PlayTV ships 85,000 units in UK
Freeview and PVR device enjoys strong first week at retail
Sony has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that PlayTV has shipped 85,000 units to retailers in the UK.
The hardware add-on, which acts as a freeview box and personal video recorder, went on sale last weekend and retails for GBP 69.99.
Pre-orders for the peripheral were around 9000 according to Sony. Momentum is building in the run up to Christmas, with specialist and national press giving thumbs up to the device, which strengthens the PlayStation 3's status as a multimedia hub for the living room.
The hardware is being rolled-out across the rest of Europe until December, but there are currently no plans to release PlayTV in the US.
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P.S. Sorry for breaking Eurogamer the other day :D
No worries - thanks for the record traffic figures!
PlayTV units sport hardware DVB-T MPEG2 tuners, whereas the HD freeview standard, DVB-T2, will be MPEG4. This isn't likely to be something that can be upgraded by software/firmware as it will require a new suite of chips dedicated to processing the new standard.
I wonder what size the PS3s stock hard drive will be when 'PlayTV HD' comes out? 320 GB? 1TB?! ;)