| Gnizmo said: With a cheaper launch you would not have all the negative hype and stigma that haunts the PS3 to this day. |
I think the biggest stigma surrounding every single console launch is not having enough units. I remember when the Japanese Dreamcast launched in 1998 with a paltry 140,000 units. They had enough demand to sell 350,000+ on the first day. So the rest go home empty handed, and the supply is still dry weeks later so they abandon their desire to even pick up the system.
X360, same thing. You couldn't buy one last year to save your life because they were so sold out immediately after launch.
And then the PS3. People were being mugged and shot during the launch!!
Nintendo should have seen this Wii demand coming for the holidays and ramped up supply a long time ago. October was seeing weekly sales of 150,000 yet they could have been selling 250,000 easily.
Apple saw the same kind of demand with their iPhone, but have been able to keep the supply up steadily. No sellout nightmare on launch weekend. Just hundreds of thousands of sales!!
