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PlayStation 3 coming this fall

March 7, 2006 › Sandy McMurray | comment

According to this Variety article about Sony CEO Howard Stringer, we should not expect to see the PlayStation 3 before November.

Sony's new PlayStation 3 was widely expected to be introduced this spring, but will be delayed as the company fine-tunes the chips that are crucial to the success of the console's Blu-ray function. [See below for details about Blu-ray.]

The PlayStation 3 --- which is being called "the poor man's Blu-ray" --- is vital to Sony's plans because it plays Blu-ray discs as well as videogames.

Sony will roll out the PS3 by year end, in time for the holidays. If PS3 "delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up," Stringer boasts.

Blu-ray is the system developed by Sony to view next-generation high-definition DVDs. Rival format HD DVD is championed by Toshiba. Microsoft recently joined the HD DVD camp, a move that came as its Xbox 360 videogame console is trying to grab market share from PlayStation, the industry leader.

Link: Traveling Man - Turning Sony around puts Stringer through the ringer

March 7, 2006 › Sandy McMurray | comment on this item