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Video Business, September, 2006 by Netherby, Jennifer; Chronis, George T.
By Jennifer Netherby and George T. Chronis
PS3 cutbacks loom bigger for games than movie format
Sony Computer Entertainment's cutback in its initial shipment of PlayStation 3 players won't change the rollout of the Blu-ray Disc movie format, but it could give game rival Microsoft's Xbox 360 a key advantage in videogames.
Sony will halve its worldwide player shipment to 2 million units this year and push back the console's European release to March due to shortages of blue-laser diodes for the Blu-ray drive.
Sony now expects to ship 400,000 units in the U.S. at launch with up to 1.2 million units reaching the U.S. market by the end of 2006. Sony will still launch the PS3 in Japan on Nov. 11 and in North America on Nov. 17....
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