Chris Jenkins of Australian IT reports that Sony has claimed that in the first ten days the PlayStation 3 was on sale in Australia, the console sold more than 27,000 units and has lead to a retail turnover of AU$ 33 million.

The total sales figures was calculated by industry analyst group GfK and included both hardware and software sales for the PS3. According to them the PS3 sold 27,083 units between March 23 and April 1. GfK analyst Daniel Morse said, the spike in total sales set a new mark for a console. He says, "In a matter of just 10 days, the PlayStation 3 created a spike in retail spending not previously witnessed at the launch of any other console in Australia."

Sony also reportedly claims that PS3 titles infested the top ten selling games during the launch week,  with nine of the ten titles being PS3 titles and the top title being Resistance: Fall of Man.

Despite this being awesomely good news for Sony and those who love pressing the triangle, circle, square, x buttons, one has to note that the PS3 sales figure failed to match the 32,000 that the Wii sold, and moreover, that the Wii sells at a profit. Microsoft on the other hand has sold 100,000 units of their console in its first seven months of release. We don't mean to rain on fan-joy here, we're just looking at both sides of the road.

Judging from those figures, it seems safe to say that while those Aussies may not like going to midnight launches, they do like to buy their consoles.

Time will tell if the PS3 keeps it up in the said region.