PS3 Delayed until March 2007 for Europe

Now I am a massive 360 fan and have never been one for the Sony Playstation Brand but this certainly is bad news for Europe. But on the other hand it could be a good thing.

Think about it if they have had issues making the PS3 up till now and plan just the US/Jap release they may have a similar failure rate that the 360 had at launch or 6 months after launch. This would mean many dissapointed customers especially if they are as scare as "rocking horse poo".

So if they can iron out most of the bugs before it is released then there will be more happy customers here than elsewhere.

Plus it means that those titles which were planned for a rushed Europe launch will have an extra 6 months to tart them up further.

Now I think the 360 and Wii will have the main stay in the UK but I'm not sure about the rest of Europe.

I'm guessing 1 year from now we will probably see similar threads akin to the 360 with people complaining that their PS3 has died and they are waiting forever for a replacement etc etc.

Another reason for the delay certainly in the UK could be due to a lower than expected number of Hi-Def tv systems in UK homes which in turn would mean waiting that little bit longer may benefit them in the long run. Yes it may have an impact on which next gen format wins but Sony must have some corporate reason.
 
It's pretty crazy to think that the 360 will have two successive christmases as the only next gen console in Europe.

(I'd consider Wii as a different market :D)
 
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Looks like I will have a wii intime for xmas and see what games Sony can come up with in 6 months or so for release next year

Yeah they have seriously messed up - (and I speak to someone regularly high in Sony who has been very quiet recently) and they may not get over this , but if the games are good enough no one will care, and if they arent it doesnt matter anyway
 
XPE said:
Well the big N is making Wii's as we speak so i would think there wouldbe enough for launch. :D
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Last official report was that there'd be around 5mill for launch!!
 
Well good luck to the Wii and Xbox 360, looks like I was right in going for a 360 rather than waiting on a PS3!

Having said that after the PS2 I had no intention of buying one :p
 
i think lots of little 12 y/os are going to be sad at xmas..

'Daddy I want a PS3' lol

Daddy goes onto ebay and forks out 300 quid and gets kicked again on customs.


I'm in the US. But it really doesnt matter to me. may send one back to the family.
 
One of the other fast approaching problems for Sony now is going to be that the PS3 in its prime will be going up against the xbox 3.
The consoles are gonna end up way outta step i think. Going by the xbox we are only, what, 2 or 3 years away from the xbox 3 and the PS3 with a shelf life of about 6 years at least and it isnt even out yet.
God we face the chance of xbox 4 and PS4 going head to head.
The other arguement MS will have, if the xbox 3 is launches at the same price as the 360 then going by the PS3 price the upgrade is justifiable by means of cost! a 360 and xbox3 for the price of a PS3.
Uggg my head is hurting now and i am going into the future too much lol
 
The PS3 is a prime example of a product that has suffered at the hands of technological brinkmanship. Over complication is has resulted in a price no-one wants to pay, difficulty in obtaining good yields of certain components and therefore inability to hit deadlines. The market is now in an unusual state whereby Microsoft are in a situation to appreciably increase their market share, Nintendo too will surely be rejoicing.

Microsoft will probably not reduce the price of their console, as it won't have a direct competitor. The Wii will scoop up some sales. Sony looked to have shot themselves in the foot many months ago when they announced their pricing scheme. With a distinct lack of original titles (how many more Ridge Racer and Tekken games are we going to see), unpopular looks, technical difficulties, a format whose future is shrouded in mystery and now a release date in an unpopular time of year, Sony are going to have to overcome many problems if they are to snare that coveted worldwide Number One spot that their previous consoles have occupied.
 
JUMPURS said:
One of the other fast approaching problems for Sony now is going to be that the PS3 in its prime will be going up against the xbox 3.
The consoles are gonna end up way outta step i think. Going by the xbox we are only, what, 2 or 3 years away from the xbox 3 and the PS3 with a shelf life of about 6 years at least and it isnt even out yet.
God we face the chance of xbox 4 and PS4 going head to head.
The other arguement MS will have, if the xbox 3 is launches at the same price as the 360 then going by the PS3 price the upgrade is justifiable by means of cost! a 360 and xbox3 for the price of a PS3.
Uggg my head is hurting now and i am going into the future too much lol
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Don't think that would happen. The next Xbox would appear 'last gen' when the PS4 comes out. All three players will release at the same time (roughly :D )
 
Its not just the "EU not getting it untill 2007" thats bad for sony, Only 100,000 units for Japan!?!?, The DS has been selling that a week in Japan.

