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To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (34526)	3/9/2000 10:02:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

PlayStation2 Shipments Reach 720,000 in First Three Days March 9, 2000 (TOKYO) -- Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) said it sold 720,000 units of its PlayStation2 video game machine in the first three days after the March 4 launch in Japan. Ordinary retail outlets accounted for 600,000 of the units sold, and another 120,000 were sold over the Internet via online retailer PlayStation.com (Japan) Inc. At first, SCE had planned to ship a million of the PS2 machines over the first two days, but a company spokesperson explained that there was a problem with the supply of flash memory chips used in the memory cards for the PS2. SCE said it had to lower its initial sales target. The company now says that increased production of the flash memory chips will allow it to reach the 1 million mark some time mid-month. For the time being, sales of memory cards other than those supplied with the PS2 machine itself have been halted. They are scheduled to become available again in the latter part of the month. (Nikkei Electronics)