PS3 Still Possible This Year?

IGN reports that the possibility exists the PlayStation 3 may still see release this year. Sony Chief Financial Officer Takao Yuhara mentioned in a statement to a Japanese news service that a year end release of the next generation Playstation is an option they are exploring. From the article: "Most industry speculation calls for a next generation PlayStation release in 2006. Sony's third party developers have backed this assumption up with a strong list of PlayStation 2 titles planned for the rest of the year and early next."