I received a "clarification" from Sony Computer Entertainment America yesterday.

Apparently Kaz Hirai either misspoke or was misunderstood (my money's on misspoke) when he was quoted as saying that Sony would have 2 million PS3s ready to ship by the end of the year. What he meant to say was that Sony is still on schedule to have 2 million unites shipped by the November launch and an additional 2 million by the end of the year. Meaning a total of 4 million units.

Here's there official statement on the whole deal:

"Unfortunately Kaz Hirai's comments in the recent GameSpot interview regarding PLAYSTATION 3 production were misunderstood. We are still on schedule to ship 2 million units for our mid-November 2006 launch and additional 2 million units by the end of the year for a total of 4 million units."

I'm surprised they didn't want to clarify whether they have started producing the PS3s yet. I mean, he said they haven't and they can't be right... can it? Brian Crecente

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