According to EA CEO Larry Probst, only half the number of PS3 units made it to the US for the consoles launch. This amounted to just some 200,000 consoles.
Speaking at the Reuters Media Summit, Probst said that EA previously assumed the shipment figure would be lower than the 400,000 unit target set by Sony. However, he said, "Where they ended up was a bit of a surprise."
Sony has repeatedly stated that new shipments are being sent to the US on a continuous basis, and Probst predicted that between 500,000 and 800,000 units will have been shipped to the US by the end of the year. "We think they'll get into that range," he stated.
Sony has yet to reveal US shipment and sales figures for PlayStation 3, but Nintendo recently announced that 600,000 Wii units were sold in the eight days following launch.
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30-Nov-2006, 10:12 PM
Only 200,000 units made US launch
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