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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedPlayStation reorders hit some snags. (Sony PlayStation)
Video Business, February, 1996 by Greenstein, Jane
Sony's promised "just in time" inventory-replenishment system for PlayStation software is running late. Reorders of popular PlayStation games such as NFL Game Day, Twisted Metal, War Hawk and Mortal Kombat 3 took as long as four weeks to reach stores late last year, according to distributors and retailers who experienced delays.
One of the key selling points of CD-based video-game systems - including PlayStation, Sega Saturn and CD-ROM for PCs - is the ability to manufacture and ship product in a week. It can take as long as two to three months for retailers to receive cartridge reorders. A Sony executive said the company was not prepared for the demand. Jack Tretton, Sony Computer Entertainment's director of sales, said no account waited longer than...
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