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Sony President Ryoji Chubachi said on Thursday that the company still stands behind its goal to ship one million PlayStation 3 video game consoles by the end of the 2006 calendar year, countering consumer backlash and ill-will generated, in part, by shortages of the new, high-end video game system. Speaking to reporters on Tokyo, Chubachi acknowledged bottlenecks in getting the systems to market, but re-iterated the company's previous… Read More

“After more than a year of touting Blu-ray Disc as the best technology to replace DVD for storing high-definition video, a top executive at Sony, one of Blu-ray's major backers, has opened the door to the possibility of unifying the format with its arch rival, HD-DVD.   “Listening to the voice of the consumers, having two rival formats is disappointing and we haven't totally given up on the possibility of… Read More

“”Engineers have always been Sony's heroes,” Chubachi said, addressing a small group of reporters at the company's Tokyo headquarters. “A lot of work is going into producing megapixels, ultra-thin super-light gadgets, long-lasting batteries or zooms, and Sony has that kind of power. But we strike out.” In a major management reshuffle, Chubachi was appointed Sony president, overseeing the electronics… Read More