Sony May Outsource PSP Production

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday June 1, 2005 @08:29AM from the demand-outstrips-production dept.

SCE president Ken Kutaragi has confirmed that PSP production may be outsourced to another company, as demand for the PSP is already outstripping Sony's ability to produce. GamesIndustry.biz has the story, which points out that the handheld console is still not released in Europe, an event anticipated in early September. From the article: "At present, there is only one factory producing PSP consoles - the Kisarazu facility east of Tokyo, which manufactures around one million units per month. Sony has previously announced plans to double this figure by the summer as it continues the fight to compete with Nintendo."

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oh. my. god. by nomadic · 2005-06-01 08:42 · Score: 5, Funny

This is the most exciting news regarding third party manufacture I've seen all day. I think I'm going to have to go lie down.
One million per month? by Burpmaster · 2005-06-01 08:59 · Score: 5, Interesting

This doesn't make sense. According to The Magic Box, only 870,000 have been sold this year in Japan. That's only 174,000 per month, and I can't imagine that the demand is high enough in other parts of the world, especially not enough to make 2 million per month necessary.
Re:PSP Supplies... by hollismb · 2005-06-01 11:10 · Score: 4, Insightful

Um, care to explain why four of the top ten games in Japan are for the DS then, and why none of them are for the PSP? Perhaps your facts also need some checking.