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PS3 demand stabilizes - NOT a good thing for Sony - Paco - 26th December 2006 Quote:Online services that track online retailers say that the supply of the PlayStation 3 game console seems to be sufficient to satisfy the demand and from that point of view is better than the Xbox 360 supply a year ago. http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20061221214442.html This generation is just...so interesting. :) PS3 demand stabilizes - NOT a good thing for Sony - A Black Falcon - 26th December 2006 Meanwhile, the Wii is still completely impossible to find, despite far more supply... :) Anyway, this isn't all bad for Sony -- the units ARE selling. Maybe they aren't selling as fast as Sony wishes, but they are selling, and in large numbers, so it's hard to say that this is really some sign of bad things to come for them... maybe when combined with the past year of bad press though. We'll see... PS3 demand stabilizes - NOT a good thing for Sony - EdenMaster - 26th December 2006 Yes, but Nintendo shipped several times the amount that Sony did, they sold out, and are still a hot item that can be tough to track down. If the demand for PS3 has leveled with far, far less units than the Wii, how is this <b>not <b/>horrific news for Sony? PS3 demand stabilizes - NOT a good thing for Sony - A Black Falcon - 26th December 2006 Oh, it's bad news, but "horrific news" would be those units not selling at all, not just them selling not as quickly as Sony wanted... Really, it's too soon to tell right now how demand will be in 2007. If PS3 demand keeps faltering then yes, it could quickly develop into a serious problem for Sony... PS3 demand stabilizes - NOT a good thing for Sony - Weltall - 26th December 2006 No, Brian (B), I have to agree with Brian (A). You have to keep one thing in mind: Nintendo's Wii shortages are mostly legitimate examples of demand exceeding supply. With Sony (and the 360 last year), supply is kept intentionally low to artificially increase demand. It worked wonders with the PS2 and the 360. You never found either machine in-stock in a retail store in the first six months of existence. Yet, the PS3 supply is less than half what the PS3 offered, and you have a decent chance before Christmas to find them in a Wal-Mart or Target. The only way the news could be worse would be if none of them sold at all. Having unsold inventory of an item that before Christmas is certainly worthy of being called a disaster. |