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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: K-man on Sunday, February 21, 2010, 05:36:37 PM

Title: Apparently PS3's are scarce right now?
Post by: K-man on Sunday, February 21, 2010, 05:36:37 PM

The wife and I were going to purchase a slim for the living room to use as blu-ray player and stream netflix.  Four B&M stores visited today and NONE of them had any.  Even Amazon is backordered 1-2 months.

Title: Re: Apparently PS3's are scarce right now?
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, February 21, 2010, 06:15:30 PM

Could be them creating a new SKU with their motion controller thingy. Bet we hear about it at E3.

Title: Re: Apparently PS3's are scarce right now?
Post by: ScaryTooth on Sunday, February 21, 2010, 06:35:01 PM

I hadn't noticed.

But the PS3's line up this year is looking pretty dominant.

Title: Re: Apparently PS3's are scarce right now?
Post by: K-man on Sunday, February 21, 2010, 06:44:11 PM

Upon some investigation it appears that Sony warned this would happen a few weeks ago.  Apparently the Christmas holiday was rather good to Sony.

Title: Re: Apparently PS3's are scarce right now?
Post by: K-man on Monday, February 22, 2010, 08:13:47 PM

Went to the Game Crazy and GameStop in my town tonight and they were both out as well.

Title: Re: Apparently PS3's are scarce right now?
Post by: gpw11 on Monday, February 22, 2010, 08:41:18 PM

2 new SKUs on the way (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/sony-slips-two-new-ps3-slim-models-through-the-fcc/)


So yeah, I guess they're clearing old shit out.

Title: Re: Apparently PS3's are scarce right now?
Post by: Pugnate on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 12:20:16 AM

It seems those are the exact same, from the hard drives to the wifi standards. It looks like they just found a different manufacturer.