On: Retail Arbitrage at Walmart [video]

[colonelxc]

Do you mean PS4? PS3s were very hard to get at the start.

3 PS3s guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sjhjFOw4Ok

[neaden → colonelxc]

No, it was PS3s. Here is an article about it from the time: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2006/12/6406/ the Wii unexpectedly ended up being the real in demand system that Christmas.

[zeroname → neaden]

> No, it was PS3s. Here is an article about it from the time: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2006/12/6406/

It doesn't say they had to sell at a loss, just that they didn't get the ridiculous markup they hoped for.

The PS3 really was in short supply and prices did remain elevated. The article mentions that.