PS3 slips to 2007?

[Nitrous]

MS execs seize on PS3 ‘07 slip fears

With Xbox 360 games and final hardware fully playable for the first time at last week’s X05 event, top Xbox execs openly questioned Sony’s ability to deliver PS3 in 2006 in Europe – with senior publishing sources sharing this fear. With Microsoft gearing up for a global roll-out of its next-gen system this Christmas, while Sony maintains a tentative ‘spring ‘06’ launch date for PS3, Xbox UK boss Neil Thompson predicted his firm could have a huge lead in Europe.

“I’ll be happy to compete whenever they turn up, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s not until spring ’07,” he told MCV. “If they hit Xmas ’06, then maybe it’ll be a very thin launch; a launch in name only.”

While Sony has never specified territories for its spring ’06 window, few expect it will attempt a similar global release strategy to Microsoft, with many in the European trade expecting a late ’06 PAL release at best, while others fear a longer delay.

Speaking at X05, a senior European publisher boss told MCV he “wouldn’t be remotely surprised” if PlayStation 3 didn’t arrive here until spring ’07 – and with a price tag as high as £499.

Elsewhere, Microsoft’s US execs took a further swipe at Sony for its failure to show-off any playable PS3 software. “We don't want to hide behind videos, we don't want to hide behind CGI movies, we don't want to hide behind false promises – everything we showed on stage was real,” said Xbox supremo J Allard. “Our medium is an interactive one. Showing isn't enough."

Sony, which has yet to reveal any concrete details on its PS3 online strategy ahead of the system’s proposed launch next spring, also drew criticism from chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach, who said: “I was stunned they didn’t announce anything at E3 or TGS. Whatever they do, they’re going to be chasing us for a long, long time.”

Xbox 360 launches in Europe on December 2nd.

Opinion - J Allard, Corporate VP, Microsoft

“There’s a big gap between what Sony claims and what they’ve shown. You might have thought our X05 presentation was a bit on long side, but they’ll need an eight-hour press conference pretty soon just to give people confidence in that spring ’06 date they’ve mentioned.

There’s a lot of stuff they just don’t have in place yet. They make nice movies, though. The differentiation in the next generation is going to come through the software and the services. If you put the best tools in the hands of the best developers you’re going to get the best games.

Then you look at the service, and we’ve got a big head start. It takes a lot of hard work to build an online service.”

[Cid Highwind]

That's bad news and good news at the same time, 2007.. Imagine how advanced the PS3 will be

[Laguna Loire]

£499!?

Hell, an advanced console yes, but the price tag is far too much! Damn! And I thought the XBox 360 was expensive! -_-

[Nitrous]

I doubt it will have a price tag of £499 tbh. If and only if the PS3 comes out in 2007 then the price of the Xbox 360 will have come down by almost half the price by that time, thus Sony may strugle to sell at that reported price tag unless the die hard sony lovers such as the Japs dont look at the price tag of course

[Cid Highwind]

Sony has to compete with Microsoft, They're not gonna sell their console that high while Xbox 360 is already lowered that much.

[cHilli]

hmm?

***Box to pwn?

[~Felly~]

D@mn it!!! If PS3 comes out in 2007..I won't have a PS2 to trade in! I'd have done bought the 360 (<a system i've finished my info on..) by then!! Sony must be planning something big...something that'll amaze us Sony people,Nintendo,and Microsoft!!!

[Nitrous]

Sony chief divulges next-gen plans

Sony expects to launch PS3 in Japan next March, and in the US in the autumn, with a price tag of $300-$400 (around £170-£230).

Sony also plans to unveil a compact video device "to fill the time gap before PlayStation 3 launches in Japan in March and in the US a year from now," HollywoodReporter.com has revealed.

Howard Stringer, Sony's CEO, stated that "PS3 will be bundled with a selection of preloaded films, TV programmes and games, and will sell for between $300-$400" in an interview with the website.

While none of these launch details have been officially announced by Sony, it is becoming apparent that PS3 is central to the electronics giant's plans for its next wave of technology, as it will be compatible with the company's digital cameras, MP3 players and PSP.

Stringer described it as "a high-definition value chain that starts with cameras and goes through projectors and television sets and ends up with PS3".

hmm 2006 for the PS3? or 2007 who knows, one thing is for certain it's gunna be good!

oh somthin else I should menstion is the posiblity of the PS3 not being able to played USED (pre-owned) games!!! I smell a hoax for now, hope it stays that way an all

[DayleJ]

its been March 2007 for the last few months now.

[Cid Highwind]

butbutbut... We can't wait that long

[DayleJ]

tell Sony that...get them to crack the whip on the little Japanese techno nerds

[Stuart_the_game]

haha! anyway i have small hands and i saw the ps3's controllers. There huge!!! well for my hands they are

[~Felly~]

*starts whipping Japanese people* Get to work,Sony!!! I ain't waiting 'till 2007 for a PS3! I'll have done bought the 360!!!

I'm more of a Nintendo person but 500 ueros (However you spell it) that's like 600 us bucks. and if it comes out in 2007 then Microsofts new OS thing will be out so then the'll have more time to work on the xBox so then they might get the xBox Gold or whatever, knowing how well the xBox works, the xBox gold could be a xBox, and a comp. I don't think sony thought about this, but they do make everything that has to do with technolagy, though.

[Nitrous]

^ please can somone translate what the n00bie just typed lol