Harrison refuses to confirm Euro PS3 launch for March

After recently delivering a pretty honest appraisal of the manufacturing problems facing the PlayStation 3, it seems that Sony bigwig Phil Harrison is still a little unsure as to whether or not Sony will be able to live up to its promise of a European (and one would presume by default an Australian) launch in March 2007. Not that he ruled out a launch next March entirely - far from it - but he did go rather quiet when asked by the UK's Official PlayStation Magazine to confirm the console was going to be delivered on time in Europe.

"Given that all of our previous statements about launching in Europe simultaneously with the US and Japan turned out not to be the case, I would not like to make any definitive statements on that," said Harrison. "It’s not my job to comment on hardware supply issues other than to say some very smart people are working very hard to catch up," he added, not passing the buck at all. "In fact, the ramp up is already starting to happen in supply and output, just obviously too late for us to have launched in Europe at the same time as the US."

So there we have it; neither a confirmation or a denial. Let's hope this isn't the beginning of a process whereby Sony breaks it to us gently.

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18 Comments

renegadesx

5 years ago

I am starting to care less and less about the PS3

Karai Pantsu

5 years ago

*shrug*

If it is delayed then I get more time to catch up on 360 and Wii games

At this rate it looks like I won't be getting a PS3 in 2007 - and I'm not sure if this botheres me or not.

LeonJ

5 years ago

I plan to get a PS3 in 2008 when MGS4 is *actually* released and games are actually decent (i.e. not just ports).

I HIGHLY doubt Australia will get the PS3 until mid next year regardless.

Zarnoss

5 years ago

I'm the same as leon, I'll buy it when some decent games come out for it.
Maybe by then the slimline version will be out.

admeister

5 years ago

Geez, I am getting totally put off the PS3. The only thing that can save it now, for me is FFXIII. In any case, I won't be getting one before 2008.

Jabjabs

5 years ago

To little to late Sony, my Wii will be here in less than a month, you've missed the boat.

Zarnoss

5 years ago

So you'd rather have a wii over the playstation 3.
I know I do at this point in time.

LeonJ

5 years ago

In all fairness the Wii launch titles don't really do anything for me bar Zelda. Wii sports and maybe a couple of other low grade titles look ok, but at least the Wii is cheapish and is has a way different controller. I'm just looking forward to using the damn thing (and of course the 70+ hour zelda adventure!).

admeister

5 years ago

leonmc wrote

Yeah, you'll love using the remote, I had a great experience with it!

messicat

5 years ago

My boyfriend is currently in America and looks like he will be until the end of November, so I'm relying on him to test out a PS3 and decide whether or not we're saddened by the wait. We weren't going to get one at launch anyway, not until the end of 2007 at the earliest, because of the cost.

Joseph

5 years ago

I was planning on buying an Xbox 360 (when I get a job that is) before a PS3 anyway. $1,000 way too much.

Zarnoss

5 years ago

Joseph wrote

I was planning on buying an Xbox 360 (when I get a job that is) before a PS3 anyway. $1,000 way too much.

Hey you want a free one or did you mean "$1000! Way too much."

armageddon12

5 years ago

The price is the main turn off for the PS3, so I presume Joseph meant, "$1,000, way too much."

I dare say this will be a repeat of the PSP launch, a year late, still with nothing interesting to show for it. I wonder how many import companies will be sued to breaking point 2 years on from now.

Regarding that though, surely consumers have the right to import hardware? As region locks controls consumer access to content they want.

cycosippius

5 years ago

youd have to be a little nervous buying a beta version of PS3 wait a year or two

cycosippius

5 years ago

or should I say alpha

5 years ago

Yep, Alpha at best

matrix-cat

5 years ago

Oh Hell. What are the bets that it'll still be $1000 here even if it comes out after a price drop in America?

I really don't see how they can do this and still expect to make a profit. There'll almost certainly be an Xbox 360 price drop before it comes out.

Karai Pantsu

5 years ago

I highly doubt that there will be any kind of significant price drop in the US before the PS3 launches here.

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