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Playstation 3 Delay Official
Aleman writes "In this interview with Variety magazine, Sony CEO Howard Stringer confirms that the Playstation 3 will be released during the holiday 2006 season." Not very surprising given the available information.
But wasn't Q4 '06 the original expectation for the US release?
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Sony is fine with waiting given the poor execution of the 360. Ironically, if MS had given itself a few more months it may have put more pressure on Sony. However, given the numbers I am seeing on the components even another nine months may not be enough for the PS3 to come in at a reasonable amount for Sony . Sony will not price it above $400 USD retail. But losing $500 on each console sold cannot be an attractive proposition for Sony higher-ups.
what have we come to that Slashdot has to source breaking news from the Hollywood trade rag?
If PS3 "delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up" Stringer boasts.
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As far as I am concerned, this will have serious consequences on the adoption of Blu-ray, given that Toshiba's HD DVD drive is coming out in three weeks at less than $500. Sony wants to turn video (movie) technology into a war not unlike the video game console wars. Unfortunately, they are going to lose this one, because the 360 is already out, HD DVD is coming very soon, and Sony is already taking a huge risk/loss on the PS3.
I can't say I feel sorry for them, being proprietary is inherently consumer unfriendly, so they have an uphill marketing battle ahead of them. (I realize that HD DVD is pretty proprietary, too, but it is first and less expensive and that will make a huge marketing difference)
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When can I pre-order one?
Given the trouble I had getting an Xbox 360 (still don't have it) and a PS2 (I had to write a script to crawl amazon.com and make an alarm go off when it found "add to cart"), I'd like to just plain pre-order one this time, and save all the hassle.
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Also, will they be able to offer it at a more reasonable price than was stated in earlier articles (assuming that the other figures were for if it was released earlier)?
And, most importantly, will it run Linux?
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Smart move I guess. I doubt this will affect US Release, But what I'm really interested to know is what Xbox360 features are they going to include in the system with this delay. I'm sure the released specs are going to change just as they change their minds about a central PS-Online system.
Ah and by holidays, BD drives should be less expensive and the 900 bucks to manifacture projection will fall apart.
I wish Slashdot would stop running all these unsubstaniated rumours about the PS3 dela... Oh wait!
P.s. Variety went down quick!
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First off, this article is really more focused on Sony's various troubles and not on the PS3 in particular, so after wading through the stuff on Sony's failing entertainment businesses (with no mention of "root kit" or "copy protection"...), I was hoping to see something on the projected price.
Nope.
Instead, we get: "If PS3 'delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up,' Stringer boasts."
"If?!" So, in other words, the PS3 won't be delivering what everyone thinks it will. Which, ironically enough, I think everyone already knew. Essentially it sounds like the entire game-plan for the PS3 is to sneak Blu-ray into a consumer market that otherwise doesn't want it, to hell with games. Really encouraging.
From the article: "Sony's new PlayStation 3 was widely expected to be introduced this spring, but will be delayed as the company fine-tunes the chips that are crucial to the success of the console's Blu-ray function."
"Fine-tunes", huh? So, in other words, the rumors of an almost $1000 price tag for the system weren't too far off, and Sony has to delay until they can get the cost down to something that people might actually pay for. But he can't actually say that, of course.
Ultimately it sounds like the PS3 is Sony trying to abuse a monopoly it doesn't have to force Blu-ray into the market place. Yeah, that might work.
The article doesn't say that Stringer said that. They just throw the holiday release date out there as if it was fact. I am sick of stupid rumors and horrible summaries.
From a sales perspective, wouldn't the holiday season be a good time to release a product like this?
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Right... except the PS1 crushed the N64 in the market, and the PS2 crushed the GameCube. So I'm not sure exactly what the advantage is at this point...
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Sony: Playstation!
Nintendo: N64!
Sony: Playstation 2!
Nintendo: Game Cube!
That's a joke, right?
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Wait, wait. Did you -really- just suggest that the N64 was better than the PSX, and that the Cube could hold a candle to the PS2?
Riiiight....
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And (at least in Europe) the megadrive (a localised Genesis) crushed the SNES utterly.
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i used to own a ps2, but never found any good games (no, i DON'T enjoy fifa 02, fifa 03, fifa 04, fifa 05 etc)
just last year i decided to buy a gamecube and i think i've found home
for some reason the nintedo stuff feels like the apple stuff
well thought out, and made for one purpose
i really really enjoy the games on the gamecube and the loading times, yiiiha!
thank you nintendo!
