PlayStation 3 Launch Delay

Rob Updegrove 15 Mar, 2006 at 8:59am ET Article published in Tech

Sony has announced a delay in the launch of the PlayStation 3 console system, due to technical difficulties related to the Blu-ray system. The PS3 is now scheduled to ship in November 2006.

The standardization of digital audio and video technology to connect electronics devices was also late, he said.

Kutaragi said Sony planned to produce 1 million PS3 units a month initially, for a total of 6 million units in the business year ending March 2007.

“This may not seem like much, but it’s more than the initial capacity for PlayStation 2,” Kutaragi said, adding that near-final tool kits to develop games would be available to software makers by mid-May.

Analysts expect the PS3 to cost about $500 with an initial line-up of at least five to 10 games.

Source: Reuters

Comments

15 Mar 2006 ~ 10:04am Garg Grr.
15 Mar 2006 ~ 9:38pm Jengo i would have posted this.. cept it says in the news posting handbook that we arent supposed to post non-pc related stuff..

i follow big on all of the consoles, as im a pretty big Console gamer
16 Mar 2006 ~ 8:34am GHoosdum All the console systems are basically just PCs these days.
16 Mar 2006 ~ 3:35pm Steve Technical difficulties my foot! They just want a Christmas season launch!
16 Mar 2006 ~ 8:30pm rapture I'm hoping I can pay for my christmas and new year by importing a few of these puppies...
19 Mar 2006 ~ 2:40am Jengo

rapture-IC wrote:

I'm hoping I can pay for my christmas and new year by importing a few of these puppies...

importing? dude, its gonna be a worldwide launch probably all within the same 2 week time
19 Mar 2006 ~ 3:02pm rapture Yup, but Japan is going to be cheaper than the UK and there will be more available. When they sell out and people go looking for em on ebay I will make my money.

Well, thats the plan anyway.
19 Mar 2006 ~ 3:32pm Jengo just be sure to tell peopel that they are only going to be able to play Japanese Blu-rays and Japanese games, oh and that they also need a power converter
19 Mar 2006 ~ 5:04pm rapture Dude, what's your problem?
19 Mar 2006 ~ 5:45pm Thrax

Jengo wrote:

just be sure to tell peopel that they are only going to be able to play Japanese Blu-rays and Japanese games, oh and that they also need a power converter

He's right.
19 Mar 2006 ~ 10:15pm Jengo

rapture-IC wrote:

Dude, what's your problem?

nothing is my problem, it just wouldnt be cool if you sold somebody a 500 dollar console, then they find out they can only play Asia region Blu-Rays and games...
20 Mar 2006 ~ 3:58pm jradmin

Jengo wrote:

nothing is my problem, it just wouldnt be cool if you sold somebody a 500 dollar console, then they find out they can only play Asia region Blu-Rays and games...

I agree, and thus he will be slapped with all kinds of bad feedback and probably banned from Ebay if he doesn't release all the product info when selling it.
20 Mar 2006 ~ 4:40pm rapture You people know nothing about me, why are you all convinced I'm out to rip people off?
20 Mar 2006 ~ 4:48pm jradmin I don't think anyone here has said you were going to rip people off. More like made suggestions as to what would be wise for you to do if your gonna sell equipment that isn't going to be able to do what someone may think its going to do out of the box.

If your gonna sell them then go for it, but make sure you state clearly what the product is going to do before someone drops a wad on it. That will save you alot of grief.
20 Mar 2006 ~ 5:41pm rapture Directly, no. You've just assumed that’s what I planned on doing.

What would be wise for you to do is to save your moralistic, misguided comments in the hopes that one day you might have a clue on when would be an appropriate time to use them.
20 Mar 2006 ~ 5:55pm primesuspect That's enough of that

Rapture, I know you, and I know you're not trying to rip people off. It was just a sincere comment from someone who was being honest. It wasn't a direct insult, please don't take it as such and get angry about it
20 Mar 2006 ~ 6:09pm rapture You're right I took things way too personally, guess I just felt a little.... Pre judged...
21 Mar 2006 ~ 8:02am jradmin Sorry if I came off like I was judging you. I was not. =) I've seen people get in trouble on Ebay and not mean to because of the buyers, not yourself as the seller. You have to be very careful and cover your arse on ebay I have found out.
21 Mar 2006 ~ 8:36am Cyclonite So, back to the PS3.

