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nightsurge on 21 May 2010
axumblade said:
nightsurge said:
Gilgamesh said:

Damn, that's quite a bit, and Gamestop is a huge video game seller

But not really big on console sales.  They sell them, sure, but they always have much smaller stock of consoles when compared to Walmart, Best Buy, etc.  They really focus way more on games.

Anecdotal as it may be, the stores in this area have been out of PS3's since earlier this year. My store only occasionally gets more then 4-5 PS3's in at a time though. Never both SKU's though. I think Sony need to really speed up production of the systems. Of course then again, knowing the way the shortages work in this area, we'll end up with an overabundance of consoles. x.o

Are you talking about Game Stop or Best Buy/other store?  I was merely pointing out that Gamestop focuses way more on software sales and tends to always have a low stock of consoles compared to big box stores.  So it would be a lot easier for a GS to be sold out compared to a Walmart or Best Buy.

If you were talking about Best Buy, my Best Buy has actually been out of stock of PS3s quite a bit too, yet Walmart, Target, K-mart, etc still had them so who knows.



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nightsurge on 21 May 2010
axumblade said:
nightsurge said:
axumblade said:
nightsurge said:
Gilgamesh said:

Damn, that's quite a bit, and Gamestop is a huge video game seller

But not really big on console sales.  They sell them, sure, but they always have much smaller stock of consoles when compared to Walmart, Best Buy, etc.  They really focus way more on games.

Anecdotal as it may be, the stores in this area have been out of PS3's since earlier this year. My store only occasionally gets more then 4-5 PS3's in at a time though. Never both SKU's though. I think Sony need to really speed up production of the systems. Of course then again, knowing the way the shortages work in this area, we'll end up with an overabundance of consoles. x.o

Are you talking about Game Stop or Best Buy/other store?  I was merely pointing out that Gamestop focuses way more on software sales and tends to always have a low stock of consoles compared to big box stores.  So it would be a lot easier for a GS to be sold out compared to a Walmart or Best Buy.

If you were talking about Best Buy, my Best Buy has actually been out of stock of PS3s quite a bit too, yet Walmart, Target, K-mart, etc still had them so who knows.

My best buy has been out a lot. Gamestop as well. Walmart has been out as well. I am not sure about Target though but at my store, people seem like they're trying all the shopping centers in the area and end up back at my store later on in the week so I am assuming Target are out as well. Not sure about K-Mart or Toys R Us (which are about a 20 minute drive from here).

Things must be still kinda bad around you.  I've seen my local Walmarts (of which there are 5 within 15 miles of me in any direction) have full stock of all 3 consoles for the last month or so now.  I'm in Indiana, where in the US are you from?



Ssenkahdavic on 21 May 2010

Cannot sell 15m consoles this year if you DO NOT PROVDE THE STOCK SONY.

Hopefully this was just to get rid of current Stock, for the more profitable models.



 

  

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epicurean on 22 May 2010

In Omaha, NE, the local best buy's, wal-marts, and gamestops are pretty much always sold out, but we have a "Nebraska Furniture Mart - Mega Mart" (basically like a best buy) that seems to ALWAYS have plenty. Not sure if they get more stock or just nobody thinks to go there to buy them. Every time I've checked they've had over 10. Wierd...



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Smashchu2 on 23 May 2010
Ravage27 said:
Sony won't ship more old 2000 models than the 'estimated' demand because they are losing money for each sold.

This news basically confirms that shortages in Q1 prevented the PS3 from outselling the 360 by a comfortable margin. A real pity, because Sony could have sold unholy numbers during the month of March.

It didn't. The sales overall have been very low, so we have no idea if they would have sold more or not. Most likely, they would not of.

This shortage is being very over played. This was a shortage from Gamestop. I just checked Amazon and they have PS3s in stock. Target does too. Walmart and Bestbuy are out of the cheaper models, but not of more expensive ones. This is misconception number 2. There have never been an increase in demand that was not seasonal (i.e. Christmas). There has only been an increase in Quanity Demanded. What's the difference? Changes in demand mean that consumers will buy more units at the same price. If Peanut butter is proven to be good for young children, peanut butter sales will go up. When "Supersize Me," came out, demand for McDonalds went down. Quanity Demanded is what we demand at a set price level. When prices goes up, we demand less and when price goes down, we demand more. What is happening to the PS3 is actually very bad. They are not increase in demand like Nintendo is. They only sell more units when the price falls. PS3s are not totally out of stock, just the ones that are cheap. If consumers really had to have PS3s, the refurbished ones and the higher priced ones would be out of stock, but they are not.

