BKK2 on 29 October 2008
Tretton on PS3:
"We are tracking at 100 percent up over last year," he told Reuters. "... About 30 percent ahead of where we should be. So sales could slow down and we will still hit our number.
"I'd say we are able to meet somewhere between 80-90 percent demand, based on how things are trending,"
"I'd say we are able to meet somewhere between 80-90 percent demand, based on how things are trending,"
If things continued trending at 30% above their forecast that would mean another 9m for the rest of the year, but only being able to meet 80-90 percent of that means they'll only be able to ship 7.2m - 8.1m in the final two quarters. That puts an upper limit of 12m for the FY, and if we take the middle number would be 11.65m. That would be 10% above what they forecast for the second half of the year compared to the 30% seen in the first half, so there should be enough demand to ship all of what they produce.
This leads me to expect somewhere around 11.65m PS3s shipped this FY.
