TeamXbox analiza la situacion de PS3 retrasada en comparacion con Wii y 360

PlayStation 3 Worldwide Launch PostPWNED

By: César A. Berardini - "Cesar"
September 6th, 2006

You probably heard the news already, but in case you missed it you can check it out here. Sony announced today it won’t be able to launch the PlayStation 3 simultaneously around the world as it originally promised, postponing the launch of the console in PAL territories (Europe, Russia, Middle East, Africa and Oceania) until March, 2007.

This is not just another console delay. Here, we are talking about the world's second largest consumer electronics manufacturer delaying its next-generation console for a second time in a key territory such as Europe.

The reason? A problem with the production of the blue laser diodes required for the Blu-ray Disc optical drive. So, in other words, the console is getting delayed because of the irrational idea of using the console to impose a next-generation DVD format. That’s what gamers and PlayStation fans need to know.

If there was a model with a standard DVD drive, the PlayStation 3 could have shipped over a year ago, and gone head to head with the Xbox 360. Now, because of Sony’s ill-timed strategy, the console manufacturer that was the solid leader in the previous generation is running behind both Microsoft and Nintendo worldwide.

But the real question is, how does this postponed release in PAL territories affect Sony and above all the PlayStation 3?

Ken Kutaragi told Reuters earlier today that he doesn’t think “this time delay will cause serious damage to our PS3 business." He’s right, it might not cause a serious damage; it might simply kill the PlayStation business forever.

The Xbox 360 will be in its second year on the market while Nintendo will flood the market with its cheap, innovative approach to gaming. That means it will be hard for Sony to sell such an expensive console to gamers who either spent their money on Gears of War and Forza 2, purchased a Wii, or upgraded their Xbox 360 with HD DVD capabilities.

The only good thing out of this scandal is that with only 400,000 units for Noth America and 100,000 consoles for Japan, we’ll never know before next year if the PlayStation 3 sold poorly because of its high price or its scarce stock.


Kutaragi Got PWNED



Hey Ken, do you remember all the things you said about the Xbox 360? If not, let me refresh your mind:

“The Xbox 360 is Going After the PlayStation 2.”

Well Ken, at this pace, you will go after the Xbox 360…just make sure you launch the PS3 before the next round of next-gen consoles.


“The Xbox 360 won't change the type of entertainment.”

Neither will the PlayStation 3 with these constant delays, so hurry up before a cell phone can pull off PS3 graphics.


"Xbox 360 is 1.5, the PS3 is more than what I was expecting, so it's 3.5."

Yeah, you should probably name the PS3 the PS3.5 because it will launch so close to the PlayStation 4 that a 3.5 makes more sense than 3.


“The Xbox 360 is more of an Xbox 1.5 than a next generation console.”

Well Ken, the truth is that by the time you launch the PlayStation 3.5 in Europe, both AMD and Intel will be offering quad-core processors and some motherboards will support two of those processors, allowing people to have 8 cores inside their computers. Plus, both ATI and nVIDIA will be offering DirectX 10-class GPU early next year, meaning you will be the only one with an older shader architecture instead of the new unified model implemented in both Windows Vista and the Xbox 360.

Ken, now that I think about it again, you might want to rename your next-generation console as PlayStation 2.5.


Riiiiiiidge Raaaaaaaaaaaacer!



I remember Kazuo Hirai saying at E3 that, "the next generation doesn't start until we say it does!"…hrmmmm, so when would that be Kaz?

Does the next generation begin this November with 400,000 consoles in North America and one year old games like Fight Night Round 3? Oh, my bad, I forgot about Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge Raaaaaaaaacer!

Ha Ha



This is what happens when you open your big mouth and talk trash about the competition. If you fail, everyone will laugh at you. This is definitely not a good start for the PlayStation 3 and if things don’t change, the PS2 successor is destined to fail. The console is expensive, delayed and will be outdated by the time it launches. Other than the Blu-ray Disc capabilities, the PlayStation 3 won’t bring anything new in terms of interactive entertainment.

