Supplies of the PlayStation 3 are all but gone after retailers blew through their inventory in under a week, Japanese gaming magazine Enterbrain reported. 88,400 units were sold over the weekend, nearly all of the 100,000 units initially available. This makes me laugh. Sony has been creating this hype machine and pushing their Blue-ray player but they can’t make more than 100,000 machines for their home market. By not selling out immediately, I see trouble ahead for Sony. I imagine they will in fact sell out immediately in North America as there are a lot more idiots around here, and scalpers. I just hope that so many PS3’s flood the ebay market and those people can’t get rid of their consoles! Teach people for trying to scalp consoles.
Also, Ridge Racer 7 and Mobile Suit Gundam each sold 30,000 copies and Resistance selling 15,000. Hmm by adding that up, I see they sold more consoles than games. Isn’t Sony’s strategy to lose money on the console and make it back on the games?? I have a feeling that a lot of people aren’t infact keeping their consoles and are going to instead try to sell them to make back their money. When I hear Sony fans talk about Sony underpricing their console, I laugh at their implication. Just because they almost sold out, and people are selling them for a lot higher on ebay doesn’t mean its underpriced. Some people are just idiots and will buy consoles right after launch on eBay to be cool.