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PS3 Japan launch cut by 20,000Siggy @ Oct 31, 2006 13:46 | 39 comments
The original number of consoles for Japanese launch, 100,000, has been cut by Sony because of "component shortages," and even though the original 100,000 was "more of a target", Sony and Sony Computer Entertainment America vice president Jack Tretton has recently admitted that "Clearly we've had production issues."
Japanese retailers have obviously had problems with their preorders. The Japanese Nikkei claims that Tsutaya Online ended preorders after only six minutes and Amazon Japan after 20 minutes.
North American PS3 launch on November 17 hasn't been cut, and the "more of a target" 400,000 consoles remains untouched.
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A Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun, "a leading Japanese economic newspaper, also known as the Nikkei," has reported that the Japanese launch for PlayStation 3 will be cut by around 20,000 units. The story doesn't reveal cuts on other regions, neither does Sony.
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Comment by: tabletpc (Nov 04, 2006 05:34) the only component shortage the ps3 has is they cannot produce the dumb blu ray laser as fast as they would like because it is such a fine cd lazer to read data they have to be built slowly to make sure they work this is why sony is having to cut consoles down it is not to create hype it is because sony is using a really expensive blu ray system in there console and it takes longer to assemble
this is why im going to wait to get a ps3 because blu ray dvds range from 40.00 to 70.00 right now im fine with my 30.00 for 3 dvd disk movies versus single blu ray disk for 70.00 |
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Comment by: anubis66 (Nov 04, 2006 13:08) it could play to their adantage. telling people they cant have something makes them want it more. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 04, 2006 18:55) anubis66 Sony is good with that corporate mombojumbo like shutting down a random company to drum up advertising... |
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Comment by: sammorris (Nov 08, 2006 14:00) A random company? I'd hardly call Lik Sang random... |
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Comment by: UHALL (Nov 09, 2006 21:33) If Ps3 launches 400,000 units by november I will Kiss your Culo, no chance in hell. Everyone should buy a 360 and become a MS fanboy.
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Comment by: sammorris (Nov 10, 2006 04:07) Or how about the former, but not the latter? Being a Microsoft fanboy is like being the devil himself, being an xbox fanboy I can almost understand, but for the fact that I can't understand fanboyism. Whatever happened to good old fashioned buying what was best at the time? |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 10, 2006 07:41) UHALL AAHHH!!! Where did my smart and savy UHALL go?!?!?! ;_;
Sony is evil yes ,would it be best to avoid it for a year yes,but MS is as screwed up and as uncaring and MS has just fcked them selfs with the new streaming/downlaod movie deal! They keep makeing a new hole to get out of ,crist fck that get WII you will have 2!! (I am no longer going to say get A wii,but GET WII!!!!!) |
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Comment by: sammorris (Nov 10, 2006 07:52) Lol and the post is corrupted with empty space so it draws attention to it! The wii is by far the best value and least corrupt of the consoles corporate-wise, as Nintendo intend people to have fun, Sony and M$ are primarily after profit. After being handed third place in the arms race, Nintendo have decided that the best strategy is to be most in touch with the consumer, since sony and Microsoft are losing sight of that more and more... Pay for this, pay for that... As far as I'm concerned? The Wii is worth a look, I'll see how it turns out before buying one. Me and a couple of my mates are going to get a 360 between us and then if I become rich I'll suggest a PS3. I'm not buying one however until you can get one with two games for under £400 net. That could be a while away with a March 07 launch... |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 10, 2006 08:04) sammorris Pretty much thus sildeing into hell for buyable mods to "complete" games is not good,corperations are trying to further prop themselfs up my god it seems its to hard to just make whole coherent games no thats to hard to make games better than they are right now >> |
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Comment by: UHALL (Nov 10, 2006 11:52) Just being a smart ass, I am tired of all the sony #!*#. I actually believe the game systems are getting ridiculous in price and gadgets. I am not letting MS off the the hook either, I like my 360 but if I had to do over I would wait or upgrade my PC( I think I have heard that someplace). I upgraded my PC anyway and I will look at the WII. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 10, 2006 11:58) UHALL Sony is a smart ass and they are the worlds worst game maker to sue things. :P |
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Comment by: anubis66 (Nov 10, 2006 12:07) if systems ever come more than the ps3 and dont have enought reason to buy them to meet the price, then count me out of consoles. that will be some time though, and im sure if there is a ps4 is will include bluray if its the winner. even if its not, they probably will because it will be established as a good gaming optical disk, used even by nintendos next-next gen beef machine with innovation? (they gotta be raking in the cash from day one with the wii..) |
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Comment by: sammorris (Nov 10, 2006 12:13) Unless it's as marked as VHS/Betamax I expect they'll both still be about by next generation, either still as separates, or with hybrid drives widely available. Sony aren't about to utilise a rival format to the one they themselves engineered. |
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Comment by: anubis66 (Nov 10, 2006 12:24) i hope this doesnt go over like beta. beta was superior in quality and durability, i dont know why it didnt take off. bluray is superior in both ways again, but im sure this time around they saw some mistakes and corrected them. umd went under for movie becuase movies dont have much replay value and they had no other players to play them outside of the ps3. |
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Comment by: sammorris (Nov 10, 2006 12:43) Thing is, I don't predict either format's obsolescence, since Bluray has the backing of Sony and Dell who are two major players in the technology, and the PS3 isn't likely to quietly disappear (not to mention being a low cost way of playing BR media, despite the unit's price), whereas HD-DVD has the backing of microsoft, so is practically immortal! With luck you will eventually be able to buy a dual playback drive, and you can buy movies in either format depending on the publisher, and just ignore whatever format it happens to me. Not very dignifying for either medium is it? |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 10, 2006 12:46) anubis66 UDM went under because they were 5-8$ below DVD price...if they sold them at 4-8$ a pop,rampt up game support they could have done something with the PSP instead of letting it rot.... |
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Comment by: sammorris (Nov 10, 2006 12:50) In one way, Corporate greed equalled corporate failure. In another way, the discs needed to be expensive to recoup losses on the PSP hardware, which probably wasn't cheap. Either way, corporate greed will never disappear. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 10, 2006 12:53) sammorris True but they can make a profit off it if they put effort into it,if no effort it fails thus no money....thus they sue people to recoup that lose...it never ends dose it? 0-o |
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Comment by: sammorris (Nov 10, 2006 12:56) Not with companies like Sony it doesn't. Big firms have realised how much profit there is to be had in lawsuits. if they have a chance of success, then they'll make a lawsuit to rake in that extra cash, and as you see with Lik Sang, it ruins people. Sod expensive products, that's the real unfair strategy! |
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Comment by: UHALL (Nov 10, 2006 20:24) Sony has backed alot of losing formats, have you forgotten betamax. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 10, 2006 20:40) UHALL Mmmmm well with sony suing people and the PS3 being over priced they made THIS a losing battle.... |
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Comment by: sammorris (Nov 12, 2006 17:03) Someone hasn't been reading very many posts. Quote: Written by yours truly only a few lines above! Dell are also backing Bluray, and some movie studios, not to mention several other tech groups like Samsung... |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 12, 2006 17:22) sammorris Ya BR is not sonys alone,sony is a part of it. |
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Comment by: sammorris (Nov 12, 2006 17:26) This is true, but They're part of the technology, rather than just endorsing it like Dell or the movie studios... |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 12, 2006 17:36) sammorris forgive if I am wrong but beta,md and umd are sonys own little format schemes to conquer the world that pretty much failed because they did it like a scheme and not a "natural" format change.
HD DVD is the same with MS more or less being sonys oppsiste? |
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