In conclusion, the PS3 would have not beated the 360. There is not a huge demand for PS3s, and the sales it would be seeing are from price drops.



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epicurean on 23 May 2010
Smashchu2 said:
Ravage27 said:
Sony won't ship more old 2000 models than the 'estimated' demand because they are losing money for each sold.

This news basically confirms that shortages in Q1 prevented the PS3 from outselling the 360 by a comfortable margin. A real pity, because Sony could have sold unholy numbers during the month of March.

It didn't. The sales overall have been very low, so we have no idea if they would have sold more or not. Most likely, they would not of.

This shortage is being very over played. This was a shortage from Gamestop. I just checked Amazon and they have PS3s in stock. Target does too. Walmart and Bestbuy are out of the cheaper models, but not of more expensive ones. This is misconception number 2. There have never been an increase in demand that was not seasonal (i.e. Christmas). There has only been an increase in Quanity Demanded. What's the difference? Changes in demand mean that consumers will buy more units at the same price. If Peanut butter is proven to be good for young children, peanut butter sales will go up. When "Supersize Me," came out, demand for McDonalds went down. Quanity Demanded is what we demand at a set price level. When prices goes up, we demand less and when price goes down, we demand more. What is happening to the PS3 is actually very bad. They are not increase in demand like Nintendo is. They only sell more units when the price falls. PS3s are not totally out of stock, just the ones that are cheap. If consumers really had to have PS3s, the refurbished ones and the higher priced ones would be out of stock, but they are not.

In conclusion, the PS3 would have not beated the 360. There is not a huge demand for PS3s, and the sales it would be seeing are from price drops.

Ugh...why are there so many ignorant people.  The PS3 IS sold out on amazon.  It has been for months.  If you go there and try and buy one, they will REDIRECT you to another company that is selling them for 70 DOLLARS OVER THE MSRP (I know, from your logic, if the PS3 was any good, people would happily fork this over anyway.  That logic is dumb).  It has been like this for months, yet people that want to bash on the ps3 keep claiming it is in stock there.  IT IS NOT.

The 120 GB has been sold out for months on both Best Buy and Gamestop's websites.  The larger hard drive comes and goes, as there is less demand, however, on a normal day they are tough to come by as well (all of my local best buys are currently out of stock of the 250GB).  Target's website says it will be weeks before they are in stock, but you can still order them now (but you wont be getting your PS3 probably for a good month).

I personally couldnt' care less about how much more it would have sold if it hadn't been supply constrained, I just know they are (and have been) tough to get.  It's pretty obvious from your post, however, that you just want to say the XBox is better, and the PS3 is a crappy product no one wants.  Your opinion is noted.



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SOLIDSNAKE08 on 23 May 2010
Smashchu2 said:
Ravage27 said:
Sony won't ship more old 2000 models than the 'estimated' demand because they are losing money for each sold.

This news basically confirms that shortages in Q1 prevented the PS3 from outselling the 360 by a comfortable margin. A real pity, because Sony could have sold unholy numbers during the month of March.

It didn't. The sales overall have been very low, so we have no idea if they would have sold more or not. Most likely, they would not of.

This shortage is being very over played. This was a shortage from Gamestop. I just checked Amazon and they have PS3s in stock. Target does too. Walmart and Bestbuy are out of the cheaper models, but not of more expensive ones. This is misconception number 2. There have never been an increase in demand that was not seasonal (i.e. Christmas). There has only been an increase in Quanity Demanded. What's the difference? Changes in demand mean that consumers will buy more units at the same price. If Peanut butter is proven to be good for young children, peanut butter sales will go up. When "Supersize Me," came out, demand for McDonalds went down. Quanity Demanded is what we demand at a set price level. When prices goes up, we demand less and when price goes down, we demand more. What is happening to the PS3 is actually very bad. They are not increase in demand like Nintendo is. They only sell more units when the price falls. PS3s are not totally out of stock, just the ones that are cheap. If consumers really had to have PS3s, the refurbished ones and the higher priced ones would be out of stock, but they are not.

