Sony To Ship 3 Million PSPs By March 05

The latest financial report from Sony indicates the consumer electronics giants plans to sell 3 million PSPs by March of 2005.

That period covers the first three months of the console’s lifespan – from its launch in mid-December in Japan through to the end of Sony’s financial year on March 31st – and probably incorporates projections for both the US and European launches of the system.

Although no firm date has yet been given for launches outside Japan (and even the Japanese date is still a somewhat fuzzy “mid to late December” target), Sony has pledged to ship the handheld unit, which was originally planned for a simultaneous worldwide launch, as early as possible in 2005.

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