Blu-ray Causes PS3 Delay in Europe
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Sony has conceeded that issues with Blu-ray technology within the PlayStation 3 will delay the console's launch in Europe, but not in the United States and Japan. Console supplies in those countries, however, will be limited.
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PLAYSTATION 3 will use the Blu-ray Disc format, while a new, slimmer PlayStation 2 will go on sale internationally early in November.
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Europe just the first step, newspaper suggests Europe may be simply be the first region to get PlayStation 3 consoles that lack the PlayStation 2 Emotion Engine chip. It has been claimed other territories will also get the machine later this year as Sony strives to boost its profitability.â¦
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Sony Corp. 6758.T said on Wednesday it   would delay the European launch of its PlayStation 3 (PS3)   video game console by about four months to March and cut its   target for shipments this year by half.
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Company also says upcoming PlayStation 3 will support Blu-ray discs.
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We've seen the US picture - how's the war waging over here? Europeans together own more that 55,000 HD DVD players and Xbox 360 add-on drives, it has emerged, but that total pales beside the number of PlayStation 3s sold over here: 750,000.â¦
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Sony has finally posted a patch for the CyberLink PowerDVD playback software it bundles with its internal Blu-ray Disc burner, the BWU-100A, to allow the drive to play pre-recorded BD media. Sony announced the drive in Europe in September. A month later it promised a BD playback update.â¦
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Sony said Thursday that it will begin shipping its latest Blu-ray disc player in October, the BDP-S500 in Europe, the higher-end cousin to its BDP-S300 model which will also be shipping in the region.
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Starter Pack bundle instead Sony has left its European PS3 fans bewildered after over its decision to launch a 60GB PS3 Starter Pack bundle over here instead of cutting the console's price. There was no mention of a European 80GB model, either.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Visitors to the IFA consumer electronics show, which opens Friday in Berlin, will have ringside seats to the war over high-definition disc formats raging between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. As the two formats duel for the title of successor to current DVD movie discs, many European consumers haven't decided which kind of player they will buy. "Everyone is waiting for IFA where many new products are expected to be announced," said Frank Simonis, chairman of the Blu-ray Disc Association. Both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc have sold in lower quantities in Europe than in other regions and prices are still relatively high, between â¬599 (US$814 ) and â¬899, according to Simonis. Currently, five manufacturers have launched Blu-ray Disc players in Europe, including Sony Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic). Five additional vendors are expected to launch Blu-ray Disc players at IFA, while companies with players already in the market plan to introduce devices with new features, Simonis said. Many of the manufacturers are major suppliers of HDTV sets and hope to leverage that expertise to "accelerate the adoption of Blu-ray Disc," he said. The format has received a big boost from its use in Sony's PlayStation 3 games console, with sales of more than 1.4 million units in Europe, according to Simonis. The HD DVD camp is also bringing new wares to IFA, according to Frank Eschholz, business development manager of HD DVD products at Sony Deutschland GmbH. "There will be new devices and new features and more." Both types of players are designed with many of the same components inside and offer many of the same features, according to Simonis. But one of Blu-ray Disc's key benefits is its ability to store up to 50G bytes of data, he said. "Studios want to pack a bunch of extras onto discs in addition to the movies, and Blu-ray Disc allows them to do so," he said. The Blu-ray Disc camp, however, was jolted when Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced last week that they would align themselves exclusively with the HD DVD high-definition format. The decision comes at a time when market indicators have been pointing to competitor Blu-ray Disc as having the lead. In addition to next-generation movie-disc players, visitors to this year's IFA can expect to see plenty of HDTV sets, camcorders, digital cameras, MP3 players and notebook computers. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will introduce new products in all those categories, according to a spokeswoman. The company may launch two handsets as well, she said. Sony has decided to return to IFA after its absence last year, with plans to exhibit new Blu-ray Disc players, new Walkman music players and HDTV sets, according to a spokeswoman. More information about IFA -- the letters stand for Internationale Funkausstellung, although the full name is rarely used these days -- is available at the show's Web site .
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Keep an eye out for it Sony has finally announced that its PS3 Eye camera will hit European shop shelves next week, bundled with an interactive board game.â¦
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Itâs official, we Europeans wonât see the long-awaited Sony PS3 until March 2007 at the earliest. The Sony Press release says it all rather concisely: âSony Computer Entertainment Europe Announces New March 2007 date for European Launch of Playstation 3.â¦
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Gamers love Sony Corp.'s new  PlayStation 3 for its graphic capabilities and firepower, but  the advanced Blu-ray DVD drive is annoying some by raising the  cost, slowing production and forcing them to buy into a format  they've not yet aligned with.
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Sony's PS3 price cut may not be quite what it seems.
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Upscaling comes to old games, movies Sony is to update the PlayStation 3 system software today, rolling out a firmware tweak that allows PSOne, PS2 and DVD movies to be upscaled by the console to full 1080p HD resolution via HDMI. Well, if you've got the right kind of telly, of course...â¦
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Sony Corp. shares have fallen as investors reacted nervously to news that the eagerly awaited launch of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console in Europe will be delayed from November to March.
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LOS ANGELES/TOKYO  - Sony said on Wednesday it   would delay the launch of its PlayStation 3 game machine in   Europe and other regions to March from November due to   inadequate supply of a key component, missing the critical   Christmas shopping season.