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Sony May Delay PS3 Until 2007

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the biding-their-time dept.

GodFather writes "ArsTechnica posted an article that claims the PS3 may be pushed back as far as 2007 if the Xbox 360 launch flops. The reasoning behind it? If Microsoft comes out with a weak set of titles at launch Sony could delay and build a larger launch library to lay the smack down on Microsoft."

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  1. Re:Not the Smartest Idea I've heard by aussie_a · · Score: 4, Informative

    You completely misunderstood the parent's point. He meant, they let Dreamcast release first, delayed a bit, then released the playstation. Dreamcast is dead, PS3 is being made.

  2. Re:Perhaps a response from Sony to MS.. by radish · · Score: 4, Informative

    Its interesting that this comes quite soon after Bill Gates himself announced that the first next-gen Xboxes would ship with non-HD DVD drives

    He did no such thing. It has ALWAYS been specified that the Xbox360 would have a regular DVD drive (see this article from May), because the next gen formats would not be available in time. What he announced recently was that in the future, they may ship new models with HD DVD drives.

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  3. Re:Xbox 360 Flop? by DeeKayWon · · Score: 4, Informative
    Let's not forget that Microsoft announced that 360s will ship with standard DVD drives and the HD-DVDs will be coming later (next year most likely).

    No, they didn't.

    Read this.

  4. Re:They are not playing Microsoft... by tricorn · · Score: 4, Informative

    You do realize that this was some independent analyst suggesting this is what Sony MIGHT do, not a press release from Sony saying what they plan to do.

  5. Re:Not the Smartest Idea I've heard by Khuffie · · Score: 2, Informative
    their growing unpopularity with the general market place

    Growing unpopularity in the general market? Wait, since when was the general market slashdot geeks who put jabs at MS in their sigs? The Xbox is far from 'unpopular', and far from a 'failure'.

  6. Re:Xbox 360 Flop? by Cereal+Box · · Score: 2, Informative

    If microsoft had it's way, you would only buy one console and share it with like 10 friends who all still bought games.

    Uh, no. I think Microsoft would prefer that those ten friends also buy XBoxes in addition to all those games.

    I don't see why so many people have such a hard time grasping this "loss leader" concept. Microsoft loses money on each console sold, which they intend to recoup by game sales. However, Microsoft loses MORE money when those consoles AREN'T bought.

    It seems most Slashdotters think that the reverse is true, that Microsoft makes money when XBoxes sit on the shelf, and only lose money when an XBox is bought. Mind-boggling.