Sony 80 Gig PS3 out of stock at Best Buy and SonyStyle

As many of you know, you can apply for a Sony Style Visa card issue by Chase bank to get 150 dollar off from their main website at SonyStyle. I just did applied and got the information approved online instantly only to find that it is out of stock, but I placed the order anyways because an extra 250 dollar 80 gig PS3 is a awesome deal...

[HipHopGamerShowFan]

PS3 sales go way up=Xbox 360s stock prices go down.

[Dyingduck]

RIP, Crapbox360

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(R=RROD)

[morganfell]

PS3 will own August too. Ha ha ha.

Amazon Bestseller update

PS3 80GB Rank 6
360 20GB Rank 88

[whoelse]

How about thr 60GB 360?

[eagle21]

No 360's in the top 100.

7:21 pm...nope
7:25 pm...eh eh
7:33 pm....sorry :)

[tetsuhana]

360 20gb #90
360 60gb #99

[kwicksandz]

Is this the good 80gb model or the gimped one?

[morganfell]

2133 Romeo (933 PM EST)

Amazon Bestseller update

PS3 80GB Rank 6
360 None in top 100

[Guwapo77]

This is the new 80gig version w/o PS2 support. ...Atleast you can still play PS1 games on it.

[WhittO]

Looks like demand for ps3 is just getting higher and higher !

Maybe ps2 owners are starting to come over ? I know loads of people who just waited for more people to have it and now most of my m8s have 1 lol.

MS must be starting to worry, since the 360 price is much lower and demand is still decreasing.

[belal]

a price cut for the 360 in october- november, just to stay alive!

[TheHater]

The Xbox 360 is getting a price cut in September, I think it the 7th.

[heyheyhey]

after LBP releases.......

buy a Big Mac and a Mc Flurry.... get an Xbox 360 free

[yanikins111]

Jokes like that make the open zone worth reading from time to time. Nice.

[Shane Kim]

bwahahahaha nice one hey hey hey :D.

[Raoh]

go ps3 its your birthday, not your birthday but we going to party like its your birthday

go go go go

[Nathaniel_Drake]

About less than 3 months, November 16th its PS3's birthday so you are close...hehehehehe!!! =)

[skyline2003]

Sooo PS3 being out of stock at one place is news that we should make a fuss over? Let me know when PS3 is on Wii status and you can get them anywhere.

I bet i can goto Best Buy down the street and see a PS3 in stock. This article is just as dumb as the "PS3 is number on on amazon" then that list changes every hour.

[WhittO]

no if you read its out of stock in more than "one place".

[DrWan]

normally i wouldn't post, but out of stock in their own SonyStyle store as well as BestBuy which is probably one of the biggest electronic retailer in the USA looks like it's pretty significant

[NewYork214]

i agree with you that this isn't really news but we had to read all the articles about the piles of PS3's at stores for most of 2007 so why shouldnt we here about the turn around success.

and it must interest some people or it wouldnt be getting hits.

[IzKyD1331]

@ DrWan

and not to mention its getting sold out at amazon on a daily basis

[mfwahwah]

Yet MS running out of consoles in Japan is news. Wait, that's not "news," that's "bull****." Sorry, I always get those 2 mixed up.

[Raoh]

go to the bestbuy website

it says sold out online and none in stock for pick up....

is it news? we follow sales from month to month so yeah this as well as japans 360 stock is news

[TOO PAWNED]

this is definitely news worth paying attention to. If news is when 360 sell 3k more than previous week in Japan, than i be damn so is this news

[BulletToothtony]

both have had some.. like 8 in bb and like 3 in walmart.. just in case someone is looking for some.. i got mine last week from amazon and it has gotten sold out in amazon twice but they get restocked like in 2 days...

ordering from amazon with next day shipping its only $15 more which is great.. since there is no tax is pretty worth it, you end up saving $15 or if you wait 5 days you would save $30 either way amazon is starting to be where i shop a lot

[Sitdown]

Often times when Best buy's stock is out online...they say there is none in the store...so you can no do the in store pick up. So do not put much stock in to the idea of all the stores being out.

Anyhoo....does not matter to me...cause I been had my 60 gb ps3.

[heyheyhey]

and so 360 will lose it's "exclusives" due to dizzying PS3 sales

say goodbye to L4D, Mass Effect and Dead Rising knob-ends

[PirateThom]

Goodness, I hope not.

