How many PlayStation 3 units at launch?
The honest answer is, the number changes on a daily basis. We gave the original numbers out to retailers last Friday, based on what we had in the warehouse. Goods are arriving every day and will continue to arrive. I’m not sure what the ultimate number will be. We are sticking with the target of one million units in the US by the end of the calendar year, and six million worldwide by end of the fiscal year. How many at the big launch event at the Metreon tonight? A significant amount. We’ve got a major press event. Our goal is that we don’t turn anybody away. When will supply catch up with demand? Supply is a moving target, but demand is also a moving target. If nobody’s interested, we’ll catch up on the 18th. It could be as late as spring before units sit on store shelves for more than a matter of seconds. There are stories of people getting shot with BB guns and robbed at gunpoint in line — does this make Sony reconsider how they launch consoles? I don’t know how else to do it. We’ve
