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SCEA: PS3 Supply May Be "Tight" In Coming Months

I'm actually going to wait till a little past midnight EST in order to check if Amazon and Newegg show the slim as being back in stock. I don't like driving around much since I'm new to this place. I don't know if there's a Fry's here around Atlanta but I can say that in my search for the mythical ps3 this weekend I've driven more than I have in the past month
 
kagete said:
I'm actually going to wait till a little past midnight EST in order to check if Amazon and Newegg show the slim as being back in stock. I don't like driving around much since I'm new to this place. I don't know if there's a Fry's here around Atlanta but I can say that in my search for the mythical ps3 this weekend I've driven more than I have in the past month
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It probably won't be around midnight. Most retailers get their shipments morning/afternoon during the weekdays.
 
kagete said:
I'm actually going to wait till a little past midnight EST in order to check if Amazon and Newegg show the slim as being back in stock. I don't like driving around much since I'm new to this place. I don't know if there's a Fry's here around Atlanta but I can say that in my search for the mythical ps3 this weekend I've driven more than I have in the past month
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one in Milton and Deluth
 
Well I'll wait a bit longer to see if the product pages refresh. Tomorrow I'll be sneaking in calls to the usual Targets and Gamestops to check if they have stock.

Thanks for all the tips guys/gals. I'm going to sex ff13 so bad when i get it...
 
Totobeni said:
wow , seriously , the third party sellers at Amazon Marketplace are fucking assholes , this is the definition of taking advantage of the Situation.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002I0J4VQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20

dunno why they do this since many of these are actual Stores and not just "persons" like ebay , the cheaper "new " one from these sellers is $380+ , and the $775 douchebag put the PS3 as new but in "Comments" he said it has 500GB HDD ( so the sellers broke the seal already)
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99% of things at a premium like that dont sell
 
dallow_bg said:
Got YLOD and was looking for a Slim onlline and instore to replace it with.

Wow, Sony wasn't kidding......
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Why are you looking in the store? Call Sony at 800-345-SONY and they will offer you a slim unit for near the cost of the repair of your fat and like 1/2 the price of a new unit.
 
OldJadedGamer said:
Why are you looking in the store? Call Sony at 800-345-SONY and they will offer you a slim unit for near the cost of the repair of your fat and like 1/2 the price of a new unit.
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Are you saying Sony will take my dead PS3 and offer me a discounted Slim?
Not a bad deal at all, didn't know they did that, is that new?

Going to keep my old unit though and my local shop is fixing it for me, so I don't think it'd be an option for me.
I don't want to rely on that system even when I get it back though so I'm looking to upgrade anyway.
 
things are getting tight in the UK too... seems like the 120 gb is always out of stock everywhere and the manager of game told me that 250gb are in tight supply around the whole chain, with units only coming through in dribs and drabs.


.... and this is before FFXIII and God of War 3.


Seems like the PS3 is really gaining speed... in the UK at least...
 
hxa155 said:
Well, I guess it's safe to say that Sony has screwed up pretty bad. FFXIII is coming in 2 days and they're still having problems.
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I don't really think so. The main reason we probably saw tons of slim consoles last year was because Sony was producing many of them for a while (way before it came out). But since they probably didn't predict as big of a demand a while ago, that's probably why they can't get enough out. And who knows, there might have been a factory problem or issues shipping the consoles here we don't know about.

For people who live in the MD/VA area, they might want to do a store locate at GameStop, because I noticed some locations got them in (like in the Baltimore area).
 
Psychotext said:
I thought the general understanding was that there was some sort of hard drive supply issue?
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That rumor never made a ton of sense to me. Of all the parts to run low on, HDD seems about the least likely. There's quite a few potential sources, and lots of manufacturing capacity.
 
Psychotext said:
I thought the general understanding was that there was some sort of hard drive supply issue?
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I thought it was the new FCC filing which could range from something small like a new component(s) or something else big.
 
jcm said:
That rumor never made a ton of sense to me. Of all the parts to run low on, HDD seems about the least likely. There's quite a few potential sources, and lots of manufacturing capacity.
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Except hardly anyone manufactures 120gb laptop drives any more. Given you're dealing with a single platter either way, it makes more sense to go 250gb.
 
Psychotext said:
Except hardly anyone manufactures 120gb laptop drives any more. Given you're dealing with a single platter either way, it makes more sense to go 250gb.
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HDD manufacturers will firmware limit your drive to any size you specify. Even if they are only making 250GB platters, they'll be happy to make them into 120s if you want.
 
jcm said:
HDD manufacturers will firmware limit your drive to any size you specify. Even if they are only making 250GB platters, they'll be happy to make them into 120s if you want.
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Yes, but you'll still be paying for 250gb drives at a non volume price if you're forced to go elsewhere temporarily. Don't forget that they're contracted for millions of 120gb drives with certain manufacturers, and get extremely competitive prices because of it.

Not to mention that even if they got an order in with another manufacturer, it would still take a significant amount of time to get the drives manufactured and shipped (given the volumes you're dealing with).

But it's all speculation. I can't see them making a screwup like this without some sort of manufacturing problem somewhere in the chain though.
 
jcm said:
HDD manufacturers will firmware limit your drive to any size you specify. Even if they are only making 250GB platters, they'll be happy to make them into 120s if you want.
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Considering how super easy it is to reformat the HDD through the XMB, I doubt they'd opt for that.
 
