Vimes220
April 9th, 2005, 21:15
People in other forums have been commenting how the USA launch was a flop as Sony didn't sell out in the first 7 days of sale. alot has been said about it not been holiday time and being over easter so retailers were closed but i think this:
1) Sony apparently sold 500,000 units in the first 2 days - hardly a failure
2) Sony only earmarked 200,000 for the launch in Japan (which was just before xmas) and sold out in hours. how many would you set aside for the usa launch, out of the holiday season? i would have guessed around 500,000 not 1,000,000 but it appears that the US got plenty spare to make sure that there wern't shortages.
3) most of the places that didn't sell out are the ones who I wouldn't go to for a brand new games machine (would you go to ASDA for one on launch day in the UK, really?).
these are just my views, what do you guys think?
1) Sony apparently sold 500,000 units in the first 2 days - hardly a failure
2) Sony only earmarked 200,000 for the launch in Japan (which was just before xmas) and sold out in hours. how many would you set aside for the usa launch, out of the holiday season? i would have guessed around 500,000 not 1,000,000 but it appears that the US got plenty spare to make sure that there wern't shortages.
3) most of the places that didn't sell out are the ones who I wouldn't go to for a brand new games machine (would you go to ASDA for one on launch day in the UK, really?).
these are just my views, what do you guys think?