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Guys, guys… it’s quite simple. 
One PS3 has already been sold on eBay for $9000. Most people who got one on launch day stood in lines for days for a reason, you know. It makes sense: spend $600, sell it for several times that much… easy money.
The Wii sold out as well in the U.S., even though there were many more consoles available. A lot are also on eBay, but they’re a much smaller percentage, since Wiis aren’t so rare, and Nintendo has promised to keep getting more of them to stores every week until the end of the year. Extra wiimotes also seem to be selling out in many places, which shows that many people are keeping their consoles. After all, their owners (cheap shot, I know) tend to actually enjoy playing with them (imagine that!), instead of just thinking of them as an “investment”.
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That was a damn good explanation I couldn’t think of when I wrote mine and after reading yours I’m pretty sure you’re 90% right! Just to say that hopefully I’m 10% right…
Humm, I would say you’re right about no more than 10%. The major part are folks that want to get their hands on PS3 for their own.
Sorry, but that’s what you call “wishful thinking”.
Many news sites are reporting that people are buying them to sell them on eBay. Sure, those who buy it there probably want to keep them…
Really, think about it. If you can buy one from a store now, you can easily sell it and earn a couple thousand bucks. Then, if you really want a PS3, you buy another for $600 in January or Febrary, when they’re less rare. And you keep the money you made now. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
In fact, I’d say you’d have to be a complete fanatic to get one for $600 now and not sell it…