More important than the timing of the launch, Goldman Sachs forecaster Yuji Fujimori told The Associated Press, is the success of the new machine when it goes on sale, including pricing and game software lineup.
The court heard how he had entered themachine to remove a piece of equipment but, simultaneously, a colleague at the other end of thepress started a full test cycle.
In the days that followed, a constant stream of reports filed by The Associated Press turned Carter into a semi-battlefield celebrity -- a combination of deadly fighting machine, insightful commentator and quipster.