Comments on: PS3 Japanese launch system figures lowered

By: matt

matt — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:50:32 +0000

I have thought for a very long time now Sony would not make the launch number they promised. 360 production was delayed heavily by a small part I never heard of. The PS3 has so many parts that are new and anyone of them could delay production. Rumors of the Cell and BR Diode shortages were a bad sign months ago.

I am curious to see how many America gets of the supposed 400,000. Will Canada get an equal share (population percentage wise). Does Mexico get any?

If you are not planning on sleeping on concrete for 2 days than I wouldn’t plan on getting a PS3 in the next six months. If you pre-ordered good luck. If the shipments are far below what they thought (100,000 units) than they might not honor them on launch and sell them in stores (a pre-order is already sold). This way they can show the people lined up on the news and have interviews for better PR. It has happened before and will happen again.

I strongly believe Sony is having major problems making the PS3. This is understandable because of all the goodness inside it. I just feel bad for all of the gamers who won’t be able to get one this year. I am so glad I can wait this out. *pheew*

By: bobeotm

bobeotm — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:12:48 +0000

I think the deal is that Sony apparent sees they wont meet the 500,000 for launch, and felt it was more important for NA to get the promised amount than Japan. Afterall, shipping ps3s to japanese stores is FAR easier for sony than shipping to NA. So japanese shipments will probably be closer together, but North America’s will probably be slow but with larger numbers of units.
Shortages were inevitable, and probably if sony felt it could get away with it, it would wait until March. Yet there are too many publishers consumers, and developers counting on them shipping that they have no choice but to ship with however few they have.

By: Henning

Henning — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:05:01 +0000

Japan has 39% of North America’s population, but they’re getting 17% of the PS3 shipments, assuming the NA numbers don’t change. It’s not fun to be living in Japan right now.

By: Darrin

Darrin — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:12:26 +0000

An anonymous Best Buy employee is a highly unreliable source of info. Many retail employees have access to confidential shipment info, but the honest ones tend to keep quiet like they are supposed to. The “leaks” tend to be from those who really want attention and are willing to bend the truth to get it.

The drop from 100k to 80k is definitely bad news but it’s not horrible. It does erode their credibility to downgrade estimates yet again, but it is only 20%.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:54:42 +0000

I’m guessing they are trimming NA allocations also…I bet PS3′s won’t be readily available until approx. May of 07…that is basically what happened to the 360…