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gravess on 07 March 2010
kowenicki said:
gravess said:
kowenicki said:
plb said:
Thing is that you cannot find any PS3's anywhere in the US, they are sold out at every retailer.


and yet they are selling almost 100k per week.... I'm sorry but I'm tired of hearing this.

In my area their arent many places to buy Ps3 so many are forced to buy them online. If you go to the 2 most popular places to get them....Amazon or Bestbuy they are always sold out so dont act like their arent shortages. Most people dont search around to find things they either put it off or get something else.


so they will either put it off or buy something else?

ok...

so if they put it off they will buy one soon then and we will see PS3 sales rise

buy something else? like what?  a 360 or a wii?  really?  but they want a PS3..... are they that fickle?

 

Yes i believe they really are that fickle. Hey I love video games as much as the next guy but im not gonna act like casuals dont keep the market going. What makes the wii sell like hotcakes.......parents. Dont act like their are a huge amount of 20 somethings buying them on a weekly basis.......at least compared to older parents for their kids. Now if these parents go to bestbuy or amazon and dont find a Ps3 what do you think they are gonna do? They will either try to get something like it (Xbox360) or put it off. Im not saying this happens in all cases but im sure it happens alot. Most parents arent gamers,,,,,they are just trying to appease their annoying ass kids. I know this is a huge generalized statement but you cant act like its not somewhat true.



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fastyxx on 07 March 2010
kowenicki said:
plb said:
Thing is that you cannot find any PS3's anywhere in the US, they are sold out at every retailer.


and yet they are selling almost 100k per week.... I'm sorry but I'm tired of hearing this.

I went to target to buy a new 360 last weekend, and they were out of everything except Wiis.  No 360's and no PS3's.

 

Gosh.  Must mean the Wii is doomed.  No one wants it and they can't keep HD consoles in stock.

 

These anecdotes mean nothing.



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heruamon on 07 March 2010
kowenicki said:
plb said:
Thing is that you cannot find any PS3's anywhere in the US, they are sold out at every retailer.


and yet they are selling almost 100k per week.... I'm sorry but I'm tired of hearing this.

PS3 SOLDOUT...I guess the SDF webiste wasn't too far off...lol.



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Twistedpixel on 07 March 2010
demitri55 said:
Hmm... why did MS do this? because they have nothing to go against Sony for March or the upcoming months. I still dont think that bundle will help snag consumers from buying Gow3 along with a ps3, or FF13 along with a ps3 etc.

No, Sony are releasing God of War because otherwise they would have nothing to go up against this bundle! Get it right!



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Twistedpixel on 07 March 2010
heruamon said:
That is a CRAZY bundle, and it's M$ planet to clean out inventory for this Fall's launch of Natal, and probably a new chipset...damn...new console for me...maybe.

Huh? Isn't that a bit premature to to a bundle to clear out inventory for something happening over 6 months away?



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Recon1O1 on 07 March 2010

If the old shortages ploy works then more power to them. They certainly have the world's biggest rumor mill at work. Another lesson learned from Ninty.

On topic, that is a nice bundle if not quite to my taste. I am flat-out bad at driivng games and Reach may be the last FPS I buy. I like to see my character. Could move some HW and bump up the titles a bit.



heruamon on 07 March 2010
Twistedpixel said:
heruamon said:
That is a CRAZY bundle, and it's M$ planet to clean out inventory for this Fall's launch of Natal, and probably a new chipset...damn...new console for me...maybe.

Huh? Isn't that a bit premature to to a bundle to clear out inventory for something happening over 6 months away?

Well, I wouldnt think so, if they have a new chipset in the works... know personally, if their is a new 45nm/32nm chipset, I'll be replacing my MW2 360 with the newer chipset, and you have to figure at this point in the lifecycle of the console, the manufacturer probably has 2-3 quarters of material either onhand or in the ordering channels that need to be cleared out.



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Twistedpixel on 07 March 2010
heruamon said:
Twistedpixel said:
heruamon said:
That is a CRAZY bundle, and it's M$ planet to clean out inventory for this Fall's launch of Natal, and probably a new chipset...damn...new console for me...maybe.

Huh? Isn't that a bit premature to to a bundle to clear out inventory for something happening over 6 months away?

Well, I wouldnt think so, if they have a new chipset in the works... know personally, if their is a new 45nm/32nm chipset, I'll be replacing my MW2 360 with the newer chipset, and you have to figure at this point in the lifecycle of the console, the manufacturer probably has 2-3 quarters of material either onhand or in the ordering channels that need to be cleared out.

They definately have a new chipset in the works. Probably a fairly big step since there wasn't one last year. They wouldn't have that much material built up, they probably just have about 4 weeks of supply on hand at most, any more than that would be pretty wasteful and expensive to store.



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Aion on 07 March 2010

They couldn't of just made Halo 3: ODST alone with some other game. Otherwise good bundle.



 

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