Yes, PS3 is selling!!!!!

I called Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and even the infamous Gamestop and they are all sold out of PS3's where I live and I asked the guy at gamestop why is it because of the price drop and he said ya.

I guess all that pr, and buzz around the net etc.. really helped

Well of course it's becuase of the price drop. :P

I bet he was like "uh, yeah >.>"

J/K

But yeah that's good news.

At the same time, that's bad news too! I hope I can find one when I go get one within the next couple days!

yeah me to do you know who releases the sales figures and where we can find them?

I am excited, I can't wait to see the actual sales figuesHideoFox

i went to walmart to by another wiimote and inoticed that there wasnt one ps3 in the ps3 cabinet.SOLD OUT

then i thought about how they are discontinuing the 60gb model. if they all sell out, then they r gone for good right?

This is solid news and I hope it only gets better for the PS3.

The price drop is already causing a frenzy and I'm sure things will

only cause more hype as time goes by.

whats that and is that a reliable source. Can you post a link.

vg chats should have sales for the week ending july 14th by this thursdayriggosert

yes, including most circuit 's within my area are sold out!!! good news.

whats that and is that a reliable source. Can you post a link.

[QUOTE="riggosert"]vg chats should have sales for the week ending july 14th by this thursdayDreadblades24

I have never heard of them, within north america most of the sales figures I have seen always seem to quote ndp, which seems fairly reliable, but I have never been on the ndp site, just seen it quoted in other articles.

i went to walmart to by another wiimote and inoticed that there wasnt one ps3 in the ps3 cabinet.SOLD OUT

then i thought about how they are discontinuing the 60gb model. if they all sell out, then they r gone for good right?

Paper_Knife

I think stores will still be able to get shipments of them, because I am sure there are some sitting in warehouses the haven't been shipped, and typically stores like walmart have some in their warehouses that they can ship to locations needing some. Almost every store like best buy and circuit city if they don't have any in warehouses can move items from stores that arent selling those items as well to other stores, so I am sure you will see a restock at those locations. The guy from SCEA says they have enough to last for months, plus if they sold out everywhere by the time the 80 gb came out that would mean they greatly advanced their install base, because i am pretty sure before the price drop there were over a million on store shleves and in warehouses, not to mention the backstock sony has.

But once all the North American 60GB with EE chips sell out they will be gone forever

Don't forget also its the 5 free Blu Ray movies thats another $100 so yeah its a good time to buy PS3 I wish I had waited.

they are not as accurrate as ndp but they have real close weekly numbers and the na numbers usually come out late wed early thursday for the siteriggosert

what is ndp?

Lol and i love how some developers like Konami commented.... "but really, what difference can a $100 make"

Well there u go....

Hope u developers open ur dumb lazy eyes and selves to actually see the benfits of actually putting in more effort in development and optimization on the PS3

[QUOTE="riggosert"]they are not as accurrate as ndp but they have real close weekly numbers and the na numbers usually come out late wed early thursday for the siteguanuma

what is ndp?

It is a market research firm that does a number of services including tracking sales for a number of different product in different regions.

www.vgchartz.com

actully there pretty easy to find around here and i think its still a very expensive machine

[QUOTE="guanuma"]

[QUOTE="riggosert"]they are not as accurrate as ndp but they have real close weekly numbers and the na numbers usually come out late wed early thursday for the siteHideoFox

what is ndp?

It is a market research firm that does a number of services including tracking sales for a number of different product in different regions.

ohh ok thanks, but look that in google and is NPD... :D

its also because of all the games at E3 at stuff like thatNuKkU

yes, the eagles are the best team in the nfl

I called Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and even the infamous Gamestop and they are all sold out of PS3's where I live and I asked the guy at gamestop why is it because of the price drop and he said ya.

I guess all that pr, and buzz around the net etc.. really helped

Dreadblades24

It's good ps3 is selling but since you own a ps3 it's quite sad to just ring places up too see if their sold out.

I suppose you were ringing for a friend who has no phone or no fingers to dial the number his self.

Sorry i couldnt help myself i just thought it was quite weird of you to ring round retailers, couldnt you just wait for the npd numbers.

this is great news for sony. they should just keep the 60 gig at this price if the sales continue to rise and just keep it at one SKU since i doubt people will buy the 80 gig one as its obvious retailers are selling out of the 60 gig at its new price.snipe2004

They are not going to continue to sell the ps3 60gb as production has already stopped, its only those console's in the channel either at retailers or in sony warehouses, once they are gone that is it.

Sony only want to have one model, which in my opinion should be the $499 60gb but sony have clever people working for them there must be a method to their madness.

Even if the boost is only temporary, all they need is a rapid increase to settle 3d party developers concerns, that allied with the realeasing of more great games they will get the ball rolling.
lordxymor

I think that is spot on, the increased install base will make 3rd partys happy for now get sony some momentum for the holiday season and i think sony are banking on that momentum and software line-up to sell $599 80gb ps3's.

But one problem remains if sales go back down after the 60gbs are gone and sony dont drop the price of the 80gb 3rd partys are not going to be happy again as they dont just want here install base to increase by 2-3 million they want sony to sell 200,000+ units per month for the next 5 years.

This is why 360 looks promising to 3rd parts because 360 has sold at least 150,000 units in N.Aevery month since launch, sony need steady sales figures, if the sales figures drop again it will be just like the launch great sales for 2 months and then constantly decreasing sales.

IMO i think this is a wrong move by sony, just imagine if they kept their original 2 sku's the 20 gb and 60gb they could be selling them both for $399 and $499 respectivly and i think allot of people would pick up that $399 20gb system it would compete directly with microsofts best seller the premium 360 and offer a high def movie player for the same price which could have stole allot of potential 360 customers.

[QUOTE IMO i think this is a wrong move by sony, just imagine if they kept their original 2 sku's the 20 gb and 60gb they could be selling them both for $399 and $499 respectivly and i think allot of people would pick up that $399 20gb system it would compete directly with microsofts best seller the premium 360 and offer a high def movie player for the same price which could have stole allot of potential 360 customers.

shadystxxx

l agree with this post

This is great news hope I can get my hands on one before they sell out