GAME: "Only two thirds of PS3s preordered"

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Alex Donaldson

GAME, Europe's biggest specialist game retailer is gearing up for one very profitable day for sales - the launch of Sony's new Playstation 3.

Charing £50 for a preorder in the UK in order to ensure you get a console on launch day, GAME is one of the few places that guarantees preordered customers a console on launch amid fears from many stores that there will be a huge shortage of the console.

Despite this, information has leaked from the GAME head offices that only two thirds of their PS3 allocation have been preordered, despite best attempts of staff in stores across Europe. One third of PS3 consoles remains free for people to pick up on the day under two weeks before launch.

"We've had a lot of interest in the console, mostly from PS2 owners looking to upgrade, but the price is putting many off," one store manager said. "It looks like you may be able to just walk in and pick one up without a preorder on launch day."

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Anonymous | March 26, 2007

xbox 360 has the best graphics ever!
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Anonymous | March 26, 2007

XBOX 360 ows ps3 for free!!!!!!!!!!
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Anonymous | March 23, 2007

Hahaha, Final Fantasy 13 might be coming to the XBOX 360! Square Enix's president is debating on bringing it. PS3 continues to go down the crapper!
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Anonymous | March 19, 2007

Yeah, i heard that news. PS3 is doomed!
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Anonymous | March 19, 2007

WWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, DEVIL MAY CRY 4 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE XBOXX 360 AND PC. TAKE THAT PS3, LOL. SONY LOSES YET ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCE, AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anonymous | March 19, 2007

microsoft xbox 360 ftw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Chan | March 18, 2007

The thing is Sony lied about their shipments. They also lied about the graphics by showing them at E3 2005. When the actual games got released, they look no better than the XBOX360 and in most cases, they end up looking worse than before. XBOX 360 has a far superior graphics processor than the PS3, and also far more bandwidth. The PS3 also has half the main RAM of the 360. So, PS3 lose!
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Anonymous | March 18, 2007

I am not paid by Microsoft and yes, the PS3 is a piece of shit. Most of the games released for both the 360 and ps3 has toned graphics, long loads, frame rate issues and toned effects. You are also paying the full price for that POS ports. PS3 just ain't shit...
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fantalemon | March 17, 2007

do microsoft pay people to comment on sites like this? i really don't see why people should "hate" a gaming console simply because it is too expensive. they seem to have the time to read up on the console and then regurgitate that info so that the ps3 will look bad.

why?
PS3 Bash

Anonymous | March 16, 2007

Yay for PS3 bashing. Love it. :P

However, saying that the graphics are terrible is a stretch by anyone's imagination. The graphics are nothing short of awesome.

It's still not quite worth the money to me though.
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Anonymous | March 15, 2007

ps3 lacks software and you pay a high price. Avoid!!!
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dean | March 15, 2007

ps3 is for homos. The most useless next gen console ever. Get the XBOX 360 or will instead. At least youy will get quality software unlike the ps3.
sony is bah...

Anonymous | March 15, 2007

Yes, the ps3 is a piece of dog turd. It has nothing on the XBOX 360. It has so much glaring issues but sony refused to acknowledge them so that they won't have to eat their pride.
damn straight

lol | March 15, 2007

PS3 is lame....
PS3 is not worth my time

KOH | March 15, 2007

PS3 is just plain terrible graphicswise. Sony is all talk. Never trust what sony says. Who wants a PS3 anyway? It's expensive, the graphics are mediocre, lack of games, can't upscale, poor backwards compatibility and a brittle controller.
PS3 is lame

TheCheeze | March 15, 2007

PS3 sucks real bad. The graphics are worse than XBOX 360 and the games are lacking.
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snow4life | March 13, 2007

hope this is true!!!! i want mine on friday 23:)

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GAME: "Only two thirds of PS3s preordered"