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PS3 Shortages Warning: Sales 30% Over Projections

SCEA boss Jack Tretton says downturn won't affect PS3.

Sony says PS3 sales for 2008 are riding 30% higher than its internal projections. SCEA boss Jack Tretton has even warned that there could be shortages...

SCEA chief Jack Tretton said, "We are in good shape. We are tracking at 100 percent up over last year ... about 30 percent ahead of where we should be. So sales could slow down and we will still hit our number."

Sony yesterday issued a statement tat its targets would not be diminished by the global economic downturn.

Tretton also warned that there could be shortages this Holiday season, but said they would not be severe. "I'd say we are able to meet somewhere between 80-90 percent demand, based on how things are trending," he said.

Source: Reuters.