After an amazing streak of bad luck (and a terrible release campaign), Sony is claiming that all manufacturing problems have been solved, and that they are back on track to fulfilling their “1 million consoles by the end of 2006″ promise.

“We will continue to utilise airfreight delivery for PlayStation 3 to assure a steady stream of systems for North American consumers through the end of the year.”

But the real question is readers, do you believe them? In any case, people have been having a hard enough time getting their hands on a Nintendo Wii, therefore, assuming that you’ll be able to walk in a random tech store and pick up a PS3 before Christmas might not be a true as Sony wants you to believe.