UK: PS2 in console crisis!!!

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004550053,00.html

EXCLUSIVE

PS2 in console crisis
By JONATHAN WEINBERG

A CRIPPLING shortage of PlayStation 2 consoles this Christmas has forced desperate shoppers to pay up to a whopping £400 on eBay.

Stocks of the £100 games machines have run dry across Britain since makers Sony launched a new-look PS2 last month, which is half the weight and half the thickness.

But massive worldwide demand for the machine coupled with production problems has left the firm struggling to fill the shelves.

Many shops have started waiting lists for customers, but after being overwhelmed with requests, high street chain GAME has stopped taking £50 pre-order deposits.

PlayStation 2 spokesman David Wilson said they would start shipping machines this weekend but could not confirm there would be enough to meet the fierce demand.

He said: "We are experiencing temporary shortages and at this time there is no stock of PlayStation 2. However special measures have been put in place to overcome the gap in stock, and we will be re-supplying our retailers at the beginning of next week."

Six million of the original PlayStation 2 machines have been sold in the UK since it was released in November 2000.

But industry experts claim this hitch could prove a massive disaster for the industry, which sees nearly half of its yearly sales in the Christmas run-up.

Johnny Minkley, editor of gaming trade bible MCV, said he found one slimline PS2 sold for £400 on eBay on Tuesday.

He said: "When gaming should be shooting to success in the busiest time of the year, we have empty shelves.

"It's a little hard to believe that massive demand wasn't anticipated and prepared for but to Sony's credit, it's doing everything it can to get as many into shops.

"But no-one's sure how many, so there could be some very disappointed people come Christmas morning."

He added Xbox numbers were also "touch and go" and believes the PS2 shortage may fuel such large demand for Microsoft's £99 console that it too could sell out.


Both companies are already locked in a fierce price war after slashing their prices earlier this year.
 
For once, I agree with Snapty (I can't believe I said that). :lol
 
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lockii said:
BUY A GAMECUBE

You seriously begin to think people will do this, but they don't. We have a sign up for both the PS2 and Xbox saying we don't know when the next shipment is coming, but why not try this NICE METROID BUNDLE!
 
haha no one even considers the gamecube. if ps2 sells out then xbox, then dreamcast, then maybe people will consider gamecube
 
It's pretty pathetic: I showed my friend screens of Metroid Prime 2, then RE4, then Zelda, and he said "for GC only?" (this is before RE4 was announced as coming to Ps2), I said "Yep." He said "Damn, no more, stop making me jealous."

I say : "You know, you can still buy a Gamecube. They're only $99."

he says: "But no one else has them. Why should I get one?"

It's like people WANT the GC, but they don't want to get it because it's not the "cool" thing to own.
 
Frankly, with the shortages of the other two consoles for some time now...it's criminal we still have our stock of original Metroid Bundles.
 
Wario64 said:
You have to wonder what was -- or wasn't, in this case -- going through Sega's mind when it ran this ad.

As a company that was in billions of dollars in debt, Sega spent money to mock a competitor who had shortages because of brisk sales. Everything that could've been wrong with this ad was wrong.
 
xboxes are apparantly getting in short supply too. Not as bad as PS2 though.

I only have a fat one, but I don't really playit, so might be tempted to flog it before christmas, then buy a slim one in the new year.
 
Do these people live in Royston Vasey or something? I don't see no shortage in London. Smell the bullshit, Sony have shipping difficulties every fucking year. What happened to all those new PS2 factories they were PRing about?

But I look at this as a good thing.

Kids won't wake to find themselves shattered by the horrific gameplay and graphics of Killzone that their mother mistakenly bought thinking she was getting a copy of Halo 2...and that lucky boy or girl will do their part for keeping Earth safe from the Covenant scum!

"When you go green 'n black you never go back"

:lol
 
COCKLES said:
Do these people live in Royston Vasey or something? I don't see no shortage in London. Smell the bullshit, Sony have shipping difficulties every fucking year. What happened to all those new PS2 factories they were PRing about?

But I look at this as a good thing.

Kids won't wake to find themselves shattered by the horrific gameplay and graphics of Killzone that their mother mistakenly bought thinking she was getting a copy of Halo 2...and that lucky boy or girl will do their part for keeping Earth safe from the Covenant scum!

"When you go green 'n black you never go back"

:lol

I have the ol' green and black and I frequently go back to the straight up black! You are misleading and I cannot subscribe to your newsletter!
 
COCKLES said:
Do these people live in Royston Vasey or something? I don't see no shortage in London. Smell the bullshit, Sony have shipping difficulties every fucking year. What happened to all those new PS2 factories they were PRing about?

But I look at this as a good thing.

Kids won't wake to find themselves shattered by the horrific gameplay and graphics of Killzone that their mother mistakenly bought thinking she was getting a copy of Halo 2...and that lucky boy or girl will do their part for keeping Earth safe from the Covenant scum!

"When you go green 'n black you never go back"

:lol

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So True!
 
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