THe PS3 has been delayed - OFFICIAL!

[dikiminster]

I suppose you all now by now, but what are your views on this? http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34186:unsure:

[linkofhyrule]

Whoa, that's huge!

How the hell can they keep it coming to the US and Japan if there's a "problem" with Blu-Ray?

I think they might need to rephrase that into shortage.

[Raisedbyflames]

well i guess they always shaft us lot in europue, its ashame for those who have preorderd

[damien©]

Although I wasn't going to get it, I'm disappointed that PS fans (like my Brother) won't be able to get there hands on there Next_gen Console.

I assume this will lead to an increase in hardcore European fans importing it from the US or Japan. It's assume that they have had such disregard for European gamers that they are only delaying us.

Xbox/Microsoft should jump on this and try and secure the european market while it can. Do more Xbox 360 + Football Games promotions and they could see a very big jump in sales.

[phatmuther]

man i really do hate big corparations that do this kinda thing, "we havent got enough for all 3 teratories" "well lets just drop europe, its the smallest market"

i didnt mind sony before, but now i do hate them.

oh and by the way this IS the last nail in the coffin for the PS3

[Raide]

I am dissapointed with this news. Many people have been promising their children a PS3 for x-mas and now they wont be able to get it. It looks like this x-mas could be a 360 one, which MS will be happy about. Yet again Europe gets dumped on by a great height. No matter, at least the Wii and 360 will be out with some great games as well.

Seems like Gears of War will have a pretty easy time of it this x-mas then.

[dikiminster]

I have a bad feeling the WII will go the same way. Please let me be wrong.:(

[AfroJoe]

Wow.

That's all I've got to say. :D

[Dcontrol]

I'm not really suprised by this news.

[HotFish]

Although I wasn't going to get it, I'm disappointed that PS fans (like my Brother) won't be able to get there hands on there Next_gen Console.

I assume this will lead to an increase in hardcore European fans importing it from the US or Japan. It's assume that they have had such disregard for European gamers that they are only delaying us.

Xbox/Microsoft should jump on this and try and secure the european market while it can. Do more Xbox 360 + Football Games promotions and they could see a very big jump in sales.

That's what they will do...expect a few releases out first again across Europe and poss a price drop at crimbo, or a package with Viva Pinta for the kids at a decent price.

Im more than happy (apart from them breaking) with xbox/360 and havent had a playstaion 1 or 2 for sometime and prob never buy a ps3.

With Pro-Evo and Fifa 07 exc for a year to 360 - expect a lot of sales this November. The people who have pre-ordered a ps3 at a wopping £150 can use it towards a 360.

Cya's

[Tobes]

Humm. Is it just me who's a little bit worried about this move?

When it comes I have a feeling it will come with a bang. Sony are going to bring out a couple of supprises I think.

[phatmuther]

Humm. Is it just me who's a little bit worried about this move?

When it comes I have a feeling it will come with a bang. Sony are going to bring out a couple of supprises I think.

worried? are you mad?
its been delayed 4 months.
its gonna cost £500.
the 360 will have had its next batch of great next gen games.
the wii would have sold like mad.
the 360 would have sold alot more.
halo 3 might even lurk out in march.
bluray couldve failed by then.
the 360's HD-DVD will have sold some and people who already got that dont need no bluray.
people are gonna be ... annoyed at sony for delaying.
more than likely another small price drop for the 360.
you could get a wii60 for xmas for the same price as a PS3.

[Kalou]

What a surprise, non-US/JAP people getting robbed even more, amazing it takes 4 months to work on the PAL version, or better yet, why bother? release the one console, who cares if we buy NTSC games.

Us Europeans are always being ripped off and it's pissing me off, I bet the US/Japs get their games cheaper and the console will most likely be cheap too plus they get it 4 months early, bloody disgrace.

[dikiminster]

But this way hopefully they can iron out any glitches before european release? Looking on the bright side. (:/)

[Kalou]

Yeah, delay it 4 months to give us the perfect console but release it early to US/JP giving them a glitchy console, don't think so :)

[Raisedbyflames]

dont bother with ps3 buy a dx10 pc like i am

[Kalou]

Yeah for about 4x the price of a PS3 :p

[dikiminster]

Yeah, delay it 4 months to give us the perfect console but release it early to US/JP giving them a glitchy console, don't think so :)Heh heh, but remember all the trouble with 360s in its first few months? This is gonna make that look like the smoothest launch ever!:p

[Raisedbyflames]

nah ill just bebuying the core parts i alreadygot my cd drives and hard drives

[tidus04]

I read about this on another site and this sort of thing has really got me :s big time as I wad going to get a pre order in soon and now I might as well not bother.

:s Sony!!

[damien©]

Heh heh, but remember all the trouble with 360s in its first few months? This is gonna make that look like the smoothest launch ever!:p

Whether you like to admit it or not the Xbox 360 was a succesful launch. Trouble with Xbox 360s? Granted a small minority have had trouble with there Xbox 360s but not the large proportion.

Also if it launches in US and JApan and they have problems it's not as if we won't hear about it here. It would be worse for Sony as the news will travel and the public will be put off.

