Huge PS3 Shortages In Japan
November 9th, 2006 Posted in Business, Technology
Big surprise: Huge PS3 shortages in Japan. According to Kotaku, only 5-6 PS3 consoles will be available per retails store, if they’re lucky. As we mentioned before, Japan is only getting 80,000 consoles, compared to 400,000 in North America (and 0 in Europe). The really big retail stores in Japan, like Shibuya TSUTAYA, will get around 10 per store. More info at Kotaku here.
While we’re at it, the first PlayStation 3 games are beginning to appear on retail shelves as well. According to Opposable Thumbs, Tony Hawk Project 8 for PS3 is already available at EB Games, and so will many other launch games before the console arrives.
November 9th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
Sucks to be a Japanese PS/3 lover these days. Man I would hate to be them (from a pure gamer standpoint of course).
November 9th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
The people in that picture are actually there to reserve a Wii.