PS2 hits 10 million units
It took longer than expected, but they made it
Reuters are reporting this morning that Sony have finally broken the 10 million units shipped globally barrier, a target they set themselves at the launch of the console last year but were unable to meet on schedule due to setbacks in production. Sony Computer Entertainment wants to ship 20 million units in the 2001/02 business year, which kicks off in April, producing 1.5 million in April alone and 2 million a month in the autumn. According to analysts, at the debut of the PlayStation 2 in Japan last year, it sold triple the amount of PlayStations shipped in the same post-launch period in December 1994. After production issues with a key graphical chip arose though, the target of 10 million in the 2000/01 business year had to be scaled back to 9 million. Profits were therefore marred slightly, and with Nintendo and Microsoft both aiming to launch consoles this year, SCE will have some serious marketing to work out. On a related note, Take 2 Interactive's "Oni" has been confirmed as the biggest-selling PlayStation 2 game so far. Read more here. Related Feature - Sony's plans made public