PlayStation 3 Manufacturing Not Started Yet?

aapold writes "Despite reports to the contrary, Sony Computer Entertainment American president Kaz Hirai states in an interview on Gamespot last week that 'We haven't started manufacturing yet. Some of our ops guys were actually just in China, and also in Japan just reviewing the [production] lines and everything else. But they are, again, preparing as we speak to get the manufacturing going. We've not announced and we haven't set really a specific date to say, 'As of this day we're going to start manufacturing.'"

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We've found the Idiot of The Day, guys

[Anonymous Coward]

And it's aendeuryu.

Congrats nimrod! You're Slashdot's Idiot of the Day!

With Microsoft's 360 dead in Japan. Dying in Europe. And selling worse than the first 360 in the US. And selling a miserable 3 million units worldwide after 8 months on the market - worse than their first 5 billion dollar marketplace fiasco with the first Xbox.

And with Nintendo giving up trying to compete technologically by coming out with an overclocked GameCube with a pointer bolted on.

And with Sony selling 100+ million Playstation consoles on their first foray into the console market.

And with Sony selling 106+ million Playstation 2 consoles in their second entry in the console market.

And now with the PS3 Sony is about to put out:

The $499 PS3:

1080p BluRay movies over component
BluRay Live support - additional dynamic content updates and information for movies
DLNA compliance - http://www.dlna.org/home/
1080p Games over component
Free online play for all non-MMORPG titles - confirmed over and over again by Sony
Full backwards compatibility for all PS1 titles
Full backwards compatiblity for all PS2 titles - PS2 chips included in the PS3
Linux
Online movie and music store
Webbrowsing and other desktop apps
Tilt controller
Every single developer that supported the PS2 onboard with their games for the PS3
All parts of the system except the HDMI port are upgradeable
Harddrive upgradeable with stadard store bought drives

For 100 dollars more you get:

60 gig harddrive
WiFi
HDMI

Yep, aendeuryu, poor liddle Sony...

Re:We've found the Idiot of The Day, guys

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, drops is pretty standard terminology when speaking plainly. It's slang, get over it.

Seriously, this is slashdot, not some gaming forum. We're not all 14 year old geeks who haven't learned to speak proper english. If your name means what it means, stop being a Scobe you cunt.

And cue the complaints...

[NeutronCowboy]

... that there are too many negative Sony stories being posted in 3 - 2 - 1... Oops, I guess I'm too late.

Hey, I like my weekly updates on Sony problems. I need to know whether there'll still be any idiots during launch who will be willing to pay 3 times retail price on Ebay.

Re:But you can get a pink (as in ponies) PS2

[masklinn]

Is it me or is that thing ugly as a sin?

I mean the "Royal Pink" DS are not that good looking, but at least the design of the product doesn't clash with the color, this thing on the other hand really shouldn't have seen the sun, ever.

Re:Didn't they learn from the PSP?

[masklinn]

The PSP shortages hurt Sony as lots of people bought the cheaper DS instead and as a result the PSP didn't get that vital early userbase.

Me thinks the shortage of non-ports-of-PS2-games didn't help either...

Re:Didn't they learn from the PSP?

[MBCook]

Me thinks the relative shortages of ANY games didn't help, especially good games (of which there have been few).