October 18, 2005

Microsoft Says PS3 Going to be 2007

Microsoft is up to their old tricks of FUD (fear, uncertainty, dispair). As in the PS3 is going to be so late and so expensive, you might as well just buy a over-priced Xbox 360 bundle right now. Yeah Microsoft, I'm sure Sony is letting you in on the exact price and shipping date of the Playstation 3.

"I’ll be happy to compete whenever they turn up, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s not until spring ’07,” he remarked. "If they hit Xmas ’06, then maybe it’ll be a very thin launch; a launch in name only." MCV also quoted an unnamed “senior European publisher boss” who claimed he also wouldn’t be surprised if the PlayStation 3 didn’t launch in Europe until 2007 and with a price tag of up to £499 ($876).