8/24 PS3 SLIM shipment sells out at gamestop

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Videogirl said:
The first batch shipment depends on how many PS3 slim have been manufactured since begining of July which is allegedly when Sony started the mass production :
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10276122-1.html

For PS3 fat the launch consignement was of 4 million units, at a production rate of 200K a month : http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/75068/first-ps3-units-manufactured-this-month/

This time expect the production rate to be at least the double if not more due to several reasons :

- Sony dramatically increased the production of PS3 components in the begining of August
- Back in 2006 there was only one Taiwanese manufacturer, this time there are two
- The slim assembly is probably faster due to the reduction of components compared to 2006 PS3.
- Then there were producing two different models with different features, now there's only one.
- The assembly lines are probably running more smoothly than they were back in 2006

So my guess is that at least 2 to 2.5 millions units have already been produced and partly shipped.

This part is innacurate, the number of PS3s were 500 k, 400k for the US and around 100k for Japan without any hope for the EU for like 6 months.