11-11-2005 5:41 pm

AFTER WHAT SOME DEEMED A SLOW START, SONY IS NOW CLAIMING THAT THEY’VE SOLD SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 17 MILLION UMDS SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE PSP. 9 MILLION OF THESE DISCS HAVE BEEN GAMES, WITH JUST OVER 8 MILLION UMD MOVIES. FROM THE ARTICLE: “CURRENT MANUFACTURING LINES ARE STRETCHED TO THE MAX – BOB HURLEY, WITH SONY DADC, SAYS THAT SONY IS CHURNING OUT 200,000 UMDS A DAY AND FUTURE CAPACITY IS EXPECTED TO BE 500,000 PER DAY. ‘TIGER WOODS GOLF IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE [GAME], BUT VIDEO HAS BEEN SURPRISINGLY GOOD TO US,’ SAYS HURLEY. IN A FEW YEARS SONY EXPECT VIDEOS TO BE MORE THAN 60 PERCENT OF ALL UMD SALES, WITH AN EXPECTED 130 MILLION UMDS BEING SOLD IN 2008.”