220,000 ps3's for uk launch

Gerard · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:29

http://www.ntlworld.com/games/top_news_story.php?page_zone=9108.6.1&storyid=4745173

Werewolf · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:35

that's better than expected by a long shot.

Cuchulain · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:36

So that's what? 220,000 PS3's going straight on the "bay".

barnettgs · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:36

Gerard said:
http://www.ntlworld.com/games/top_news_story.php?page_zone=9108.6.1&storyid=4745173

First heard of 300k and now, 220k?

The number must be getting lower toward the launch date!

VIRII · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:51

How many Xbox 360s were there at launch?

Nismo · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:52

VIRII said:
How many Xbox 360s were there at launch?

About 40-50K IIRC - could be wrong though.

VIRII · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:55

Nismo said:
About 40-50K IIRC - could be wrong though.

Ahhhh I see a few pre-orders being cancelled if it is the case.

Oakesy2001uk · 1 Feb 2007 at 15:03

I reckon it will go down! :-)

if not though its not a bad number but it hasn't been as popular as expected elsewhere has it so re-stocks may not be as regular as they anticipated abroad?

Manlove is my forte · 1 Feb 2007 at 16:16

Nismo said:
About 40-50K IIRC - could be wrong though.

300k for europe, 75-100k UK iirc

Kreeeee · 1 Feb 2007 at 16:29

Werewolf said:
that's better than expected by a long shot.

Aye, shouldn't see too many stock shortages

Nismo · 1 Feb 2007 at 16:33

Kronologic said:
75-100k UK iirc

Hmm, didn't think it was as many as that, but meh...

R0B75 · 1 Feb 2007 at 16:34

With these figures I would still feel confident of walking into a shop on release day and picking 1 up without a pre-order. Not that I'm going to at the current price however.

TONY · 1 Feb 2007 at 16:49

I hope you can just buy one of the shelf at will and all the people who have orderd extra ones to make a profit on get stuck with them and have to sell them at a loss or atleast lose there deposits

Wyrdo · 1 Feb 2007 at 16:51

TONY said:
I hope you can just buy one of the shelf at will and all the people who have orderd extra ones to make a profit on get stuck with them and have to sell them at a loss or atleast lose there deposits

In an ideal world. That's not going to happen though.

pinkacidbootson · 1 Feb 2007 at 17:08

barnettgs said:
First heard of 300k and now, 220k?

The number must be getting lower toward the launch date!

300k was just an estimate, as there are 1 million for EU and the UK makes up about 30% of the market or something. In fact, this figure isn't official wither, just another estimate.

dannyjo22 · 1 Feb 2007 at 17:27

RoB- said:
With these figures I would still feel confident of walking into a shop on release day and picking 1 up without a pre-order. Not that I'm going to at the current price however.

Wont happen, I will put both mine when confirmed on the bay to be delivered after launch day. Panic will sell them for me. Fear of not getting one will sell them for me.

McManicMan · 1 Feb 2007 at 17:36

it won't be as bad whatever happens, no-one is buying for xmas,

Burned_Alive · 1 Feb 2007 at 17:37

dannyjo22 said:
Wont happen, I will put both mine when confirmed on the bay to be delivered after launch day. Panic will sell them for me. Fear of not getting one will sell them for me.

You hope

dannyjo22 · 1 Feb 2007 at 17:46

Burned_Alive said:
You hope

Whats hope got to do with it. Whats the worst that can happen. Its not like I'm going to be stuck with two ps3's and lose money. I wont lose a penny.

Its a win win situation, I cannot lose.

Joebob · 1 Feb 2007 at 17:48

I think there will be a lot of profiteers getting their finger burnt tbh. When it was the odd few people pre-ordering and putting the consoles up for auction they would make a killing. The problem now is that every man and his dog knows about this and wants to earn some quick dosh so the bay will get flooded with PS3's for sale and there will be minimum profit to be made. I actually ended up getting a Wii of the bay for £250 which is only about £60 markup and that was in really short supply - you're not going to double your money like in days of old.