This gen has been marred by franchises that should be exclusive going multiplatform, while the XKiddes were always about what PlayStation franchises Microsoft could steal, I'm someone who believes that consoles should be defined by their exclusive titles. Which is why it confuses me when Microsoft pay $50 million for DLC rather than a new game.

[Xheratuul]

the day that the ps3 will be 2nd in worldwide sales is coming sooner than you think. And i am talking to 360 owners who doubt it.

[Shane Kim]

Im telling you, Wii doesn't have a chance...by the end of 2009 every ugly ass kid are going to cry for a PS3. The price is just too high for the avarage joe to spend. But after a couple of price cuts...it'll pass it.

[IzKyD1331]

Sony better restock as fast as they can....because I've seen ALOT of "Sold Out Online" signs at retailers

[TOO PAWNED]

We are talking about Sony here. Sony is famous for giving you high quality products(at least here in EU), not some rushed junk that dies 5 times in one year...if you know what i mean.

EDIT: but i am sure they will have pleanty for October and November(LBP and R2)

[rCrysis]

more people to play with online...hopefully

[juuken]

O-O

H-Have mercy Sony...h-have mercy on them!

Sweet Lord a' mighty...SONY IS GOING INTO MASSIVE OVERKILL DRIVE.

[PoSTedUP]

yea take it easy sony! let them play gears of war2 first! XD

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

SONY PLEASE, WIPE'EM OUT, WIPE'EM ALL OUT!!! ;-D
(M$ and their xBot Lemmings would love to Destroy the PS3 and they would not give a dam init) (They FAILED tho!!!) ;-D

xBox 360 will be Left 4 Dead!!! ;-D ;-P

[IzKyD1331]

lmao, the PS3 is the number 6 selling item on amazon, the 360 is number 92

[IzKyD1331]

ha!
its not even in the top 100 anymore!

[PiTCHBLaCK]

actually one small correction.
the PS3 is number 6 in the Video game section only, not
all of Amazon, but still that's a huge achievement, since
The Video game section is where the PS3's competitors are.

[Raoh]

@ IzKyD1331

i'm pretty sure both microsoft and sony (cant speak for nintendo)

are trying to meet holiday demand more than they are summer demands..

sony had a drought just before mgs4 release

microsoft is probably concerned with meeting demand during gears of war 2 release

sony is concerned with LBP and Resistance 2 (i hope for their sake they are taking SOCOM into consideration as well, lots of PS2 owners who are waiting for socom to upgrade to the ps3)

[Raoh]

LOL @ heyheyhey

[solsub]

Nice to see the PS3 gaining more steam.

[cmrbe]

Get those PS3 out faster.

[mfwahwah]

Don't dam Sony, it'll only slow them down.

[DA_SHREDDER]

Also, to that guy that said to get at him when the ps3 hits Wii status. How bout you hit me up when the Wii hits ps2 status? Huh? I'll be waiting for a long time for that one.

[Nathaniel_Drake]

Though, it depends on the status as an all-around gaming machine which the PS3, PS2 is and the Wii is not.

The white sheen of the Wii reminds me of the white coat of the rabbit, and the shape of the hard shelled PS3 reminds of the shell of a turtle, that analogy has been working well with Sony no need to ditch it

[rawd]

Uh oh

[Aclay]

The new 80GB PS3 for $399 has been in the Top 10 in Amazon.com's Video Games section ever since it was first avaliable and the 80GB PS3 MGS4 bundle was ALWAYS in the Top 10 whenever Amazon.com had stock.... it's pretty obvious that Microsoft almost has no choice but to resort to a price drop in Sept. because if they don't, the PS3 will totally own the rest of this year without a doubt.

It's just funny that the 360 has so many more games and it's cheaper, but the PS3 still continues to do damage like it's nothing.

But, my prediction for August's NPD is the Playstation 3 outselling the Xbox 360.

[Draperc]

Ah, it feels really good to be a PS3 owner. =)

[juuken]

Damn straight.

Go Sony!

That video was classic dude.

[Sophora]

meh...most people who buy the ps3 in bestbuy get it with an hdtv and for the blu-ray player. I rarely get someone who wants it for gaming...

