PS3 Japanese Estimates Down, No 360 Price Drop

There are unhappy gamers on a couple sides of the console wars today. IGN is reporting that Japan's allotment of 100,000 PS3 units will actually be more like 80,000. From that article: "The lack of digits in that number is even more staggering when you consider that the PS2 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 pre-order, we're not too surprised by the lowered shipping numbers. Allocations disappeared quickly at online 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)." Meanwhile, the Seattle PI reports that Microsoft has once again denied the possibility of a 360 price drop any time soon.

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[drinkypoo]

Even the summary states that preorders sold out in six minutes, which indicates anything but a low demand!

The total number of available PS3 preorders is tiny, because there is so much confusion over how many units will be available.

The quantity of preorders has nothing to do with demand. It's dictated strictly by retail, and what any given store feels is a safe bet to allow [one to put money down] for. If a chain is only receiving 5 units max

Your reading comprehension skills are nonexistent.

I said nothing whatsoever about demand. Let me try my statement again, and I will insert some emphasis to assist you in deciphering this bizarre and seldom heard-of language we call English.

The total number of available PS3 preorders is tiny, because there is so much confusion over how many units will be available.

Units refers to PS3s. That should be intuitively obvious. Available means that they can be made use of, in this case sold.

Retailers are unsure as to how many PS3s will be available to sell.

You may fuck off now.