Well, maybe retail stores get a large supply then, who knows?
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PS4 sold out at Amazon Germany till January 2014
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Sam's Club has them still.
Germany has the biggest retail market in europe (there was chart in gamesmarkt).
Digital and online is still pretty small compared to other EU countries.
People buy consoles in the stores, not so much at amazon. You will get a console, if you are able to line up at MediaMarkt, Saturn, Mediamaxx et al or if you preorder there.
Sony is probably gonna ship more to retail in germany than to online retailers, because they will gonna get more press from it and retails is still bigger by a big margin.
Digital and online is still pretty small compared to other EU countries.
People buy consoles in the stores, not so much at amazon. You will get a console, if you are able to line up at MediaMarkt, Saturn, Mediamaxx et al or if you preorder there.
Sony is probably gonna ship more to retail in germany than to online retailers, because they will gonna get more press from it and retails is still bigger by a big margin.
Considering how late it is launching, you only have a couple of weeks to get new stock in before you hit Christmas and new year. So not too bad.
However, if they're running out of stock for preorders now, they have potentially two months worth of interested people that might migrate to Xbox
However, if they're running out of stock for preorders now, they have potentially two months worth of interested people that might migrate to Xbox
PodcastFips
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No, it means they can't deliver it on release day but 2-3 days later because you live outside of Germany.
If I preorder something in the UK, they also won't ship it 3 days before release.
I already explained it in the bundle thread.
paradise_circus
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Media Markt is one of the biggest retail markets for consoles and other home entertainment products in germany. They were advertising the pre-orders to get a PS4 before christmas eve.
Now, they lifted this date as well!
Now, they lifted this date as well!
Is that the situation?
That explains why, when I used to look at 3DS eShop charts for the major European countries, basically all the retail titles available on German eShop were in much lower positions than the other shops.
No doubt PS4 will have a pretty good launch in Europe and US, though
Gaf_SentMe
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Nice! Might sell my PS4 if the demand $ is high on eBay. I will be too busy playing GTA V and Batman Origins to care about my PS4, that is until Infamous 3 comes out.
DemonCleaner
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one still can preorder xbones at some larger electronic retail chains here in Germany.
Even here in the US on Amazon you can still preorder.
They had this chart:
http://www.abload.de/img/eusales8ju5n.jpg
It's only retail and I don't really understand how it works and what is 100% in that chart.
It's not about absolute sales, as they state that uk is still the biggest console market - but whatever - vg retail market is still growing in germany.
DemonCleaner
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just checked. preordered august 3rd. phew.
thehypocrite
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Yield problems for Sony.
andromeduck
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if they're chip limited it's still far more likely it's a supply problem from TSMC
Meh, you had a long time to order a launch unit, even longer for a "before christmas" unit. That's not even counting the Killzone bundle that might release on launch day.
I have a nekkid PS4 with launch day delivery that I don't need, but don't want to cancel before I can find the mail with the Driveclub voucher. That somehow vanished. I'd be willing to part with that one.
For
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One MILLION dollars/Dr Evil
I have a nekkid PS4 with launch day delivery that I don't need, but don't want to cancel before I can find the mail with the Driveclub voucher. That somehow vanished. I'd be willing to part with that one.
For
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One MILLION dollars/Dr Evil
In Austria they quickly removed preorder option from their website. I think it was available for 3 weeks and then gone. I spoke to somebody working in one of the shops in Southern Austria that demand is such that they do not even know if they will receive additional units for day one.
With Balkan countries getting Tier 2 treatment from Sony (PS4 probably available in late December or even in January) they expect numerous buyers from south trying luck at the end of November...
It's more of a case of demand > supply.
Even the PS3 had that problem, albeit for a different reason.
You can do that in the States which is shocking to me at this point.
I am looking forward to seeing some numbers later when Sony posts them or gloats about them, if the system does remarkably well, which it looks like it will.
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