PS3 Launches in Europe!

[A Black Falcon]

PS2 Launch in France:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgZl0zlka08
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PS3 Launch in France:

http://www.jeux-france.com/news19695_la-...urope.html

Sony Computer Entertainment organized as envisaged a launching at midnight of PlayStation 3 on a boat which accosted with the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, with a thousand of machines available to the sale. The event unfortunately attracted only one score of people on the quay, and 4 to 5 people maximum on the other event organized simultaneously with Fnac of the Élysées Fields in Paris. One will note the unexpected presence and rather amusing of Microsoft come him also with his boat Xbox 360!

(pictures available through the link)

Video of the X360 barge:
http://www.dailymotion.com/search/ps3/vi...cement-ps3

... and for comparision, the Wii launch in France. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbAQkIG1cBA
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Things are no better in Austrailia...
http://kotaku.com/gaming/ps3-launch/aust...246437.php

Good news, though: Supposedly things went better for Sony in Sweden.