why do you think the ps3 is having shortages?

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Munkeh111 said:
Didn't they say it was because of demand 20% over expectation?

According to VGC numbers retail sales for the current financial year are 11.5 million. Sony projected shipping 13 million this FY. I don't know how many Phats were in the retail chain on 31 March 2009 but PS3 is looking like it will retail pretty close to 13 million: if it averages 170K for the rest of the FY then it will get to about 12.6 million retail. GoW III and FFXIII boosts might get it close to 13 million. Slightly under 13 million retail for the FY (probably) vs. 13 million shipped (projected and almost certain to be achieved) + whatever Phats were on shelves at the beginning of the FY. Does that look like 2.6 million demand > supply?

Maybe you mean 20% greater demand during the holidays? That would amount to about 800K units during the holiday period, that could make a supply bottle neck post holidays for a short period until supply caught up. But that doesn't add up if there is a 1.7 million difference between shipped and retail to this date. With that many units in the retail chain the bottle neck can't be an unexpected excess in consumer demand, at least that can't be the reason this long after the holidays.