More bad news from Sony: Japan is getting only 80.000 PlayStation 3 consoles at launch, as opposed to the 100,000 Sony promised a few months ago. North America is still getting some 400,000 units, while a lot of Japanese gamers will certainly be disappointed with this. The PS3 launches in Japan in just under two weeks, while all available pre-orders have sold out in minutes.

The PlayStation 2 launched with a million units in 2000 in Japan, and still suffered shortages. It’s gonna be a though time for Japanese gamers; imagine the lines with hundreds of disparate gamers waiting for a PS3?

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