European Users: How well is PS3 selling in Europe?

[HappySqurriel]

Hus said:So common sence prevails. Everyone has a preorder, they can show up when ever they want and pick it up. Its thursday... people have to work on Friday right... so most will pick up their stuff Friday after work.

Not necessarily ... One of the more common complaints about the existing pre-order system is that (since an individual can pre-order with little or no money down) a scalper can pre-order dozens of systems and effectively control the market ... Now, in the case where supply is far greater than demand scalpers tend not to pick up their pre-orders (if the deposit is low enough, say $10 per unit) or buy the system and immediately return it (if the deposit is high enough or they're forced to pre-purchase) ... On top of that, after the XBox 360 disaster, normal customers may attempt to pre-order multiple systems to ensure that they have a system on launch day ... I'm not saying that any of this is happening on a large scale for the PS3 launch, but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised to hear of stores with an abundance of unsold "pre-order" systems on Saturday ...