So, after the initial launch of the PS3 in Japan, many people took solace in the fact sales quickly declined. They thought this was proof that Sony had failed. But you've got to remember, when there's not a very big supply of the systems, there aren't going to be very high sales numbers. Something changed the week of December 4th... there was a 60% increase in sales with, what we can imagine, was a large influx of supply for the holidays. The actual numbers for that week were a little over 50,000 units moved in Japan. Upon launch, the PS3 moved over 81,000 units. If we just average it all out, with general sales of 30,000 per week outside of these two, Japan has moved a good number of units -- over 200,000. So, where's my market analysis degree? Kidding, kidding.What does this mean? Whether or not you see some sitting in your Target wherever you live (still completely gone in the Atlanta/Athens area for me), that's not at all representative of the world. When PS3's arrive, for the most part, they also depart. At least, in Japan. Makes you wonder what games they're playing, though.