I'll be picking up an Xbox 360. The more I read about Sony't PS3, the less and less I want one. Sony is now showing a lot of confidence these days and I'm jumping ship. I cen't believe how nice my friend's Xbox 360 is and I want in on the action NOW!
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huh?
What matters seems to be the available games, though in the PS2 case a lot of people bought it as their first DVD player, justifying the purchase that way. That's what Sony were banking on with the PS3 too, but the BluRay capability has undoubtedly delayed their launch.
Add in the facts that their CPU is quite weird and hard to program, and that they'll be last to market in this generation, and they've some small difficulties to overcome.
I'd still bet that they will be a very strong contender this time round (not least due to backwards compatibility and the desire to keep game libraries while trashing the old machine), but unless MS continue to shoot themselves in both feet it'll probably be a lot closer this time round...
Here you go: http://www.variety.com.nyud.net:8090/article/VR111 7939258?categoryid=18&cs=1&s=h&p=0
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because when the PS3 finally comes out, whatever time of year, it will likely be in limited supply, not well supported by 3rd party software, and expensive as hell. This makes it an early adopters "must have" and not much else until price goes down and support goes up.
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According to Next Generation, Stringer did not confirm a holiday launch. The Variety server seems to be on fire already, so I haven't had a chance to look at what exactly they claim.
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I'm with you. I've been a Nintendo fanboy for years, but just last night I thought I try out Shadow of the Colussus. I've read so much good press about the title, and I love out-of-the-ordinary games.
But I'll be damned if I didnt think that game was awful. The controls reminded me of Prince of Persia ala '93 and the camera angle was awful. I don't care if the designers decided to make the game entirely out of the color grey, or go only with level bosses that still doesn't make it an "innovative" or even "artistic" game.
The game *mechanics* are just like every other game I've played on the PS2; worse so since the controls were terrible.
I think I've been spoiled on Nintendo's first party games
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Is holiday '06 for Japan or the US? We already have known from prior interviews that the Japan release will be first (and probably have many more consoles for sale). This could push the U.S. release of the PS3 into the realm of March '07.
Market analysts (non M$) are predicting 5.5 million Xbox360's sold by June and around 12-15 million by the end of the year. Certain PS3 fanboys will buy a PS3 no matter when it is released, but why will the average family buy a PS3 when they have a 360 and a solid collection of games?.
With Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter and Elder Scrolls:Oblivion coming out this month, along with more and more consoles hitting the shelves, Microsoft is looking absolutely golden.
It's a rather long-winded article about many Sony topics, here's an extract of the text that addresses the PS3's "delay" and Blu-Ray:
Sony's new PlayStation 3 was widely expected to be introduced this spring, but will be delayed as the company fine-tunes the chips that are crucial to the success of the console's Blu-ray function.
The PlayStation 3 --- which is being called "the poor man's Blue-ray" --- is vital to Sony's plans because it plays Blu-ray discs as well as videogames.
Sony will roll out the PS3 by year end, in time for the holidays. If PS3 "delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up," Stringer boasts.
Blu-ray is the system developed by Sony to view next-generation high-definition DVDs. Rival format HD DVD is championed by Toshiba. Microsoft recently joined the HD DVD camp, a move that came as its Xbox 360 videogame console is trying to grab market share from PlayStation, the industry leader.
Software makers, electronics firms and Hollywood studios have lined up behind one or the other, or both.
For Sony, the stakes of the rivalry are colossal. The new discs are seen as a way to energize flattening DVD sales. Both the systems also make movies harder to pirate.
Some believe Stringer is betting the company on Blu-ray. The technology is more advanced than HD DVD and would allow the players to incorporate interactive features and others still to be developed. But HD DVD is easier to manufacture and the boxes will be cheaper.
Stringer, and just about every other media exec, studio chief and retailer, fears a Betamax-VHS redux -- a format war that would irritate and confuse consumers. After all, if folks don't know which player to buy, they might walk out empty-handed. "If that happens," one top entertainment exec quips, "I think someone from Wal-Mart is going to take a gun and shoot one of them."
"Once Microsoft picked sides it was clear we were going to be in a battle royale," Stringer says, vowing to protect his turf. "We won't be stampeded" by Microsoft into rushing decisions "that are there forever."
