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Title: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: aldo_14 on September 06, 2006, 02:59:56 am
Due to blue-ray diode shortages.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=67341

Aim...
Foot...
FIRE!
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: IPAndrews on September 06, 2006, 03:15:08 am
They're certainly not making it easy for themselves this time around. I bet your chances of playing copied games on the thing are somewhere between slim and none too. Which would be another nail in the good old wooden box.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 06, 2006, 04:15:41 am
I bet the sony guys have one all ready and waiting each. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Mefustae on September 06, 2006, 04:28:57 am
Quote from: Article
Gamers in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia will now have to wait until March to get their hands on a PS3.
Forget Europe, they just postponed the launch across two-thirds of the bloody planet!!
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Fineus on September 06, 2006, 04:30:59 am
And they're missing the all-crucial Christmas Trade.

Who knows, perhaps they'll have to drop the price right down so even I can afford one!
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Herra Tohtori on September 06, 2006, 04:53:34 am
Remember the conversation some weeks ago where it was notified that the manufacturing of PS3 hadn't been started yet?

 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 06, 2006, 05:02:29 am
Reminds me of my A-Level coursework.

Leave it to the last week, then go mad trying to keep all the teachers happy at once......... :lol:
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Herra Tohtori on September 06, 2006, 05:19:34 am
Reminds me of my A-Level coursework.

Leave it to the last week, then go mad trying to keep all the teachers happy at once......... :lol:


...do you mean that it's not the only option? :eek2: :eek: :rolleyes:
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 06, 2006, 05:28:49 am
D'oh......... Thats what i did, I left it til late, and crammed 5 subjects worth out in 8 days..........
All passes, (technically law was all final exam :p )
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Turnsky on September 06, 2006, 05:56:01 am
And they're missing the all-crucial Christmas Trade.

Who knows, perhaps they'll have to drop the price right down so even I can afford one!

i'm laughing at all the people who have preordered these little wallet-burners.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Andreas on September 06, 2006, 07:03:10 am
i'm laughing at all the people who have preordered these little wallet-burners.
I pity da foo' who have preordered these little wallet-burners!  :D
And they certainly HAVE to drop the price, seriously 600+ € is just asking for it.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Turnsky on September 06, 2006, 07:04:26 am
i'm laughing at all the people who have preordered these little wallet-burners.
I pity da foo' who have preordered these little wallet-burners!  :D
And they certainly HAVE to drop the price, seriously 600+ € is just asking for it.  :rolleyes:

the retail price here is just shy of a grand australian, here (read: $999)
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Flipside on September 06, 2006, 10:21:51 am
If I were to buy a console, an unlikely scenario in the first place, I'd be getting a Wii, purely out of curiosity. But charging through the roof and then delaying by over 6 months..... Not good business practice at all.

I find it sadly ironic that the whole Blue-Ray 'coup de grace' has turned into a massive fumble for Sony.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 06, 2006, 10:34:07 am
The WII's my choice of if-must-must-haves, At about £170 (conversion rate and getting through EU) its the cheapest and looks to be most fun.

Although i'm decaling Revolution over every WII reference i find.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: CP5670 on September 06, 2006, 11:15:47 am
I'm not really partial to any of the consoles, but this looks an appropriate time to bring up these gems again. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH2w2l1JTs4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdHeCcwUeBk
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: aldo_14 on September 06, 2006, 12:31:28 pm
This little piggy intends on going wii wii wii all the way home........ :D
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Mobius on September 06, 2006, 01:05:43 pm
What?March 07?Are they crazy?
The launch of Final Fantasy XII has been delayed too....
Damn it!
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Deepblue on September 06, 2006, 02:15:23 pm
In related news, there will only be 400k units for the US and 100k for Japan.

I hope I can grab one so I can make a killing on eBay.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Fineus on September 06, 2006, 02:23:18 pm
Good point really.. that's a really tiny number considering what they're trying to do.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 06, 2006, 02:49:40 pm
You know, at this point it would be difficult for them to screw up more and still have a nonzero chance of viablity...
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: aldo_14 on September 06, 2006, 03:25:50 pm
In related news, there will only be 400k units for the US and 100k for Japan.

I hope I can grab one so I can make a killing on eBay.

Well, on day one.  They're hoping to shift 2m by the end of the year, which represents a halving of their (only a month ago) previous plans.  Looks like the Wii is going to clean up over this one.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Cobra on September 06, 2006, 03:41:00 pm
I hope I can grab one so I can make a killing on eBay.

$600 for the PS3, a few thousand on eBay. :D

IMO I don't give a damn what Sony does with the PS3. They charge $600 for a bloody console that most likely has pretty much the same power of a 360 and remove the vibration to save space or something similar. It's a joke IMO.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 07, 2006, 09:35:57 am
It shows how succeptible people are to buzzwords and hype, Uninformed lamens with too much cash and not enough esteem bow to social pressure. Or just plain stupid 'tards........
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: ME$$ENGER on September 07, 2006, 08:22:18 pm
Frankly SONY's attitude has pissed me off a long time ago. I hope they fail just so they will learn the word "humility".
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Turnsky on September 08, 2006, 04:58:14 am
well, let's see.


you have the Sony breadbox.

you can use your microsoft toaster to toast the bread,

and you can use the Wii remote to spread the butter


Genius!  :p
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Mobius on September 08, 2006, 03:23:04 pm
Frankly SONY's attitude has pissed me off a long time ago. I hope they fail just so they will learn the word "humility".

