PS3 Delayed In Europe till March '07

[mwgiii]

in all PAL territories (Europe).

London, Wednesday 6 September 2006 – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that it would revise the launch date of its PLAYSTATION® 3 computer entertainment system in the PAL territories of Europe, Russia, Middle East, Africa and Australasia from 17th November 2006, as previously announced to March 2007.

Launch dates for Japan and North America will remain the same, which are November 11th and November 17th respectively.

The revision of the launch date in the SCEE territories is caused by the delay in the mass production schedule of the blue laser diode within the Sony Group, thus affecting the timely procurement of key components to be utilised in PLAYSTATION 3.

The previously announced PLAYSTATION 3 shipment forecast of 6 million units globally within the fiscal year ending 2007 is not changed.




Source: http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4268&NewsAreaID=2

 

[mwgiii]

An excellent follow-up article in the International Harold Tribune. Here is an interesting quote:

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.

The production problem is causing about a one-month delay that will reduce the company's supply capacity by about a million machines from the original plan, he said.

Full article: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/06/business/AS_FIN_COM_Japan_Sony_PlayStation.php

Someone can make some serious money on E-bay if they get their hands on a launch PS3. The boards are thinking > $2,000 each.

 

[minorthr]

WHo didnt see this coming. You should really change the title and add in Europe

 

[JoeSp]

I agree with minorthr, the title should include 'In Europe'.

In addition the launch numbers were reduced 75% here in North America and Japan. Man, can Sony sink any lower? And they are still saying they will deliver 2 Million units by the end of the year here in the US. Yeah Right!

 

[T2k]

:d

 

[mwgiii]

If any mods stop by, feel free to change the title to PAL territories.