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EU PSP Launch Delayed To September

Posted by Zonk on from the woe-comes-to-the-old-country dept.

GamesIndustry.biz has the news that the European launch of the PSP handheld may be delayed until September of this year. June is currently assumed to be the earliest the platform could arrive in Europe, delays being caused by ongoing supply shortages. From the article: "The company managed to ship only half a million units in Japan in the month of launch, while in order to supply a million units to the USA for launch, the European and South Korean launches had to be bumped back. With both Japan and North America to keep supplied, the process of manufacturing a respectable number of units for the European market could be even slower, unless the firm brings new production capacity online."

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  1. Shortage? by EnderWigginsXenocide · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If they've got a shortage in the EU they could just move PSPs from the USA over. Afterall, the PSP hasn't been the blockbuster fly-off-the-shelf success that people thought it might be.

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    1. Re:Shortage? by RealityMogul · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I live in upstate NY, and the local Wal-Mart has a sign that says "due to short supplies, PSP sales are limited to one per person". This is taped to the display that has been completely stocked since they arrived.

  2. I keep hearing in my head by TheGuano · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...the Nelson laugh.

    Seriously, they "only" sold 575k of the stock they sent to us, why not just adjust their forecasts for out-of-japan sales and deliver to both markets?

    Don't tell me it's cause the other 500K are needed for dead-pixel exchanges? :D

  3. The PSP will succeed... by nunchux · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... But expecting mass hysteria for a spring release was wishful thinking on Sony and the retailer's part. Christmas time is the only time this works in the USA, primarily because parents have to placate their kids on a certain day and hearing the hot item is in short supply drives them into a frenzy.

    In the Spring, of course, consumers don't have to have it "right now." They can wait a few weeks... Or months. And it's easier for a parent to just tell the kid no, or for an older gamer to wait until the next paycheck or two.

  4. Translation from marketing-speak: by Andy_R · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We thought we could get away with loads of dead pixels, but it turns out that people don't want broken PSPs. Please wait while we find a supplier of LCDs that can make good ones for the same price we were paying for the rejects."

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