Quote Originally Posted by duffmanth View Post
Sony is just doing this to create more demand. They probably have a few million of them sitting in their warehouses right now.
I'd have to disagree. Tactics like what you're talking about aren't effective and don't work the way you're thinking. Sony's stockholders aren't going to be too keen on there being sellable inventory just sitting around in a warehouse when it could be sold and make the earnings report look nicer for the fiscal quarter. Plus, if there were "millions" just sitting around collecting dust to build demand for them, you'd have heard about it given our internet age where everyone and their brother has a cell phone with a camera on it.

What I'm betting the reality of the situation is, the redesign coupled with the lower price point has finally made the PS3 desirable and attractive to the gaming masses. It's basically the PS2 all over again, people get a cutting edge game system and a decent Blu-Ray player all in one box for a price that won't break the bank. Now that the whole HD-DVD/Blu-Ray mess is behind us and Blu-Ray has had a little bit to become entrenched, people are looking to get the most for their money and rather than buy 2 separate units, they're opting for the PS3.

I'm sure there's tons of people like the OP who have their tax money from the guv'ment and it's burning a hole in their pockets. Wii wins out because it's the cheapest of the 3 and people still seem to have some sort of fixation on the thing. I haven't checked with my buds at GS to see what their 360 stock/sales have been like but I know most of the stores in my area are all out of stock on the PS3 and Wii. I know if I had some guv'ment cheese in my pocket, the first thing on my mind would be snapping up a PS3 (though sadly I owe this year ).