PS3 launch in Europe possibly delayed further
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It's eventually going to be September 2007, believe me.
But we're europeans, we don't care.
But we're europeans, we don't care.
Because they know someone who knows someone who has some inside information?
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the last two delays (from spring to nov, from nov to 2007) was by another one that know someone who knows someone who has some inside information too
(was the inquirer the low reliable site to say this long before the rest of press)
we have to wait and see, but as you say, we are poor europeans, who cares about us?
Well, according to Sony PR, we Europeans don't mind getting the short end of the stick every single time, since we end up buying Playstation products anyway. I think they will try to do what they did with the PSP, start a huge ad campaign and pre-reservation program in May/June, and launch the actual product in September.
... and how did you get to that ridiculous number again?
Those news were not reported by Inquirer, but reported by Reuters, Bloomberg and AP. Magnitude of difference.
This "revelation" is most likely liberal interpretation of this article
http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=30948
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=131449
I really don't see why Sony would delay European Launch further... But then again i didn't see why (and still don't to be honest) they delayed PS3 till March anyway...
Aeh...because they couldn't source more then 600k units come November. Better not waste your marketing budget on a paper launch.
Well, i did know why... I just don't agree...
I would have pulled out 200k units for Europe for Xmas and steal some of the attention from MS. Then 200k for Japan and 200k for the US.
They wouldn't keep the majority of the people happy, sure, but they're still not keeping the majority of the people happy with the delay as there will be a lot more people who want a PS3 than the 100k in Japan and the 400k in the US.
Oh well, i'll tell them when i get to work for them
Well, i did know why... I just don't agree...
I would have pulled out 200k units for Europe for Xmas and steal some of the attention from MS. Then 200k for Japan and 200k for the US.
They wouldn't keep the majority of the people happy, sure, but they're still not keeping the majority of the people happy with the delay as there will be a lot more people who want a PS3 than the 100k in Japan and the 400k in the US.
Oh well, i'll tell them when i get to work for them
The European PS3 requires a different manufacturing pipeline. Switching between the U.S. / Japanese consoles (which in effect are the same) and the EU consoles in the production line slows down the production considerably. When you have such a limited number of consoles for launch, such slowdowns count much more seriously than later on when you are churning out and have been churning out significant numbers on a monthly basis.
(There's a cite for this somewhere too - or wait, I think it might have been in the Dutch OPM)
Out of my anus. What I'm trying to say that I'm getting sick and tired if Europe keeps getting the short stick all the time and I'm probably not the only one. Didn't they learn from PSP already? The delay certainly didn't help.
The inquirer has a sawed-off shotgun approach to journalism; if you simply present enough different rumors, one every once in a while will eventually turn out to be close to the truth; you can then trumpet your awesome skillz of prediction...
Doesn't mean they were right on a technical level, they just bullshitted enough to score a hit on random luck.
Um what? seriously, If sony was having trouble manufacturing after only a month, and they have a projected number of units going into may, then they could easily come to a conclusion that they wouldn't have enough units to launch in region X at time Y.
Anyway, this is just what I was expecting almost a year ago. Sony has delayed their launch multiple times because they simply weren't ready, and now it sounds they may have trouble manufacuring enough units for a march Euro launch. I think this mean two things...
1. There's going to be even less units in north american and japan. I mean we heard the 400 -500, 000 units between the two regions already, but I expect this could be even smaller with almost no units to replenish these markets until after christmas.
2. To launch in march for Europe, if they are still having manufacturing troubles around christmas, would mean that they won't have enough units for all three markets, as they have in the past left one market dry for months while they focused on another.
basically the 6 million number sony first claimed wasn't realistic (as I expected), and I doubt they will even reach the 2 million number before christmas. This is going to be a rough launch for them I suspect. Lot's of demand, but they won't get anywhere close to matching it. I'm also hearing that canada won't get it's share of launch units which is why most stores here aren't taking pre orders. Some U.S. based franchises like best buy/futureshop, walmart, or EB might be able to get units some units across the border.
it will be interesting to see what happens. Also what occurs with any defective units as this is going to be a problem with any console that has lots of components.
They should come here and force some million people to go work as slaves in camps building new PS3 and blue diode factories, they really should make us build our own PS3 with just minimal food for salary.
And still pay €700 for it, or for our freedom.
We wouldn't care.
And still pay €700 for it, or for our freedom.
We wouldn't care.
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