Sony Corp.'s new 40GB Playstation 3
sold out in advanced orders at retailer Amazon.com on Tues.
The new
40GB model, which includes a Blu-ray disc drive, built-in Wi-Fi, a wireless controller, and a copy of Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray disc, will sell for $399 on Nov. 2.
Customers can opt to receive an e-mail alert when the product returns to availability.
Amazon began offering the product over the weekend following an announcement of the new product early last week.
The latest version lacks backwards compatibility found in previous models including the 20GB, 60GB, and limited compatibility in the 80GB.
Sony last week announced the 40GB SKU in addition to a price cut of the 80GB by $100 to $499. In July it price cut the 60GB SKU to $499, where it will remain until stock is depleted.
The new retail strategy will likely spike sales of the hardware, which held demand far below Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and Nintendo Co.'s Wii in U.S. Sept. sales.
This week, Sony released the action title Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and card battle title Eye of Judgement.
The PS3 has sold about 1.85 million units to date in the U.S.
What? The 80GB PS3. Had it been the 40GB PS3 that was doing well for is not a surprise; but for the 80GB SKU that everyone's been running away from, because of its high price, to be up 960% in sales on Amazon.com's rank is very strange. Scary even for competitors Microsoft and Nintendo. Other news says that demand for Bungie's has lifted Xbox 360 sales past Nintendo’s Wii. Has something major happened that we haven't found out about yet...?
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