[Nathaniel_Drake]

yeah but that's the trick, that's what games like LBP will do, people that only wanted for a blu-ray, say hey there is a game I can get into and I don't have to buy any hardware just the game, and BAM!!! Sony has a gaming software customer for life, the shaver now has made the blades utilized

[doshey]

but but the ps3 sucks it cant do good ha u dumb xbots

[divideby0]

I am gonna do the same and get a 2nd PS3 as soon as they do a model substantial change

[BoneMagnus]

I had passed it up two weeks earlier, then they were gone.

When I saw them advertised online, I called a store and immediately rushed out and got it.

I'm a happy man!

[rawd]

This is crazy. And alot of huge exclusives aren't out yet. And Home is coming soon.

PLUS, all the Bluray flicks starting to come out by all the movie houses starting in September into the holiday season. I predict lots of sold out PS3's during Christmas shopping season

[Nathaniel_Drake]

OH Mannn....Dark Knight is going to kill, Sony should bundle it as the Dark Knight bundle, I mean the PS3's black color fits the movie so smoothly!!! =)

[robbo918]

Iron Man comes out 9/30/08 on Blu-ray with very cool extra stuff only on the Blu version. Iron Man will move a few people to buy also IMO.

[kalistyles]

I can tell you this. I work at best buy part time home theatre in mass and last night we had 2 ps3's left on the floor and in the stock room there were only 6 left. The thing is with those 6 we have to save them for next weeks labor day sale. They are selling as fast as we get them in. People are starting to see the advantages of the system not to mention blu ray. Oh and by the way there were about 25 to 30 360's in the stockroom. From elites to arcades. Ps3's are flying off the shelf.

[PirateThom]

Do not underestimate the selling power of the PlayStation brand.

[SolidSnake93]

PS3 will follow the path of its ancestors.

[whoelse]

I guess it proves how much demand there is for the new PS3.

[SmokingMonkey]

as of yesterday we sold out All 8 80gb PS3's we got
(PS3 sold out/no used)
Wii's can't stay in stock
(Wii sold out/no used)
5 arcades are in the back
6 pro's
1 elite (been there for awhile, box is really banged up)
and we got in 6 MORE refurbished 360 to add to the 8 we already had!

[eagle21]

PS3 is the business. 360 is out of business.

Sony and Nintendo are the game market. Microsoft is just visiting. :)

[aiphanes]

Suprise everybody and do a $100 price drop...its all over for Nintendo and Microsoft...

Sony will own 2008 (at least against the Xbox 360) and totally own 2009...

Bluray is going to explode the last part of this year...and all of 2009...

Do you want to watch the Dark Night on Bluray or on DVD or in sudo I am desperately trying to be 720p Xbox live marketplace?

[Kratos_1986]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAaaaaaaaa dude bubbles for you man comment of the week :D :

Xbots will be left for dead

loooooooooooool

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

Thank you;) Bubbles for you to;)

[ItsIncognito]

Let them come, I didn't hear the 360 fanboys complain when there was a tsunami of articles stating "Piles of PS3's laying everywhere"

[eagle21]

PS3, no stopping it now. :)

[Reno17]

Ps3 rules.

[Mr BlueScreen]

Its Sony gaining more steam.
uh oh... Microsoft just ran out of coal.

[yanikins111]

they havent been using coal for 13 months. They just daisy chain a couple of elites in the boiler house. Its like nuclear fussion.

[KeiulZen]

I'm Glad I got mine @ Gamestop this evening. Traded in my 360 and all accessories for my PS3. MGS4 and Disgaea 3 are now entertaining me in between my projects and studies for college.

Man...I'm gonna miss TF2 tho, but, it's okay...TF2 is on PC and way better. So long 360, you gave me a limited amount of fun. ; ;

[Mutley416]

Yah I bet it is the Socom Beta...I`ve got friends getting the beta in the next couple days... Socom is a pretty big title.. with a large following.

[DA_SHREDDER]

I just seen some vids of the game from the ps store,, and it is an ugly game with really bad animation. I hate to say this because Im the biggest Sony fanboy at heart, but Im far from biased, I have my reasons why I like Sony way more then the 360. Alas, we will see whats up with the game this Friday as thats when the beta will start. I just have this wretched feeling in my gut that I will be disappointed. Which is a good thing because everytime I think a game is gonna be good Im always disappointed. Maybe if I set myself up for failure I might actually love the game , and the beta?

