DRM delays PlayStation 3 launch
p2p news / p2pnet: Arguments over CRAP DRM have deprived Sony enthusiasts of the spring arrival of the company’s PlayStation 3.
Instead, it’s now slated to appear towards the end of the year in November.
Sony had, "hoped to launch PlayStation3 – which will take on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo’s Revolution in the $30bn global games market – in the spring in Japan, rolling it out in the US and Europe later this year," says the Guardian Unlimited.
But disagreements between Hollywood studios and manufacturers over copy protection in Blu-Ray, "meant that it would launch simultaneously in Japan, the US and the UK in November, Mr Kutaragi told a press conference," says the story, going on to quote him as saying:
"I would like to apologise for revising the release date, because standardisation talks on new Blu-ray technology and high-definition multimedia interfacing – the key features of the next generation console, have taken more time than we had originally thought.
"When we initially announced our plans to launch this spring, we had expected the standardisation work on all of the technologies to be completed by last August, but there were improvements that were decided on since then."
On the face of it, "the delay announced this morning looks to be a major setback for the chief executive of Sony [Howard Stringer], whose goal has been to revive the company’s consumer electronics division," says Forbes. "While he now sits and waits for his legions of engineers to continue tinkering with the PS3’s magical next-generation disk technology, arch gaming adversary Microsoft with its Xbox 360 will keep chewing away at all that potential market share.
"Japanese traders, however, reacted mildly to news of the delay and sent Sony’s stock down a mild 1.8% this morning. They’d probably been expecting all this. From Wall Street to online gaming forums, the rumor mill had long gone past ‘whether’ the PS3 would be delayed, to ‘how long’ we would have to wait."
Also See:
CRAP DRM – Tired of C.R.A.P.?, March 14, 2006
Guardian Unlimited – Sony PlayStation3 delayed, March 15, 2006
Forbes – Stringer’s Sony Delays PlayStation3 Launch To November, March 15, 2006
March 15th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
I have to admit this is some good spin from Sony about PS3. The real problem is all publishers don’t belive they will be able to publish games in time for that launch date.
March 16th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
The PS3 wont even be out in the states until after xmas…
Meanwhile Nintendo’s Revolution will have stolen the shopping season, and be headed for the victory!
And you can count on Nintendo not putting any of Sony’s scary DRM things into their game system! XD
March 16th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
Screw the copy protection, there isnt a system out there that wont be cracked. They had better make their games 10+gb in space (not with dummy files, those can be seen and ripped instantly) because the ps3 will still be able to read ps2 dvds…You see what im getting at. Groups will have a field day of fun in the sun downsampling those games to fit on a normal dvdr. Have fun sony, you wont win this one.
March 17th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
nuff said
March 17th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Don’t COUNT on Nintendo or ___ANY___ company not using DRM/CRAP on their products. No one knew Sony was for one hell of a long time!!!…’til they screwed up.