PlayStation Move Sells Out During First Week of Launch
PlayStation Move released only days ago and has hit a huge wall of demand. Consumers on the east and west coast alike are reporting several retailers as sold out of the new motion controller. Is this a sign of great things to come for Sony?
The official Amazon website indicates that they’re currently sold out of the standalone PlayStation Move controller. Although a shipment is due on September 22nd, there’s no telling how many that will entail. In addition, many California-based Best Buy locations are sold out and are also awaiting another shipment of the product.
Although the launch software is said to be “soft” for the Move, it appears that there’s enough to warrant a purchase from many consumers. Our latest poll indicates that about 65% of our readers have already purchased the Move, and about 25% say they plan to. While the concrete sales figures are what will really matter, all signs point to a solid launch for Sony’s new controller.
27 Responses to “PlayStation Move Sells Out During First Week of Launch”
Yeah, that seems right. I went to my local Bestbuy and I got the last non-bundled Move they had. I wanted two and a Navigator, but it looks like I will have to wait for a new shipment to come in.
thats great news for sony the only thing is left is for more games to come out.
Local Gamestop was out….had to go to evilmart to get mine…..They only had a few bundles and 1 controller left.
really? i was not expecting this at all good for you sony!
wasnt as cool as I thought it would be but Ill still support it
They sold it out, that’s a good one. what a joke, they didn’t sell it out, was just my local best buy yesterday and they had only sold maybe 6 of the move controllers and maybe 6 move bundles (controller/camera/game) and maybe 3-4 ps3 move bundles (ps3/move controller/game/camera)
Also I just whent to my local kmart yesterday & earlier this afternoon and they had 3 move controllers, 2 navagtion controllers and 3 move bundles (controller/camera & game) left.
Just shows how Sony like to lie and make theirself look good
Had no idea it was selling so well. I think the more important numbers to look at are how many systems its selling though, not controllers to existing owners.
Um…Sony didn’t say or do anything? This article is just about stores being sold out of PS Move. I almost caved and bought it, but my local K-mart was out of stock of the bundle.
I mean I pre-ordered mine from Amazon, but I was at Gamestop today and they had a ton of Move. I’m still enjoying mine, though!
@WKQQRocker
Troll much?
Read the article again and also some comments above.
Just because you visited two local stores and they happen to have some in stock doesn’t mean that it didn’t sold out in other stores and as it seems it did in the majority of them.They’re sold out at some of mine too.
I think you’re confusing Sony with Microsoft when it comes to this kind of PR tricks
lol just saw this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VKLA5U/ref=s9_simh_gw_p63_d0_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1Q9RETEEG1WQZS0AJQS0&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938811&pf_rd_i=507846
by the way the move is now in stock
I know they are sold out at the gamestops,targets,and kmarts in my area of St.Louis.
is it cheaper buying the whole package even if you have a eye toy? or buying the move and the analog add on , and a move game?
@WKQQRocker
Oh yeah did you really go to every store and asked them how many they sold?
What a loser…
@abercrombieco2
Buy the package and sell the eye to a friend or on craigslist.
what NoctisLucisCa said
I am glad that they sold that many, we will get more hardcore games that way .
Hum… I still don’t see what is the point with Move compare to the Wii. They both seems gimmick to me. I want someone to explain please.
the wii mote and move doesn’t even do the same thing , the wii mote is by sensors pointing the controler and the senseor pannel. while the move the eye camera tracks the ball on the controler. ones a sensor motion , the others a tracking. the only thing thats the same between the two , is they look alike kind of. also between the wii and the ps3 , the motion control on the wii is its main controler , and the ps3 , motion control is just another controler you can use , you don’t have to use it ever , if you don’t want to. were the wii mote is more forced on you.
@lemulot
If its a gimmick……gimmick me more because Im having a blast with move!!!
@abercrombieco2 & @Smoke@dellic, Ok… I’m still uncertain I would love it but, after hearing what you said, I think I’ll give it a try one of these days. It better be good!
@lemulot
I recomend sports champions, start the party, and eyepet in a well lit enviroment……eyepet looks like crap in bad lighting.
The best buys around NC have plenty still.
However, Game Stops are sold out because it’s part of how they run their crappy business. Game Stop order between 1 and 5 extra copies, and then tell you oh well you should of pre-ordered it. It’s not that you should have to pre-order something. It’s that they get an extra cut if you do pre-order it. Also, Game Stops hope that by not getting a lot of extras at launch they will have to force customers to wait until someone decides to trade in stuff. Once it’s traded in it’s all profit for them.
The same goes for all of the stores. Walmart employees are too lazy to actually put our their stuff and simply will state oh it’s sold our or it hasn’t come in yet. I’ve had them tell me that while just after I clocked out and walked past a storage area in the back full of the product I wanted to purchase.
Best Buy is the only retailer that actually tried to get a full shipment of non pre-order copies.
If you wonder how I know these things, well I’ve unfortunately worked at both Game Stop and Walmart. They are both very crappy companies that only care about what get’s them the most money.
I’m actually surprised by this honestly, I thought the price point was a bit high, and that there would still be a lot of people going “but its just like the Wii!” (not that I’m thinking its just like the Wii). I bet that Patcher guy is surprised too, hah, he’s such a downer.
Must be the slow month and god damn KB’s advertisement, because I had no intention of buying the Move until a game like LBP2, KZ3 or Time Crisis showed an excellent implementation, but today I went to the local Game and couldn’t resist buying the starter kit. Been playing the demos and planet minigolf. The Shoot seems to be the less accurate game of the bunch for me, might be the lack of gun attachment but it feels like crap playing it for me.
I ordered mine for pick-up at Best Buy, so I’m not sure how many they had. When I got there they brought be the PS3 320GB Move bundle, then the manager at the other counter noticed that I was only suppose to have the Move bundle w/ Sport Champion. For a minute I though the lady was going to give me a free PS3 320GB, too bad
jleack says
09/20/2010 at 8:45 PM
Sony has nothing to do with this article. Also, nobody said it’s sold out everywhere. However, dozens of users are reporting sellouts everywhere, and Amazon as well as Best Buy are sold out at many locations according to their according sites.
If you read my post, you would have seen where I said I was just my local best buy saturday and they had only sold maybe 6 of the move controllers and maybe 6 move bundles (controller/camera/game) and maybe 3-4 ps3 move bundles (ps3/move controller/game/camera) and jleack, if you go to n4g.com you will see where they are saying that.
NoctisLucisCa
i’m not troll, but i would say you are since your tryin to point at finger at someone
Smoke@dellic
only loser i see is you. & they did not sell out, i’m in KY & the only reason them stores you metion sold out them out, is cuase they only order a centain amount.
abercrombieco2
the wii comtroller & the move are the exact same thing, the move might have more sensors but that the only difference, besides you been able to use your normal ps3 controller the same way you can move,been that way since 2006.
OK… I bought the playstation move on day1 and it was pretty hard to find… I tried, gamestop, ebgames and others stores. There were all sold out … Finally I found the bundle at futureshop…
But I just want to add something about marketing here… SOLD OUT don’t equal SUCCESS…
Let’s say sony send 5 bundles at your local store… In 1 hour the bundle in sold out.. then retailers and sony create a vibe and in news you can hear that playstation move launch was a success because everywhere after day one it was sold out…
I mean Move is fun but you know, think marketing about these thing… company are there to make money and to do so, they need you’re money…