[HotFish]

Humm. Is it just me who's a little bit worried about this move?

When it comes I have a feeling it will come with a bang. Sony are going to bring out a couple of supprises I think.

Yeah...but it still released in Japan/USA same time so why is it delayed for Europe and the rest who use PAL. They arent going to release a better console in PAL regions..its proberly something to do with our PAL and 50hz not working with Blu-Ray / HD.

Not worried as i wasnt getting one. Ninty will press for the xmas lauch aswell now. Sony have now just shot themselves in the foot.

Cya's
:)

[Tobes]

its proberly something to do with our PAL and 50hz not working with Blu-Ray / HD.
PAL is 60Hz. PLus When using anything high def the Hz are at a standard set by HD. No regions.

[Fleeboi]

PS3 is screwed, Sony have just missed another christmas and now all the little kids with rich parents are gonna buy them a 360.

[Blaze Lord]

Wow. This is pretty freakin' sweet.

[Headshot]

wow, the wii or xbox are now gona win in PAL areas i think

[tidus04]

Though this may be on of the biggest [Dont abuse the no swearing policy] up´s in european gaming history this will still be better then the 360.

[Blaze Lord]

Hm? How so?

[dikiminster]

Whether you like to admit it or not the Xbox 360 was a succesful launch. Trouble with Xbox 360s? Granted a small minority have had trouble with there Xbox 360s but not the large proportion.

Also if it launches in US and JApan and they have problems it's not as if we won't hear about it here. It would be worse for Sony as the news will travel and the public will be put off. Hi, BIG D 04. The 360 launch could be considered a success, but there were problems, some people still have problems and to suggest otherwise is, well, silly. I should point out that my 360 is a launch one and runs super smoooooooooth.(Y) Im not slagging the 360. Im loving it.

[Blaze Lord]

He didn't suggest otherwise. Read what you quote, and to do otherwise is, well, silly.

[Headshot]

yep same here iv hav 2 launch xbox 360 and aint had a prob wiv them since, play it every night

[Headshot]

also iam a PS convert, 2 years ago i would have never dreamt about swiching over, and then i saw it and i immidiatly wanted it and havent looked back since. !XBOX!

[damien©]

Hi, BIG D 04. The 360 launch could be considered a success, but there were problems, some people still have problems and to suggest otherwise is, well, silly. I should point out that my 360 is a launch one and runs super smoooooooooth.(Y) Im not slagging the 360. Im loving it.

I never said that the Xbox 360 was problem free, I said that a small minority were affected by "broken" consoles.

[dikiminster]

He didn't suggest otherwise. Read what you quote, and to do otherwise is, well, silly.
:brow: ..............yeh, your right. Must...pay...more...attention.(M)

[tidus04]

Hm? How so?

Just better on the product. Mainly on them factors..

It may be ones [Dont abuse the no swearing policy] having to wait longer but in the end I guess it is worth it.. Somehow..

[Blaze Lord]

"On them factors"?

I've decided you don't converse at an adequate level, and will no longer probe you to clarify.

[Tobes]

"On them factors"?

I've decided you don't converse at an adequate level, and will no longer probe you to clarify.

VERY LOL!
......

[phatmuther]

"On them factors"?

I've decided you don't converse at an adequate level, and will no longer probe you to clarify.

why do you always asume your above everybody, its getting old.

[Blaze Lord]

Assume? I think we're past assumptions at this point. I asked him, politely, what he meant. He replied with something that needed a lot of squinting to come close to approaching a coherent sentence. And, even if it were coherent, it wasn't saying anything.

[linkofhyrule]

This morning in Tokyo, Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi reportedly announced that only 500,000 PlayStation 3s would be available in the US and Japan at launch, and that the console's European debut had been pushed back until 2007.

Of the 500,000 launch PS3s, 100,000 will go on sale in Japan on November 11, and 400,000 will hit store shelves in North America on November 17. "We decided to focus on the Japanese and US markets," Kutaragi told reporters at a Tokyo press conference before apologizing for the delay, according to the Associated Press. Reuters echoed the numbers, and said that Kutaragi had lowered the worldwide 2006 PS3 shipment target from 4 million to 2 million

Jeez, 250,000 in each region, wtf is that about?

I can't believe they're actually going to do that, they should seriously just push it back to March like the others, it will be embarrassing for stores to have like 3 PS3s. Will be worse then the 360, and that was bad.

Sony, really, think before you speak guys! First they said March 17th then November 17th now March 07! Now they cut the launch numbers four-fold!

Edit: Also you have to whack those 250,000 numbers in half again, only half of those or maybe less will be the $600 model.

[tidus04]

"On them factors"?

I've decided you don't converse at an adequate level, and will no longer probe you to clarify.

Ha, [Dont abuse the no swearing policy] you then (:/)

But I though it was just commen sense that the ps3 would be a better quality console then the 360.. ?

[Fleeboi]

Ha, [Dont abuse the no swearing policy] then (:/)

But I though it was just commen sense that the ps3 would be a better quality console then the 360.. ?

Quality you say? PoS1 and 2 are infamous for DRE's, they are poor when it comes down to stability.

