Sony’s last hope for revitalising its flagging videogame business this generation is apparently a huge success, with a host of Japanese retailers selling out of the PS3 Slim completely before the general release has even begun…
A quick tour of big name Japanese game and electronics retailers reveals inventory has all but dried up; confirmed as being completely sold out are Amazon, Yamada Denki, Sofmap, ubook, eDeji and Rakuten, with Bic, Yodobashi, Geo and Joshin having sold out of the Gundam bundle but not (yet?) the bare console.
Of course, no one would put it past Sony to deliberately restrict supply to stores in order to create “sold out!” headlines and create an air of rarity and desirability, as some might suspect Nintendo of doing with its hugely successful Wii when that was first released…
Of course the PS3 Slim will sell out 😉
And the upcoming FFXIII bundle (there’s gonna to be one, trust me) will be the bomb, i expect at least 100k PS3 Slim sold in that week of FFXIII’s release 😛
I only want the new Gundam game,I’m a gundam baka after all
REGARDING BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
They won’t reintroduce it, ever. They will continue to sell the PS2 until it isn’t needed to subsidize the losses the fat PS3 generated, then they will recode their best games in HD with trophy support — they are already starting to do that with the God of War 1 & 2 Collection and time its release with GoW III. Perhaps ICO / SoTC to follow suit with Last Guardian.
Why should they offer BC if they cannot get money for it? It will only keep the used game sales market alive and they don’t want that, they want to sell “new” games to people, and what better way to do that then by offering remakes!
TerrawindX2 good read, expect ps3 slim can’t play ps2 games…
Yeah but still if you want a blu-ray player the best choice is a PS3. It will cost less and you can also browse the internet or play a game. Basically is cheaper than a normal player and does more things. I don’t see how that isn’t a good investment.
I wonder why almost nobody else had realised one of the BIGGEST selling factors of the PS3 in general?
It's obviously not just because of the games, but also because of its blu-ray capability!
Compared to other blu ray players on the market, the PS3 is the best investment in a Blu Ray player since it was basically the CHEAPEST blu ray player around; other standalone players sell for much higher and do nothing else. The PS3 can play blu ray movies AND play HD games. Now the PS3 slim is MUCH CHEAPER than the fat, AND can start playing PS2 games. It's a definite win there.
Xbox owners should consider investing in the PS3 because of its blu ray capabilities and ability to play exclusive PS3 games and PS2 games.
I can see a trend that Xbox fanboys demonise the PS3 just because they can't own it, and by doing so they are justifying their own mistakes and doubts in purchasing the Xbox instead of the PS3. HDDVD is already out of the picture, so why bother to flock to a system that supports an outdated format? The Xbox can now only play DVD9 games, and no HDDVD as promised. Unless it switches to Blu Ray, the Xbox will not last that long. It's only lasting long in ASIA because DVD9s can be pirated while Blu Ray can't.