America Up!

[CommonMan]

Gab said:

JGarret said:
Some heads at Sony do need to roll.

kowenicki, do you think there´s something kinda fishy about these shortages?...it couldn´t have been that hard to supply more systems for one of the biggest games..it´s almost like it´s intentional, but it wouldn´t make sense at the same time...hmmm.

The only reason I can think of is that they want to maximize profits before their fiscal year ends on March 31st. They still sell the console at a loss so selling fewer would actually increase profits in the short term. I don't really think this is the case, but if it is supply should get better as soon as next week.

There is also the new lighter version of the PS3 slim that might be the cause of this, as production has been slower during the transition.

@bolded - the only reason they would want to do that is to shore up stock prices, which I don't think are that bad. Otherwise making a small profit doesn't make sense for a division that big due to income tax purposes (provided that pay those in Japan, if not nevermind). Smaller income = smaller income taxes. It would be better to start the fiscal year profitable.