Michael Pachter: SCEA having inventory problems, won’t announce 40GB until 60GB is sold out
Sony Computer Entertainment Australia already talked about phasing out 60GB PS3 SKUs to make way for newer 40GB stock, and SCEs from other regions have mentioned the 40GB as well. However, we’re still not hearing anything from Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA), so what’s their game plan? Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has his own guess about what’s happening:
These rolling announcements suggest to me that Sony has an inventory control problem, with too many unsold 60GB units out there, and they don’t want to have to cut the price to clear them.
If Pachter’s prediction is dead-on, there’s two things that Sony can do to ease this inventory problem: SCEA may either wait until the 60GB stocks run out before they formally announce the existence of 40GB, or just speed up the process by bundling 60GB PS3 SKUs with a game and even an extra controller.
40GB PS3’s won’t have backwards compatibility, but Pachter said that it wouldn’t matter. He explained that people wouldn’t care about backwards compatibility if they bothered to wait long enough before they bought a PS3.
Via Games Industry
Sony Computer Entertainment Australia already talked about phasing out 60GB PS3 SKUs to make way for newer 40GB stock, and SCEs from other regions have mentioned the 40GB as well. However, we’re still not hearing anything from Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA), so what’s their game plan? Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has his own guess about what’s happening:
These rolling announcements suggest to me that Sony has an inventory control problem, with too many unsold 60GB units out there, and they don’t want to have to cut the price to clear them.
If Pachter’s prediction is dead-on, there’s two things that Sony can do to ease this inventory problem: SCEA may either wait until the 60GB stocks run out before they formally announce the existence of 40GB, or just speed up the process by bundling 60GB PS3 SKUs with a game and even an extra controller.
40GB PS3’s won’t have backwards compatibility, but Pachter said that it wouldn’t matter. He explained that people wouldn’t care about backwards compatibility if they bothered to wait long enough before they bought a PS3.
Via Games Industry
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