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SunRedRX7 on 20 February 2010

For those looking for a PS3, I went with newegg when I picked mine up a few weeks ago as I have a long history of buying computer parts with them without issue.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=playstation+3

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=playstation+3

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemplatemapper.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=3427297645706290959&id=pcat17071&type=page&ks=960&st=playstation+3&sc=Global&cp=1&sp=&qp=crootcategoryid%23%23-1%23%23-1%7E%7Eq706c617973746174696f6e2033%7E%7Encabcat0700000%23%237%23%23bj&list=y&usc=All+Categories&nrp=15&iht=n



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oldschoolfool on 20 February 2010

I think sony is going to come out with another psp.



morpheusx on 20 February 2010
leo-j said:
Ok show me a site, or area with 250gb's in stock.. because here there are NO ps3's in stock, and there haven't been any PS3s at all since the beginning of the month.

BEST BUY

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp;jsessionid=74EFE62A16CCA5346A8A3315150BB141.bbolsp-app05-22?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=4229914873994252952&id=pcat17071&type=page&st=ps3&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960

 

NEWEGG

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&SubCategory=686&N=2081810686&SpeTabStoreType=8

 

DELL

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/PLAYSTATION%C2%AE_3/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A3270434

 



thx1139 on 20 February 2010
libellule said:
thx1139 said:
If this PS3 "shortage" is truly real than Sony f-ed up big time. It isnt like the sales from the holidays was so outrageous that Sony couldnt manufacture enought. Likely that many of the sales they may have gotten that they didnt because of the so called shortage will never get back. Truly dumb, dumb, dumb move by Sony to scale back production.


well, you can see it at 2 levels :

- Sony didnt manufacture enought because they dont want to lose too much per console so they are trying to save some money (in a way) by selling less console at loss

- Retailers (US ones) didnt bet on the PS3 success and were surprised that the PS3 was selling so good so they didnt order enought console to Sony

Well we know that the retailers did order the PS3 based on the results Sony released last week (or was it the week before). Remember Sony changed the numbers to reflect hardware orders not actuall shipped units.



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Nintendogamer on 20 February 2010

Seems plenty of PS3's in stock, maybe they are out of stock in certain areas.



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Netyaroze on 20 February 2010

Hmm Ps3 cant be supply constrained unless its overshipped in some areas.

33.5m shipped until 31.12.2009 should be plenty, if Sony has not shipped consoles the past 2 months then there can be shortages if Europe has loads of PS3s.

This whole thing just dont add up imo. I dont understand why Sony has problems to ship enough consoles to US ? Where are the consoles going ? The consoles which they shipped until 31.03.2009 wont be sold before April with that pace.


Ok lets assume they underestimated the demand for US and they shipped enough consoles to Europe/Japan. They are seeing the problem and cant react within 8 weeks ? How often does Sony shipments ? Once every quarter ? If sony ships more frequently and they see that Europe has enough consoles cant they just send the consoles for Europe to US ?



thx1139 on 20 February 2010

They didnt SHIP 33.5m through 12/31 they SOLD 33.5. They stated in the earnings that they changed to orders taken. An example: Say a Sales Rep gets a call from a retail change for 100K PS3s on 12/31 would put them in an order entry system and those 100K PS3s would count in the 33.5m.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

Reasonable on 20 February 2010

I'm not sure about shortages in the US, not living there, but I'd note most are assuming shortages means Sony didn't make enough PS3s.

In the US it's much more likely that if there are some shortages in certain areas its because the retailers didn't order enough due to underestimating local demand change due to new models, prices, games, etc.

TBH if I was a US retailer, seeing the Wii selling the most, then the 360, then the PS3 I wouldn't take Sony's word for it and increase my orders for the PS3.

Also, shortages at retail can be linked to the space allocation, which is of course limited. If I have the Wii and 360 selling well and taking up most storage space, I may not be able to easily fit in more PS3s if basic sales rate increases. I might need time to rethink my stocking strategy.

So anyway, I can easily image how certain retailer stores could have shortages of PS3 based on how it was selling historically and the space they'd already decided on in the store for the unit vs an increase in demand locally in that area.

I doubt this is anything huge though - as in I doubt Sony are missing 30 K or more sales of PS3. I'm sure the lost sales would be less than that.