OldJadedGamer said:
Why are you looking in the store? Call Sony at 800-345-SONY and they will offer you a slim unit for near the cost of the repair of your fat and like 1/2 the price of a new unit.
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I want to know more about this. I want to open my 80GB BC PS3 to clean in up but if it dies later on I wont be able to do such a thing as trade it in and get slim at half price. More details please.
 
sloppyjoe_gamer said:
My sister was unable to find a Slim anywhere for my nephews...finally got one by ringing up BJs Wholesale and they had some.
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Gonna have to try Costco today. Hopefully that works.

Still no dice anywhere else.
 
Cruzader said:
I want to know more about this. I want to open my 80GB BC PS3 to clean in up but if it dies later on I wont be able to do such a thing as trade it in and get slim at half price. More details please.
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Just call the number, their customer service is all English speaking so they can give you the exact details. Or read the PS3 dead thread, lots of fat owners in there have replaced their YLOD units with slims. I think Sony is doing this since they are running out of parts on the fat units so they are swapping out slims instead of repairing them. Not sure if it only covers the BC units or not but it's been going on for like 3-4 months now.

edit: yes, if you break the seal on the back, the unit may be dead to them and they won't touch it.
 
My BB got some stock in recently, that stack was full a day ago though. There's also about 14 of em in the PS3 section. Only 4 250GB's though.

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SCEA state that the shortages will last a little longer...

“There is incredible pent up demand for PS3 right now and with incredible software momentum right for PS3 with Heavy Rain, MLB: The Show, BioShock 2 and God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII, so we expect to see inventory to be tight for a bit longer,” said Seybold, speaking ahead of GDC this week.

“We’re working hard with our retail partners to meet that demand.”
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http://www.vg247.com/2010/03/09/scea-ps3-facing-us-shortages-situation-to-last-a-bit-longer/
 
TheThunder said:
So they did screw themselves after all.
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You cant say for sure. I guess the next NPD thread will give some more information about this. The Wii was in the same situation because they sold every single console they made in a second.
 
RamzaIsCool said:
The big question is why these shortages are occuring. Is it because of huge demand outpacing supply or production problems resulting in supply problems.
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NPD and Media Create are / will be indicators... but we wont really know for sure until their next financial results (Middle of May) when we'll see their updated shipment figures.
 
RamzaIsCool said:
The big question is why these shortages are occuring. Is it because of huge demand outpacing supply or production problems resulting in supply problems.

Still big fuck up from Sony's part, they shouldn't have been in this situation. Not now!
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My friend who works for Texas Instruments told me there is a global shortage on some electronic components. The producers cut back heavily on production when the economy took a downturn and now they can't supply the big companies fast enough. Apple and Nokia both have similar issues, they can't assemble enough products because there are no components to buy. I don't think you can really blame Sony for this.
 
kagete said:
Hmm this gives me hope that Amazon will have it in stock tomorrow as well. I can use Prime to get cheaper next day though Newegg is also a fav site of mine.

I'm BUZZED for FF13! I have an xbox but i lent it to my brother so I figured its the best time to get a ps3 anyway. Thanks for the tip Kagari and others.
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kagete u got a ps3? I'm still trying to get one myself :P
 
obaidr said:
You cant say for sure. I guess the next NPD thread will give some more information about this. The Wii was in the same situation because they sold every single console they made in a second.
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The Wii was in this situation because it sold faster than any other system in history.
 
Jokeropia said:
The Wii was in this situation because it sold faster than any other system in history.
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The Wii is in a similar position right now. Sold out at Amazon, sold out at Best Buy, sold out at every Target in the Washington DC area.
 
west said:
My friend who works for Texas Instruments told me there is a global shortage on some electronic components. The producers cut back heavily on production when the economy took a downturn and now they can't supply the big companies fast enough. Apple and Nokia both have similar issues, they can't assemble enough products because there are no components to buy. I don't think you can really blame Sony for this.
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This is probably the most plausible explanation I've seen so far.
 
west said:
My friend who works for Texas Instruments told me there is a global shortage on some electronic components. The producers cut back heavily on production when the economy took a downturn and now they can't supply the big companies fast enough. Apple and Nokia both have similar issues, they can't assemble enough products because there are no components to buy. I don't think you can really blame Sony for this.
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Makes sense, actually. Although fanboy conspiracy theories are more entertaining to read...
 
west said:
My friend who works for Texas Instruments told me there is a global shortage on some electronic components. The producers cut back heavily on production when the economy took a downturn and now they can't supply the big companies fast enough. Apple and Nokia both have similar issues, they can't assemble enough products because there are no components to buy. I don't think you can really blame Sony for this.
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Makes sense.
 
Whatever the reason for the shortage, it's still a big fuckup. If I decide to buy an iphone today, I go ahead and buy it. If I decide to buy a PS3 or Wii today, I have to work to find one, and may not be successful.

Your customers should never have to make an effort to give you money.
 
Geez finally got myself a HD TV.

Ready to buy a PS3 as my HD media center.

Prepped for FFXIII, SSF4, GOW3 and buying VC, Disgaea 3 and Demon Souls.

Got tons of GS credit from the trade 7 additional $50 sale(+ 10 percent with edge card) and + 60 percent extra trade-in. (Before somebody bitch at me for trading to GS, I got 70-120 percent of what I paid originally for most of the trade ins)

Prepped to trade in my extra DS Lite($45 trade in) + 30 bucks (someone sold me a DSL after he got a DSI for 50 bucks)

Now I can't freakin find a GS with PS3 anywhere within 100 miles of me.
 
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