A lesson would be perfect,but you're too cruel!
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Ulala on September 08, 2006, 06:18:24 pm
well, let's see.


you have the Sony breadbox.

you can use your microsoft toaster to toast the bread,

and you can use the Wii remote to spread the butter


Genius!  :p

Time to cook me up some breakfast! *wanders off to Safeway*
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: MrBig101 on September 08, 2006, 07:59:13 pm
The only reason I'd even consider to buy one of those oversized coasters would be MGS4, or a Ratchet and Clank sequel.  Or God of War 3.  That's it.  Wii for X-Mas! 
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Mobius on September 09, 2006, 05:58:46 am
...And Final Fantasy....
Metal Gear Solid is becoming worse every episode,MGS4 will be,well....
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Kamikaze on September 09, 2006, 07:45:11 pm
The launch of Final Fantasy XII has been delayed too....

It's a POS anyway. :p

No chance of me buying a PS3 after the last few Square games.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Mobius on September 10, 2006, 05:00:38 pm
POS?
Why?There will be an FFXIII "soon".
I love that series mostly because of Bahamut...all my nicks have refereces to him,except LieutenantGeneralMobius which is a military one I use only here,at GW and GW-Italy.
An image of Bahamut is present in my HLP Card!!!
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Kamikaze on September 11, 2006, 05:39:53 pm
POS: Pile of ****.

FFXIII looks to me like it'll just be FFXII with shinier graphics and gameplay that's even more monotonous. FFXII was bad enough.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: NGTM-1R on September 11, 2006, 06:04:30 pm
Great, now even Sony is admitting they're hosed...
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Ferret on September 11, 2006, 07:08:04 pm
Do they even have a foot left to shoot?
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Mobius on September 11, 2006, 07:34:32 pm
Well,I don't have FFXII.I don't know if its good or not,but I'm not surprised.The have continued making the saga without its creator...

Every FF is completely different from any other(world,characters).You can't consider the FFXIII an upgraded FFXII. FFX-2 wan't an upgraded FFX,so....

If there's bahamut in FFXII,it's good.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 12, 2006, 04:32:43 am
Bahamut went downhill since VIII, FFVII's Bahammut zero is the best of the bunch.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Mobius on September 12, 2006, 04:51:49 pm
What do you intend for "went downhill"?Maybe what I think?
Bahamut Zero is the best one,using an USilv to devastate the enemies(see HLP Card Game)!
In FFVI Bahamut was awesome.In FFIX he was the protagonist of many computer graphics inter-movies. COOOOOOL!!!
FFX's bahamut is the worst.Wings like a bird,strange Mega Flare...bleah!
How's Bahamut in FFXII?
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Herra Tohtori on September 13, 2006, 04:17:59 am
What the hell is Bahamut?? :lol:
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 13, 2006, 05:42:01 am
Bahamut Zero from FFVII

(http://ff7.sawen.com/images/invocs/bahamut.jpg)

And Bahamut from FFX

(http://ettelcar.free.fr/carac/gif/bahamut.gif)



If this hotlinking gets me banned, i'm selling the internet to Arabs...........
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Turnsky on September 13, 2006, 06:00:38 am
Bahamut Zero from FFVII

*Bahamut pics*


If this hotlinking gets me banned, i'm selling the internet to Arabs...........

don't forget the Bahamut as seen in FF7: AC, which one is currently gracing my desk  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/The%20Pad/DSC00673.jpg)

i'm generally under the impression that Square-enix is the only real reason playstation's kept afloat after all this time, and with other dev's going multiplatform these days, even that's tenative at best.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Night Hammer on September 13, 2006, 08:54:52 am
In related news, there will only be 400k units for the US and 100k for Japan.

I hope I can grab one so I can make a killing on eBay.

Well, on day one.  They're hoping to shift 2m by the end of the year, which represents a halving of their (only a month ago) previous plans.  Looks like the Wii is going to clean up over this one.

yeah, but assuming he can get one, people are so damn dumb theyll pay a couple grand instead of waiting a week
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Ghostavo on September 13, 2006, 04:12:54 pm
I'm not sure if this is old news but...

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153547
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Deepblue on September 13, 2006, 05:01:04 pm
1up screwed up. It's only for Untold Legends. Xfire will remain seperate from PNP.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Taristin on September 13, 2006, 05:47:11 pm
/me is actually only considerring buying a Nintendo Wii in the next generation of consoles.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 14, 2006, 05:04:05 am

don't forget the Bahamut as seen in FF7: AC,


He's called Bahamut Sin, And in all honesty its just FFX Bahamut without a giant ring stapled to his back. So i dont like it for unoriginality....
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Mobius on September 14, 2006, 02:28:08 pm
What the hell is Bahamut?? :lol:

Sacrilege!

Dekker:the first image is Bahamut from FFVII,not Bahamut ZERO.
Bahamut Sin is a fusion of the mosnter Sin with Bahamut :(
Do not forget FFIX Bahamut.
Title: Re: The death of PS3; European launch delayed to March 2007
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 22, 2006, 07:21:35 am
Bahamut Zero is from FFVII though.......... :nervous: