PS3 Slims selling early, selling out quickly

Even though the system isn't supposed to start selling to customers until the first week of September, many retail outlets are already putting the PS3 Slim on store shelves.

PS3 Slims selling early, selling out quickly

You can get this today! Not pictured: stupid wires and lame instructions.

GameSpot has put together a pretty thorough roundup of the many retailers, both on and offline, that have started to sell the PS3 Slim before its vague "early September" release date. According to GameSpot, Amazon and GameStop's online stores have the PS3 listed as in-stock and ready to ship. Additionaly, calls made to San Francisco GameStop and Best Buy retail stores have confirmed that some brick-and-mortar locations are selling the new system too. The questioned GameStop and Best Buy retail locations have stated that they only received roughly a dozen systems per store.

When the system was first announced at GamesCom, Sony told the general public that the system would be available in the US during the first week of September, while GameSpot was told "September 1 isn't an official street date." Whether it's overeager retail workers pushing the system out early or Sony being lax about setting a firm release date, one thing is for sure; the customer wins.

THE VERDICT by Dave Rudden Dave Rudden's Avatar

Back in my Funcoland video game retailing days, we had street dates, and by gum, we stuck to em! And we had to walk 10 miles uphill in the snow to sell giant original Xbox controllers, too.

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tparsons5150

Yeah these are everywhere already, My 6yr old is trying to convince me to Sell his Wii to get one

ZXDChang

It's incredible how the system sells and rapidly. It's a good thing that Sony lowered the price then for the consumers.

patsfan365

i dont see the hype if you already have a ps3. there's no way i would trade in my ps3 and pay more money for a ps3 slim, even if i didnt have to pay the extra money. for one, i have all my saved data on my ps3. and secondly, i like the shiny skin more.

Draven

Sony's saving grace was the addition of Blu-Ray in the original PS3. Without it, I dare say the system would have won enough multimedia nuts over to become as successful as it is today. Now, Sony is doing it all over again with the Slim. Although the aesthetics of the system are hit and miss, there's no denying that the "trim the fat" approach to console and price is a welcome addition that will no doubt put more PS3s in people's living rooms. With the newfound HD audio integrations into the new hardware, there's yet another reason to choose the PS3 as the living room's most versatile Blu-Ray player and gaming machine.

But I won't be selling my launch-era 60 GB anytime soon!!

JDizzleNO1

patsfan365 wrote:

i dont see the hype if you already have a ps3. there's no way i would trade in my ps3 and pay more money for a ps3 slim, even if i didnt have to pay the extra money. for one, i have all my saved data on my ps3. and secondly, i like the shiny skin more.

the hype isnt in the ones that already have one..its in the ones that want a system so bad but couldnt afford it..ive heard many people say that they would buy a ps3 in a heartbeat if the price dropped....good for sony...at least the hardware sales won't be as embarrassing as they have been

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