PS3 Not Ready Until 2007?

There is much industry speculation going on that suggests that the Sony PlayStation 3 will not launch until late 2006 and early 2007.

There are rumors going around stating that the Sony PS3 will not make a Spring or E3 launch this year. The speculations are turning more towards the Summer 2006 launch for Japan, November 2006 release for North America and US, and March 2007 launch for Europe.

There is also speculation that a million units will be allocated to each territory. We already posted that news, that a million units per territory isn’t a rumor, but is plenty enough inventory for the Sony PlayStation 3 initial launch.

About a month ago, we were told by Sony that the PS3 was still “on-target for Spring 2006″, but they didn’t confirm whether or not the launch would actually be for Japan, or North America, or Europe. Our guess (and notice that I typed the word “guess”) is that Sony will launch in Sony-land first, which is Japan.

We were also told by Sony that the PS3 will be unveiled at E3 in Los Angeles this year. Well, if the launch is still scheduled for 2006, then by all means this would have to be realistic.

There are also people calling themselves “analysts” who are trying to do the roadmap on when the Sony PlayStation 3 will launch. Please keep in mind that anybody can be an “analyst”. And, analyst stories don’t have a very good track record on predicting the future. Some analysts stated that the Microsoft Xbox 360 would not launch in 2005, when in fact, the console did.

All these launch rumors, speculations, and roadmap predictions are happening because Sony has kept quiet. They were quiet at CES (Sony never promised any PS3 info at the Consumer Electronics Show in the first place), and they will probably keep quiet until E3.

Microsoft following the same course of “silence” prior to the Xbox 360 launch. They were so quiet, that many “analysts” predicted that Microsoft doesn’t have a video game console ready for the holidays 2005. Wow, they were sure wrong.

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PS3 chip is revolutionary, when is it going to be released?

IBM’s radical Cell processor, to debut in Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3), could reshape entertainment and spark the next hi-tech boom, says Forbes.Com. Sony’s PS3 game console performs 2 trillion calculations per second. This means millions of homes will soon sport a supercomputer with the kind of power once reserved for seismic exploration and nuclear-weapons design to enable programmers to create videogames that look as realistic as film.

The report says some techies predict PS3 will usher in the next microchip revolution. The Sony system owes its computing power to a microprocessor called Cell, which runs at least 10 times as fast as Intel’s most powerful Pentium.

Sony PS3 to be released in May? Dates delayed?

Sony PS3 will be released in May 2006, and that the recent reports of a delay are pure “myths”.

During the weekend, many sites and news agencies have reported that the Sony PlayStation 3 is full of bugs, and that the game machine is not ready for the Spring 2006 launch. However, please keep in mind that these are pure speculations.

Notice how much of the rumour is based on a “March 2006″ launch. Sony never told us on what month the launch will occur.

Unless Sony says otherwise, don’t take any notice to anyone else that’s claiming to know the facts or the scoop. There are tons of people out there misleading the public. If there is a change in the Spring 2006 Sony PS3 launch, we’ll know about it. Until then, be at ease that the Sony PlayStation 3 is on target for Spring 2006.