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Wed 15/11/06 at 07:56
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Sony have just about sold all their PS3 launch units in Japan!

Sadly that figure is a mere 88400. Thanks to the lack of Blu Ray diodes (or something like that) Sony weren't able to provide a decent stock of PS3s.

Though that doesn't seem to have mattered too much at the moment as 2% of PS3 owners didn't bother buying any games...

If Sony weren't ready, they shouldn't have release their PS3 when they did. They had the right strategy with the Playstation 2, but I think they're going to struggle (in comparison) with the Playstation 3.

Source: Gamesindustry.biz
Wed 15/11/06 at 07:56
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Posts: 15,681
Sony have just about sold all their PS3 launch units in Japan!

Sadly that figure is a mere 88400. Thanks to the lack of Blu Ray diodes (or something like that) Sony weren't able to provide a decent stock of PS3s.

Though that doesn't seem to have mattered too much at the moment as 2% of PS3 owners didn't bother buying any games...

If Sony weren't ready, they shouldn't have release their PS3 when they did. They had the right strategy with the Playstation 2, but I think they're going to struggle (in comparison) with the Playstation 3.

Source: Gamesindustry.biz
Wed 15/11/06 at 10:06
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A lot of them are on Ebay as well, more wealthy people had homeless people queuing up for them outside stores for hours on end to get hold of a console.
Wed 15/11/06 at 15:09
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'Wealthy people' = Yakuza
Wed 15/11/06 at 23:30
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Tiltawhirl wrote:
more wealthy people had
> homeless people queuing up for them outside stores for hours on
> end to get hold of a console.

And then the homeless sold the PS3s for large fortunes and lived rich and happy lives :D
Wed 15/11/06 at 23:36
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It's predicted that America will only get 200,000 units at launch...

Not to mention Phil Harrison, head of Sony Worldwide Studios, has recently refused to confirm March as the month the PS3 launches in Europe...

Sony doing well can only boost the market. But I fear, with a big grin on my face, that they've made a right cook up with the launch of PS3...
Wed 15/11/06 at 23:55
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Oh yes.

Bit odd the offical playstation magazine has decided to stop in America because they think the download service will kill off their disc-based magazine.

Must've had really crappy articles. :D
Thu 16/11/06 at 08:52
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If it doesn't launch in March, isn't that trying the patience of an already strained european fanbase for Sony? Surely they've got to.
Thu 16/11/06 at 13:37
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I agree as even a botched launch like in Japan won't be as bad as a delayed launch.
Thu 16/11/06 at 19:09
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Mmmmmm ice-gems... oh sorry... embarassment all round!
Thu 16/11/06 at 23:07
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Seen the queues in America? Glad I have an empty town and a local Woolworths, easy buying :)

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