PlayStation 3 Demand Remains High
See Full ImageAfter an important price drop and some top exclusives, the PlayStation 3 has remained a hot item ever since last fall.
The only problem is, due to the continued high demand, it has become difficult for consumers to land a PS3. Both online and brick-and-mortar stores are reporting low inventory and even sold-out statuses for Sony's console; the standard 120GB model was sold out at Best Buy's online games division this past week, for instance. You can't even get it quickly from Amazon, as the online retailer gives a 2-4 week shipping period if you order the PS3 now, and they're even limiting the purchase number to one per household. And according to Punch Jump, we'll get a few big discounted titles this week - two of which are exclusive to the PS3 - that will increase demand a bit more. God of War III will go down to $49.99, Assassin's Creed II will fall to $29.99, and you can nab the LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year Edition for only $27.99. The bottom line is that if you don't already own a PS3, or yours unfortunately conked out, you may be hard-pressed to find a new unit immediately. GameStop might have some left, though.
Remember when you really couldn't give the PS3 away at $600 in early 2007? Well, at least the summer appears somewhat dry so Sony should be able to restock.
5/17/2010 9:04:39 PM Ben Dutka
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Comments (33 posts)
Qubex
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:20:46 AM
Every loss is smaller than the last one, but their division as a whole is till losing money, and that is a fact, by Sony's own admission...
Now, you are right that hardware components within the computer division, such as the actual PS3 console hardware may now have broken even, but only just...
Secondly, if you look at what they are lining up for E3...
1] Move
2] PSP2
3] Premier PSN service
All these "additions" to the PS3 consoles armoury are to make more money, as much as possible.
The MOVE is to try and steal some of the WII people, the PSP2 is to combat APPLE's threat of the iPhone and iPad combination and the Premier PSN service is to get a couple of million extra a year from people to help their bottom line.
With the release of all these above, Sony will be hoping to narrow their losses, but they are still losing. 2011 should be far healthier for Sony, but I think, even they must wonder at their board meetings how difficult it has been (this time round in particular) to get the business to work in their favour... having the 360 around has not helped in the slightest... and having the WII party ship around too, has further complicated matters...
It hasn't been easy for Sony, but they are going forward and we are seeing some great titles coming out from their studios... fantastic really.
Let us hope they continue to ship this extra-ordinary number of consoles so we get parity with the 360 sooner rather than later...
This is what I am waiting for, parity and then passing the 360 finally!
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
Last edited by Qubex on 5/18/2010 2:26:21 AM
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Superman915
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 9:46:06 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:03:05 PM
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Sony should probably make some more systems though.
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hellish_devil
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:19:03 PM
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johnld
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 4:14:05 AM
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fluffer nutter
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 10:57:55 PM
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marcusfrommo
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:28:11 PM
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JBLAZE
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:36:25 PM
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fluffer nutter
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 12:24:24 AM
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Orvisman
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 7:47:02 AM
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fluffer nutter
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 12:01:32 PM
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WolfCrimson
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 12:18:24 PM
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StangMan80
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:58:52 PM
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Come on Sony meet the demand. I'm planing on getting a second one.
HAHA xbox!!!
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StangMan80
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:01:08 PM
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kraygen
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:19:16 PM
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Lower the amount of available ps3's so that demand becomes high enough to cause ps3 shortages to reach mainstream media. Suddenly people who aren't on top of things start to think. "Wow ps3s are hard to get a hold of I better go get one, I was thinking of waiting until holiday or birthday time but what if they don't have any."
It's all a plot, so when everyone is begging for them ps3's flood the shelves this fall, everyone runs to the store like they've just been released and sony outsells microsoft big time. Well that's my big beautiful dream anyway.
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VicTheMighty
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:42:26 PM
Sony keeps shipping but the Ps3s don't sit still O-O . In comparison the black Wiis are begging to be picked up lol.
And the Sony rep also told us they sold the ps3s much faster than anticipated. They had made a huge order 2 months and a half ago and it just arrived recently. They thought they had enough stocks to hold until the order was completed but yah... Guess people are finally starting to wake up :D
But I like your plot theory loll
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Scarecrow
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:23:54 PM
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Robochic
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 12:28:12 AM
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@scarecrow, I bet the majority of people are defently buying it for the blueray player, I purhcased a Sony stand alone blueray player for my parents and lets say it's crap it was onsale for 130 CDN but I should of just forked over the extra cash for a PS3, not sure why the stand alone Sony player does not work very well it just takes forever to boot and forever to open the disc tray. I know that this coming christmas I'll being getting them a PS3, My mom like heavy rain.
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psplayer
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 12:53:05 AM
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Seriously though, just over the weekend I sold 6 PS3s. Glad to see people are realizing that the Wii isn't the best one on the market...
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The X Factor 9
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 1:21:20 AM
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Free online is a HUGE deal. Built in Wi-Fi, a user assessable hard drive, and Blu-Ray player are features unique to the PS3.
Sony has, in its first 3 years, compiled a massive list of unique exclusive software releases: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Resistance: Fall of Man, Heavenly Sword, Little Big Planet, Demon's Souls, MLB: The Show, God of War 3, Killzone 2, inFAMOUS, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time. Most of these great games cost less than $40...
In addition to ALL multi-platform games.
Duh! Why wouldn't you get a PS3?
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johnld
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 4:17:38 AM
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Imagi
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 9:27:33 AM
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hehateme
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 10:44:05 AM
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75 miles away at a super kmart i checked bestbuy, walmart, sears, toys r us... all gamestops near 70mile radius... just get neighboring zip codes and prepare for a road trip and u'll land the impossible to find ps3!!!!
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maxpontiac
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 11:38:53 AM
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The PS3 is taking over Europe.
The PS3 is barely behind in the USA.
Glad to see people finally wising up!!
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MyWorstNightmar
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:16:03 PM
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Then you look where the PS3 should be, and it has been dry as a desert for months. I can't remember the last time I actually saw a PS3 in a store.
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sha4dowknight05
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:32:30 PM
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 4:53:27 PM
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PS3's are also catching up to the 360 in Australia too.
PS3s sold in Australia: 850,000
http://au.gamespot.com/news/6262881.html?tag=recent_news%3Btitle%3B2
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Qubex
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 3:19:49 AM
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
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godsman
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Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 9:32:37 PM