Bloomburg: Sony May Revise PS3 Shipment Numbers

Less than a month away from launch, Sony has conceded that it may not be able to meet the two million PS3 units it had originally planned to have shipped by the end of the year.

Will the PS3 make its numbers? Bloomberg isn't so sure
The original projection of two million units shipped worldwide by the end of the year may not be possible, reports Bloomberg. Sony is attributing a shortage of parts intended for the Blu-Ray Disc drive as the main culprit behind the diminished quantity of PS3s available by years end.

"The honest answer is, it's more of a target", said Sony Computer Entertainment America co-chairman Jack Tretton concerning the revised PS3 shipments. "Clearly we've had production issues."

An already reduced launch quantity and, now, fewer consoles available until the new year is bad news for Sony, but should certainly provide a boost for Microsoft and Nintendo, giving them more opportunity to push their respective consoles in place of the PS3. But Kaz Hirai, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, is more optimistic. "All the issues have been ironed out, now it's just a matter of being able to replicate the process to as many lines as possible," he told GameSpot.

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