After cutting shipment targets and delaying the European launch, combined with the kick in the nuts price drop for Japan only, Sony has some more potentially distressing PlayStation 3 launch news: they may not actually ship those 2 million intended PS3's by year's end.

"The honest answer is it's more of a target'' for PlayStation 3 shipments, Jack Tretton, co-chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment America, said yesterday in an interview. "Clearly we've had production issues.''

You know, as one of those chumps without a pre-order, this does not bode well for me and my future PlayStation 3 focused blog updating.

No indication other than "production issues" was given by Tretton, but considering the Blu-ray manufacturing problems the company has had, we'll just go with that. Sony did just delay their own BRD player this week. Michael McWhertor

Sony May Not Meet PlayStation 3 Shipment Targets

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