Not only that dev/publishers will now be looking at this and asking how the hell they are going to make any money, considering all the time and resources they have put into getting their game ready for the ps3 launch
 
~J~ said:
Last official report was that there'd be around 5mill for launch!!
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That's a lot of wii's :p


Seriously though, I think Sony have shot themselves in the foot repeatedly with the PS3, they've tried to put so many new peices of technology into it (many not really needed for a games console), several of which they have little control over and it appears to have badly backfired :(

I can't help but think that MS may have been much smarter than many give them credit for in using a standard DVD drive for the 360 (whilst allowing for external drives to be added), thus avoiding having the console at the mercy of large consortiums of companies trying to decide on a new storage format, and risking an unnecessary delay due to shortages of a non essental (from a gaming point of view) part.
 
Hey....this is El.

Just heard the news and flipped through the thread. I personally think this is a bad move and perhaps a sign that sony is entering a troubled times? Sony seem to lost their strategy at the moment ......but time will tell.

I am dissapointed over this delay as i have two on pre-order and i was really looking forward to it, having said that, i guess i have to do what i did with my psp - paid over the odds (£260) and got it from japan a week after launch. Now, im not even sure if doing this with a ps3 is a good idea, perhaps there will be regional coding on them or other issues.....

All in all, i am disappointed at this sony's move. My loyalty is kinda shaken and if push come to shove perhaps im gonna get a 360. :(
 
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ElRazur said:
Hey....this is El.

Just heard the news and flipped through the thread. I personally think this is a bad move and perhaps a sign that sony is entering a troubled times? Sony seem to lost there strategy at the moment ......but time will tell.

I am dissapointed over this delay as i have two on pre-order and i was really looking forward to it, having said that, i guess i have to do what i did with my psp - paid over the odds (£260) and got it from japan a week after launch. Now, im not even sure if doing this with a ps3 is a good idea, perhaps there will be regional coding on them or other issues.....

All in all, i am disappointed at this sony's move. My loyalty is kinda shaken and if push come to shove perhaps im gonna get a 360. :(
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Hell just froze over... :p
 
ElRazur said:
Hey....this is El.



All in all, i am disappointed at this sony's move. My loyalty is kinda shaken and if push come to shove perhaps im gonna get a 360. :(
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Oh and it does not look like you will be able to import from Japan because they will only have 100k units on release. but you will be able to import in March when Sony announce that they are focusing on the Jap and US market before opening up any other teritories ;)
 
I had to laugh at what someone posted over at gamespot

You Europeans need to get over yourselves. Big time. You're just not as important as the rest of the market, deal with it.

Japan > North America > Europe + rest of the world

You want more stuff? Outspend us NAs. Simple is that. Until you talk with your wallets you should keep your mouths shut. Give companies a reason to WANT to give you stuff first.
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Bloody americans, they haven’t looked at those sales figures.
 
adfinni said:
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

With the other threads over at XS detailing GPU downclocking, coupled with the ~£500 price tag, this is now beyond a joke. So the GPU now has the same power as a 7800gtx (or possibly less), and i very much doubt that cell is going to be good enough to combat that. Christ... quad cores and Directx 10 cards will have been out for a bit then, and the PS3 will come into the market looking dated.
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Whatever Sony have spouted, the PS3 is not coming into the high end PC upgrading market mate :rolleyes:
Ive already seen promo stuff in toy shops in europe for the PS3.
Sony would like more adults to by the PS3 sure, just like they did when they made the PS2 play DVDs, initially it was considered to be more grown up, but fact is the PS2 when it really got going had its biggest market in school playgrounds, I know from experience in trying palm off my Gamcube or Xbox to a Nephew and he just wasnt having it, had to be Playstation 2.
80% of potential PS3 owners over its life time wont even know what directx is let alone know how to upgrade a PC.

Sony get under my skin, i have no intention of buying a PS3, but my opinion is this wont be doing them that much harm, if they cant produce the Blue Ray diodes in time then they can either change the design or stick with Blue Ray. Which is the biggest mistake :confused:
And when was the last time anyone produced enough consoles to go around?
Sony never have, look at the record, PS1 9 months later in Europe, PS3 only 4 months.

I have an xbox 360, its nowhere near its full potential yet, on a whole Im dissapointed with the games in the way they havnt really offered the same experience that previous new consoles offered, but the games industry as a whole is to blame, I think Microsoft have done a good enough job with the console, and I dont think my Xbox 360 is really threatened at them moment by my latest PC upgrade (currently still on paper)

For the people bringing up PC comparisons, does the 360 really need quad core CPU's and the latest GPU ? what 360 games next year will be dissapointing because they needed more power?

I think Sony are giving more units to the USA in November because that is where the hype is created/believed the most, the American consumer is very different to all of the other 11 EU countries, and the Uk somewhere in between, and the world doesnt revolve around us (anymore ;) )
 
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