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At least most of the Sony fanboys will admit that supply is plentiful. Why not just say when the newer games come out in the summer, they expect sales to increase. Instead they have to put out this baloney about supply problems. Sometimes it's better just to say nothing.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13615

Despite the PlayStation 3 being outperformed not only by the Xbox 360 and Wii, but also the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PSP and even Game Boy Advance, the statement goes on to assert that, “PS3 saw a month-over-month increase of 2 percent with sales of 129,638 units, we continued to find ourselves supply constrained in March due primarily to the shift in manufacturing focus to the PS3 PAL version to support the launch of the system in Europe.



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I've said it a few time around here, so I decided to make it my signature. It also happens to be the simplest and obvious response to your question.

Why does Sony have to lie? Their only chance at making PS3 look remotely reasonable at this point is to play the old politicians game: Spin and lie.

 



"There are three types of lies : Lies, damned lies, and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli ( Made famous by Mark Twain )

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We don't really have hard evidence that refutes their claim. And when I say hard evidence I don't mean anecdotal evidence like "I went to store X and they have 30 PS3 in stock". There might be some markets where the PS3 is still supply constrained.



I've got a bridge to sell you if you're really buying it.



FishyJoe said:
I've got a bridge to sell you if you're really buying it.

I didn't say I was buying it. I'm just saying you can't prove it false due to lack of evidence.



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Sony is makeing all they can make, and is selling every one still. That is supply constrained. Sony does NOT sell them to use the user. So that is not a lie. Every PS3 sony sells is being bought by retail. That *is* supply constrained. stop saying their lying. They did NOT say it was sold-out on shelves.



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What exactly do you consider evidence? There are plenty of trackers that have shown abundant availability. All the major online retailers have shown available stock.



Kwaad said:
Sony is makeing all they can make, and is selling every one still. That is supply constrained. Sony does NOT sell them to use the user. So that is not a lie. Every PS3 sony sells is being bought by retail. That *is* supply constrained. stop saying their lying. They did NOT say it was sold-out on shelves.

The comment was in response to the NPD numbers. Nice try. 



Sometimes I am happy following the news...tham that was really I spin i didn't see coming.



 

 

Buy it and pray to the gods of Sigs: Naznatips!

Kwaad, do you seriously believe they were talking about selling to retailers? If sony actually believe that all is good in the world and that supply constraint is what is causing the NPD numbers to be low then they are delusional and deserve for their console to fail.