Hilarious new Sony PS3 article, "shortages will be completely eased by May" Huh?

[heybtbm]

I love corporate spin...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070228/...ystation3_dc_2

[Mayhem]

Perhaps they meant "shortages in people wanting to buy the PS3"?

[Bojay1997]

but to be honest, when I see units in stock at the local Best Buy or Circuit City, they usually sell within a day or two. Sure, it's not Wii demand or even PS2 demand, but at $600 not including a game or second controller, this is a serious investment. I do believe the PS3 is still in demand and is a good system, even if I currently spend more time on my Xbox 360 and Wii.

[jdc]

In the small city that I live in, PS3s are literally everywhere....but no-one's coughing up the bux for them. Ditto for 360's. Wii's, on the other hand, are in such short supply that the local game shop, knowing how badly I wanted one, offered to hold a Wii for me for an entire week until I could get there. Needless to say, I have no shortage of local gamers coming over to spend time on mine until they find one.

[Damaniel]

At the local Fry's, I saw about 2 dozen PS3s stacked in a pile, more than I've ever seen there before (they would sell relatively briskly even a month ago), not to mention at least a hundred XBox 360s. At least in my area, PS3 shortages are not a problem. I've still never seen an in-stock Wii at any local store, though.

The true PS3 shortage is in games. Yes, the system has only been out for 3 months or so, but 4 or 5 retail releases since launch isn't all that many.

[s1lence]

Eh? What stores are saying they need PS3's ?

Reminds me of a recent Penny Arcade comic.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/02/10


I want to know what Tretton is smoking because he should share.

[jajaja]

Eh? What stores are saying they need PS3's ?

Reminds me of a recent Penny Arcade comic.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/02/10

One thing that catches my eye in this comic strip is that in each store they go to they have like 1-3 PS3 left. What happend to "floating over" over PS3s? 1 console left is floating over? O_o

[heybtbm]

What happend to "floating over" over PS3s?

That would be EVERY store in Madison, WI.

[Imstarryeyed]

I used to work for Sony corporate at one point and I have to say that this is soo how they do things in my opinion! Let's take reality and bend it until it sounds like we're right! Haha.. I enjoyed reading that article!!