With just weeks to go until the Xbox 360 hits European shelves, a survey has revealed that UK gamers are most looking forward to the arrival of the PlayStation 3.

The survey, which was conducted by research firm XTN Data in September, found that of the 1000 respondents questioned, 32 per cent were planning to buy a PS3, while 27 per cent said they would purchase an Xbox 360. The survey did not ask respondents for their opinion on Nintendo's Revolution console.

"This comes despite huge efforts by Microsoft to launch in time for the vital Christmas period and before Sony's 2006 launch," said XTN Data founder Greig Harper. The Xbox 360 is due to launch in Europe on December 2.

The survey also found that 11 per cent of those questioned use filesharing software to download games illegally. The most downloaded titles are Rome: Total War and The Sims 2, with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas topping the bill - it's downloaded an average of 75 times per hour.

Poor Europeans...they don't even have an Xbox 360 yet?

Is this actually true? I've played many Italians and Germans on Dead or Alive, and I doubt that there are so many people importing the game just to play DOA4.

Pretty soon sony will own its just been relaseased they have to wait a lil

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What the hell? Didn't the 360 come out over a year ago? I don't know if that has any credibility... but it may. I wouldn't know.

No surprise with the PS3 anticipation in the UK though.

Yeah, this freedom shmuck is posting all these ancient news articles from other sites to pad his post count. He'll pay for it.

Sony is huge in Europe. I bet they win over there and lose over here.

Sony is no.1 in europe at the moment

Not surprising at all.