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SONY...BAD NEWS
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brifa
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6. September 2006 @ 01:07 |
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Hey guys i just got a bad new i dont know if u already know..i just received a phone call from EB Games bcos i pre ordered my ps3 there and they just told me right now that the ps3 will b launch in march 2007 bcos of some complications with the blue ray...sony always doin this kind of things to the fans...microsoft will b really happy w this news..
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6. September 2006 @ 03:49 |
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dblbogey7
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6. September 2006 @ 04:01 |
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Here's the article from today's IHT:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/0...PlayStation.php
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Sony's upgrade video-game console PlayStation 3 will be delayed until March in Europe, but will go on sale in November as planned in the U.S. and Japan, the executive in charge of the project said Wednesday.
The sales delay is caused by a problem in mass producing a key component in the Blu-ray disc laser part of the machine...
From Ken Kutaragi: 400,000 units for the US launch...
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But far fewer machines will be available for the launch dates in Japan and the U.S. because of the production problem, Kutaragi said.
In the U.S., about 400,000 PlayStation 3 machines will be available when they go on sale Nov. 17. About 100,000 will be available on the Nov. 11 Japan launch date.
OUCH! I'll check with FYE today to see if my preorder still has a pre-Christmas ETA. It will probably be delayed too.
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6. September 2006 @ 05:18 |
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Man I'm sorry about you guys luck.That really sucks and sony needs to seriously kick it in gear!
It's kinda like the ps2 launch were there was a chip shortage.
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dblbogey7
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6. September 2006 @ 05:29 |
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I think Sony is forcing this launch because they have made promises to game publishers and movie studios who are supporting BluRay.
They underestimated the competition for the diodes. This year they have their own standalone BD player launch plus those from Pioneer and Panasonic. You also have the PC drive manufacturers.
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6. September 2006 @ 05:35 |
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That's a good point.Not even sure how they over looked the obvious lol.From a bussiness stand point I would delay the stand alone before I would the ps3 and use the additional diodes from the stand alone to help out the ps3 launch.Your right though they should have known this and foreseen it.After all they are the founder of bluray,call me crazy...
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eatsushi
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6. September 2006 @ 06:13 |
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Don't forget it's the same diode used by HD-DVD drives and Toshiba is releasing it's European models this Novemebr. Plus LG and Sanyo are also making BluRay players too. That's a lot of competition.
"The emergence of a single, high-definition format is cause for consumers, as well as the entire entertainment industry, to celebrate."
-Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Home Entertainment Feb 19, 2008
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GMScribe
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6. September 2006 @ 06:54 |
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:( At least the european date will have more games / less bugs.
It's annoying though, because Sony has HUGE european ps3 support this time round, certainly in games, such as heavenly sword and the getaway.
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eatsushi
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6. September 2006 @ 07:19 |
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Maybe they should launch in Europe first - so we get more games and less bugs here in the US. LOL!
"The emergence of a single, high-definition format is cause for consumers, as well as the entire entertainment industry, to celebrate."
-Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Home Entertainment Feb 19, 2008
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GMScribe
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6. September 2006 @ 07:34 |
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=P
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dblbogey7
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6. September 2006 @ 15:46 |
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I checked with FYE today. The guy at the counter checked with a supervisor and I was informed that now they can't guarantee the ETA of any of the pre-orders they got. They asked me if I wanted my $50 deposit refunded - I said not yet.
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6. September 2006 @ 16:16 |
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ahh,this is going to give HD-DVD a big step forward as Blu-ray needs the ps3 to win the battle...
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CrisKahn2
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6. September 2006 @ 16:53 |
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hmm... i think i might wait for the second wave of the PS3's to come out. I dont really trust the first release cuz there might be problems. Cuz i heard on the news a couple of weeks ago that hella(like 100,000+) brands of laptops were recalled cuz they had faulty overheated chips made by SONY. ohhhh could the PS3 suffer the same fate?????
