PS3Bad bad news came for European Sony fans from site CVG this week.Sony's head of Worldwide Studios Phil Harrison recently told Official PlayStation Magazine that he wouldn't like to make any definitive statements about the March roll-out for PS3.CVG also claimed that a source has spoken of a PS3 delay as far back as September 2007, pointing at further component shortages.Fortunately SCEE boss David Reeves specifically told GamesIndustry.biz: "We're still on schedule to launch PS3 in March throughout the PAL territories. All speculation otherwise is without foundation." - Don't expect the rumours to stop anytime soon though.As the PS3 is further dissected by the gaming world, users are reporting some serious jaggies on PS1/PS2 game emulation.Joystiq have comparison pictures of original PS2 games versus the emulated PS3 titles. It doesn't look good, gamers are hoping for a firmware fix.Tek Jansen at Gamescentral has an interesting overview of how to install Linux on your new $600 games console.Oh, and make sure you register your 'PS3 Network Name' now, before it's grabbed by someone else. Check out the Sony webby here.
The fact that they couldn't deliver just 400,000 Units at launch shows that they DEAD. Their costs are over their head and they didn't want to release 400,000 Units that needed Updates which ended up not fixing the problems that came with the system. Sony has overextended itself, competing with Nintendo in the Portable genre, and then with Xbox 360 in the HD Next gen genre. They are spending $850 on each PS3 and selling it for $600. Do the math. They couldn't afford to produce more than 200,000 because of the high cost of the machine. They didn't want to take a risk of spending more than $ 170,000,000.00 to end up spending even MORE to fix the problems that came with the system at launch, and have 400,000 angry PS3 owners instead of 200,000. All they've done is create Demand for a system with lame launch games and gotten Nintendo and Microsoft more sales for Christmas, essentially shooting themselves in the foot at the busiest shopping period.
Playstation 3 launch dates now official1 million PAL units forecastBy Dean Pullen: Thursday 25 January 2007, 09:30Click here to find out more!WE HAVE RECEIVED confirmation from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe that the Playstation 3 will be launched on the predicted date of 23rd March this year.The PS3 will be launched in the PAL territories of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia on the fourth Friday in March at a price of £425 (599 Euros, $999.95 AUD, $1199.95 NZ in the respective countries).Allegedly 'responding to retail and consumer demand', SCEE confirmed that initially only the more expensive 60GB model of the Playstation 3 would be available on launch, with the 20GB model to follow later in the year but this is 'dependent on demand'.An expected one million consoles will be made available during the initial launch period, but considering the complete mess Sony made of the US and Japanese launches, you expect this figure to fluctuate massively. Maybe the over abundance of stock currently in the US will help.The launch line-up consists of the following titles:Resistance: Fall of Man, MotorStorm, Genji: Days of the Blade, Formula One Championship Edition, Ridge Racer 7, Call of Duty 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Tony Hawks Project 8,Gundam - Target in Sight, Full Auto 2: Battle Lines, Sonic the HedgehogVirtua Fighter 5, Virtua Tennis 3, World Snooker Championship 2007, NBA 2K7, NHL 2K7, Blazing Angels, Squadrons of WWll, Enchanted Arms, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, The Elder Scrolls lV: Oblivion, Def Jam: Icon, Fight Night Round 3, NBA Street 4 Homecourt 2007, Need for Speed Carbon, The Godfather: The Don's Edition, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007, Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom, F.E.A.R.Immediately available online, after you've downloaded the compulsary update which will be made available on the European launch, are the following titles:Gripshift, Tekken: Dark Resurrection, Lemmings, Go! Sudoku, Go! Puzzle, Blast Factor, flOw, Super Rub'a'Dub.The PS3 will also ship with the usual deluge of peripherals including:SIXAXIS Wireless Controller - EURO 49.99, Blu-ray Disc Remote Control - EURO 24.99, HDMI Cable - EURO 24.99, AV cable - EURO 16.99, Component AV cable - EURO 24.99, S Video cable - EURO 16.99.Good luck in getting a PS3 on launch. Game sites started taking pre-orders around 18 months ago, so expect to be rummaging around another Amazon fire sale and your local Woolies, considering the 1 million units seem to be split over all PAL territories. µ
Sony increases PS3 priceToo cheapBy Nick Farrell: Monday 29 January 2007, 09:16Click here to find out more!ENTERTAINMENT GEAR gear maker Sony has decided that the reason that its PS3 is not selling as well in Canada as it likes is because the most expensive console on the market is too cheap.According to hereGamersReports Sony has upped the price for the PS3 in Canada by $40 dollars. The new price is Canadian $699.99. Both Best Buy and Futureshop have the console listed at the new price, the old list used to be $659.99.The move brings Canada into line with what the US charges for the machine, although local users are fuming. It seems that it is just yet another PR own goal by Sony in the PS3 saga which has seen shortages, high prices and a badly managed launch. µ
The official story: "Although the suggested retail price (SRP) of the PlayStation 3 in Canada has not changed, some Canadian retailers have chosen to increase their retail price as a result of the weaker Canadian dollar. This increase is solely at the discretion of the retailer, as Sony Computer Entertainment Canada has not issued a price increase."--An SCEC representative. Bogus or not bogus?: Sony raising the price? Bogus. That the price has gone up at some stores? Not bogus.Posted by Polybren, Jan 26, 2007 2:44 pm PT
