European PS3 Launch Delayed to 2007

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday September 6, 2006 @01:00AM from the well-thats-not-so-good-for-them-then-is-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sony has finally admitted that the November release date for the release of the PS3 is unfeasible. Specifically, it will not be available in any PAL territories until March 2007. Sony cites '(a) delay in the mass production schedule of the blue laser diode', forming a critical part of the much-maligned Blu-Ray drive. With the Xbox 360 having been released for almost 6 months in overseas markets, and the Wii looming large, can Sony afford a delay like this?" Update: 09/06 17:58 GMT by Z : Just to make sure you caught it, the announcement includes the word that the U.S. will only be getting 400,000 units at launch in November, with Japan at 100,000 units. Go Sony.

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USA and Japan unit numbers at launch by zyzko · 2006-09-06 01:10 · Score: 3, Informative

http://www.totalvideogames.com/news/North_America_ And_Japan_Also_Hit_By_PS3_Component_Crisis_10566_0 _0.htm

400 000 units for USA and 100 000 for Japan - the launch starts to sound not-so-spectacular.

Or is this clever marketing?