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Sony Exec Confirms PSP Delay Possibility
PSP launch delays have been discussed before, but GamesIndustry.biz is running an article today in which network systems exec Izumi Kawanishi confirms the system may be delayed. This despite continuing announcements regarding launch titles for the system. From the article: "Speaking in an interview with Impress Watch AV, Kawanishi said that it is still possible that the console will be released this year in Japan, but that this depends on whether game publishers will have software ready for launch."
What the hell does this article have to do with Microsoft? Any excuse I guess. And this also has absolutely nothing to do with the product being decent or not. It has to do with games being available for said product. Gee, they won't release the system until there are games for it, big shocker.
Umm... MS actually makes pretty good hardware, much better build quality in their PC peripherals and in the XBox than Sony(who pretty much sucks at everything except TVs since the moved manufacturing out of Japan). I think the Gamecube *might* outlast the XBox, but only because the XBox has an HDD and you don't have to simply pop the hatch to clean the laser. They're probably about tied for overall build quality though.
In this area, you really can't go off on a MS hating tangent.
Perhaps you mean decent product as in "a gaming platform with games on it?"
Or, are you just hoping "Descent" gets ported to the PSP?
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The original Japanese interview on which this story is based on is here. It has a sequel at here.
But I found interesting is, there's difinitely some unfortunate mistranslation of those US/UK media (Gamespot, Gamesindustry.biz) that jumped on this 'confirmation' like some brainless Nintendo fanboys.
This is the literal translation of the original article (You can't find what Kawanishi stated directly, but a summary by the interviewer).
"For the release date (of PSP), he said, while it depends on negotiation with software makers, it's sure thing that (Sony) will release it (PSP) in this year." So what matters is not when it will be released, but when in this year it'll be released.
It's as if those news websites mistranslated it like "for the release date (of PSP), he said, while it's sure thing that (Sony) can release it (PSP) in this year, it depends on negotiation with software makers", but it's not the case, for even the caption of this paragraph is "The release is in this year with a reasonable price". It's an impossible speculation job to connect it with delay when even the original interviewer doesn't.
Since Kawanishi is the head of developers at Network Systems Division and not a high exec like CTO/CEO or whatever who can announce the exact date, he made it vague relating it with software schedule. But he confirmed the release in 2004, not delay.
Look, nobody believed it, but /. posted it anyway ... exactly when DS info came out. Now that more DS info is coming out, everyone's reporting on how the PSP is being delayed. This is a standard Sony strategy to keep their product in the press as long as possible, and to keep the competition out. Unfortunately, the ever-retarded video game press still hasn't caught on.
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