Just pray Halo 3 doesn’t come up next March or green will be a color all Sony executives will forever dream with.

Y un resumen que me he copiado de tdj:

-El motivo del retraso de Sony es por la produccion del BR debido a la irracional idea de Sony de querer imponernos un formato nuevo. Eso es lo que los gamers y los PS -fans necesitan saber.

-Si hubieran puesto un DVD tradicional PS3 podria haber sido lanzada un año antes y salir cabeza a cabeza con 360. Pero ahora por la estrategia de Sony la anterior lider ahora estara saliendo detras de los lanzamientos mundiales de Microsoft y Nintendo.

-Kutaragi ha dicho que este retraso no implica un serio daño para PS3. Evidentemente el retraso de PS3 es cierto, puede no causar un daño serio, simplemente podria matar para siempre el negocio de Sony.

-En el caso de 360 sera el segundo año que este en el mercado. Nintendo puede entrar al mercado gracias a su bajo precio y su innovacion. Eso se traduce en dificultades de ventas para Sony con su consola cara al mismo tiempo que los gamers podrian gastar su dinero en juegos como Gears of War o Forza 2, o lo gastaran en una Wii, o tambien lo podrian gastar en mejorar sus 360 con el HDdvd.

-Lo unico bueno de este escandalo es que solaente con 400.000 unidades para EUA y 100.000 para Japon nunca sabremos si PS3 vende poco por su alto precio o por su poco stock.

Ahora las partes buenas:

-Hey Ken tu recuredas todas las cosas que decias cuando salio 360? si es que no dejame refrescarte la memoria!

"360 esta detras de PS2"

Bien Ken, en este momento tu puedes ir detras de 360, solo asegurate de que lances PS3 antes de que llegue la nueva generacion de proximas consolas!

"360 no cambia el tipo de entretenimiento"

Con los constantes retrasos de PS3 mejor te apuras antes de que los juegos de telefonos superen en graficos a PS3!

"360 es 1.5, PS3 es mucho mas de los esperado, algo como 3.5"

Si, seguro que mejor deberias renombrar a la PS3 como 3.5 porque con un lanzamiento tan cercano a PS4 el 3.5 tiene mas sentido que el 3!

"360 es solo una Xbox 1.5 mas que una consola de nueva generacion"

Bien Ken, la verdad es que al tiempo que tu lanzaras la PS3 en Europa, AMD e Intel ya habran lanzado su nueva linea de procesadores Quad y Mothers que los soporten en dual, por lo qe habran PCs que tengan 8 cores dentro. Al mismo tiempo ATi y nVidia ya habran lanzado la nueva linea de placas de video soportando DirectX 10 y PS3 sera la unica con el antiguo soporte para Shader al lado del nuevo esquema de Shaders unificados implementado en Windows Vista y 360.

Ken, ahora creo que deberias pensar nuevamente, tu podrias renombrar tu nueva consola como PlayStation 2.5

Riiiiiiidge Raaaaaaaaaaaacer!

Yo recuerdo a Kazuo Hirai diciendo en el E3 que "la nueva generacion no empezara hasta que nosotros lo digamos" mmmhhh que quiere decir eso Kaz?

Con la nueva generacion comenzando en noviembre con 400.000 consolas en EUA y juegos de hace un año como Fight Night Round 3? Oh cierto me olvide de Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge Raaaaaaaaacer!

Ha Ha

Esto pasa cuando ustedes habren su gran boca y tiran basura contra la competencia. Si luego fallan todos se reiran de ustedes. Esto definitivamente es un mal comienzo para PS3 y si las cosas no cambian la sucesora de PS2 esta destinada a fallar. La consola es cara y esta desfasada al tiempo que sale. Y el BR no trae nada nuevo en terminos de entretenimiento interactivo.

Solo rezen para que Halo 3 no salga justo en Marzo o el color verde sera una luz con la que los ejecutivos de Sony solo podran soñar!