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What happen when supplies do arrive earlier than expected. Stores will end up with excess inventories at the very time when Sony needs to improve market penetration. With the price point of $599, they have to wait till 2007 holiday to get any meaningful sale.

My worst fear however is that by that time, Microsoft will release XBox 2.5, not Xbox 3, but a fully backward compatible system with a slight CPU/GPU upgrades and ramp-up features such as Wii-like controller, 1080p, full Media Center PVR, HDMI, Keyboard+Mouse, IE7 with a removable HDD = Zune (it's no accident that Zune is built under Xbox wing).

These features are over the shelves commodities with R&D fully sunk. Redmond won't be where they stand today if they don't already have this machine built, camping in Taiwan now to further refine manufacturing efficiency.

My prediction >> PS3 won't LIFT Sony. PS3 will END Sony. I hope I'm wrong.]]>Nov 18th 2006 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
You sound like you care if sony falls prey to its own inadequacy but I certainly don't, why? Because the consumers are the ones who benefit when a company is beaten by a competitor marketing a better or cheaper product. If microsoft made good on your threat it wouldn't be a bad thing at all.]]>Nov 18th 2006 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/Nov 18th 2006 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/Nov 18th 2006 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/Nov 18th 2006 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/Nov 18th 2006 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/Nov 18th 2006 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
There is really a line when hysteria crosses over into stupidity, and this line was crossed some time ago. The "just helping you guys out" tone of this post, when normally caustically cynical, is particularly suspect.

Go for a walk people, hug your cat, clear your heads.

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You've struck a nerve my friend, and everyone who is getting hot and bothered about the whole issue should just cool down. They'll get one eventually, and there's only 1 good game for the system right now (Resistance: FoM) so it'll be worth waiting a while.

Wonderful :)]]>Nov 18th 2006 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
Sneaky. Don't take the deal.

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it's not consumer-friendly

it's like saying, you have to pay this idiot tax to be considered to buy a ps3.

despite the idiot tax being a Sony HDTV, this is still unethical.]]>Nov 18th 2006 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
Hahaha... are you kidding? Ok, you posted here so Im assuming you dont live in a cave somewhere. The PS3 is selling like crazy, people are getting shot, beat up, offered tons of money, etc etc... I think it will be a VERY long time before you can just walk into a store and buy one. I dont think there will be a problem with "meaningful sales". ]]>Nov 18th 2006 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
I think that grocery stores should start selling milk with an option to buy bread. No milk, no bread.]]>Nov 18th 2006 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
Shut up and go back to stealing mp3s.]]>Nov 18th 2006 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
For all the collective intelligence, the human race is really stupid sometimes.]]>Nov 18th 2006 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
Seriously, this whole PS3 thing is insane - it's a stupid game console... I'm not in the game console market at all, but even if I was, I wouldn't buy one. Over-priced and over-hyped.]]>Nov 18th 2006 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/Nov 18th 2006 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/Nov 18th 2006 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
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I'm locomodem if you want to read my experience (so far). BTW you can't get sued for not being consumer friendly. If you don't like it, vote with your wallet by not shopping there.]]>Nov 18th 2006 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
Society is doomed how can some people let a corporation toy with them is beyond me. Business ethics have changed dramatically
ands its all conducted for the sole purpose of claiming we sold every single system we shipped, looks good on paper
but in reality any company can sell the entire stock if limited supplies are provided.

Sony ship 2mill+ of your systems and report back on how quick they sold not try to make yourself look good by saying you sold out on 500k shipments i hate sony period and i hate any company taking advanatge of gullable idiots.]]>Nov 18th 2006 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
I see signs of caring behind the gizengadget crew too, but mostly it's all about pushing the clicks. There are plenty of ways to work more of an advocate, and less of an inconsistent shill.
]]>Nov 18th 2006 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
Ever visited a Costco during Q2 or Q3/06, and saw a giant pile of Xbox 360s sitting idle. That pile is what I am talking about. The actual market penetration happens THERE, when a potential buyer passes by, picks one up wanting to go home and play games. That John/Jane Doe represents the real majority of a console install Base. Not folks who camped outside BestBuy during the last holiday.

And Abe, I like the way it is with console market right now. We have 3 "credible" competitors going after better technologies. If Microsoft takes over... umm, think Windows...

P.S. I have never played a console or a portable in my life. I'm observing + learning this new trend. I'm indeed a huge fan of Apple, and a harsh critic of Microsoft, so my opinions are skewed toward that direction... my disclaimer.]]>Nov 18th 2006 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
Ok, so here is the story behind this promotion. Sony, back in June, came to us and said we would be getting a very small alocation of ps3's for the christmas season. This gave us approximetly 1 per store. Our new CEO in August then negotiated a bundle deal in which you were given a pre-order on a PS-3 for buying a TV from Sony. Sony was the other side of this negotiation securing us enough PS-3's to cover every Sony TV we could sell (apprx 800). The way this system went around a bundle is the only way Sony would supply a store with a PS-3 is from them to see pre-orders.

This week people could come in and buy a TV (Sunday the 11th through today) and buy a sony TV. With that you would be given a pre-order for a PS-3 and could come buy it when it arrived. All pre-orders up till tuesday arrived in stores yesterday, with the rest arriving in about 3 weeks.

Unfortunetly, this was the only way for CompUSA to get enough PS-3's to sell. Sony is a bitch of a company. Our compusa location was able to allocate 1 PS-3. ONE. A single unit. Do you know where they all shipped from? Directly from Sony. They were the ones who came up with this damn promotion.

On a second tangent, this also effected our Nintendo selling capability. Because we didn't give the Wii its own display in the stores, and didn't negotiate with Nintendo well, we, nationwide, have 225 Wii's in a warehouse in TX. Still not shipped. So if your looking for a Wii look else where too. I've worked at CompUsa for many years and by no means am i justifying this promotion, i thought it was garbage. But there is a reason behind it and a reason behind the shortage, and her name is Sony.]]>Nov 18th 2006 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
As for Sony losing money for every console they sell, well they are not really losing that much. Companies usually put the in amount they "could have" made, but didn't as a loss as well.

As for the PS3, I'm not buying it, just like I haven't bought another console since the PlayStation with 2 games.]]>Nov 18th 2006 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/Nov 18th 2006 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/Nov 18th 2006 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/Nov 18th 2006 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/course, he was a grandfather buying the PS3 for his grandson, not
someone who would dump the PS3 on eBay to pay for the TV (like me).]]>Nov 19th 2006 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/18/compusa-offering-ps3s-with-sony-hdtv-purchases/
I hope they lose their shirts in a class-action lawsuit.]]>Nov 20th 2006 6:56PM