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Variety is reporting that the Playstation 3 will be delayed as Sony "fine tunes the chips," in a story about the future of Sony that features a lengthy interview with Howard Stringer.
According to the article, the PS3's roll-out will begin this holiday season instead of this Spring. If Sony still plans on delaying the launch in the U.S. until well after the Japan launch, then it sounds likt we won't be playing on the Playstation 3 here until next year.
Here's the Variety snippets about the PS3:
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. The PlayStation 3 —- which is being called "the poor man's Blue-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.
Traveling Man [Variety]