How many people are truly upset by this? I'm not a fanboy by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm far more interested in the Revolution than the PS3. Granted, I'll probably own a PS3 on top of my 360 and a Revolution.

It sucks that it's being delayed, but I don't think it will affect sales at all. Too many loyal Sony followers.
21 Mar 2006 ~ 9:15am Garg I hope Sony takes this opportunity to make sure there are actually enough consoles at launch.
21 Mar 2006 ~ 9:33am Cyclonite

Gargoyle wrote:

I hope Sony takes this opportunity to make sure there are actually enough consoles at launch.

Never! There wouldn't be the "Holy crap! I Must have one, because I can't find one!" :rolleyes2
21 Mar 2006 ~ 10:15am primesuspect I don't really care at all about the PS3.

I JUST FINALLY got a PS2, and it was a great purchase. I bought a used one with a bunch of games, accessories, etc, and now I can finally play all the great RPGs that have come out for the PS2 in the last several years.

This will be how I handle the PS3 as well. I will probably end up getting on 3-4 years from now when I can get one for $100 with a bunch of stuff to go along with it.

Now the Revolution, on the other hand.... I MIGHT be one of those crazy people that hangs out overnight in line to get one..... And I've NEVER done that for anything before.....
21 Mar 2006 ~ 10:31am Jengo

Cyclonite wrote:

So, back to the PS3.

How many people are truly upset by this? I'm not a fanboy by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm far more interested in the Revolution than the PS3. Granted, I'll probably own a PS3 on top of my 360 and a Revolution.

It sucks that it's being delayed, but I don't think it will affect sales at all. Too many loyal Sony followers.

Well, the cell processor is one of the most complex processors to ever be put in a consumer electronics device, its more powerful then most peoples computers. Not only that, but its bringing back Vector Processing, wich IMO, is a great move by sony, they really are on top of their game right now. Not to mention that Nvidia is probably finalizing their RSX GPU for the PS3 right now, wich is supposed to be more powerful then 2 6800 Ultras put together.

That being said, im glad they are delaying it, i dont want issues with the cell and/or the blu-ray drive, not only that but a 60gb HDD pre-loaded with linux will be distributed with the PS3, so this also adds time for developers to work on that and the new online service that they anounced, that will compete with Xbox Live. You know, im almost positive sony is looking for the hype effect that killed dreamcast. Yeah dreamcast was out almost a year earlier then the PS2 and it WAS popular and was selling a lot before the PS2 came out. But once the PS2 came out it got crushed here in the USA. I think something similar to that might happen to Microsof.

But, if i only had one console i was going to buy this generation i think it would be the Revolution. But, i dont im going to buy just one, i think im going to jump on the PS3 bandwagon.

I cant wait!
21 Mar 2006 ~ 11:57am Garg Even if I wasn't excited about PS3 games, I'd get it just to prolong the life of my PS1 and PS2 games, which I've heard will be upscaled to 720p and have 4x AA applied. Oh yeah
21 Mar 2006 ~ 1:50pm GooD I have a feeling that Sony will do a 'much' better launch with the ps3 than what microsoft did with XBOX 360

I see this delay with a good eye. It can't be bad if they take more time to prepare the launch. It will surely provide us with less bugged console (XBOX 360 had his load of problems and RMA, im sure sony will try hard to avoid that)

It would have been a suicide for them to launch the PS3 'on a haste'.

I'll buy the PS3 for sure, i'll wait a little to be sure there's no RMA problems tho i'll buy a ps3 because i have a lots of PS1/PS2 games like many others. If they can avoid RMA problems, this will be an awesome console !