One strange twist in the battle is that Toshiba is working with Sony and IMB to produce the cell chip that's the foundation of Blu-ray -- a topsy-turvy scenario that only serves to underscore the contortions Stringer finds himself performing these days. "One day my enemy is my enemy," he says. "The next day the enemy is my friend."
Halo has historically been released in November...perhaps old Billy didn't misspeak...
Hmm, Sony not being accurate with their predications.... Thats Odd..
Did he happen to mention if it will be able to render Toy Story in real time??
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If he's talking about technical superiority, then no, it's not a joke.
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If the controls felt like a 2D platformer, then I think your joypad is probably faulty.
I think I've been spoiled on Nintendo's first party games
Yeah, Mario Party 37 is sooooo sweet.
shucks, by the time the Rev and PS3 come out, the Xbox 2 will be old news. Maybe that's Sony's plan.
Megadrive was the original name, Genesis is the US localization. And I think the last time I saw numbers the MD beat the SNES in the US while losing big time in Europe and Japan. The MD didn't appear very dominant where I lived.
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
(no, i DON'T enjoy fifa 02, fifa 03, fifa 04, fifa 05 etc)
Do what everyone does and get Pro Evolution Soccer instead.
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Considering the fact that they've basically showed almost nothing about the PS3. They havent even shown it in its final form. Instead showing empty boxes and demos running on giant development kits. Hopefully E3 can shed some light on what their status is.
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The thing that I think really hurt the XBOX 360 is the lack of a big launch game. The original XBOX had Halo. XBOX 360 had no one "big" game at launch, and still doesn't have that "big" game. This doesn't mean that Perfect Dark Zero or Call of Duty 2, or any of the launch titles are bad, they're just not the caliber of Halo that the original XBOX launched with. I think that once Microsoft releases that one game, Halo 3 perhaps, that the XBOX 360 will start doing better. It may start doing better this month when more of the 360 games come out such as Ghost Recon 3.
To sum it up, I think the 360 has what's needed to be a good, true next gen system. Microsoft and the game developers just need to get the new games out, that are truly next gen rather than modified-for-360 games.
What's the matter, James? No glib remark? No pithy comeback?
Note that, in fact, they will be in the stores before Halloween (the important Thanksgiving to Christmas season), but they're delaying them to allow for any needed tech fixes to Blu-Ray hardware. They are releasing the Blu-Ray discs for music and movies first, working out the bugs, and then will ship the PS3 with any hardware glitches fixed.
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From the article: "Now, electronics and games can take center stage, although major questions loom at those divisions as well.
Sony's new PlayStation 3 was widely expected to be introduced this spring, but will be delayed as the company fine-tunes the chips that are crucial to the success of the console's Blu-ray function.
The PlayStation 3 --- which is being called "the poor man's Blue-ray" --- is vital to Sony's plans because it plays Blu-ray discs as well as videogames.
Sony will roll out the PS3 by year end, in time for the holidays. If PS3 "delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up," Stringer boasts."
Now, to be frank, I wish MSFT would have had a longer burn-in when they did xBox. Anyone have any opinions on any problems with the xBox360? How stable is it? I haven't heard any complaints, so I'm guessing there are fewer glitches than when the xBox came out
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The average console gamer does NOT love high def fps games. The average PC gamer DOES. Halo sold generally well on the Xbox (about 5 million per title) but it (and most fps'es) have been grossly outsold by the Marios, Maddens, Grand Theft Autos, etc.
How do you define "lost" in regards to the N64 or GameCube? They didn't sell as many units as the other systems but started making money for Nintendo from the start. I think Nintendo would be very happy to continue losing like that (as opposed to the billions of dollars literally lost by MicroSoft (and it's investors).) The win/lose thing in regards to consoles is silly. People buy the system(s) that has the games they want to play and if the console is profittable (or strategic in regards to MS and Sony) they produce the next version.
Where's the announcement? Where's the quote from Stringer?
Because I sure don't see either in TFA.
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Funny thing about GCN. xbox sales have very much slowed down since the 360 came out, while the GCN sales are still coming in at a few thousand a week. I wonder if it would be possible for GCN to "catch up" to the xbox, since the 360 came out so early?
In my mind, the gamecube came in 2nd place because they actually turned a profit.
I've had mine since mid December and it's run without a hitch.
The delay,if there is one, isnt a bad thing for me. It will give me time to apply for the home loan I will need to buy it.