droids ever let ANY good xbox 360 news just slide on by???

You're all there shouting down the 360 louder than anyone else ... what a hypocrite you are.

Some facts for you:

-PS3 is in last place.
-Mediocre sales in some ass end of the world don't count for sh!t
-Too many people bought PS3 just for blue ray which is why games don't sell on PS3.

You think it's so amazing when the ps3 sells 10K more units in places like Japan, but damn if a xbox fan get's excited about the 360 selling 250k more units in the US you talk it down.

That uti-tard-o makes you stupid.

AND OMG - it's not even 20k-25k in a month ... it's this WHOLE YEAR ... thats like 3k or 4k a month - And you're trying to big it up ... HAHAHAHAH

GIGAFOOL for you !

[ultimolu]

Aaaaand...the PS3 is still getting AAA titles either way. Place is nothing but a number dear. I don't care about place as long as I get kick ass games. n_n

[killcr0w]

You say you don't care about sales and yet in this same very thread you're biggin up sales (minor ones to say the least) like Sony has just hit the jackput..

You're clearly confused little girl ... Maybe you should stop eating sh!t and then you'll stop talking it !!!!

Complete and utter Tard !!!

[ultimolu]

Operation multiple account!

Come back and insult female! That's the male chauvinist way! You sure showed me fanboy.

[Sez]

since no one wants it. mind as well put it to good use. and since i buy bootleg movies i don't have to use my PC or 360 to watch them. i could free up my pc and 360 for games.

but i guess since man of the year just burned you. your feeling alittle butt hurt.

@below.yeah you want it you can have it. it just collecting dust. all i use it for is movies.( it's not like on-one isn't doing the same)
and everyone i asked that might want to buy it. said the same thing. FOR WHAT THEY DON'T WANT IT. beside myself. i on;y know two others that have a ps3. and even they don'y play it. so what does that tell you. it's not just the price. some people actually don't care for the ps3 or what it offers.

[ultimolu]

I will gladly buy it vega75 and give it to my uncle who actually wants one. There are plenty of people who want PS3's but can't afford the price.

You're such a hypocrite.

Flop_of_the_Year only succeeded in throwing one of his many, many temper tantrums. I didn't feel burned, sorry. :/

[killcr0w]

Uti-tard-o, using my lines man get your own ...

[ultimolu]

Killcr0wf*cktard, go get a life. You need one.

[chase167]

the world console

[Stryfeno2]

Hahhaahaaaa I don't even have to try. Out of all places...I guess the PS3 found a new homeland.

[starchild]

Every little bit helps...

[Once Upon a Fable]

lol

[RowSand]

Middle East huh..most of them there buy only expencives and exotic cars..so ps3 is the right choice.

[saimcheeda]

here in oman ferrarris and lamborghiis are very common and people pay millions to buy a number plate in single and double digits, a guy was giving my dad 3 million for our no. plate!

[phalanx_mark]

yeah the gulf states where people have money they want the best or at least the most expensive looking so in that sense i suppose the ps3 fits the bill more than the wii or 360

[saimcheeda]

most people just throw around there money but they want the best actually!

[Equinoxe_7]

The Sony brand is very strong in denmark, and we can afford the Playstation 3

But the Xbox360 is not far behind

[badbond1]

Terrorists do have options... Even some of the American terrorists make bad decisions on buying a crapbox 360! At least our middle east terrorist brothers make better decisions on a "quality" product!

[-MD-]

"crapbox 360!"

Oh I get it you put crap in place of the x in xbox to make the xbox sound like crapbox. Man you're pretty clever props bro.

[Static-X]

Patchstation or Gets-games-a-year-latestation 3.

At least it's true.

Crapbox FTW!

[saimcheeda]

yeah those idiots like murderdolls who say waitstation or delaystation, thats lame!!

[-MD-]

"yeah those idiots like murderdolls who say waitstation or delaystation, thats lame!! "

I've never said either of those in my 1500+ history of comments.

Gets-games-a-year-latestation is fu*king hilarious though.

[saimcheeda]

i live here in oman and like i said nobody cares about the xbox 360...PS is the dominant brand here, pity its not like this in other areas!

[X_ANGEL-DEVIL_X]

@TOO PAWNE:
What the hell are you talking about ? You're so Ignorant, Go to school, stupid.

[DonCorneo]

It's true, though. It sells a lot in South Asia, South East Asia, and Eastern Europe. The only reason, though, is that it is easy to mod and pirate game for free.

Not being racist here.

[S M N]

they know a good product when they see it

only blind people buy a console that distent to break

[cyclindk]

Didn't know The Middle East was a country..

[rohail88]

are a set of countries in the gulf region.

