sonicbooom
11-03-2006, 02:22 AM
I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but I didn't see it.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/742/742510p1.html
Sony Misses PS3 Shipping Targets
Japan gets even fewer units.
by Anoop Gantayat (http://ps3.ign.com/email.html) http://media.ign.com/ign/images/readmyblog.gif (http://blogs.ign.com/anoopg/)
showUSloc=(checkLocale('uk')||checkLocale('au'));d ocument.writeln(showUSloc ? 'US, ' : ''); October 30, 2006 - What's worse than 100,000 units at launch? How about 80,000? The Nikkei Keizai Shimbun morning edition reports today that due to component shortages, Sony will have only 80,000 units ready for the PS3's 11/11 Japanese launch. This cuts back by a fifth the initial launch target of 100,000.
The lack of digits in that number is even more staggering when you consider that the PS2 (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/742/742510p1.html#) sold out of nearly a million units when it launched back in March of 2000.
Having lived through a few weeks of attempting to obtain a PS3 (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/742/742510p1.html#) pre-order, we're not too surprised by the lowered shipping numbers. Allocations disappeared quickly at online (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/742/742510p1.html#) retailers that were brave enough to start pre-order programs. The online arm of media retailer Tsutaya ran out of units in 6 minutes according to Nikkei (it felt more like 1 minute to us).
Major electronics chains like Yodobashi Camera won't be taking pre-orders, Nikkei reports, so there's only one option left: line up the day before launch. Although with fewer units to go around, we're considering getting in line starting from the week prior.
It's already been released that there will be a shortage, but I didn't think Japan would only have 80,000 ps3's ready.
Even though it's Japan and not the U.S., I'm thinking more that I won't get my preorder at gamestop with a number 9 priority with the shortage.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/742/742510p1.html
Sony Misses PS3 Shipping Targets
Japan gets even fewer units.
by Anoop Gantayat (http://ps3.ign.com/email.html) http://media.ign.com/ign/images/readmyblog.gif (http://blogs.ign.com/anoopg/)
showUSloc=(checkLocale('uk')||checkLocale('au'));d ocument.writeln(showUSloc ? 'US, ' : ''); October 30, 2006 - What's worse than 100,000 units at launch? How about 80,000? The Nikkei Keizai Shimbun morning edition reports today that due to component shortages, Sony will have only 80,000 units ready for the PS3's 11/11 Japanese launch. This cuts back by a fifth the initial launch target of 100,000.
The lack of digits in that number is even more staggering when you consider that the PS2 (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/742/742510p1.html#) sold out of nearly a million units when it launched back in March of 2000.
Having lived through a few weeks of attempting to obtain a PS3 (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/742/742510p1.html#) pre-order, we're not too surprised by the lowered shipping numbers. Allocations disappeared quickly at online (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/742/742510p1.html#) retailers that were brave enough to start pre-order programs. The online arm of media retailer Tsutaya ran out of units in 6 minutes according to Nikkei (it felt more like 1 minute to us).
Major electronics chains like Yodobashi Camera won't be taking pre-orders, Nikkei reports, so there's only one option left: line up the day before launch. Although with fewer units to go around, we're considering getting in line starting from the week prior.
It's already been released that there will be a shortage, but I didn't think Japan would only have 80,000 ps3's ready.
Even though it's Japan and not the U.S., I'm thinking more that I won't get my preorder at gamestop with a number 9 priority with the shortage.