Originally, the PS3 launch numbers for the US were supposed to be somewhere in the 400,000 range. However, new research from Lazard Capital Markets predicts that the launch numbers could be as low as 150,000-200,000. Colin Sebastian, an analyst at Lazard, went on to estimate that Sony will sell only 750,000-800,00 Playstation 3s domestically by the years end.

Hopefully the Lazard research proves to be untrue, but with Sony drastically cutting their distribution amounts to various retailers, Lazard’s research may very well prove correct.

Via Next-Gen.biz