In a recent interview with EGM magazine, Sony Computer Entertainment America president Jack Tretton was suddenly hit with a really baaadddd case of BADD.
Apparently Jack wasn't paying attention to his customers/fans and the news when word came out that demand for the PS3 wasn't all that great. In fact, it reached a point where people were returning their PS3's in order to upgrade to a Nintendo WII. Yes, there are people who view the jump down in price to a WII as an upgrade to the PS3.
Apparently Jack wasn't paying attention to his customers/fans and the news when word came out that demand for the PS3 wasn't all that great. In fact, it reached a point where people were returning their PS3's in order to upgrade to a Nintendo WII. Yes, there are people who view the jump down in price to a WII as an upgrade to the PS3.
When questioned on why PS3s were sitting upon store shelves instead of consumer homes, Tretton went on record stating "If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than a few minutes, I'll give you 1,200 bucks for it." He continued, "I can get any retail buyer on the phone with you and get them to verify that not a single retail location in America where there's a PlayStation 3 on the shelf for sale. They've all been sold in a matter of minutes."
ummmm... the first step to curing BADD is admitting you have a problem. Penny Arcade put out a funny cartoon on the situation over here.
3 blogger comments:
lol good cartoon
It's so sad, that it really isn't that funny. This is why I will NEVER purchase a SONY product again.
I had a chance to talk to the guys at a local EBGames outlet, they mentioned it takes (on average) about 2 weeks for them to sell a PS3 once it hits the shelves. Meanwhile they can hardly keep the Wii in stock, even the X360 sells faster after all this time.
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