Hot on the heels of the PlayStation 3 delay in Europe, reports indicate that launch numbers in North America and Europe will be smaller than Sony originally indicated. In North America about 400,000 PS3 units will be available during the November 17th launch, and in Japan, only 100,000 consoles will be available when the system launches on November 11th.

Originally Sony planned to have four million PlayStation 3 consoles shipped by the end of the year, and now Sony believes that number will be cut to two million. A problem with the production of the Blu-ray player is the cause for the shortage.

"We've been working hard to try to tackle the problem, but we see the delay is inevitable," stated Sony's Kaz Hirai.

Mass production of the PS3 is expected to begin at the end of this month.


Source: Game Informer Online


Im kinda mad about this news because if I dont get one the first day it comes out because of this im going to be pissed off,cause Iv reserved the $600 version. But once I got to thinking Its good that they caught the problem before they sent them out. So its kind meh to me. Just some of my thoughts