TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Sony said it will double production of its PlayStation 2 in the next three months after parts shortages left many consumers empty-handed following introduction of the video game console in Europe and the U.S. The world's largest game console maker aims to make up for delays caused by lower-than-expected production capacity for the PlayStation 2's advanced graphics chip. The machine was the must-have item this Christmas, じゃあこれを訳してみろ。
though manufacturing delays forced Sony to scale back shipment targets in the U.S. by as much as half. Sony is stepping up the manufacturing of PlayStation 2s before other companies release competing machines. Nintendo's Gamecube machine is due later this year, and Microsoft's Xbox console is scheduled by yearend in the U.S. and Japan and during the first quarter of 2002 in Europe.