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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.