Oh my god, put my words into context and read them over twice. Flipsake!

Sony is pulling a Nintendo. They're only doing this to drive demand.

microsoft will take care of those customers who can't find a ps3 to play ff13 with their bundle :/ even when theirs demand their losing out...

it was sexy as hell and back when it launched the red ring of death scared me away from a 360 :/

PS3 cost more to make, is more complex to build, sony losses money on each, and they currently have a supply shortage and people call bullshit, and yet Nintendo who wii cost less to make, is less complex, and gets profit on each also, and has a supply shortage for almost 3 years and people jump for joy at how much it's selling and it's popularity.

I don't get people here, if it's bullshit for Sony then it's ultra bulshit for Nintendo regardless of sales.

The only real conclusion is that there could be a component shortage, or just raw material shortage which in effect would cause a shortage of PS3's, I know that Samsung over here in Australia has a part shortage so from my point of view it's highly likely that it could be the same for sony.

Yeah...sure.....

(shakes head in disbelief)

Quoting myself from another thread:

Every year, Sony (Europe), Sony (ANZO), Sony (America), Sony (Whatnots) make their business plans and order equipment based on their take of the market situation. Last year, Sony (America) underestimated the demand and did not order enough PS3s from Sony (HQ - or whatever it is called). End of Story - there is no way PS3s will start to appear in masses on american store shelves until 1st quarter next business period. This could mean that shortages will exist until April. All the manufactured PS3s have been allocated to their regions as per order and there is no magic warehouse which will fill american store shelves. You can be sure that Sony (HQ) is NOT happy about the Tretton guy running the show (that is the reason his remarks about current NPD results are pointless drivel about software etc - obviously he knows his position is less than optimal due to his gaffe).

So, in simple words:

1. Everything Sony (America) ordered they got - apparently not enough stock it seems

2. PS3s (all models) are everywhere in Europe - apparently Sony (Europe) ordered enough stock

3. No complaints from from Sony (ANZO) area - they seem to have ordered enough stock

4. Sony's announced plan was to ship 13mio units which was confirmed at their latest quarterly report. 33.5mio were shipped until Dec 31. As of now, half the remaining stock was shipped which puts the number of shipped units at around 35mio.

5. Of these 35mio units, VGC claims 31.6mio were sold through (that number may change another three to four times per week...). This would mean roughly 3 to 3.5 mio units are somewhere, which seems a bit high to me.

They should ship the 3 million they have sitting in Europe and JAPAN back to America, but they too lazy for that.

Yeah sure.... you pay the cost for it?

why can't they just use all the profit they have made from the PS3 ?

Because those savings would be offset by storage costs....which Complications already mentioned.
Their capital would also be unavailable for use if a more profitable opportunity arose, because they would have placed it all into an overproduced item.