[kumashii38]

Yes, I agree.
I also think that SOCOM has to be fixed up by online patching.
because SOCOM is a very important title for PS3.

[VF34EJ25]

@DaShredder

I agree, the game from a technical standpoint has very shoddy animations. And I don't want to hear the excuse that "oh it's good for a PSN game" because look at Ratchet & Clank or even Warhawk. Has no problems running 100% optimized on the PS3 being a PSN game.

But hopefully all that is moot if the gameplay is there. I mean if you think about it, all the PS2 SOCOM games were below average in graphics too. Yet, it has a very huge following. So who knows, it could just be the same for Confrontation. However, I don't want it to be an excuse for poor graphics though. I'm hoping that once SOCOM 4 comes out, it will have both gameplay and be a true "next-gen graphics" SOCOM game.

[ALICE_666]

no xbots in here, I sense their nervousness. victory is near sony fans.

[lagoonalight]

I need ammunition aka bubbles

the bots and bot mods have ripped me down

sincerely,

lagoonalight

[SolidSnake93]

Wow Ps3 is picking up steam.

[DrWan]

In stock on September 7, 2008.

[generalthadeape]

My wife & I just sold our house last Friday & since we downsized from a 4 bedroom house to a 1 bedroom apartment-- (cheaper, the kids are all grown up & have long Since moved away, no yard work & no more trips to Home Depot / Lowe's)-- we decided to sell just about everything in the house & start over.

That included selling my big "tube type" 32 inch JVC TV & my Xbox 360--(which I actually sold Father's Day to help pay for repairs to the house that we were seling).

Because we had just moved, we ended going to the post office to fill out a change of address form. What do you know, inside the form was a bunch of coupons from more than a few national retailers. Among them, I found a 10% discount (on one single purchase) for just about anything at Best Buy. Needless to say, I grabbed a stack of the forms & out the door I went.

We ended up buying my wife a nice Sony Viao computer, (on sale-- so it wasn't elligible for the discount), The Sims Castaway game, a wireless mouse & a nice carry bag for the laptop. It took several seperate "ringups" at the cash register, but we eventually got discounts for everything except the laptop.

Then it was my turn, I've been toying with the idea of buying a nice LCD 1080p high def TV for a while now & since we shipped my old TV off to the auction, we definitely were in the mood to get one now.

After quite a few hours of shopping, price matching & balancing the features against the costs, I decided to get the Samsung 46 inch 1080p LCD TV-- which I had to ask the salesman to double check that although the sales flyer said "advertised price"-- it was indeed the regular price & not a sales price in order for the TV to qualify for the 10% discount-- which it did.

Then I did something daring, in the fine print of the coupon, it said "good for Sony BluRay players, etc.....". Upon seeing that, and judging from the stack of Sony brand BluRay players sitting in the middle of the aisle, I asked the store Operations Manager if I could apply the 10% discount towards the Sony PlayStation 3-- she took quite awhile to decide & finally said, "Yes". it was pretty cool because I somehow convinced her that I'm too old to play video games & all I wanted was a well priced BluRay player & couldn't care less about its other features-- hahaha!!!

Knowing that the only model they had available at the time was the "gimped" 80 GB one, I had to decide right then & there-- or else I'd never get the chance for a discount on the PS3 ever again-- so I told them to grab it out of the locked display & ring it up before I changed my mind.

The only problem I had was when it was time to ring it up, the cash register wouldn't let them give me a discount. They said it had something to do with the agreement they had with Sony & they could get into serious trouble if they rung it up that way.

It took the store Manager & some other people quite a while to figure out what to do, but I eventually got 10% off a Monster Cable HDMI cable & an additional $40 store credit torwards the purchase of my Sony PS3.

I have been a loyal owner of the Xbox 360 for about 1 1/2 years before switching to the Sony PS3 & judging how quiet it is, how easy it is to download things from PSN & the ability to surf the web on it-- I am now a firm believer in all things PS3.

I just can't tell you guys how much I love it!!!

Oh, and for the record, I went back to Best Buy just this past Thursday-- (to purchase Resistance: Fall of Man and Burnout Paradise)-- & there were no PS3s on the shelves to be sold-- they were sold out...

[na2ru1]

with an 80gb ps3 in his hand whilst i was working. it keeps selling baby