Sony cry: Wii is Just "Impulse Purchase"

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Kwaad said: Well my local walmart, that I know gets shipments of 5-10/week, has only 1. Wich is saying 80 or 90% sellout. I've been to toysRus, Bestby, and they are not "everywhere" like the x-box 360s. I would have to say, they are selling very well. Considering the 500/600$ pricepoint. You can buy a Wii EASILY on 1 paycheck. Unless your liveing in a 50,000$+/year household, the PS3 is NOWHERE near as easy to buy. eg: working full time at wal-greens working as a photo tech. (one of the better paying jobs in town) you make 200 weekly. that means 3 weeks to afford a PS3. wich will put you to 200$ for everything else. The Wii... can still leave you with 600$. Not quite enough, but not gonna leave you without a home. The PS3 you need to save for. The Wii. You dont.

You don't work for Sony do you? I recently toured the better part of Asia (China, HK, Singapore, Taiwan). There wasn't a single Wii or Wii accessory anywhere to be seen (including import stores). However, several places had "piles" of PS3's sitting around - both the 20 & 60Gig versions. Not only were they not selling, people were walking past completely disinterested. WiiSports has almost sold 1million units in Japan - and its only been out for 2 months. No PS3 titles in the top 20, and new (big budget) titles are bombing out. I don't think a PS3 title has even hit 100,000 sales yet - and its been out for almost a month later. A Wii costs $400AU here in Australia - I was at the midnight launch, and it was incredible. No retail has had a unit for over a month - and the only way you can get one is to preorder, and hope. This is almost 2 months after the original launch. There is no way *400*AU is a "impulse" buy - impulse is closer to $20/$50 (or even $99). (the PS3 will launch here in 2 months - for over $1000...)