PS3...it only does everything(that Sony allows it to)
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6. September 2006 @ 17:03 |
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Ok am already talking in two threads talking about this and 1 of them got closed. But I'll post here too.
Ps3 comes out Japan on November 11 and in North America on November 17. North america being Canada too :)So I think all of NTSC.
Also I guess all of "PAL territories " dont get their copies until march 2007. Which include Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia.
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CrisKahn2
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6. September 2006 @ 17:18 |
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ya we know...
PS3...it only does everything(that Sony allows it to)
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brifa
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7. September 2006 @ 00:05 |
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Nintendo Wii will have a good start here in europe if sony dont get the sh%t 2gether and bill must b jumping around with some more millions from the european market...man and i had my money all good to go.
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7. September 2006 @ 06:23 |
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i want to know how they think they know the us console number in the link up there that
dblbogey7 gave us.
either way i could care less, i'll have a ps3. i live in the us. i just need cash.
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
PS3 Username: Anubis66
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eatsushi
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7. September 2006 @ 06:53 |
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http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?o...d=3754&Itemid=2
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Speaking to AP, he [Ken Kutaragi] said that two million units would be shipped to the US and Japan by the end of this year, thereby slashing the original figure by half. Just 500,000 machines will arrive at launch with Japan reportedly earmarked to receive 100,000.
500K at launch - 100K for Japan = 400K for North America
I wonder how the Japanese are reacting to this especially on the eve of TGS. This is probably why Sony was a practical no-show in Leipzig. They probably knew at that time that they had to give Europe and Australasia the middle finger.
"The emergence of a single, high-definition format is cause for consumers, as well as the entire entertainment industry, to celebrate."
-Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Home Entertainment Feb 19, 2008
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7. September 2006 @ 07:00 |
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alright. i also found the original ign article.
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/731/731032p1.html
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"The North American number is just below what we had available at launch for PS2 and is
higher than what Microsoft had for Xbox 360."
you think sony is gunna keep several thousand ps3's for ebay selling? maybe pay people on
their payroll to sell them with personal accounts, ad give a console to that person when a
sale is made.
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
PS3 Username: Anubis66
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eatsushi
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7. September 2006 @ 07:04 |
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I wouldn't be surprised if these go for $2K or more on EBay.
"The emergence of a single, high-definition format is cause for consumers, as well as the entire entertainment industry, to celebrate."
-Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Home Entertainment Feb 19, 2008
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The_Fiend
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7. September 2006 @ 07:52 |
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Hell, this makes me so glad i was one of the first to order 2 US PS3's...
Let the rest of europe whine and complain, i'll be playing it, AND i'll be laughing all the way to the bank when i dump one of them on Ebay ;-)
irc://arcor.de.eu.dal.net/wasted_hate
Wanna tell me off, go ahead.
I dare ya !
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brifa
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7. September 2006 @ 08:20 |
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yeah but we here in europe wont get a ps3 with problems the 1st ones always cum with them problems and by the time we get it in europe will b cheaper(maybe)
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7. September 2006 @ 08:33 |
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ok I understand north america gets 400k units shipped in Nov ,but I have one question what about Dec ? are they shipping 400k in that month or are they putting the launch on hold until they get the parts for the blue ray
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eatsushi
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7. September 2006 @ 08:54 |
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Sony HOPES to ship 2 million by the end of 2006. I don't know how many for North America and how many for Japan.
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Kutaragi said other preparation work on the machine was going smoothly, including the "cell" next-generation computer chip. Mass production of the machine is set to start end of September, he said.
Although Sony had initially counted on shipping 4 million PlayStation 3 machines worldwide by the end of the year, that will likely fall to 2 million, he said.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/0...PlayStation.php
"The emergence of a single, high-definition format is cause for consumers, as well as the entire entertainment industry, to celebrate."
-Craig Kornblau, president of Universal Home Entertainment Feb 19, 2008
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7. September 2006 @ 10:23 |
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I guess Sony might lower the price in Europe and Australia to make up for the shortages, at least something to make up for it. But if they don't, then I will be angry...
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