In conclusion, the PS3 would have not beated the 360. There is not a huge demand for PS3s, and the sales it would be seeing are from price drops.

in conclusion, no matter what your just one of those people that wuill never admit it. your just jealous of ps3's success and thats all there is to it.



Smashchu2 on 23 May 2010
SOLIDSNAKE08 said:
Smashchu2 said:
Ravage27 said:
Sony won't ship more old 2000 models than the 'estimated' demand because they are losing money for each sold.

This news basically confirms that shortages in Q1 prevented the PS3 from outselling the 360 by a comfortable margin. A real pity, because Sony could have sold unholy numbers during the month of March.

It didn't. The sales overall have been very low, so we have no idea if they would have sold more or not. Most likely, they would not of.

This shortage is being very over played. This was a shortage from Gamestop. I just checked Amazon and they have PS3s in stock. Target does too. Walmart and Bestbuy are out of the cheaper models, but not of more expensive ones. This is misconception number 2. There have never been an increase in demand that was not seasonal (i.e. Christmas). There has only been an increase in Quanity Demanded. What's the difference? Changes in demand mean that consumers will buy more units at the same price. If Peanut butter is proven to be good for young children, peanut butter sales will go up. When "Supersize Me," came out, demand for McDonalds went down. Quanity Demanded is what we demand at a set price level. When prices goes up, we demand less and when price goes down, we demand more. What is happening to the PS3 is actually very bad. They are not increase in demand like Nintendo is. They only sell more units when the price falls. PS3s are not totally out of stock, just the ones that are cheap. If consumers really had to have PS3s, the refurbished ones and the higher priced ones would be out of stock, but they are not.

In conclusion, the PS3 would have not beated the 360. There is not a huge demand for PS3s, and the sales it would be seeing are from price drops.

in conclusion, no matter what your just one of those people that wuill never admit it. your just jealous of ps3's success and thats all there is to it.

Yes, I'm jealous of a system that has lost a company billions.

Or maybe people need to see the light. PS3 is a failure and there is nothing more too it.



leo-j on 23 May 2010

ioi said that the ps3 is completely in stock in the americas, so gamestop is lying

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epicurean on 23 May 2010
Smashchu2 said:
SOLIDSNAKE08 said:
Smashchu2 said:
Ravage27 said:
Sony won't ship more old 2000 models than the 'estimated' demand because they are losing money for each sold.

This news basically confirms that shortages in Q1 prevented the PS3 from outselling the 360 by a comfortable margin. A real pity, because Sony could have sold unholy numbers during the month of March.

It didn't. The sales overall have been very low, so we have no idea if they would have sold more or not. Most likely, they would not of.

This shortage is being very over played. This was a shortage from Gamestop. I just checked Amazon and they have PS3s in stock. Target does too. Walmart and Bestbuy are out of the cheaper models, but not of more expensive ones. This is misconception number 2. There have never been an increase in demand that was not seasonal (i.e. Christmas). There has only been an increase in Quanity Demanded. What's the difference? Changes in demand mean that consumers will buy more units at the same price. If Peanut butter is proven to be good for young children, peanut butter sales will go up. When "Supersize Me," came out, demand for McDonalds went down. Quanity Demanded is what we demand at a set price level. When prices goes up, we demand less and when price goes down, we demand more. What is happening to the PS3 is actually very bad. They are not increase in demand like Nintendo is. They only sell more units when the price falls. PS3s are not totally out of stock, just the ones that are cheap. If consumers really had to have PS3s, the refurbished ones and the higher priced ones would be out of stock, but they are not.

In conclusion, the PS3 would have not beated the 360. There is not a huge demand for PS3s, and the sales it would be seeing are from price drops.

in conclusion, no matter what your just one of those people that wuill never admit it. your just jealous of ps3's success and thats all there is to it.

Yes, I'm jealous of a system that has lost a company billions.

Or maybe people need to see the light. PS3 is a failure and there is nothing more too it.


Oh...i Didn't realize you were such an out of touch fanboy, or I wouldn't have bothered ersponding.  Still, it was fun showing how completely untrue all of your "facts" were...



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