greenmedic88 on 15 June 2008
The 80GB bundles are for all intents and purposes, sold out. At least from the standpoint that you can't currently buy one from retail outlets.
But, they'll be restocked for as long as Sony keeps them in production. There's no question Sony could have sold considerably more bundles if they hadn't been supply constrained.
And it is a fantastic value for consumers, but probably not as profitable as the 40GB base SKU for Sony, more from the standpoint that it's packed with a game that could sell more copies without the bundle than the difference in component price over the 40GB. It would be interesting to see the current breakdown on both SKUs in terms of overall cost to manufacture each.
