What kind of shortages can you expect with only 400,000 PlayStation 3 units at the American launch, and Japan geting a mere 100,000 PS3s, and Europe with 0 will see many importers.

Once again the Japanese are getting new special edition DS Lites.

On July 24th 2006 Sony reached 20.02 million units shipped to stores. It ’s not units sold, but it does mean the following regions got these allocations. Japan: 5.20 million, USA: 8.17 million, Europe: 6.65 million.

Enterbrain has made a study on the approaching launch of the Wii & PS3 in Japan. The following percentages show the interest in each gaming console. Gamers polled prefer to wait for a significant PS3 price-drop, as they are very interested in the popular licenses it should get. While waiting, they want to buy the innovative Wii. Many gamers were also interested in playing old games (retro-gaming) via the Wii Virtual Console.

Nintendo of Spain ’s director of marketing Nico Wegnez, revealed that he expects Europe will receive the Wii about 10 days after its Japanese launch! He assured everyone that the Wii will hit European shelves before Christmas 2006. And Zelda: Twilight Princess might arrive in Europe with both the Wii and GameCube games bundled in one package.

Nintendo revealed to Famitsu.com, at the company’s recent press conference unveiling its financial results, that Wii would arrive in Japanese stores with a maximum price tag of 25,000 yen. After taking in account various factors, the conversion to other currencies comes down to a launch price of: $225 / €225 / £150