BREAKING NEWS - PS3 Delayed In ALL Territories OTHER than US and Japan!
"When Sony's PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles launched worldwide, there was up to nine months between the Japanese and European releases. So European gamers rejoiced when, at this year's E3, it was announced that the PlayStation 3 launch would take place worldwide over a matter of weeks in November.
However, this morning Sony has issued a statement saying that the PlayStation 3 release date has been put back to March 2007 in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, and Australasia. Sony cited 'the delay in the mass production schedule of the blue laser diode within the Sony Group' as the reason for the postponement.
The Japanese and North American release dates are unaffected by the delay, with scheduled 2006 launches on November 11 and November 17 respectively. Sony's global shipment forecast of 6 million units for the fiscal year of 2007 also remains unaffected.
The European delay means that the PlayStation 3 launch will take place well over six years since that of its predecessor, which went on sale on November 24, 2000. Sony is making no additional comment on the PlayStation 3 delay at this point in time."
Another rumor going around is that Sony has a measly 400K units for launch in US and ONLY 100K for launch in Japan to sell. VERY bad news to me... Here's why I think this is bad news -
"Wow, I was thinking that Sony's in trouble due to the delay of the PS3 in all territories other than US and Japan, but seeing this piece of news makes me worried for Sony... The wiping out of competition isn't the best thing ever, seeing as Nintendo could VERY quickly drop their stance and start releasing higher priced gaming systems since only Microsoft will be competing with Nintendo. Bad times, indeed, if this piece of news is true." - A post of mine from NSider
Discuss.
"When Sony's PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles launched worldwide, there was up to nine months between the Japanese and European releases. So European gamers rejoiced when, at this year's E3, it was announced that the PlayStation 3 launch would take place worldwide over a matter of weeks in November.
However, this morning Sony has issued a statement saying that the PlayStation 3 release date has been put back to March 2007 in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, and Australasia. Sony cited 'the delay in the mass production schedule of the blue laser diode within the Sony Group' as the reason for the postponement.
The Japanese and North American release dates are unaffected by the delay, with scheduled 2006 launches on November 11 and November 17 respectively. Sony's global shipment forecast of 6 million units for the fiscal year of 2007 also remains unaffected.
The European delay means that the PlayStation 3 launch will take place well over six years since that of its predecessor, which went on sale on November 24, 2000. Sony is making no additional comment on the PlayStation 3 delay at this point in time."
Another rumor going around is that Sony has a measly 400K units for launch in US and ONLY 100K for launch in Japan to sell. VERY bad news to me... Here's why I think this is bad news -
"Wow, I was thinking that Sony's in trouble due to the delay of the PS3 in all territories other than US and Japan, but seeing this piece of news makes me worried for Sony... The wiping out of competition isn't the best thing ever, seeing as Nintendo could VERY quickly drop their stance and start releasing higher priced gaming systems since only Microsoft will be competing with Nintendo. Bad times, indeed, if this piece of news is true." - A post of mine from NSider
Discuss.
