PS3 Demand / Availability ?

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Well its launch day for the PlayerStation 3 and after looking on a number of sites it seems they all have stock.

Which can only mean there is no demand for them as they are not selling out like sony was speculating.

Has anyone seen any big sites with out of stock (dont not give links or name), i've checked 5 which all have stock hehe.

I know I wont be getting one until they are like £200 or less.

 

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OMG... they are still in stock! Sony are dooomed...!!!

Didn't take long for this post did it - expect very similar news stories on well know gaming sites over the next few days/weeks.

Did i mention anything about sony being "doom" ?

All I was asking is has anyone seen any of the big online retailers showing as out of stock as to see how well or "bad" they are selling.

don't turn this into a fanboy thread as im not a "fanboy" I do own a 360 and I will more than likely get a PS3 (as i said) but not for that price.

 

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If someone has stock does that mean it is selling bad? what if that online retailer got issued 10k machines, and is going to get 1k machines a week?
Stock availability means nothing until you find out how many stock they had to begin with and how many they get per week.
The Wii is outta stock, but some places are still only getting about 10 a week, does that mean the Wii is selling loads?

I've read that there is 1 million unitys available for europe (or UK not sure what it was) and today is launch day so you can not talk about stock replenishment as they will only request more stock if they have infact sold the first lot of stock or running low as its not wise to order stock of something that you already have a lot of.

 

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don't turn this into a fanboy thread as im not a "fanboy" I do own a 360 and I will more than likely get a PS3 (as i said) but not for that price.


no demand for them

i've checked 5 which all have stock hehe





just the way you have posted suggests your a fanboy

Please at least quote the whole thing as cutting out and picking part which suite you just makes things look worse.

If you had quoted it all you would have seen I said

Which can only mean there is no demand for them as they are not selling out like sony was speculating.

and as for the "hehe" laugh, that because im sick of sony hyping up the PS3 to try and make up for the delay and among other bad things.

How can I be a fanboy for 360/pc if i've already stated I will more than likely get a PS3 but not until it reachs £200. Surely a fanboy would not buy into a brand that he/she is spouting rubbish about.

I hope you never own a store if you don't try replenish stock you sell a lot of and/or wait till it is out of stock before re-ordering.
I would be my left nut that every online retailer has an order in for stock replenishment.

I love OCUK, people said 'Selling out in the first day in america means nothing, they only mande 100k' now they make more than enough and its 'look at the PS3, can't sell out' it is just too funny

All im asking is if anyone has seen any big online retailers showing out of stock.

As I have not and that the Sony Speculation that demand will be big just seems not to be true if everywhere i've seen has stock.

 

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It looks like everywhere has ample stock.

What I'm waiting to hear about are the people that bought a few to sell on who now realise they aren't going to be able to cash in on ebay.

I know there's a few guys downstairs here at work who've done just that.

Im looking now on the auction site to see whats on there and there seems to be loads on there and no higher price hikes like the 360 and wii saw there are a few being listed for £600 with 2 controelrs + 2 game with free delivery for £600 starting bids and only 1 has 1 bid, loads seems to be around or below retail price at the moment.

If you are planning on buying a PS3 it might be a good idea to see if you can get one on the cheap from auction hehe as there just seems to be loads listed and not to much interest.

Im going shoping very soon, so will check to see if they have any stock in store and see how many are there.

 

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Just come back from supermarket and seems they got plenty there.

Next week i'll have to remember to pop into one of the big electrial store to see if they got a PS3 running as they had a 360 on launch, so atleast I can say i've played one hehe

Be interesting to see what kind of deals will be floating around Christmas time, there should be some great deals with all 3 consoles launch now altho I have no or very little interest in the wii, its just not for mii .

 

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There seems to be some great xbox 360 deals in local video game shops.

Premium Pack

Crackdown

Gears Of War

Project Gotham Racing 3

WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2007

Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Vol 1

Extra Wireless Controller - £304.99


seems really good to me for the price.

Hope it starts a price war and the PS3 prices drops fast and hard

 

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Just read this article from gamesradar.com

http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/ps3/ga...03231438762054&releaseId=20060314132311609002

Its on topic to this thread and gives some detail around launch in europe, funny and interesting read.

 

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Prepare yourself for a long wait then.

The Bluray drive itself will ensure that the unit won't be anything like that price for at least 2-3 years.

Yep fully aware of that, I would guess its around £200 with in 2 years time as I think they need to lower the price a lot to catch up with the 360 and wii's.

If someone has already bought a 360 or a wii what the chances of them forking out a even bigger lump of money for the PS3.

If they sell more units they then can sell more games and online content such as downloads and take away some of the 360 & wii's market and then rack in the profits that way. Im sure if the prices stays at £425 its going to a slower profit than the the other way.

Also buy the time the price what I want to pay im sure there will be loads of great games out by then and a lot of the teething problems will have been sorted.