GameStop Officially Reports PS3 Shortage for Q1 2010
Since early 2010, consumers have been reporting a shortage of PlayStation 3 consoles at a variety of retailers. Amazon has been sold out of the popular 120GB PS3 roughly 90% of the time during recent months while retailers such as Best Buy and Walmart have been reported to be sold-out on a weekly basis. A GameStop employee has now revealed that the PS3 has also struggled to stay in stock at their popular chain as well.
COO of GameStop, Paul Raines, has officially commented on the PlayStation 3 shortages that many consumers have been experiencing. Paul said the following during GameStop’s discussion about the first quarter of the year:
“Supply on hardware was a continuing challenge this quarter, as on an average daily basis, our U.S. stores were out of stock for the PS3 for 80 percent of the time…”
Although some have challenged whether or not the PS3 has actually been out of stock on a nation-wide basis, both consumer reports and this official quote from Paul Raines definitively confirm the shortage. The shortage has had an enormous effect on PlayStation 3 sales so far the year, and when the console has been in stock it has managed to top sales charts.
Even with the shortage in mind, Sony are well on their way to reaching the 13 million sales goal for fiscal year 2010. With E3 on the horizon, huge announcements by Sony are expected and the most anticipated title of the generation, Gran Turismo 5, should boost sales to remarkable heights. Hopefully Sony are preparing for such an evolution in the PS3′s popularity.
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8 Responses to “GameStop Officially Reports PS3 Shortage for Q1 2010”
sadly XBOX360 always will be milestone for selling point and something that PS3 will never beats it.
i still got my original 60GB Playstation 3 on the release day in 2006 and it cost me £495 and its worth every penny of it until to this day.
Of course the XBox 360 will be the milestone for selling point. Most X-bots eventually buy a total of 3 or 4 to replace the ones that die of RROD
That is true Jumper. I have a few friends who are “360 only” people and they are all on thier 3rd or 4th console (they argue that they don’t want to lose their “Live” friends so they keep buying crap).
One friend had his DVD drive die but since it wasn’t the RRoD MS wouldn’t fix it for free. I told him to wrap it in a towel until it red rings….he chose to buy another 360 instead. Now he is on his third.
It’s like watching a friend throw away money on drugs or booze….you can’t get them to stop and you can never figure out why.
Had no idea it was that serious, yet it still has been consistently closing the gap worldwide.
@JumperPrime
Narrr you don’t say. durrr,
a while back in the span of a month, I had the Hard drive on my PS3 die, then the Bluray eye died, I went out to get a new PS3, and I can confirm I could not get one, I tried Gamestop/Costco/Game Rush.
I think it depends where you live , while most larger retailers and larger cities have shortages some smaller places have enough in stock
in a small town near me of 30,000 people I always see the ps3 in stock whenever I visit friends there and we go to the malls , it depends on the local demand vs. supply
obviously though since the slim dropped and with average monthly sales in the 2 million range Sony can’t keep up with demand , they’re now saying it’ll be late summer before they’re caught up
the wii had this problem for the first 6 months it was available , but now you can easily find them .
@Robotron, are you SXE?
I know that Amazon has had the PS3 in stock for the months of March and April but now it’s in and out.