January 3, 2007

Anyone Want a PS3? Anyone? Bueller?

Gaming news authority Kotaku is reporting that, just a few days after the holiday, stacks and stacks of brand new PS3s are going un-purchased at various Best Buy locations. Brian Crecente, editor of Kotaku states:

"...the Best Buy near my house had 31 Playstation 3s sitting in a lovely wall o' consoles this morning when I swung by the store. Many, if not all of them, were the 60GB model."

Obviously, this could be partly due to the fact that most people do not have the adequate amount of disposable income to spend on a PS3 this soon after the holiday, but even with that in mind, it's a bit disturbing. Crecente observes that this type of development "doesn't look good" for Sony, and cites a related study that illustrates the quick decline of the PS3 on eBay.

Reason for panic at Sony's headquarters? Probably not. But it's still pretty interesting.