Sony delays PlayStation 3 launch
The release of the much awaited PlayStation 3 (PS3) games console has been postponed until November, Japanese electronics group Sony has announced. Technical hitches related to the console’s Blu-ray disc drive had forced the delay. Not good news for console gamers waiting for the PS3!
Sony had been aiming for a spring launch for the successor to best-selling PlayStation 2. The news was announced at a hastily convened news conference, after reports of a delay appeared in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan’s main financial daily newspaper. The reports had triggered a 1.8% drop in Sony’s shares to 5,470 yen ($46.56; 26.67) on the Tokyo market. Sony has said the console will ship with a 60 GB hard drive and will play games created for both the PlayStation 1 and 2 at higher resolutions than the original. No potential price was given for the console.
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