Stop misspelling swear words to by pass the censor you dolt.

[leeeee35]

I picked up my sons ps2 mag last i think it was last dec and i remembered reading an article saying about microsoft that they had it all wrong and the ps3 would launch worldwide in
march 2006,they said bluray would prevail and by dec 06 they
would have sold twenty million consoles.

Well how wrong they are whats happening blueray come off it theres something wrong i think and they are not letting on,
can they really mass produce this technology two postponements now.

How wrong these ps journos were.:$

[leeeee35]

Assume? I think we're past assumptions at this point. I asked him, politely, what he meant. He replied with something that needed a lot of squinting to come close to approaching a coherent sentence. And, even if it were coherent, it wasn't saying anything.
It':) s only a 360 gaming forum lighten up be more hypothesis
in your vocabulary.

[backin-strachan]

Yep. I could have told you before E3 ... actually I did say that. I said 2007 Q1/2 earliest and I was right...again.

Not suprised.

[tidus04]

Quality you say? PoS1 and 2 are infamous for DRE's, they are poor when it comes down to stability.

In the end for me it mainly comes down to gaming exsperance, and the Ps3 will be better when it comes to the games. And really dont ya think the games baiscally make the console. :brow:

Stop misspelling swear words to by pass the censor you dolt.

Report me then if I am doing that.. (Y)

Edit: Just so you dont have to do it I done it myself :geek:

[Blaze Lord]

You think the PS3 will be better for games? Why? Give an answer besides "Well, doesn't everyone think so?"

Because I don't think so, and if you'll do some searching in the forums, you'll see I've made plenty of arguments against it.

[phatmuther]

the only reason the PS3 could be better for games is the fact they'll throw about 9,000,000 at you like they did with PS2 with only 4% of them being any good

[Blaze Lord]

Well, now we're getting into a chicken and the egg regressive bit. But if the 360 can manage to capitalize on shortages and push itself to this generations leader, than the 360 gets those 9 million titles.

[Fleeboi]

The only games that PS3 have now that are legendary are MGS4 (which'll most prob come to 360 way down the line), and Final Fantasy (which has blown since 8). There might be others that are good, but I can see alot better coming for the 360.

[tidus04]

The only games that PS3 have now that are legendary are MGS4 (which'll most prob come to 360 way down the line), and Final Fantasy (which has blown since 8). There might be others that are good, but I can see alot better coming for the 360.

Yeh but what dose the 360 have. Halo and... Fable o.O.. Im lost and can not think of any more but im sure you will tell me. I dont know much of the previous Xbox games so I can not say of any more big titles.

You think the PS3 will be better for games?

Ok then, why not leave it on the view of why dont we just wait and see. =P

[leeeee35]

Well, now we're getting into a chicken and the egg regressive bit. But if the 360 can manage to capitalize on shortages and push itself to this generations leader, than the 360 gets those 9 million titles.
BL I must say out of everyone on this forum you are the only one who really nows is onions you now every aspect of gaming hardware etc good on you mate,in my eyes your
WINNER.:geek:

[Blaze Lord]

..Thanks? Heh. Er.. Is this sarcasm or not?

[backin-strachan]

I doubt it and I would go as far as almost agreeing with him.

[Bigcon100]

cant believe it been delayed - so now i gettin a 360!!!

[Bigcon100]

how much can i get dynasty warriors 5 empires 4 in da shops + wen is half-life 2 comein out

[leeeee35]

:) :..Thanks? Heh. Er.. Is this sarcasm or not?
No BL i think you know what your talking about m8
Iv'e read alot of your posts and by far your the best
m8
:)

[leeeee35]

[QUOTE=Bigcon100;82403]how much can i get dynasty warriors 5 empires 4 in da shops + wen is half-life 2 comein out[/QU Half life was due out in NOV but it's been delayed now until JAN or FEB 2007.:party:

[damien©]

:) :
No BL i think you know what your talking about m8
Iv'e read alot of your posts and by far your the best
m8
:)

You've got yourself an Admirer there BlazeLord. I bet you weren't expecting to find one of tthose on here.

[Blaze Lord]

I had some for a while when I first started. But thanks lee, a little recog is nice.

[leeeee35]

Ok got to speak the truth and give credit while it's due.

[Blaze Lord]

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3785&Itemid=2

"After its initial launch of 400K units into the U.S. market, SCEA plans to ship another 800K units via air-freight through the end of the year, making 1.2 million units total."

No mention of how big Japan's second shipment will be. I have a feeling Europe's being delayed also because Sony doesn't want to pay for air freight for you guys, and they'd much rather just stick to cheaper boats, even if the boats take weeks.

Also, the split between premium/core will be 80/20. Makes sense for the early adopters' shipments, but I hope for their sake they don't think that trend will continue.

[phatmuther]

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3785&Itemid=2

"After its initial launch of 400K units into the U.S. market, SCEA plans to ship another 800K units via air-freight through the end of the year, making 1.2 million units total."


and sony cant give 400K of those to europe?
pfft

[Blaze Lord]

As I said, I think they'd rather just cheap out on Europe and go by ships. Plus, screw you guys anyway. ;).