PS3 Console Production Starting This Month

Asustek Computer Inc. will produce and deliver PlayStation 3 game consoles to Sony Corp this month as the Japanese firm moves to step up output to meet demand for the November Launch and the Christmas shopping season. The first consignment is for 4 million units, noting that monthly shipments will start at 200,000 units and rising to 2 million units starting in October.

[Aflac]

these things might just burn the building down, r even blow it up. After all, they've still been having parts melt (last I've heard) lol!

[AuburnTiger]

Who told you that? Was TheMart your resource or was it landofsand?

[THELANDSOFSAND]

gosh, you are so funny. i never have said the PS3 will burn down anything, except Sony stockholders.

[Marty8370]

#1 - The majority of them rumours were from 'The enquirer'and proved false.

[HyperBear]

The people that said they saw a PS3 blow up or not work were rumors. It was actually the Ac Adapter they saw that wouldnt start the machine, and when they got a new adapter, it turned on and worked fine. They havent blown up yet, but if they dont start testing every PS3, to make sure all the systems work, then they will be screwed.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

who is going to turn on and play 4 million PS3 consoles to test them?! krazy ken? gametime?

(actually, gametime would love that! lol)

[kingboy]

keep them coming i`m hungry

[zypher]

decent news. can't wait for PS3.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

they had better hustle!

here comes august...

[OutpostCommand]

They better work their backsides off-
I dont want to have to bring a T-90 when Im going to pick up my preorder.

[andy capps]

I just submitted an article with pretty much the same information. If it gets posted, sorry about that.

The good news about this, if it's true, is that if there are 4 million units at launch and 2 million more per month, just from one plant, that is huge. I'm assuming this is all projected since the plants don't know what problems might arise during production, but if it goes as forecasted, this should help ramp up production much faster than the 360.

This is good news but I'm still hesitant until I see it reported from more sources.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

4.6 million from this factory by november

another 4 million from another factory by november

that puts them at 8.6 million PS3's by november for worldwide...

maybe thats why they have a diode shortage!

[Gamer13]

Can,t wait to get my hands on the ps3 because im a big fan of GT series - and GT5 is the reason im getting a ps3 + MGS.

I think they say GT5 will release earley 2007 - i need confirmation of this thou.

IM out.

[shotty]

I swear gametime probably passed out after he read this. Probably died of a stroke from the news. Hopefully we will find out somehow if they really did downgrade the specs of the cell.

[AuburnTiger]

Answer this question as truthful as you can. Do you wish that the ps3 downgrade rumor is true? And if you do wish this upon your competitor why would you? The thing is, to say bad things about the PS3 when you’ve never seen it in action is just a defense mechanism. For example, if you bought something that was currently the best then something better came along, insecure people would say all kinds of bad things to make it look bad. I believe that’s what your doing and I don’t blame you, it’s human nature to feel this way.

[HyperBear]

I think the downgrade rumor is false. I mean I work for a ps3 website www.ps3.net, and when I posted an article about the downgrade rumor, I knew that is was false right off the bat. How can Sony possibly have changed the hardware in the PS3, in enough time so that the 200,000 systems made already were changed also. Thats ridiculous. Plus, Sony already said it was way too late to upgrade or downgarde hardware in the PS3 already, and that was in June. So downgrade rumor, FALSE, PS3, WILL BE LAUNCHING ON NOV. 17 FOR SURE. Cant Wait.

[HyperBear]

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