If stores have failed to move the 60gb units its their fault, they can advertise the units and create more foot traffic around the units and put ads and posters at the front of the store.  When i walk into a Best buy and not a single person even offers to help me when 8 of them are just sitting next to a TV and talking about getting drunk and banging women then its the stores fault and not Sony's.

I have a feeling we'll see the 60gb become a sought after gem later in this generation.

 Wait...I agreed up until the last part.  A store is going to have crappy sales if they have employees that are allowed to act like that, no doubt about it.

But it is Sony's fault if the PS3 doesn't move units, its their job to convince and sell their product.  Most people aren't going into a Best Buy with no clue what they want, they have a reason to be there and if its the PS3 then its pretty unlikely that they are going to walk out and shop somewhere else just because a few clerks are slacking..now they might walk out if they are waiting in line for a slacking clerk, but thats different and even then they would likely go to another store and purchase PS3 anyways.... since that would be their purpose for being out shopping.

In short, I reject that idea that a bunch of clerks goofing off are hurting the sales of the PS3. 

they are some offers : 449$ for the 60gb model
but it is already sold out in some place.

@onimusha; i was thinking the same thing about a Wii with SM:lost levels downloaded until it came out for good in America....but yeah a an original 60G [preferably not EU] or even a 20G will be quite rare... i'm guessing the 5.5 million Sony "shipped" [read as 'made'] are about 5 million 60G and 0.5 million 20G....rare item.

If you go to best buy, you can get a sixty gig plus either lair, HS, or an extra Sixaxis, so that may be the route to go if you want full bc and a good game (HS) or another controller.

When Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, or just about any other company drops the retail price of a product they offer the difference between the prices as credit towards future purchases.  As long as its Sony who drops the price the stores are out nothing. 

 Anyways most of the time items are shipped to stores then it is not paid for until 1 to 2 months later.  Stores and companies capable of selling the products quickly can make money on this period which is called the float.  Most retailers don't even have enough money to actually purchase the stock they have in the store when it is shipped in.  When a product sells badly but the company which produced the product wants to continue shipping product (PS3, PSP, 360 etc) the length of time which is allowed between shipping and payment is increased.  Its also not uncommon to tie it to sales so it is not paid for until it sells.  I am not sure how Microsoft and Sony are working it but I doubt companies would be accepting so many units if they had to pay for them anytime soon.

I should point out Dell makes most of their money by investing the money during this period by building all of its computers just in time with the shipments of parts showing up sometimes only hours before the system is shipped to a customer.  This is why Dell can offer such huge discounts because it does not have to make any money off the sale of the system to actually produce a profit on it.