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ssj12 on 04 January 2010
alfredofroylan said:
My local Wal Mart still has 6 PS3 (5 of them are the Uncharted 2 bundle), 1 XBOX360 Elite, a ton of Arcade models and a couple of Wiis. More than shortage I think it was a case of bad distribution.

Walmart handle's its own distribution though. Its not Sony. Still, Uncharted 2 bundle? when was that released????? They actually have PS3s in stock period? and they have Wiis? wtf my entire district, consisting of 20 stores, are sold out on PS3s and Wiis and ALL Wii Accessories.



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darthdevidem01 on 04 January 2010

Yes it did

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fwap on 04 January 2010
ioi said:
Well who really knows? It is certainly true that 120GB PS3s have been hard to find in the US but personally I think it is only just selling out rather than huge shortages - i.e demand and supply are about equal.

 



jneul on 04 January 2010

well when i bought my slim ps3 which was on the ff13 week, they were sold out on 250gbs;) also the assistant said i was lucky to get the last 120gb ps3 slim of the day



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alfredofroylan on 04 January 2010
ssj12 said:

Walmart handle's its own distribution though. Its not Sony. Still, Uncharted 2 bundle? when was that released????? They actually have PS3s in stock period? and they have Wiis? wtf my entire district, consisting of 20 stores, are sold out on PS3s and Wiis and ALL Wii Accessories.

Is this one, I saw them the first week of December probably just a Wal Mart thing, but quite honestly it's a great deal.



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ssj12 on 04 January 2010
alfredofroylan said:
ssj12 said:

Walmart handle's its own distribution though. Its not Sony. Still, Uncharted 2 bundle? when was that released????? They actually have PS3s in stock period? and they have Wiis? wtf my entire district, consisting of 20 stores, are sold out on PS3s and Wiis and ALL Wii Accessories.

Is this one, I saw them the first week of December probably just a Wal Mart thing, but quite honestly it's a great deal.

ive never seen that before... ever... and i work in electronics so if it was a walmart thing i would have seen it unless it was insanely limited



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kingofwale on 04 January 2010

still no PS3 at Bestbuy across Canada (except for Edmonton, nobody seems to be buying them there).

Although I was in the mall today and some guy was holding a PS3, so i guess there are still out there, just need to keep looking



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GerOhMyGosh on 05 January 2010

There was a shortage on PS3's. I'm very certain of this as Gamestop this year did a layaway program for both the 360 and the Wii, but where unable to do the same for the PS3 due to the inability of having a guaranteed stock of PS3's this holiday season. In the end, both the PS3's and Wii's were sold out, while many just ended up buying the 360 since "the PS3 and 360 are similar and have a very similar list of games."



saicho on 05 January 2010
kingofwale said:
still no PS3 at Bestbuy across Canada (except for Edmonton, nobody seems to be buying them there).

Although I was in the mall today and some guy was holding a PS3, so i guess there are still out there, just need to keep looking

not true. saw them in Markville and STC Bestbuy stores.



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