PS3 Claims 2 Million Target

Today sees Sony announce that it has shipped one million PS3s in Japan. When added to the one million consoles that Sony claims to have shipped to America that figure puts Sony at a tidy two million consoles shipped.

Sony had planned to ship two million PS3s by the end of last year. Hitting that target today puts it two weeks behind schedule.

In its Japanese press release Sony attempted to counteract any negative aspersions on the PS3's production issues, stating (and remember that this is a translation):



Allow SPOnG to translate a bit further: “Getting two-million consoles into stores in two months is the fastest Sony has shipped any console in the same time-frame.”

So, the PS3 has been in greater supply in its first two months than any other Sony console. It can't be denied that the PSOne and PS2 managed to do alright for themselves, can it?

We don't need to tell you that there's been a lot of trash talk about the PS3 (with Valve's Gabe Newell being the latest in a long line). Sony detractors will no doubt point out that it's hit a ‘reduced’ shipping target and has done so late. It should be pointed out, however, that last week, when Sony announced it had hit the one million mark in North America, its share price rose. It will be interesting to see if today's announcement receives a similar vote of confidence from the stock market.

Of course, the figures reflect the number of consoles shipped. Supply is intact, but today's announcement doesn't do anything to redress rumours of PS3s sitting idle on store shelves.