Guardian's Gamesblog takes a look at the math of Sony's recent assertions that they can supply enough PS3 consoles for a simultaneous world-wide launch in November, 2006.

They're skeptical. Who wouldn't be? Based upon past evidence, the assumption is that Sony needs to put together 10 million PS3s in order to have enough supply to meet demand in all territories. The Guardian estimates that this would require Sony to have already begun production of the PS3 and to produce a million consoles a month from January to November. That's 50,000 per day.

But has production already started? How could it, with Blu-Ray still being an unagreed standard? Developers don't even have final dev kits.

We're doing to put on our Criswell turban here and predict there is no way Sony can make enough consoles for a world-wide launch in November. So if Sony sticks to that launch date, expect another 360 fiasco, children.

Can Sony manage a global PS3 roll-out? Let's 'do the math' [Guardian Gamesblog]

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