Posted by Doug Jacobs on 02/05/07 20:41

lorincantrell@yahoo.com wrote:

> I realize your comment was about bizarro logic, but I did read in the
> paper just the other day that the Wii was smacking the PS3 all over
> the place in terms of units sold. I still have not seen a Wii on the
> shelf at a store, not because they're not getting them but because
> they're selling out immediately. PS3's have been on the shelf
> everytime I've been to Wal-Mart in the last month. They're hardly
> selling any stand-alone Blu Ray players either, due to the extreme
> pricing.

That was why I chose that analogy ;) The Wii has been selling out every
shipments since launch last November, but this guy would call it "dead"
because it's never in stock.

Of course the opposite is true. The Wii immediatly overtook the PS3 and
is selling so well that even Bill Gates calls Nintendo their "biggest
threat". The PS3, meanwhile sits on shelves and in warehouses. Sony may
claim big numbers of PS3s shipped - but in reality all they're doing is
stuffing the channel. If PS3s don't start selling, retailers are going to
stop accepting shipments since they don't want to fill their warehouses
with merchandise that isn't moving.

As for Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD - I really don't care. I don't see or hear any
significant differences between the two formats, and don't plan on
bothering with either format for at least a couple of years.


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