Instead of a small amount of highly subsidised systems selling out we will have a small amount of not-so-subsidised systems selling out. Sony won't take a massive subsidy hit and early adopters might have a better chance at actually getting a console at launch.
The people who want the console will get it but they wont necessarily have to go through as many middlemen to track one down (ebayers may be less enthused with the bigger upfront payout and bigger risk).
Mark my words. Come October people will want this thing bad (as usual). Come Christmas it'll be worse.
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Instead of a small amount of highly subsidised systems selling out we will have a small amount of not-so-subsidised systems selling out. Sony won't take a massive subsidy hit and early adopters might have a better chance at actually getting a console at launch. The people who want the console will get it but they wont necessarily have to go through as many middlemen to track one down (ebayers may be less enthused with the bigger upfront payout and bigger risk). Mark my words. Come October people will want this thing bad (as usual). Come Christmas it'll be worse.