psrock said: Sephiroth357 said: psrock said: Sephiroth357 said: http://ps3finder.com/ It's not out of stock. Did you click on them. That site needs to be updated.   http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3773027&siteID=isIkAyUyNbM-gq8VtNLsIKKH93C3FuyHaw     My brother said, there's plenty at the store he works as well. I just clicked and put my zip code and its not available in my area.

Try, 55406.

Carl2291 said: Sony might be doing this on purpose. They might be making a nice profit on 250GB PS3's, so are holding off stocking the 120's for as long as possible.

This sums up my thought on it also. The most common figure has the PS3 costing about $337. The difference in cost between a 120 and 250 GB drive is essentially 0. (I'd not be surprised if, since the 120s are approaching custom-order, if the 250 GB drive is actually cheaper.) But material costs are basically the same, so I'll use a no cost change. Now, the 250 GB retails for $350, with 2-3% of the price being for the retailer costs. If I allow 3%, the wholesale cost is $339.50, or, yes, more than the estimated cost. While it's not "nice" profit, it is profit nonetheless. I think Sony's going to keep 120s in short supply if they can, and hope that some people give up and get the 250, thus eliminating the loss from that customer. (There is, of course, the flipside of someone giving up and getting a different system, but this late in, those numbers have dwindled significantly, thus Sony is not losing much, if any, marketshare to this shortage.)

As for stock levels, both the Wii and PS3 120 GB seem to still be constrained, with the PS3 120 moreso. Finding both locally at Gamestop or Best Buy will require checking multiple stores unless you're lucky. (Though I'm confused about BB, since the website claims the 120 is not availiable in stores, acting as though it were in discontinued status.) Amazon is restricting both the Wii and 120 to 1 per household, though only the Wii is in stock as of this post. But 250s are plentiful. Almost all of my local Gamestops and Best Buys have them in stock, as do all the websites. Also, Amazon's system limit on the 250 is not 1, but 3, indicating that they're easier to get. As for the tracker site, it screams as though it's not been updated in a while. I noticed that on the site, nobody has ever heard of a $200 Wii. The PS3 page also lacks any info on the newer 250 system.

I believe its a combination of 3 things

-> Retailers under ordering the slim
-> SONY underestimating the sales of the 120gb model
-> SONY and retailers trying to get consumers to buy the 250gb model

i received a shipment of 6 120GBs, sold out in an hour...

ssj12 said: i received a shipment of 6 120GBs, sold out in an hour...

That sounds like a small amount to me, is six the usual shipment you guy get or Sony undershipping.

Aprisaiden said: I believe its a combination of 3 things -> Retailers under ordering the slim (no, once they sold out they would have ordered more, those should have arrived a while ago.  Retailers don't want to have no stock, it's bad for them) -> SONY underestimating the sales of the 120gb model (no way, it's well established that the 120 gig model makes up most of the sales) -> SONY and retailers trying to get consumers to buy the 250gb model (retailers dont' care that much, they don't make barely anything on either model.  If one retailers has the 120 gig and another doesn't, people are just gonna go to the other retailer so retailers want to stock it.  Sony is the one that has something to gain from undershipping 120 gigs)

at this point it is obvious what is going on here. 

dragonmagician said: Sony said they will ship 13mil at the end of March, so they should be making a lot of PS3 (~1mil per month) to meet these numbers. Supply and demand should probably be around equal for Q1.

the thing they are actually selling around 3-2 millions per month since september.

I went to EB the other day. They had PS3's boxes outside with a piece of paper taped to one saying "Be quick!". Went back later and it said "Out of stock".

I live in Australia btw.

Yeah I agree with Sony undershipping to make a profit off of the 250gb. It would actually make a lot of sense if they did that

Makes a change doesnt it