Publishers pushing the PS3 more now

[Lord N]

Mark2008 said:
my local target is sold out of 40gb PS3, 360 Arcade, and as always, the Wii.
I honestly think the casual gamer crowd, would prefer the items to be in stock when they want to buy it. This out of stock situation helps Xbox 360 the most...they have configurations in stock, that aren't too far off the model that people were really looking for...the cheaper Arcade version. It's not like you'll buy a Wii instead...you still only get a Wii on stock day.

I can only speculate, but I'm sure Wii, while still in the leadership position, has probably given away several hundred thousand customers to XBox, because people got tired of trying to find one, and wanted a system to play.

Looks like Sony is bringing people into the stores finally...but looks like they will also give some (not huge, but at least some casual gamer) sales to Xbox 360, since you cannot find the model you came in to buy.

 If someone wanted a Wii, then they'd know by now that it would be hard to find, so they'd just keep trying if it's what they really wanted. Even if they needed something to hold them over until they could find one, it would be the DS and PSP that would benefit from the lack of Wii's as it would make far more sense to spend $150-$200 max on one of them plus a game than it would to spend in upwards of $400 for a 360 plus a game.