Three days ago Sony Computer of America's David Karraker assured the world that the have fixed all Playstation 3 manufacturing problems and that the company remains focused on getting 1 million PS3s to stores by the end of the year.

Today Sony Corp's President, Ryoji Chubachi, reaffirmed that, saying that Sony is sticking to its target of shipping 2 million PS3s by the end of the year.

"It's true that availability has been a bottleneck," Chubachi said of the PlayStation 3. "But the targets are achievable. We do not need to revise our shipment targets."

He went on to say that they still plan to hit 6 million PS3s by the end of their fiscal year in March and will launch the system in Europe "as soon as possible."

Uh, oh. As soon as possible is never good when its coming from a hardware developer.

Sony Sticks to PS3 Shipment Target [AP]

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