Kotaku
Okay, it's not all bad. Yes, those 400,000 initial PS3s will be spready pretty thin on November 12th. And the vast majority of the world is getting a double deuce from Sony. But heck, there's still a good chance you yanks will get a PS3 for Christmas, even as a Dutch child weeps over his Sinter Klaastian clog because he didn't get one.
After its initial launch of 400K units into the U.S. market, SCEA plans to ship another 800K units via air-freight through the end of the year, making 1.2 million units total.Speaking to analysts late last week, the firm added some flesh to the bones of its recent announcements. The split between premium (60GB) and core (20GB) units at U.S. retail stores should be roughly 80/20. Sony believes it can ramp monthly PS3 production to 1.2 million units by January due to anticipated improvements in blu-ray laser supplies.
So that's good news, unless you want one of the cheaper ones, in which case — with an 80-20 split between premium and core models — you're pretty much boned.
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