Volgens The Register zijn (japanse) analysten skeptisch over de Sony Playstation. Sony's doelstelling om 2 miljoen Playstations af te zetten zou niet haalbaar zijn. Verder zouden er problemen kunnen ontstaan bij de ontwikkeling en produktie van de Emotion Engine CPU:
In what sounds suspiciously like pro-Sega spin, a handful of Japanese analysts today cast doubt on Sony's ability to deliver its much-anticipated PlayStation II 128-bit games console on time.According to Reuters, one Takashi Mimura, an analyst at Societe Generale, said: "The production of new chips is a challenge for Sony, which is inexperienced in graphic chips. I'd say Sony's target of selling two million new PlayStations by the end of next March is ambitious.
"Sales won't reach even half of that," he warned.
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