[DARK WITNESS]

lol at Too Pawned and the guys bashing him... I remember when he spent all his days bashing the 360, he had loads of bubbles. now he has started on the ps3 he is getting knocked left right and center. lololol.

funny stuff.

On topic, nice to see the ps3 and games in general reaching more people and countries round the world. the more the better i say.

[clintos59]

Because it seems like he has nuttin better to do then argue about both systems or maybe hes become a wii fanboy lol. Who knows.

Anyways good news & good to see other countries seeing the AWESOME GAMES the ps3 offers.

Also correct me if im wrong but i hear that in most Middle Eastern areas they buy the ps3 because i hear alot of them get WAY TOO MUCH LAG on XBL because of the p2p service where as they can enjoy MOST ps3 exclusives because almost every major exclusive for the ps3 are ran on dedicated servers. I even remember a few comments on a few threads from some middle eastern n4g users saying thats the reason they bought a ps3.

[WeZz]

I'm from the ME(Bahrain)..I bought a ps3 for MGS4,FREE online, blu ray, and reliability..I can't speak for the (3 frends that are)360 users over here but i can tell u that I usually can't play online cuz of the bad lag i get when my inet speed drops from 2mb to measly 128k after the limit.. I hope that answers ur question..

Although I've had impulses to buy a 360 a few times but quickly remembered the RROD.. I'm thinking of just upgrading my GPU to an HD 4870 x2, get a 360 controller and enjoy all the top games the 360 has to offer without any of the cons the 360 inherits..with better performance too =)

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

You can't and pirate PS3 games but anyway's Muslims aren't Terrorists but they're the ones being 'Terrorised' by the U.S military, so to my fellow brothers and sisters the U.S army are the terrorists.

[OSIRUSSS]

There is a simple reason for this. The 360 can't survive in desert regions. It commits suicide at around 50 degrees.

[donnie-2105]

This will not reassure sony and their declining ps3 sales.the key markets are the usa,uk,japan etc with the us being BY FAR the most important.sony having a lead in the middle east and even japan does not cancel out the 360"s ever growing and massive lead in the us,the ps3 is losing ground at around 90,000 a month, ps3 sales down 30% according to recent npd data.

[NeloRisi]

Third world countries and some of the other smaller countries are gonna be pretty important in the upcoming years - good to build up a following

[darthv72]

Those who got the PS2 to try and power their nuclear missile programs a few years ago found that the EE wasnt the right choice. So they trade up to the power of the cell.

Its a joke...ok?

[KingKionic]

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

:)

[Socomer 1979]

I have a several persions on my friends list.
They speak very good english and they always want to know what the weather is like in new york city... wait a minute?!

In all reality, the middle easterns are great. They know how to game surprisingly and im glad to have a few on the team online. I found them in motorstorm pacific rift.

If you need some japanese gamers play killzone 2. The japanese are quiet, quick and lethal. Great scouts and soilders. You'll notice them right away with thier japanese name tags and killing sprees.

[NathanCipher]

in Saudia Arabia and UAE you will find alot of gamers hardcore if u dont know what i mean.. most of them rich :D

good thing for sony, middle east =)

[Berserk1]

Reported as offensive.

[JonnyBigBoss]

The PlayStation 3 enjoys strong sales everywhere but in the US. People know a quality product when they see one, and reliability is actually valued in other countries.

[The-Director]

I'm a gamer from the middle east, reading some of the comments here show's a lot of ignorant and misconceptions about us, we either filthy rich or dirt poor ? how about the simple answer that the majority of middle class in the middle east are familiar with the PlayStation brand and Sony brand as a general !? it has nothing to do with the fact that one Japanese and one an American ? this is stupid ? we have hundreds of American companies here.

Yeah, and i own both PS3 and Xbox 360

[sak500]

Everyone claiming to be from ME kindly specify since there is big difference between countries in ME. Its just like saying im' from africa or asia. I'm from UAe and i find most people hving 360s. ANd UAE is the richest country around in ME.

[psthreee]

just enjoy in fu*king console u got
stfu ffs!!

[NathanCipher]

Saudi Arabia the first rich country in the middle east and 4th around the world.. we protect everycountry next to us.. UAE, QATER, Eygpt, Kuwait, Bahrain.. and many more and somepeople here find middle east is poor or idiots people living in.. but that's all wrong.

read something about History people.

[maka]

Middle East is one of the richest in the world , most of the Oil in the world come from there, that should tell you how much money they have. second PS3 owned all.. its just a matter of time before Xbox dies and the world will be set right.the only people keeping the Xbox alive are brained washed dimwits...

[saimcheeda]

Well said!!!bubbles for u!