Computer mice will replace the hollering in the coffeee, cocoa, wheat, barley and other pits. If you were on the floor in your colored jacket, you had an edge on proprietary traders. The consoles, which offer faster and better gaming and play DVDs, were delivered to customers who ordered early but won't be on sale in shops until next year. Sony has said that components shortages, in part, kept it from delivering enough of the consoles in the United States and in Europe. In Britain, around 80,000 people on the waiting list turned up to collect the hotly awaited new machine at shops, many of which opened specially at midnight.
Analysts say Europe is the world's largest market for video game machines.
In Britain, almost one in four households is estimated to own an original Playstation console. Nintendo sales slow Nintendo would probably love to have a bigger piece of Sony's action. Its shares were battered today after it warned that its profits would not meet expectations because of slowing sales of its Nintendo64 game console and software. The Japanese company, which makes the top-selling handheld player Game Boy, said it expected to make 78 billion yen for the full year, which ends in March, down from 82 billion forecast previously. Michelle Rushlo is a reporter at UpsideToday covering big-cap hardware and software companies.