Sony: PS3 Shortage (?) to Be Solved By May
- Scribbled on February 28th, 2007 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Press Release, Sony PlayStation 3, WTF
Sony America’s chief executive Jack Tretton announced in a press release that it would solve the PlayStation 3 shortages (?!) by May…”Our goal is to fill shelves across the United States. Our goal is not to have empty shelves, it’s to have full shelves. If we have empty shelves, that’s one less consumer who could have bought a PlayStation 3… April or May is when we feel like we’re going to catch up to demand and have product fully in stock across North America and stay there.”
To which many a gamer has asked, “Huh? WHAT shortage?” Tretton earlier bragged he would pay $1,200 for each PS3 anyone could find on a shelf, but disappointed fan after fan when he did not pony up the promised loot. I myself am owed $120,000 here in New York City.
As Tretton gets ready to inundate shelves with even more PS3’s, what do you think? Will people buy them, or is this another E.T. 2600 cartridge landfill situation waiting to happen?
(Thanks, Reuters.)
February 28th, 2007 at 9:30 am
First off, I hated E.T. I mean, I spent hours floating up into the air? For what!?
I’d rather be eaten twenty times in a Wumpus hunt.
My mother works in retail (wal-mart) and she used to call me when a PS3 would come in (so I could auction them on eBay). Well - after repeated calls I had to say “no more.” Every day? What’s the point in getting an urgent call if they were always there.
Now, they sit on the shelves for day before anyone picks one up. Why? I believe it’s because Wal-Marts clients are more “bargain hunters” and not high-end equipment purchasers.
A Nintendo Wii lasts about as long as it would take to eat five hot dogs (a little Earthlink pun there).
I think a lot of stores like Target, Wal-Mart and others have a harder time moving them compared to a place like Best Buy or Circuit City where customers are there to buy big stuff (in many cases).
I do believe, however, Penny-Arcade found their products in places like Best Buy and Circuit City.
February 28th, 2007 at 10:54 am
I saw a full palate of 60GB versions at Fry’s last week-end. I ended up going twice and it didn’t seem as though the stack shrunk at all. Must have been at least 50 of them, easy.
50 x $1200 = $60,000. Oops. But I went twice, so $120,000. :^)
July 29th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
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