UK gamers finally got their chance to pick up the PlayStation The flagship Oxford Street branch of Virgin Megastores allowed players to camp out in advance of the midnight launch, and those in attendance were richly rewarded when Sony boss Phil Harrison announced that every customer would also be taking home a 46-inch HD television. One week later, Chart Track confirmed that almost 165,000 of the machines had been sold in just two days, making it the UK’s fastest-selling home console ever – though not the fastest-selling console overall, as sales fell just short of the 185,000 consoles sold during the PSP’s launch weekend a year and a half earlier. was the most popular launch game, followed by .
