american sales up!!

[greenmedic88]

Falkano said:

greenmedic88 said:
The only PS3 SKU that appears to be consistently available is the 80GB MGS4 bundle. Amazon has been out of the 40GB SKU over the last week for the first time since the SKU became available in abundance. It's currently only available through independent retailers on the site.

Not coincidentally, sales of the MGS4 bundle (the only SKU available direct through Amazon), have risen with the reduced availability of the 40GB SKU.

Levels of 40GB SKU stock are unquestionably dwindling as the 80GB Core replacement nears its shipping date.

Sales of the PS3 will very likely return to regular sales levels as soon as the $399 80GB Core SKU becomes widely available.

 

 But regular sales of the PS3 are around 40k. This is what i think people struggle to accept is that it could actually be the MGS4 effect has now died and things have returned to normal. Just because something sells high for a few weeks does not mean it will every week. I think next week we will see the same story as the previous 3, lower PS3 sales and people looking for excuses for them. Then we will get to next month with the 360 price cut and people will say it was expected to be low etc..

The MGS4 effect has completely subsided. There will be another surge in sales due to consumer cyclical shifts as the holidays approach, but that will have little to do with one game like MGS4 or its bundle SKU.

What we've been seeing over the last couple weeks, is that the 80GB MGS4 bundle has been stocked more readily than the 40GB SKU. Again, due to dwindling stock levels as production has ceased with the current production of its replacement 80GB Core.

What that means is for many consumers, the only PS3 they can buy is the MGS4 bundle, which is $100 more than the increasingly scarce 40GB SKU. Not everyone in the market for a PS3 even wants to play MGS4, and simply want a lower price.

Again, we'll see what happens once the 80GB Core is available in abundance at $399.

I don't expect a surge, but this whole "PS3 is dying" nonsense is just that. Once inventory levels normalize, so will sales numbers.