When you take an expensive product and sell a limited quantity at a lower price a rapid sell out is not really a sign of massive demand at that price. Suppose for a moment that you have three stores that each have ten consoles on hand and they each (typically) sell 6 consoles in a week; if one of the stores reduces the price of their console dramatically and sells out the ten consoles it had on hand (almost) immediate, and the other two stores sell 4 consoles there has been no more people to buy that console than there was durring a typical week.

It's not indicative of anything. It's funny to see fanboys get so excited over a retailer selling a few used units of their console of choice at a price cut.

personally i believe once sony drops the price cut to 300$, it will be selling like hotcakes maybe as much as the wii

infact i have alot of friends waiting on the price cut so they can get ps3's

I have interest in the material. I want to see the PS3 succeed. I really do. But, looking at the grand scheme of things, both at the gaming industry and Sony, it's painfully obvious that it won't. I'm not a hater or a fanboy. I'm just a realist.

I think you can find 80s for under that on ebay.

Slightly used?

Were those some of the systems that their dev's and and workers using???

Are they upgrading?

It's called tough love.

I don't really think this shows that a 270 dollar PS3 will sell like gangbusters so much as a 270 dollar PS3 will sell like gangbuster when the alternative it 400-500 dollars. People will jump on deals simply out of fear that they will miss the deal.