Holiday season may see console shortages, says Sebastian |
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The holiday season is almost here, and we'll most likely see lots of console units and gaming software end up underneath the Christmas tree and in the Christmas socks of all good children. However, too much demand that outweighs the actual supply is always a bad thing. Analyst Colin Sebastian from Lazard Capital Markets said that there will indeed be a general hardware shortage, not only for the Wii (as mentioned by Reggie Fils-Aime in his statement that there will be a Wii console shortage this holiday season). Explained Sebastian,
Holiday hardware demand may outstrip supplies. We believe one of the themes from the upcoming holiday period could be hardware supply constraints, driven by ongoing strong demand for NintendoÂ’s Wii and a shift in Xbox 360 unit sales from 4Q into the September quarter, while SonyÂ’s PS3 and PSP may benefit from lower price points.
So aside from the almost-inevitable Wii shortage, we may also witness shopping brawls over who gets the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3? Certainly not an impossible scenario, what with the release of the more affordable PlayStation 40GB SKUs, and quite possibly the newly launched Xbox 360 arcade SKU, which is aimed at the casual market.
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Comments [refresh]
I doubt the PS3 would do much except for all the little kids begging for it.
I doubt you know what the ***** you're talking about.
I did have quite a giggle when I read this... But then again, there is one thing that is factual about these console shortages....It's a great time to be a gamer!