Sony suspends pre-orders for PS4, fearing Christmas stock shortages
For Sony, PS4 pre-orders are going so well that the company has reportedly directed major retailers in the UK to stop accepting them. As The Telegraph reports, the instruction was given in order to avoid stock shortages, particularly in the lead-up to the all-important holiday season, when the two consoles will go head-to-head in the battle for Christmas sales.
Some retailers believe that Microsoft will soon follow Sony’s lead, by instructing that pre-order books be closed for the Xbox One.
Neither console has a confirmed release date yet, although global retail giant Toys R Us apparently let the cat out of the bag a couple of weeks ago, when its website claimed that the Xbox One would be made available on 29 November, two weeks ahead of the 13 December availability date that it cited for the PS4.
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LuckyOtterPosted:
They should have stopped a long time ago. They have been taking pre-ordrs even though they said they won't have enough for all of them on day one. Anyone that pre-ordered after the date of August 5 (I thinks that's the date) won't even be getting it one day one. They will have to wait a week at least.
III_XBOI_IIIPosted:
GGMU- Surely they thought the demand was gonna be massive, they coulda start manufacturng alot earlier than they did
Its not about production earlier. It's about cost of production. MS has deep pockets therefore they can mass produce a console and a kinect ( which they claim cost just as much to produce, which I don't believe.)
GGMU-Posted:
Surely they thought the demand was gonna be massive, they coulda start manufacturng alot earlier than they did
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