PS3 to only have 500,000 units available worldwide

[Ztrl]

What I'm about to tell you is all true.

The PS3 will launch in the US and Japan in November 2007. Then it will launch in Europe and Austrailia in March 2007. 400,000 units available in the US, and 100,000 in Japan.

So, Sony is not keeping their promise of 2 Million units world wide.


What does this mean for the Wii? Well, The Wii will have the holidays almost to it's self.


IGN Article:
UK, September 6, 2006 - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced the launch of PlayStation 3 in PAL territories will be delayed until March 2007. In an official statement Sony blamed the slippage on a lack of key components needed to manufacturer the consoles, adding, "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, this affecting the timely procurement of key components to be utilised in PlayStation 3."

The delay will affect gamers in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia, who won't be able to officially get their hands on a PS3 until March next year. However, the Japanese and US launches of PlayStation 3 remain unaffected, released on November 11 and November 17 respectively. Sony's plan to ship six million consoles globally by the end of the 2007 fiscal year also remains unchanged.

The blue laser diode is a key component of the PS3's Blu-Ray drive and the shortage is expected to affect other Blu-Ray products in Sony's line-up, not just PlayStation 3. However, with Microsoft claiming there'll be enough Xbox 360s to meet demand this Christmas and Nintendo's Wii expected to launch globally in the next couple of months, could the delay spell disaster for Sony? We'll bring you more news on the delay plus industry reaction throughout the day.

[swimstud600]

omg they are dumber than I ever thought, its like they want to lose all their money.

[Fusion]

They're expecting HALF of that many people to actually KEEP their PS3s and buy games like mad for it so Sony makes royalties off of them. Well, it's a sensible plan, since the games now look like they'll be upwards of $200.

[swimstud600]

The games themselves will be $200+? Please tell me you're joking. Sony loads another bullet into the gun and shoots themselves once again.

[Paranoid]

I think when ur that low on stock, its time to push the release date back. Microsoft is doing it with Vista, Isnt such a big problem

[J.Y.]

Sony...who knows them...500,000 units....what's their problem?

[anon]

you said 400k in the US, 100k in japan.. what about the rest of the world???

[J.Y.]

........
good one anon...
unless these 2 countries are kind enough to donate some of those units to the other countries....which is totally impossible...there's so many countries here...why publish PS3 to the whole world when the others got no chance to even touch it?!

[Paranoid]

It might come out later in different parts of the world?

[J.Y.]

how later..that's the question...sony always make unfulfilled promises.....

[Fusion]

Can't forget how much they gloated with the PS2. "Able to run Toy Story in real-time" pfft, if it were only possible with that hardware.

[Ztrl]

anon said:

you said 400k in the US, 100k in japan.. what about the rest of the world???

You don't get it untill March 2007.

[Captain SpExtacular]

well thats it, im going to boycot systems.....all the delays im done.

[Ztrl]

No non no Spex, only Sony has delayed. Nintendo is right on schedule.

[anon]

well not that I was going to buy a PS3.. but this gives me a good excuse to hate mail em.