In US the 360 has the upper hand, and it'll take regular boosts on the back of price changes, exclusive titles and increased BR adoption to help PS3 now. There isn't going to be a huge swing to playing CoD on PS3 vs 360, for example, so multiplatform titles only play to the current situation really.

Probably GoW3 represents the PS3's next chance to claw back some market share in US, as of course that's exclusive and could draw in any big GoW fans who haven't got a PS3 yet. I guess GT5 to a lesser extent could gain the PS3 some marketshare, and perhaps FFXIII, although of course MS have moved to take the sting out of that particular titles.



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oldschoolfool on 20 February 2010
Reasonable said:
I'm not sure about shortages in the US, not living there, but I'd note most are assuming shortages means Sony didn't make enough PS3s.

In the US it's much more likely that if there are some shortages in certain areas its because the retailers didn't order enough due to underestimating local demand change due to new models, prices, games, etc.

TBH if I was a US retailer, seeing the Wii selling the most, then the 360, then the PS3 I wouldn't take Sony's word for it and increase my orders for the PS3.

Also, shortages at retail can be linked to the space allocation, which is of course limited. If I have the Wii and 360 selling well and taking up most storage space, I may not be able to easily fit in more PS3s if basic sales rate increases. I might need time to rethink my stocking strategy.

So anyway, I can easily image how certain retailer stores could have shortages of PS3 based on how it was selling historically and the space they'd already decided on in the store for the unit vs an increase in demand locally in that area.

I doubt this is anything huge though - as in I doubt Sony are missing 30 K or more sales of PS3. I'm sure the lost sales would be less than that.

In US the 360 has the upper hand, and it'll take regular boosts on the back of price changes, exclusive titles and increased BR adoption to help PS3 now. There isn't going to be a huge swing to playing CoD on PS3 vs 360, for example, so multiplatform titles only play to the current situation really.

Probably GoW3 represents the PS3's next chance to claw back some market share in US, as of course that's exclusive and could draw in any big GoW fans who haven't got a PS3 yet. I guess GT5 to a lesser extent could gain the PS3 some marketshare, and perhaps FFXIII, although of course MS have moved to take the sting out of that particular titles.


I live in okc and haven't seen a ps3 on shelves in awhile. I've went to best buy and walmart.



Reasonable on 20 February 2010
oldschoolfool said:
Reasonable said:
I'm not sure about shortages in the US, not living there, but I'd note most are assuming shortages means Sony didn't make enough PS3s.

In the US it's much more likely that if there are some shortages in certain areas its because the retailers didn't order enough due to underestimating local demand change due to new models, prices, games, etc.

TBH if I was a US retailer, seeing the Wii selling the most, then the 360, then the PS3 I wouldn't take Sony's word for it and increase my orders for the PS3.

Also, shortages at retail can be linked to the space allocation, which is of course limited. If I have the Wii and 360 selling well and taking up most storage space, I may not be able to easily fit in more PS3s if basic sales rate increases. I might need time to rethink my stocking strategy.

So anyway, I can easily image how certain retailer stores could have shortages of PS3 based on how it was selling historically and the space they'd already decided on in the store for the unit vs an increase in demand locally in that area.

I doubt this is anything huge though - as in I doubt Sony are missing 30 K or more sales of PS3. I'm sure the lost sales would be less than that.

In US the 360 has the upper hand, and it'll take regular boosts on the back of price changes, exclusive titles and increased BR adoption to help PS3 now. There isn't going to be a huge swing to playing CoD on PS3 vs 360, for example, so multiplatform titles only play to the current situation really.

Probably GoW3 represents the PS3's next chance to claw back some market share in US, as of course that's exclusive and could draw in any big GoW fans who haven't got a PS3 yet. I guess GT5 to a lesser extent could gain the PS3 some marketshare, and perhaps FFXIII, although of course MS have moved to take the sting out of that particular titles.


I live in okc and haven't seen a ps3 on shelves in awhile. I've went to best buy and walmart.

Okay, thx, good to have an example.  I suspect that, looking at recent sales and changes in demand pattern, a number of retailers in US are still adjusting their stocking/ordering strategies, which could easily lead to sporadic shortages locally at some stores while others may seem to have plenty of stock.

This is also fairly common with price drops as demographically it could see a store where the former price point was way too high for a lot of the local population now finds the new price point is suddenly acceptable to many more people, resulting in stock outs and shortages until they adjust their stocking/ordering strategies.

Thx for the real update.



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