God of War? One of the biggest IPs? Hardware seller?

The only big hardware sellers left are
DQX - Wii
GT5 - PS3

Zelda Wii might be, because it's a much bigger franchise than GoW, and hasn't seen a (main series non port) game released on the Wii yet
Kingdom Hearts 3 could be a big hardware mover in Japan if it releases on a home console

what a selfown. You need to delete your account now. Nobody will ever take you serious on VGC from this point on.

You made my day though :D

*edit* if a mod thinks this was too harsh, just delete this post please.

This is true, last fall was Sony's real userbase push and it worked out wonderfully (worldwide, not just US).  This is cyclical too, last year Microsoft had pretty much the same stance as Sony this year (profitability > numbers) which is why they just SKU reshuffled in leu of a real price drop.  I think this summer or fall is when you'll see Microsoft's "real" response to the slim...

I think the Slim is selling a hell of a lot better then Sony expect is what's going on, give them time they'll be back on track. It's not like they have to have big first weeks that big new games release, the people that want to buy the system are still going to buy it over time.

It's hard to say why Sony is failing to execute in delivering units to the market. Are they doing a redesign of the hardware? Is it a supplier shortage? Or did they simply under estimate the amount of units they needed to build? But I agree, it's an awful time to be short of product at a time when the software side of the business is starting to execute. Especially in the US market where you're trying to catch up.

Didn't you all hear? Some random gamestop employee told some random forum member all about how the new PS3 slims have a big YLOD/hardware failure problem! They are probably holding back their stock to weed out faulty ones!

That is not how it works, when there are shortages, it just makes people want it that much more, and it makes instead of having 1 or 2 great months, you have a year of good solid sales. Sony knows what they are doing.

Haha, that tired ol' argument.

Yes, telling people they can't have your product CAN sometimes make them want it more (see Gmail being invite only and facebook being uni student only at the begining) If you just don't ship enough, then those who weren't looking for a PS3 wont notice. Those who were will either buy a different console, not buy a console at all, or wait and buy a PS3.

IT IS NOT DELIBERATE!

One of those companies can plan for the future, innovate, create exciting and immersive games, and appeal to a wide audience.

The other is Sony.

I agree with what you said.

Shortages in 2007 = no big deal

Shortages right now = Huge mistake