PS3 Sales Up to 100,000 Per Week After Price Cut

[cowbourne]

krik said:

cowbourne said:
Wow, we are back to people thinking that when Sony says sold that means that it was sold to the end user. That is incorrect. They are just saying they sold 100,000 units to retailers for that week. Hate to break it to y'all, but we are not Sony's direct customers. Retailers are. Whether the retailers have been selling all their stock is up in the air, as there really hasn't been any observations that show increased PS3 interest at retail. I find it highly doubtful that they have, because in my district (over 16 big box stores that cover 3 states), sales have increased marginally and we still have the original 40 gigs in stock. The interest still doesn't seem to be there.

Well, the 3 gamestop shops around me sold out of 40Gb twice already. They keep getting more but they did sell out twice in a little over a week.

Also I doubt that after the 20Gb/60Gb fiasco at launch retailers would be filling their stocks with lots of PS3s. So even if Sony is counting sales to retailers I don't think the retailers are stupid to be stock pilling them.

 You do realize that retail is being stuffed with all products right now.  EBGames/Gamestop don't have the traffic and profit to be able to stock like the stores I work for.   Big box stores are getting massive shipments right now of consoles, except the Wii.  Lastly, its not a question of "if they are counting sales to retailers" as it's the only sales they record.  They don't count sales to consumers, because they don't know that info.  Don't understand why people keep thinking that.