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1/15    Dear motd prediction guy, your prediction is WAAAAAAAAAAY off.
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        I have personally been monitoring the prices, and it appears that
        in reality PS3 supply has matched up with demand quite well. BestBuy
        and eBay supplies are plenty, as bids from 12/25-now have been
        in the $600-$700 range.
           Wii on the other hand took everyone by surprise. Bids have cooled
        from $480 range before Christmas to about $350 lately on eBay.
           Moral of the story: It's not about pixel and superior graphics. It
        is all about fun and playability. PS3 has 10X better graphics, but
        who cares? Wii is 100X more fun.
        \_ Personally, I was really looking forward to the Wii, but I didn't
           expect it to be impossible to get.  It's popularity has certainly
           caught me by surprise.  Of course, it it boat-loads of fun.  I'm
           curious how the PS3 will do when some decent games appear.  So far
           the graphics are no better than the 360, and the games suck.
           \_ Slightly better graphics + same playability <<<
              Same graphics + superior playability.
              Sorry, but Sony really fucked up this time.
              \_ Wait, who do you say has the slightly better graphics?
                 Wii graphics are clearly worse. Also, I thought Wii Sports
                 was fun for a while but lately I just keep crossing it
                 on the serve return and the other guy has no chance to get
                 to the ball (because you have no control of the character).
                 And at this point the only other games I'm interested in
                 are Zelda (also for GC) and... yeah.
        \_ I have a Wii and it is 480p. How about XBox and PS3? Do both of
           them support 720p and 1080p?
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I'll start: PS3s sells out instantly, eBay for around $8-900, remain out of stock through christmas then just as supply is kicking in, they run out of people willing to spend $600 on a console. Wii will sell out initially, but resupply will just barely keep up with demand. I'm amused how the 360 gotgood press about what a successful launch they had while the ps3 is getting dumped on. php \_ How about ps sells out upon release and are 2,000 on ebay the moment sellers get the machines (in fact thats what they are already). Since Wii is sooo much cheaper it will probably sell many more units. The PS3 is having huge manufacturing issues, and there will only be at most 500,000 available at launch, worldwide. The Wii is easy to manufacture, so Nintendo is planning to have over 1 million just in North America. com/id/15757524 Nintendo Wii preferred by previewers over PS3. php Tip Your Editors As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, prediction. jpg A GameFAQs poster writes on the site s forums that he received a booklet called Microsoft s Keynote of Intent for 2005. The document also lists both Walmart and Best Buy as the official sponsers of the console. Here s the numbers that WWFE 1 said were in the boolet for the launch: The final shipment of the US Consoles on the 22nd is 1,098,200. There are currently 2,190,876 accesories being shipped on the 22nd to the US There are currently 29 Games that will be available BEFORE the end of the 2005 There are current plans for sequels to NEW franchises that arent even out on the 360 yet. Microsoft plan on expanding there Xbox Live user base to 14 million users by the end of the 360 lifespan. I ll point out that if this is indeed something sent to shareholders it s largely going to be predictions of what they want to do, not what will happen. Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting was this morning, so hopefully some more official word will trickle out soon. To leave a comment, please login with a username and password. Username: Password: Confirm password: E-mail: (optional, for password recovery) Remember me on this computer? We only allow in a commenter if the debut contribution is interesting, substantial or highly amusing. Your comment will only appear once (or if) you're added to the membership list. Check your username and password above, and click submit again.