Chris_
Excalibur
With all the recent hype about the PlayStation 3, and also the blu-ray delays and questions. The PS3 will not hit Europe until March 2007. It was originally meant to be released 17 November 2006, but now it's 6 months on from then.
Taken from globeandmail.com : Sony delays PS3 European release until March
TOKYO — Sony's upgrade video-game console PlayStation 3 will be delayed until March in Europe, but will go on sale in November as planned in the U.S. and Japan, the executive in charge of the project said Wednesday.
The sales delay is caused by a problem in mass producing a key component in the Blu-ray disc laser part of the machine, the next-generation successor to Sony Corp.'s hit PlayStation 2, Sony Computer Entertainment Chief Ken Kutaragi told reporters.
“We decided to focus on the Japanese and U.S. markets,” he said at the gaming unit's Tokyo headquarters. “I am so sorry not to be able to answer to all the expectations.”
The company is still sticking to its initial global target of shipping six million PlayStation 3 machines by March 2007.
I myself, think this is a good thing (for me anyway) even though the PS3 was originally going to be released one day before my birthday :(
I think that they may be a drop in price here, and Sony will use it to their advantage to see how the 360 & Wii have gone on, but to pay up for the long delay in Europe, they have to make sure it offers us everything that it's supposed to.
Taken from globeandmail.com : Sony delays PS3 European release until March
TOKYO — Sony's upgrade video-game console PlayStation 3 will be delayed until March in Europe, but will go on sale in November as planned in the U.S. and Japan, the executive in charge of the project said Wednesday.
The sales delay is caused by a problem in mass producing a key component in the Blu-ray disc laser part of the machine, the next-generation successor to Sony Corp.'s hit PlayStation 2, Sony Computer Entertainment Chief Ken Kutaragi told reporters.
“We decided to focus on the Japanese and U.S. markets,” he said at the gaming unit's Tokyo headquarters. “I am so sorry not to be able to answer to all the expectations.”
The company is still sticking to its initial global target of shipping six million PlayStation 3 machines by March 2007.
I myself, think this is a good thing (for me anyway) even though the PS3 was originally going to be released one day before my birthday :(
I think that they may be a drop in price here, and Sony will use it to their advantage to see how the 360 & Wii have gone on, but to pay up for the long delay in Europe, they have to make sure it offers us everything that it's supposed to.
