According to research done by American Technology Research analyst Paul-Jon McNealy, Sony's launch weekend had between 125,000 to 175,000 units available for the North American market, well below the expected shipment volume.

Sony originally planned on having around 400,000 PS3 units shipped for the initial release and 1 million units before the end of the year.

After thousands of gamers across the country spent up to several days camping out in front of stores, the Sony PlayStation 3 sold out quickly and game stores and retailers are not sure when they will receive more shipments.

Nintendo, Sony's major competitor in the console market, has also recently released its latest console, and The Nintendo Wii game console also quickly sold out the first day it was introduced to the market however Nintendo is promising to replenish suppliers at a rate of 250,000 per week. They also hope to have up to 4 million consoles available to consumers by the end of the year.

This news article was written on November 26, 2006, quoting GameDaily.