So what Pachter is saying is that Sony is deliberatly shorting supply of the single Move controllers, making only the bundles available, in an effort to spur demand of the higher priced sku.

Thus by "shorting" availability of the Move controllers, they are manufacturing a "demand" for them that they actually could meet.

He further compares them to Microsoft, stating that Microsoft is doing this same thing (stand alone cameras to bundles) but that they started doing it first, and that is why Sony is "following" them.

Please note, I've made no comment on my feelings on what he said, just trying to clarify what was stated, as it seems there are a few in this thread that are confused by it.

The PS3 only does everything.

But seriously, the excuse he uses makes no sense.  It's been over 2 months since the release of Move, so Sony should definitely be able to change their production to keep up with demand.  Producing less bundles and more stand alone controllers.  Cause right now is definitely not when you want to be low on supply, since it's the holidays and this is when people are going to buy your products in full force.  And if we do a quick look online we see:

Walmart: Finally has standalones after being sold out for weeks.  However, the PS3 Move bundle is sold out.

Target: Still sold out of PS Eyes and standalone Move controllers.

BestBuy: Still sold out of standalone Move controllers.

Amazon.com: Still sold out of standalone Move controllers.

And didn't we have an article awhile back on VGC about how this kind of thing is just a myth (I believe it was mostly speaking about the Wii at the time).  Which makes sense because if your product is selling well (especially during the holidays), why hold back supply just to make your product always seem "sold out", when you could actually be selling that product and making money off of it.

Heh, funny that when Nintendo was sold out of Wiis for so long everyone was accusing them of purposely holding back shipments when clearly they weren't (they were shipping record amounts in a very short time and even later added factories), yet the evidence seems to point at Sony actually doing this on purpose with the Move and nobody says a peep about it..

He gets paid for trolling? I want that job. Soooo bad.

Inbe4 ethomaz with the undertracked comment.

Pachter, how has this guy still got a job?

I, for one, don't think either Sony or Nintendo are doing this.  What does that make me?  I think Sony under-estimated the single controller sales and over-estimated the SC bundle sales.  I don't think it's any more conspiracy than that.  I guess I don't really hate either Sony or Nintendo, though.  I strongly dislike MS's strategy right now, but that's a different story.

This actually makes some sense to me. It makes sense to try to increase revenues by driving people toward the more expensive bundle.

By the headline, I thought it was the old "they're ingeniously trying to sell more by not making enough" line that so many leveled against Nintendo. It was bullshit to say so about the Wii and it would be bullshit to say it about Kinect/Move.

But manufacturers trying to sell a few more bucks worth of software? That makes sense.

Patcher is an idiot, doesn't know anything about sales numbers.

whatever ya say, Pachter

reading comprehension for the win. It seems like nobody read all the words and actually understood them except for a few. I can disagreeing with him, but most of you do not seem to understand what he was saying. I can see it being like he said, but it seems like an idea that could backfire on either company if the product doesn't pick up steam and they have too many bundles out that do not sell and not enough standalones that do sell.