Sony Japan announced shipment of 2 million PS3 units word wide. Around 1 million units have been confirmed to have shipped in Japan with rest being shipped in North America. This announcement means Sony missed the target of shipping 2 million PS3s by the end of 2006. According to Kyodo News report, Sony is still intent on shipping 6 million units by the end of March, which coincides with PS3 launch in Europe. Sony also announced sale of 5 million video games since the launch of PS3. Also, about 500,000 people have used the free Sony Playstation Network. Nomura Securities revised their estimation of PS3 sales to 4.5 million from 6 million by the end of March.

The official announcement confirms that Sony missed its target of 2 million units shipped before the end of the last year, but nevertheless, the company claims that the console has been the fastest ever to reach the 2 million unit milestone.

According to a Kyodo News report translating the comments, Sony still intends to meet its target of six million units shipped by the end of March ? which will encompass the European launch of the console by current plans.

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