S3 Lowers launch numbers....AND sticks it to Japan!!!

Not only have they delayed the PS3's launch for the vast majority of the world, but look at these new numbers on how many PS3s will be available at launch date. North America: 400,000 Units, Japan: 100,000 Units!!

Even when Sony was claiming that there'd be 2 million PS3 consoles available at launch, we made a prediction: if you wanted a PS3 on launch day, you would need to pounce on the one guy in your city who managed to get one as he walked out of your local EB, crack his head against the pavement until he passed out, consume his heart for his strength, then fight off the rest of the gaming scavengers who had swooped down upon his corpse, eager to steal his shiny PS3.

Of course, that was before Sony announced that the PS3 would cost about $600. That price point definitely slimmed demand. Of course, we still stand by the prediction, because now Sony's backed down on their 2 million PS3s claim. Not only have they delayed the PS3's launch for the vast majority of the world, but look at these new numbers on how many PS3s will be available at launch date.

? North America: 400,000 Units
? Japan: 100,000 Units

Does that look like a lot to you? Keep in mind Microsoft's global launch was 1.5 million units, and there were still massive shortages.

You know, when I was at GC06 a couple weeks ago, I had a talk with one of the Microsoft guys about the PS3 launch. I noted that, after all of the screw-ups Microsoft made with the 360 launch, you'd really think Sony would have taken that as an object lesson on how not to handle a console launch, instead of doing everything in their power to fuck up the PS3 launch even worse. Microsoft guy's response? "Yeah. You would think that, wouldn't you?" Florian Eckhardt

European sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 delayed until March [International Herald Tribune]

Source: Kotaku

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