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Hirai Expects One Million PS3s By End of Year
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Zonk
on Wed Oct 18, '06 01:07 PM
from the good-thinking dept.
from the good-thinking dept.
Despite lower-than-expected launch numbers for Sony's next console, in an interview with Next Generation Kaz Hirai says he still expects a million units to be available by the end of the year. He goes on to discuss other elements of the launch, and Sony's expectations for this momentous event. From the article: "For launch day there is going to be a bit less than 20. For the launch window there is going to be a bit more. We are looking at the portfolio of the third party publishers for the launch day, and we are asking them which titles are going to be available for the second week, which ones are going to be available for the third week, and which titles are going to be for the end of the year. Basically we are managing the portfolio of the software titles everybody has, once this process is done we are deciding which titles are going where, and then we are going to have the final list of the launch titles for the US launch."
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Summary?
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Re:Summary?
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A bit less than 20
(Score:4, Funny)heh
goto love the context!
(Score:1, Flamebait)Good thing thats about the number of games, at lest they arnt trying to do a MS and hold the consumers to ransom on avalbility.
Big deal
(Score:4, Funny)Why save them until week 2?
(Score:3, Interesting)End of the Year?
(Score:4, Interesting)Notably absent from his claims:
(Score:3, Funny)(http://localhost/)
And HOW many Wiis?
(Score:2)(http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~nweaver/)
Pre Launch Bluff or Steady Reserves
(Score:3, Interesting)(http://themadtech.blogspot.com/)
I'll believe it when I see it
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