PlayStation 2 Release Delayed In China

Thanks to the San Jose Mercury News/AP for their article regarding Sony's postponement of the PlayStation 2's release in China. According to the piece, "Two days after the planned release date, a statement on Sony's Chinese-language Web site blamed an 'unfavorable environment' for the delay. It didn't elaborate or set a new launch date." The article goes on to speculate that "Makers of popular console games such as Sony and Nintendo have been wary of launching products in mainland China... largely because of fears of piracy", referencing Nintendo's recently-launched iQue console, and also noting: "Earlier reports said that the advanced computer chips used in PlayStation 2 and some of its advanced graphics functions might have military applications that would preclude export of the devices to China under U.S. and Japanese law, but Sony did not mention that in its announcement."

Comments

Re:PS2 in Hong Kong

[cloudless.net]

I was going to say "piracy" but I typed "privacy", sorry about the typo.

Re:If the G5 is available....

[Sylver Dragon]

Actually, Germany to England is easy, as long as all you want is a basic path. The problem comes in when you are shooting missles at people that have an air defense worth mentioning, in modern warfare. Then, you usually want to have some sort of terrain following missle (ala Tomahawk), which gives little warning to your enemy, can mask the launching platform's position, and is less likely to be destroyed en route to target.
Now, would a country, such as China (who bought up tons of Soviet military hardware) really need to get a PS2 chip to guide a missle? I seriously doubt it, they probably have thier own stuff to do this already. As for ICBM's and MIRV's, well, Clinton already sold them that technology.
If anything, I think this is just a rumor, started by Sony, to make the PS2 look better.