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Article: Video game console sales ended slump over holidays
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- International Herald Tribune
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- January 9, 2007
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Matt Richtel
International Herald Tribune
01-09-2007
The most widely watched report on holiday video game sales is not due until Thursday, but early hints suggest that it could hold a few surprises.Sony said Sunday that between the debut of the PlayStation 3 in late November and the end of the year it had shipped one million of the consoles to retailers in the United States. It said it still expected to ship six million consoles worldwide by the end of March.The six million figure, in particular, surprised industry analysts, who have said that Sony faces challenges in manufacturing enough consoles. They have also questioned whether the price of the PlayStation 3 $600 for the high-end ...