Yep, that's one of the options I am considering right now, as the exchange rates are pretty fancy for us Europeans at the moment.
No European PS3 launch until March
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Yep, that's one of the options I am considering right now, as the exchange rates are pretty fancy for us Europeans at the moment.
A bit off topic, but what was the true reason of the year long PSP delay in EU?
It's hard to believe it was manufacturing problems as there wasn't any such new tech as the blue laser diode of the PS3, was it purely a strategic decision?
A year of delay because of maufacturing doens't sound too believable for something like PSP.
It's hard to believe it was manufacturing problems as there wasn't any such new tech as the blue laser diode of the PS3, was it purely a strategic decision?
A year of delay because of maufacturing doens't sound too believable for something like PSP.
They started manufacturing the PSP in the (expensive but hi-tech) Japanese plant only at first, and then later on bring in a Chinese plant. I think there were some delays with getting the Chinese plant up and running.
Also, believe it or not, I think they somewhat underestimated the demand for the PSP. It's a big risk, a new handheld in a market dominated so long by Sony.
For the PS3 they have been working to get Chinese plants up and running from day one.
Initially it was due to manufacturing, but a whole year...??
Dunno, i keep thinking that it's just them totally disregarding the European market as usual. They're not the only ones, mind you, but still, doesn't make things much better...
Oh well, i'm off to the Bahamas early next year!! In your face, Sony!
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Holy crap. They're cutting this close. The 100k in JPN is essentially a paper launch.
I think some of you guys need to calm down, why do you really need a PS3 at launch? So you can play Resistance? Better to just go for a 360 and enjoy the nice selection of games it has, and pick up the PS3 when it becomes available in the spring/summer, if you have the money of course.
IMO, anyone looking for the best games this holiday should be looking at 360 anyways, PS3 would be nice because it's shiny and new, but really, look at what you're missing out on, not a whole lot.
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my friend you are wrong. you are forgeting about santa clauss!
last I heard, he had already a gigantic PS3 plant build up the north pole, where he plans to build around hmmm... 6mil - 400k - 100k = 5.5 mil ps3's to help sony reach their target for hollydays.
he will personally distribute the machines @ christmass through chimneys. so better get your pen and paper and start writing.
now that's living!
Heh, that would be an awful lot of broken PS3s!!
"PS3" and "chimneys" shouldn't go in the same sentence...
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well if santa can fit in a chimney, I though a ps3 could also do that.
but its just theory. maybe it will fit only through industrial sized chimneys.
but its just theory. maybe it will fit only through industrial sized chimneys.
That's the second option I am considering. Maybe if MS drops the price at little bit, I am in.
I wouldn't be worried about fitting into the chimney as much as the "dropping" part of the deal.
Would you quit that unrealistic fantasy crap? Your post count is already high enough. Everybody knows Santa's an Xbot, at least the European one.
Yea, thanks for the nice xbox marketing speak scooby
Well, take the numbers of X360 sold per month in Europe *1.4 (to account for Christmas season) * 5 month and voilà you'll know how big the advantage is.
Not to mention Sony's partners, like MediaMarkt - they still have the preorder stuff on their home page (599 Euros for the premium system). I think they'll be a bit angry.
Sony are walking on a very very fine thread.
I think their mentality is now that they don't really care how many PS3s (as consoles) they sell compared to the 360. I think their main priority is now how many PS3s (as Bluray players and media hubs) they will sell compared to HDDVD and Windows Media Hubs.
Remember that Sony will make a whole lot more money from Bluray movie sales than anything else, if the format does kick off. It's practically just the cost of the discs and packaging and nothing else since the content is already all done, ready to be re-re-resold for the Nth time on a different format at a higher price than DVDs.
So i think in their eyes PS3 might just sell 50M in its lifetime, which is not good compared to PS1 and PS2, but that will mean that there will be 50M Bluray players on the market, and that is Good (TM) for them.
Sony might get 30% market share (and MS Nintendo get another 30% each), but in their eyes, that might be around 90% of the HD-movie market, which would be GREAT business for them.
(All the numbers are obviously assumptions of what Sony might expect and why they're doing what they're doing now considering those expectations)
I think their mentality is now that they don't really care how many PS3s (as consoles) they sell compared to the 360. I think their main priority is now how many PS3s (as Bluray players and media hubs) they will sell compared to HDDVD and Windows Media Hubs.
Remember that Sony will make a whole lot more money from Bluray movie sales than anything else, if the format does kick off. It's practically just the cost of the discs and packaging and nothing else since the content is already all done, ready to be re-re-resold for the Nth time on a different format at a higher price than DVDs.
So i think in their eyes PS3 might just sell 50M in its lifetime, which is not good compared to PS1 and PS2, but that will mean that there will be 50M Bluray players on the market, and that is Good (TM) for them.
Sony might get 30% market share (and MS Nintendo get another 30% each), but in their eyes, that might be around 90% of the HD-movie market, which would be GREAT business for them.
(All the numbers are obviously assumptions of what Sony might expect and why they're doing what they're doing now considering those expectations)
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