PS3 sold out at some stores?

[MrMarc]

your mother said:
Could it be that retailers are simply clearing inventory for the new models/prices and/or are not ordering any more PS3s?

Thats highly possible, I know that one of the Chips stores in this region of England a couple of months ago weren't going to be taking any more PS3 stock at all after they cleared what they had, simply because they weren't selling at all. Now yeah that was 2 months ago at least so things may change in time, but I imagine that's not just the only store to do such a thing.

Stores can simpy refuse to sell PS3's or any console for that matter if it's going to be hurting them in the long run.