PS3 Not Even In Production - Launch Date Looms
August 21st, 2006
The number of Playstation3 units expected to be available by the end of the year is 2 million. However, according to Sony Computer Entertainment American president Kaz Hirai, not a single console has yet rolled off production lines, meaning that Sony is going to have to knock out one new unit every minute from now until Christmas to meet its target.
“We haven’t started manufacturing yet. Some of our ops guys were actually just in China, and also in Japan just reviewing the [production] lines and everything else,” said Hirai in an interview with Gamespot. “But they are, again, preparing as we speak to get the manufacturing going.
He then went on to admit that a date had not yet been set for production to start.
Sony appears to harbour no aspirations of actually meeting demand. “I think it’s going to be very much of a challenge to be able to meet every single unit demand that’s out there in the market,” said Hirai. “That’s just a logistical impossibility.”
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