This Week’s Best Buy Wii / PS3 Availability Tip
Posted by Sean Fallon on December 29, 2006
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The latest issue of the Best Buy employee newsletter had the following to say regarding PS3 / Wii availability for the upcoming week:
“All stores will receive PlayStation 3 (60 GB, $599) for the Dec. 31 ad (ad minimum 25). Product will be labeled with orange stickers that say “Hold for ad.” If your store received 70 or more units, hold 40 units for the ad and release the rest. Some stores have sold many units and may be at risk of not having the minimums. If your store received less than 70 units, hold 32 units for the ad and release the rest. Additional PS3 software and accessories will arrive throughout the week to support the ad.”
They also mentioned that more Wiis will be arriving throughout the week and Best Buy employees have been instructed to put them out for sale ASAP.
I have to say that I’m curious to find out how well the PS3 sells this week. There have been numerous reports of PS3’s sitting on store shelves collecting dust recently, as well as news that many PS3 owners have been returning the console to stores or trading them in for a Wii.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the hammer is going to drop on Sony soon - i.e. the realization that interest in the PS3 is waning and their position as the leader in console gaming is in serious jeopardy.
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