PlayStation 3 Delay Official

An anonymous reader writes "It's official! PS3 has been delayed until November in Japan. Apparently, it's because of copy protection technology issues associated with Blu-ray." From the article: "Today, Sony officially conceded defeat to the recent flurry of rumors and speculation, with Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reporting the machine has been pushed back until November. There aren't many details out right now, but Sony says issues over the finalization of copy protection technology related to their Blu-ray disc drive is the cause of the delay. As the news is coming out of Japan, that creates a worrisome scenario for America and Europe."

Comments

Re:I don't think the PS3 is ready in many respects

[Enigma_Man]

At least they're working out the issues, rather than sending out a craptastic console.

-Jesse

Why Not?

[mmalove]

When does everyone buy stuff? Especially console game systems, whose market is primarily (though not entirely) those too young to effectively purchase it without outside (parental) fiscal support?

That's right. It's not that confusing. They're delaying to ride the wave that is Christmas. That's when they'll sell the most units, might as well use the time between to tweak the system.