Gamasutra is citing a report filed by Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian predicting the initial PS3 shipments will be 80% $600 versions and 20% $500 versions. IGN contacted Sony, and while the company hasn't announced the official availability of each pack, it confirmed for us that the 80%/20% ratio was the preferred ratio of retailers it has been talking to.
We fed these numbers into IGN's Super Ninja Battle Computer of Number Krunching Death, and it came back with the following breakdown of premium/core i
As an interesting footnote to last week's news that Sony was cutting the PS3's shipping numbers by 75% and delaying the launch in Europe, head of all things PlayStation Ken Kutaragi made the following comment to Reuter's: "If you asked me if Sony's strength in hardware was in decline, right now I guess I would have to say that might be true."
We fed these numbers into IGN's Super Ninja Battle Computer of Number Krunching Death, and it came back with the following breakdown of premium/core i
As an interesting footnote to last week's news that Sony was cutting the PS3's shipping numbers by 75% and delaying the launch in Europe, head of all things PlayStation Ken Kutaragi made the following comment to Reuter's: "If you asked me if Sony's strength in hardware was in decline, right now I guess I would have to say that might be true."
