Sony trying for spring launch of PS3!

[mike123abc]

Reuters is reporting that they are trying for spring, but they might be delayed because of bluray (I assume copy protect). They could cost Sony $900 each at first, I wonder what they will sell for?

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[griz_fan]

Don't hold your breath. The PS3 may not even hit the US shores until 2007.
http://rsch1.ml.com/9093/24013/ds/276873_0.PDF

the delays surrounding BD+ bonus DRM present in AACS will almost certainly prevent a spring launch.

 

[Ilya]

Sony has officially denied reports from financial analysts at Merrill Lynch that the PS3 could be delayed by several months, reiterating that the console will launch this spring.

See here: http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?p=489943&postcount=2

However, Sony admits that the spring release of the PlayStation 3 might be delayed if the Blu-Ray Disc specs are not approved by the industry soon enough.

 

[riffjim4069]

I haven't owned a game console in several years nor, for that matter, have I been doing any PC Gaming in the past 4 years. But I am certainly going to pick-up a PS3 as soon as they are available!

 

[mike123abc]

CNBC this morning had commentators on that thought that even though the PS3 might initially cost $900 to make, Sony would have a price point of $400, a $500 hit per unit to the company bottom line to build market share and take market share back from Xbox360.

 

[navychop]

Per this CNN article Sony has a 70% game market share, MS 15%. Most posts I've seen for the last couple of months have been predicting a fall launch, perhaps even November. So this is old news.

BTW, the link in post 3 is not working for me. Any one else having problems with it?

 

[Ilya]

Most posts I've seen for the last couple of months have been predicting a fall launch, perhaps even November. So this is old news.

What is interesting though, is that as of yesterday, Sony still insists that launch in spring is possible.

BTW, the link in post 3 is not working for me. Any one else having problems with it?

Not sure why. It works fine for me.
Anyway, here is the workaround: just go to the Format War News sub-forum and open the second thread from the top (Sony PS3 may not be out until 2007 and may cost $900 to produce! ).

 

[Bunkhouse]

meanwhile...

"Sony will not be able to meet its initial target of 1080p Full HD that it had originally set and will instead deliver 720p and will upscale it or allow the new TVs to do so. This, apparently, will save CPU cycles and will save gamers from the dreaded loss of frame rate. "

http://www.ps3news.ca/02202006/18/sony_ps3_will_not_output_1080p_as_promised

Hope this isn't true.

 

[T2k]

Umm I told ya so, I'm told ya so...

 

[sclaws]

Here's another blurp I came across this AM saying the Blu-ray drive is the culprit for a PS3 delay.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6144963.html

Can't read japanese so I am having difficulty verifying the source

 

[T2k]

I haven't owned a game console in several years nor, for that matter, have I been doing any PC Gaming in the past 4 years. But I am certainly going to pick-up a PS3 as soon as they are available!

Uhh, you'll be pretty disappointed - PC graphics is always ahead of consoles.
Consoles at their release are roughly on-pair with PCs in terms of performance but that quickly fades away as PCs are being upgraded 'tempo presto'. Another problem is the new architecture: at their release time the new consoles have usually pretty average games as the developers got the final SDK only months before. By the time console developers become experienced enough to fully exploit the console's skills, PC graphics already left it behind in terms of sheer power and performance and at the same time even though development on PC could be more difficult thing (think about zillions of different hardware combinations), it's a gradual development (ie DX 8.0 - 8.1- 9.0 - 9.0b), no need to learn a completely new architecture, so they are pretty well versed in coding at any point in time.