Sony's senior director of corporate communications Patrick Seybold issued a statement after last night's NPD numbers for January, explaining that the company's flagship console may be a bit difficult to find at retail over the next few months. "We're working very hard with our retail partners to meet consumer interest, but the demand is tremendously high for the PS3 and we expect tight inventory in the coming months," Seybold notes in the statement.

As this is the first we've heard about any sort of PlayStation 3 hardware shortages, we followed up with Seybold to make sure he wasn't only warning about future supply issues, but also explaining January's sales of the console. He told us: "Yes. The strong demand carrying through the holidays was evident and early in the month we [knew] there was going to be limited supply of the PS3 at retail in January. We're working closely with the retail channel to meet this demand, but expect tight supply for the coming months."

The upcoming supply issues may also be a result of Sony's "upcoming line up of the industry's most anticipated games" -- games like Heavy Rain, God of War 3, and ModNation Racers. Seybold additionally points out that "this momentum is fueled by a stellar holiday" and the recent releases of games like MAG and BioShock 2. We here at Joystiq have yet to see the shortages at our local brick-and-mortars, but feel free to let us know if you do!

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/12/sony-ps3-supply-to-be-tight-over-coming-months/

Lol Im so confused right now.

so they have issues in making enough..

meaning less then 200k a week.

they produce 1 million ps3s a month. some places sell out completely while others have tonnes in stock. so yea. 175k-180k a week is my guess, until these "shortages" stop

So they won't be ready for "Sony's March"

the company's flagship console may be a bit difficult to find at retail over the next few months. "We're working very hard with our retail partners to meet consumer interest, but the demand is tremendously high for the PS3 and we expect tight inventory in the coming months,"

"Yes. The strong demand carrying through the holidays was evident and early in the month we [knew] there was going to be limited supply of the PS3 at retail in January


yes im confused too vgc shows that there are plenty available maybe there available in other region outside usa? idk its not my job my job to accurately predict future sales trends

bull fucking shit sony

I doubt it. They would never have supply issues with the sequels to last gen games finally coming out.

They r hiding atleast 2 million consoles ( 33.52 - 31.65 + last month production),

Come on Sony, stop playing hide n seek with the customers. :P

ps. this post is just a sarcism at Sony. :P

How though? I know Sony have shut down a few plants, but many of their products aren't selling as well as they have done before, the PSP/PS2 aren't selling as well and its not as if the PS3 is doing Wii numbers every week. Sony are easily capable of producing enough PS3s to sell 200k units at retail each week, so the question is, why are they not?