PS3 PlayTV ships 85,000 units to UK in two weeks

Freesat's 100,000 sales milestone puts things in perspective

Sony is giving itself a big pat on the back this morning as it celebrates 85,000 PlayTV units sent to retailers over the two weeks since the PS3 Freeview recorder accessory started shipping to retailers.

Although Sony does have a tendency to be a little sneaky when it comes to these kind of figures - units shipped isn't a measure of units sold by any stretch - it shows that retailers are expecting gadget fans to be all over the £70 device this Xmas.

To help put the numbers into perspective, Freesat - the UK's new-ish free-to-air satellite service featuring high definition programming as well as most of the same channels that Freeview offers - is celebrating its own milestone this morning. Freesat has now reached 100,000 unit sales, but it has taken a full five months to get there.

As our T3 review revealed, PlayTV is an excellent add-on for any PS3 console, but if you have a PSP kicking around too, well, it's time to call in favours and start blackmailing Santa to make sure one of these finds its way into your stocking.

And this got us thinking... maybe Sony should be persuaded to give a helping hand by developing a Freesat version of its PS3 tuner accessory. After all, there's a ton of unused Sky dishes out there, ready and willing to be tuned into Freesat, and the added HD would fit in nicely with the PS3's high definition capabilities. The software's already damned near perfect, so we only need the hardware. How's about it, eh?

Note: The above info is taken from the site http://www.t3.com/news/ps3-playtv-ships-85-000-units-to-uk-in-two-weeks?=36814