Friday, December 23, 2005

PS3 Spring 2006 or Fall 2006

I get this question all the time. I don't even know why people ask me this question. When will the Playstation 3 hit stores? Sony say spring 2006 and EA say fall 2006. But remember Sony will lauch the PS3 in Japan first. So the could be both.

Sony Corporation said it remained on track to roll out its PlayStation 3 game console by spring 2006 despite industry speculation that the scheduled launch could face delays.

The timing of the release of Sony's updated PlayStation console has become a matter of speculation in the $25 billion video game industry and among the studios, hardware makers and other companies looking to handicap the battle over next-generation DVD technology.

A spokesman for Sony, the No. 1 provider of game consoles, said it was still targeting a spring 2006 launch for the PS3, which is key to maintaining its lead in the game console market against Microsoft Corporation, which recently launched its competing Xbox 360 console.

Larry Probst, chief executive of the No. 1 video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc., said last week that he believed Sony's console would not be available until fall 2006.

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