Hi Lyndon

The damage is done for me... HMV would have to sell them at less than cost price to get me to buy anything from their stores again.

Over the last few days I have spoken to most of the large retailers to get an idea about what is going to happen when the PS3 launches in the UK and things are looking good. The combination of the high price point and time of the year means that getting a hold of one will be easier than the farce that was the 360 launch over here.

As you mentioned the other day, 220K units for the UK is almost what the whole of the USA had in November.

I don't want to name any names, but there are stores that will guarantee you one on release day even now !