1 million PS3's preordered!
by Nick Doerr 
{ Sep 19th 2006 at 4:30PM }
If you check out the Blu-ray IFA 2006 report, scroll down... down... down, until you reach Sony. Then you'll read this snippit: "Sony also showed their PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console, which drew a lot of attention as usual and with over one million consoles pre-sold, the demand is not an issue. Unfortunately the supply is, which is why the PS3 recently was delayed in Europe until early 2007. The US and Japan will still get their PS3s in November, but with less PS3s than originally planned because of problems ramping up production of some key components." How honest! They go on to make an unnecessary comparison to the Xbox360's launch, but what we're concerned with is that pre-order number. One million! Yay. Now, if only we had one million to go around... still, it's good to know demand isn't a big issue. Well, it is, but for good reasons -- too much demand. Shortage, ho!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andy @ Sep 19th 2006 7:30PM
Does that mean 1 million preordered by individual stores, or by people? I hope not people, cause I haven't got to preorder one yet, our local Gamestop doesnt do preorders yet
Sonyguy @ Sep 19th 2006 8:18PM
I find it hard to beleive they have got 1 million preorders when hardly anyone is even takin gpreorders yet. That means nobody will be taking them at all from now on because they would be sold out for the rest of the year.
Sponge @ Sep 19th 2006 11:09PM
"one million consoles pre-sold the demand is not an issue."
In Sony-speak that means that a bunch of stores have asked for a total of 1 million PS3s to sell. Pre-sold = not even shipped yet, they just project that is the amount they will ship.