Sony won’t give any numbers, but it looks like they only managed to ship half of the originally-forcast 400,000 PS3′s at launch. But according to Sony’s David Karraker all the production issues have been resolved and they’re still targeting 1 million PS3 in the pipeline to North America by the end of 2006.
On the other hand, things don’t look as good for the Wii. Nintendo had an impressive number available at launch, and all were sold out. But they may have trouble getting to the 1 million mark by the end of the year. The following statement that Nintendo of America made has been retracted: “Despite spot shortages in some locations, well more than a million Wii systems will be available in the United States by the end of the year.”
What does all this mean? There will probably be similar PS3 and Wii quantities in the US market by the end of the year. This is a strange thing, considering how everyone was predicting the total dominance of the Wii over all other… well, anything.
Nintendo Retracts 1M Wiis in U.S. Statement
Sony: PS3 Issues ‘Resolved’, 1mil By End Of 2006
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#1 by Pc on December 11th, 2006
Hell yeah….good news indeed !!!! Hopefully i can still score a PS3 for christmas
#2 by Mephy on December 11th, 2006
Probably has more to do with the information being erroneous, but not necessarily a sign of a downward trend. Not meaning to burst your bubble, but Nintendo has never made a precise numerical dedication for North American shipments, and it likely has more to do with not wanting to put words in Nintendo’s mouth than any other factor.
#3 by Darrin on December 11th, 2006 [ 15974 Points ]
It’s hard not to be skeptical about Sony’s promises at this point. Launch problems are common and will be forgotten in a year, but I’ll believe the shipment numbers when I see them.
#4 by bunnyhero on December 12th, 2006 [ 1850 Points ]
should be interesting if sony can indeed hit 1M!