In what conspiracy theorists may one day dub a Microsoft plot, retailers nationwide are in extremely short supply of Sony Playstations and Nintendo Wiis. According to an anonymous source (you know how these retailers hate for their employees to talk about things), many stores in one company have only received a single shipment of Wiis in since the week before Christmas – some of which consisted of only three consoles. Sony has issued a statement regarding the shortage in a Joystiq interview with Patrick Seybold, Sony’s senior director of communications.
The strong demand carrying through the holidays was evident and early in the month we [knew] there was going to be limited supply of the PS3 at retail in January. We’re working closely with the retail channel to meet this demand, but expect tight supply for the coming months.
According to the numbers from the past year, Sony had a stellar year and their shortage is understandable. Nintendo, however, had a weaker year than years past, which does nothing to explain why no one can find any Wii consoles, Wii-Motes, or Wii Fit packages. Meanwhile, the Microsoft Xbox 360 is still going strong, though one does wonder how many of the 360 sales figures are from people repurchasing a system to replace a broken one.
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