Anthony1
05-19-2005, 02:39 AM
Personally, I think the chances of the PS3 coming prior to late August 2006 is about 3 percent, with about 97 percent that it will come out sometime after late August. I'm thinking it will launch on the 6 year anniversary of the PS2 in late October.
But I'm sure that a few of you out there actually take Sony on their word for a Spring Launch.
The fact of the matter is that no "major" home console other than the Sega Saturn has ever launched prior to August in the United States. Most "major" consoles have launched in September or more recently in October and November. The Sega Saturn launch was a fluke, it happened to be a panic move by Sega after seeing what the Playstation could do, they decided to rush it out to try to get people to spend their money on the Saturn before they even had a chance at the Playstation, but that was very much out of the norm.
Now you might be wondering why would Sony say they are going to launch Spring 2006 if they have absolutely no intentions of doing so?
It's very simple. They know that there are enough people out there that will actually believe them. And they know that some of these people will be people who are considering buying either the XBOX 360 or the PS3, and they know that if some of these gamers really believe that the PS3 is coming in Spring of 2006, that they would be willing to hold out 6 more months, to be able to buy the PS3 instead.
They also know that if they came out and said October 2006, that many gamers would say, "Well, damn that's a whole nuther year away, might as well get the 360 this November and then worry about the PS3 next Xmas." But by planting this thought that it's Spring instead of Fall, some gamers will say, "Well, I could get the 360 now, but man, I probably should wait a few more months for the PS3".
Then what happens is that in February, Sony announces that they unfortunatley have to push back the launch date from Spring to October 2006 due to shortages in key components needed to manufacture the system.
YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE BANK!
I don't blame Sony for this tactic, it's a standard tactic, we've heard it many times before. Any time a company is coming out with their system a year behind another company they always talk about a spring launch and then later announce a setback that causes the launch to be moved to fall. That's the way it's always been, and that's the way it will always be, when it comes to "major" home consoles.
But I'm sure that a few of you out there actually take Sony on their word for a Spring Launch.
The fact of the matter is that no "major" home console other than the Sega Saturn has ever launched prior to August in the United States. Most "major" consoles have launched in September or more recently in October and November. The Sega Saturn launch was a fluke, it happened to be a panic move by Sega after seeing what the Playstation could do, they decided to rush it out to try to get people to spend their money on the Saturn before they even had a chance at the Playstation, but that was very much out of the norm.
Now you might be wondering why would Sony say they are going to launch Spring 2006 if they have absolutely no intentions of doing so?
It's very simple. They know that there are enough people out there that will actually believe them. And they know that some of these people will be people who are considering buying either the XBOX 360 or the PS3, and they know that if some of these gamers really believe that the PS3 is coming in Spring of 2006, that they would be willing to hold out 6 more months, to be able to buy the PS3 instead.
They also know that if they came out and said October 2006, that many gamers would say, "Well, damn that's a whole nuther year away, might as well get the 360 this November and then worry about the PS3 next Xmas." But by planting this thought that it's Spring instead of Fall, some gamers will say, "Well, I could get the 360 now, but man, I probably should wait a few more months for the PS3".
Then what happens is that in February, Sony announces that they unfortunatley have to push back the launch date from Spring to October 2006 due to shortages in key components needed to manufacture the system.
YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE BANK!
I don't blame Sony for this tactic, it's a standard tactic, we've heard it many times before. Any time a company is coming out with their system a year behind another company they always talk about a spring launch and then later announce a setback that causes the launch to be moved to fall. That's the way it's always been, and that's the way it will always be, when it comes to "major" home consoles.