Oh Sony... *shakes head* (More bad news, especially for Euro)

[JKTrix]

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/...layStation.php

No PS3 for Europe until March (where it'll still be 425 EUR), and only 500,000 PS3s between the US and Japan at launch. US gets 400k, Japan gets 100k.

[Roto13]

Sony, Sony, Sony, Sony, Sony... How many did they promise to have?

[Reine]

Saw this coming a long long time ago.

Not that im getting a PS3 anyway...

[Dignified Pauper]

i'm probably going to get a PS3 with the second launch of their systems, simply because the first is bound to have problems.

[Flying Mullet]

i'm probably going to get a PS3 with the second launch of their systems, simply because the first is bound to have problems.

Yup yup. I never buy a system when it first launches. I can't justify spending all that money on a piece of hardware that is guaranteed to have a few minor bugs and/or glitches. I'd rather wait at least a year and buy a more refined product for less money.

[bipper]

i'm probably going to get a PS3 with the second launch of their systems, simply because the first is bound to have problems.

Me too; though I may buy one to donate to the local children's hospital or something, but not to keep for myself.

[Nifleheim7]

i'm probably going to get a PS3 with the second launch of their systems, simply because the first is bound to have problems.

Me too.
I bought my PS2 when it came out and after a year it started to have problems
I will wait for the PS3 as long as possible.

[JKTrix]

Yup yup. I never buy a system when it first launches. I can't justify spending all that money on a piece of hardware that is guaranteed to have a few minor bugs and/or glitches, and no games to make it worth it. I'd rather wait at least a year and buy a more refined product for less money.

Fix'd.

I actually feel kind of sorry for Sony.

However, this delay just means that they'll still be making the glitchy launch system for a longer amount of time, which means we're waiting longer for a good, stable version to come. But I guess it's fine, because it'll be a while before there are proven games that are worth getting.

[Mirage]

news make me lol.

[Dignified Pauper]

i'm probably going to get a PS3 with the second launch of their systems, simply because the first is bound to have problems.

Me too.
I bought my PS2 when it came out and after a year it started to have problems
I will wait for the PS3 as long as possible.

i bought my ps2 when it first came out and mine didn't have a single problem. luck i suppose.

[The Devil Man]

The wisdom of Ken Kutaragi. A choice selection of quotes from the big man himself:



Ken Kutaragi can’t seem to shut up about the PS3. Not that it would be strange for Ken to talk PS3 being the mastermind behind the Playstation brand and all, it’s more the things that he says that seem to puzzle gamers everywhere. Ken Kutaragi feels he needs to further confuse us and has now made some interesting comments about the Cell processor. Before we get into that here are some classic Ken Kutaragi quotes.

“The PS3 is not a game machine “

“Beating us for a short moment is like accidentally winning a point from a Shihan (Karate master), and Microsoft is still not a black belt. Just like with their operating systems, they might come out with something good around the third generation of their release.”

“I believe we made the most beautiful thing in the world. Nobody would criticize a renowned architect’s blueprint that the position of a gate is wrong. It’s the same as that.”

“Microsoft shoots for the moon. Sony shoots for the sun.”

"This time, Microsoft has stated clearly that it is going after PlayStation. However, they're going not after the PlayStation 3, but the PlayStation 2. They were looking at 2, and that's why Xbox 360 became like that."

“With the PS3, our intentions have been to create a machine with supercomputer calculation capabilities for home entertainment.”

PS3 is “for consumers to think to themselves ‘I will work more hours to buy one’. We want people to feel that they want it, irrespective of anything else.”

“The PS3 will instill discipline in our children and adults alike. Everyone will know discipline.”

“Microsoft is trailing behind us, but they are not a threat. They are good at improving [on products], but we will be advancing to the next level with revolutionary technology.”

“We’re not going to equip the PS3 with a HDD by default, because no matter how much capacity we put in it, it won’t be enough.”

Ken Kutaragi has now once again commented on how he views the launch of the PS3 and what the PS3 really is, though am starting to suspect that even Sony doesn’t know what the PS3 is about anymore. Speaking in an interview with Electronic Engineering Times Asia, Ken Kutaragi said of the PlayStation 3, “Though sold as a game console, what will in fact enter the home is a Cell-based computer.”

He continued, “The model image for the Cell-based network may be the Internet: servers around the world form one virtual 'computer,' and each PC accesses it. Application programs can no longer directly access the hardware; instead they will have to be written in high-level, object-oriented language. The Cell processor will completely change the concept of programming. I am sure that a technology revolution is about to occur, not only within Sony but throughout the digital consumer electronics industry.”

His most interesting comment was maybe this one “If processors of high performance and wide bandwidth like the Cell were linked together without sufficient security, a worldwide system crash could occur with one attack.”




The guy is a genius.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

“The PS3 is not a game machine “

I think that this stems from Sony wanting to classify the PS3 as a "PC" and not a "games machine". If Sony could do that, then they would have gained some nice tax breaks from the EU by selling a "PC" instead of a "games machine".

They failed.

[Skyblade]

i'm probably going to get a PS3 with the second launch of their systems, simply because the first is bound to have problems.

For example: A $600 price tag.

I too intend to wait for a later launch, when they finally get it through their thick heads that there are not going to make any money off the PS3 if the sell it for that much, because they won't sell enough. They'll make money from the games, not the machines. DVD makers figured out long ago that it's the DVDs that make the money, not the DVD players. It won't take Sony long to realize that they'll need to drop the price of the PS3 to stay competitive in the video gaming market.

[Roto13]

i'm probably going to get a PS3 with the second launch of their systems, simply because the first is bound to have problems.

Yup yup. I never buy a system when it first launches. I can't justify spending all that money on a piece of hardware that is guaranteed to have a few minor bugs and/or glitches. I'd rather wait at least a year and buy a more refined product for less money.

Except Nintendo, which tends to put out top-quality consoles and handhelds from launch.

Yes, they like to release new versions of their handhelds, but the original models work well.

[bipper]

i'm probably going to get a PS3 with the second launch of their systems, simply because the first is bound to have problems.

Yup yup. I never buy a system when it first launches. I can't justify spending all that money on a piece of hardware that is guaranteed to have a few minor bugs and/or glitches. I'd rather wait at least a year and buy a more refined product for less money.

Except Nintendo, which tends to put out top-quality consoles and handhelds from launch.

Yes, they like to release new versions of their handhelds, but the original models work well.

Ya'know, this is a very true and very understated fact about nintendo. way to be

Bip