Not good news for Sony (and lots of hungry young gamers with $600 in their pockets for that matter), but I doubt Nintendo or Microsoft is feeling bad. Rumor has it, that Sony shipped less than the already reduced 400,000 PS3 consoles it said it would have in stores last week. By now you've all seen or read about the craziness that surrounded the release of the PS3 last week...that craziness ranged from gun shots being fired at one store in Connecticut to near riot conditions in front of several Best Buys and Circuit City's around the country. In one word, pathetic. On the other hand, the mainstream media and bloggers alike were quick to pick up on the "civility" of the Nintendo Wii release...no gunshots, no riots, just a chock full of courtesy and a side of friendliness. It probably doesn't hurt that Nintendo shipped about five to ten times the amount Wii's compared to what Sony shipped for the PS3. Supply and demand at its finest.
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