Circuit City.com sells out of 80gb PS3

[Jack Torrance]

http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=4645

PS3 80GB sold out at Circuit City online division
Published: 1 hours ago; 3:02pm PDT
by Marcus Lai


Circuit City on Tues. sold out of Sony Corp.'s new 80GB Playstation 3 model at its online division, Circuitcity.com.
Sony this week announced that the latest Playstation 3 revision would be available at brick and mortar retial stores begining Aug. 8.

Circuitcity.com began retail of the 80GB PS3 SKU on Sat., Aug. 4.

The 80GB PS3 model features an 80GB hard drive and a copy of the online racing title MotorStorm for $599.

Sony currently retails a $499 60GB model that is expected to be discontinued sometime this fall.

Sony this week said that sales of the 60GB hardware have increased 113 percent at the company's top five retailers compared to average sales of four weeks prior to the price cut.

Additionally, current sales for new 80GB SKU at Amazon.com have increased upon debut.

Sony expects to sell 11 million PS3 units worldwide this business year.