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Zekkyou on 26 March 2014
true_fan said:

Lol ps4 fans are so gullible, there hasn't been any supply issues for months. Sony is just controlling the supply, put 2 and 2 together. They ever so conveniently had plenty of stock around the Titanfall launch and infamous launch.It seems supply issues is like a built in excuse now, sony is good I admit that.

So Sony is purposely trying to make less money by holding back stock, so that fans on some forums can use it as an explanation for why the PS4 is only winning by quite a lot, rather than an awful lot?

Seems legit.



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Vasto on 26 March 2014

PS4 has been available.



ImmortalHelixFossil on 26 March 2014
true_fan said:

Lol ps4 fans are so gullible, there hasn't been any supply issues for months. Sony is just controlling the supply, put 2 and 2 together. They ever so conveniently had plenty of stock around the Titanfall launch and infamous launch.It seems supply issues is like a built in excuse now, sony is good I admit that.

Do you honestly believe this? Why can't you just admit that the PS4 is beasting after the XBone PR disaster.



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ethomaz on 26 March 2014
sales2099 said:
Could Sony be keeping the supply artificially low to justify the PS4's selling price for a longer length of time?

Does Sony strategically place more stock on key release dates of competitors as a way of being No. 1 at every possible time?
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Quite possibly those 2. Not ramping up supply would make word of mouth and desirability go through the roof and wouldn't put pressure on them to price cut for a very long time.

And I did find it very odd how PS4 supply magically got a huge shipment when Infamous released. Sony could very well be saving some for more opportune times of the year.

Huge shipment? 250k units is what they are shiping every week I guess but they are shipping 50k to Japan every week too... so they just sent these 50k units for Japan to inFAMOUS release.

This is a doable option too.

Managment of the stock between the regions is something all companies needs to face.



LiquorandGunFun on 26 March 2014

I have yet to see one in the wild in my area. Who knows?



 

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sales2099 on 26 March 2014
ImmortalHelixFossil said:
true_fan said:

Lol ps4 fans are so gullible, there hasn't been any supply issues for months. Sony is just controlling the supply, put 2 and 2 together. They ever so conveniently had plenty of stock around the Titanfall launch and infamous launch.It seems supply issues is like a built in excuse now, sony is good I admit that.

Do you honestly believe this? Why can't you just admit that the PS4 is beasting after the XBone PR disaster.

Both ideas aren't mutually exclusive. You'd think Lord Helix would consider all possibilities.



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kirby007 on 26 March 2014
ethomaz said:
sales2099 said:
Could Sony be keeping the supply artificially low to justify the PS4's selling price for a longer length of time?

Does Sony strategically place more stock on key release dates of competitors as a way of being No. 1 at every possible time?
_____________

Quite possibly those 2. Not ramping up supply would make word of mouth and desirability go through the roof and wouldn't put pressure on them to price cut for a very long time.

And I did find it very odd how PS4 supply magically got a huge shipment when Infamous released. Sony could very well be saving some for more opportune times of the year.

Huge shipment? 250k units is what they are shiping every week I guess but they are shipping 50k to Japan every week too... so they just sent these 50k units for Japan to inFAMOUS release.

This is a doable option too.

Managment of the stock between the regions is something all companies needs to face.

nonsense, if they would ship 250k every week numbers would be more stable



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ImmortalHelixFossil on 26 March 2014
kirby007 said:
ethomaz said:
sales2099 said:
Could Sony be keeping the supply artificially low to justify the PS4's selling price for a longer length of time?

Does Sony strategically place more stock on key release dates of competitors as a way of being No. 1 at every possible time?
_____________

Quite possibly those 2. Not ramping up supply would make word of mouth and desirability go through the roof and wouldn't put pressure on them to price cut for a very long time.

And I did find it very odd how PS4 supply magically got a huge shipment when Infamous released. Sony could very well be saving some for more opportune times of the year.

Huge shipment? 250k units is what they are shiping every week I guess but they are shipping 50k to Japan every week too... so they just sent these 50k units for Japan to inFAMOUS release.

This is a doable option too.

Managment of the stock between the regions is something all companies needs to face.

nonsense, if they would ship 250k every week numbers would be more stable


Perhaps VGC is under-tracking the PS4 sales? We'll find out soon, when Sony publish their financial results.



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MoHasanie on 26 March 2014

Haven't the supply issues in NA mostly been solved? Now Europe needs stock and all the other countries they launched in need stock.



    

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kirby007 on 26 March 2014
ImmortalHelixFossil said:
kirby007 said:
ethomaz said:
sales2099 said:
Could Sony be keeping the supply artificially low to justify the PS4's selling price for a longer length of time?

Does Sony strategically place more stock on key release dates of competitors as a way of being No. 1 at every possible time?
_____________

Quite possibly those 2. Not ramping up supply would make word of mouth and desirability go through the roof and wouldn't put pressure on them to price cut for a very long time.

And I did find it very odd how PS4 supply magically got a huge shipment when Infamous released. Sony could very well be saving some for more opportune times of the year.

Huge shipment? 250k units is what they are shiping every week I guess but they are shipping 50k to Japan every week too... so they just sent these 50k units for Japan to inFAMOUS release.

This is a doable option too.

Managment of the stock between the regions is something all companies needs to face.

nonsense, if they would ship 250k every week numbers would be more stable


Perhaps VGC is under-tracking the PS4 sales? We'll find out soon, when Sony publish their financial results.

Those numbers won't tell us anything unless we really have 100% sellthrough, seeing they still only report sold to retailers



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