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When I was at my EB last night the manager told me he has heard thur the grapevine that all stores(this includes all stores like even Best Buy, Circuit City, and Toys-R-Us), will only be getting 3 systems at launch(2 $599.99 and 1 $499.99). Thats why they have not done any pre-orders as of yet, because they want to know this before they start accepting the pre-orders if they even do. He said there is a big EB/GS meeting in Vegas in the next month were they will know for sure what is going on.

Also what I found more disturbing is that after the first million units at launch are spread out thur the country, there might not be another shipment untill early 2007. Because Sony is having a ton of problem with the Blue-Ray drive or chip or something with that Blue-Ray tech.

Has anybody heard anything like this anywhere? I would hate to have all this credit at EB for the sole purpose of buying a PS3, and not be able to find one around to buy, untill next year.

Yes, I started a thread here http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/....php?p=2039547
that has some links to articles about the production problems Sony is having.

Originally Posted by ajh2298 When I was at my EB last night the manager told me he has heard thur the grapevine that all stores(this includes all stores like even Best Buy, Circuit City, and Toys-R-Us), will only be getting 3 systems at launch(2 $599.99 and 1 $499.99). Thats why they have not done any pre-orders as of yet, because they want to know this before they start accepting the pre-orders if they even do. He said there is a big EB/GS meeting in Vegas in the next month were they will know for sure what is going on. Also what I found more disturbing is that after the first million units at launch are spread out thur the country, there might not be another shipment untill early 2007. Because Sony is having a ton of problem with the Blue-Ray drive or chip or something with that Blue-Ray tech. Has anybody heard anything like this anywhere? I would hate to have all this credit at EB for the sole purpose of buying a PS3, and not be able to find one around to buy, untill next year.

Sounds about right, Sony is trying to fail.

EB manager's are probably the worst place to get "news" from, ever.

These are the same people who say "Hey, omg, you've gotta preorder Zelda because I heard it will be limited and stores will sell out!!"

Sounds like this manager is talking out of his ass... if anything, it will be EB / GS who get 3 units, places like Wal-Mart / Best Buy will get more, just like the 360 launch.

wouldn't be surprising. they're obviously trying to position the PS3 as this exclusive, upper-class only machine. it certainly worked well for the 360.

Bs.

Originally Posted by Roufuss EB manager's are probably the worst place to get "news" from, ever. These are the same people who say "Hey, omg, you've gotta preorder Zelda because I heard it will be limited and stores will sell out!!" Sounds like this manager is talking out of his ass... if anything, it will be EB / GS who get 3 units, places like Wal-Mart / Best Buy will get more, just like the 360 launch.

I agree, it sounds like he's building up hype for his own store scaring people into thinking there's going to be a limited number of units.

There's no way Sony will deliver less than 2 million units. They know they're popular and they know they have a undying fanbase. Plus, this thing is do or die for Sony, they're trying to get two of their most expensive investments (Cell and Blu-Ray) into your home.

Originally Posted by Roufuss EB manager's are probably the worst place to get "news" from, ever.

Yep and somehow I'm not shocked another dumbass is listening to the EB/GS dumbasses.

That would be what? 100,000 units for launch. I can't stand Sony and I don't belive that bullshit.

i guess ill have to break out the knuks in line at best buy then

is there any like officail campout/line standing rules? i mean why cant i set up my shit there like the night before then leave... leave a manakin or something? or my dog in a cage

No stores have any information regarding the launch yet and won't until late August at the earliest. They're waiting to get concrete numbers on the shipment before doing preorders because they don't want to run into problems like the 360 preorder list had.

The only thing I've ever heard from various EB managers around the eastern part of the country (western IN, western PA, LI/Manhattan NY) as of late was how badly some of them were burned with 360 preorders. They expected far more than they got and, in turn, some of them ended up losing some good, long-term customers that they had for years when they simply couldn't meet the preorder demand. It's rough but, honestly, numbers weren't necessarily assured in the first place and a few people in those stores said that it did seem a bit ridiculous that their preorder lists were reaching into well over a hundred people right before they heard there would be shortages and yet some higher-ups still wanted more preorders to be taken.

I guess that the backlash of the 360 launch will probably affect such launches with the PS3 and possibly the Wii as well, at least until concrete numbers get out there. What really makes me wonder is how much people will drop on the systems since while some areas of the country have incomes that make a PS3 easily fit within expendible income, I wonder if those numbers will offset those of people who couldn't afford it unless they did nothing but save for half a year.

Then again, we live in a world of credit and massive debt. Buy today, lose tomorrow and all that rot.

No need to preorder just go to Walmart, they don't care either way.

Originally Posted by Roufuss EB manager's are probably the worst place to get "news" from, ever. These are the same people who say "Hey, omg, you've gotta preorder Zelda because I heard it will be limited and stores will sell out!!"

That's how they got me on NCAA Football 07. Damn them!!!

Given that this information is from an EB/GS lanager, I'm taking it with a grain of salt, HOWEVER, if it's true, does anyone else feel like we're watching a blooper reel version of a console launch at this point? I mean really, all we need is the Benny Hill theme and we're set.

Originally Posted by RedvsBlue Given that this information is from an EB/GS lanager, I'm taking it with a grain of salt, HOWEVER, if it's true, does anyone else feel like we're watching a blooper reel version of a console launch at this point? I mean really, all we need is the Benny Hill theme and we're set.

I agree. From the sounds of it, this could be a disaster of Saturn proportions.

yeah, right.

ahh the saturn, i bought one of those when they had the 3 free games w/system, virtua cop, virtua fighter 2, and daytona USA.

but yeah sony is not looking too good at the moment..

Originally Posted by Quackzilla yeah, right.

Yeah Right?

Are you kidding?

They have already priced the system $200 higher than the 2nd most expensive. It has a dvd player in it that it's banking on that is supposedly inferior to HD-DVD (from what i have heard HD-DVD is more than likely going to beat out Blu-Ray), which conincidentally the XBOX 360 is releasing a drive for. XBOX 360 already has a huge start and so will the WII if what the OP says is true.

It's not looking good at all. You can be the biggest sony fan in the world but you need to wake up to reality. It looks like they are in some trouble.

F'd in the A

Originally Posted by ajh2298 When I was at my EB last night the manager told me

This is like the gamer equivalent of stories that begin with "So, I'm in' this chick, right? And all of a sudden..."

You just *stop* right there, because everything that follows is pure, unadulterated bullshit.