Well maybe Sony is purposely holding back manufacturing of PS3's. They are constantly revising their hardware to get costs down, so many they only want to manufacture as many consoles at this price as they need to.
I think they are trying to follow a business model more like Nintendo did. They want the consoles they manufacture to go directly into customers hands so they can minimize consoles they create at the higher manufacturing costs.I think the PS3 will be bought as soon as they arrive in stores this holiday season but we won't be seeing the PS3 mountains we have gotten used to.
I would think their mentality would be that anyone who can't find a PS3 would either A. Wait for it to return to in-stock status B. Wait until next year to buy a PS3, a point at which manufacturing a PS3 would be in the black.
If by mid October we don't hear any rumbling of a price drop, I think the Sony really will just weather the storm this year and hope the 360 price drop doesn't catch on.
I mean the 360 has started outselling the PS3, but to balance out the lead the PS3 has gained thus far it would have to put up some impressive numbers in NA.
