| Information about the Sony PS3 release
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| | on eBay and the like reach as high as
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| date is difficult to find at the moment.
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| | $1,500, while Sony puts the official PS3
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| Not because there's none out there, but
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| | release date price at a mere US$500 for
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| because over the last year, the release
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| | the 20GB version, and $600 for the 60GB
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| window has changed three times. Just
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| | version. Sony has allowed for 600,000
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| before E3 2006, Sony announced the PS3
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| | pre-order units for the American market,
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| release date would be on November 11th in
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| | some of which will find their way from
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| Japan, and November 17th 2006 for North
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| | the online auctioneers to Europe and the
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| America. Demand since then has
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| | other areas whose consumers have been
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| skyrocketed, and despite the considerable
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| | told that they'll simply have to wait.
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| cost of the PS3 compared to the two
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| | Others have been equally quick to point
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| competing next-gen consoles, Xbox 360,
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| | out that similar delays and short supply
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| and Nintendo Wii, every major outlet
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| | marked the launch of Microsoft's Xbox 360
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| offering pre-orders in the US has sold
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| | approximately one year earlier, with far
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| out.
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| | fewer than Sony's 600,000 units being
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| Due to this considerable demand, the
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| | available on release day. Understandably,
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| release date for the PS3 had to be pushed
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| | this has lead to speculation that the
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| back in regions where PAL is the
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| | media buzz created by fans queuing for
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| television standard, which includes the
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| | hours just to be among the first to own
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| important European, Australasian,
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| | one of the new consoles actually plays
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| Russian, Middle Eastern, and African
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| | into the hands of the manufacturers: The
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| markets, until March 2007. Sony was quick
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| | consumer frenzy that results from high
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| to clarify that the number of units to be
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| | demand and relatively low supply may help
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| shipped had not changed, after earlier
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| | to boost the popularity, come PS3 release
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| predicting that they would sell a massive
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| | date in November. Nintendo's Wii
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| six million units before the end of 2007.
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| | generated a similar effect when attendees
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| The delay stems from a lack of supply of
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| | at this year's E3 Expo were prepared to
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| blue-laser diodes, the crucial component
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| | queue for up to eight hours just to spend
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| for the read-head of the Blu-ray drives,
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| | a few minutes on one of the prototype
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| which will be standard in every PS3 unit.
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| | consoles.
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| Analysts have been quick to criticise
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| | While the latest news regarding the Sony
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| Sony for their failure to ensure a steady
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| | PS3 release date is disappointing for
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| supply, noting that this latest delay
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| | fans in Europe and the other smaller
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| will give the competing Nintendo Wii
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| | markets, the launch will still be among
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| which will retail for a considerably
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| | the most ambitious in console gaming
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| lower price a lead in those markets
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| | history. The demand for pre-orders may
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| outside Japan and North America, as well
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| | well be fetching the highest prices ever
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| as giving the Xbox 360, which has already
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| | recorded for any console system at
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| been on shelves for months, an even
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| | release date, and despite fierce
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| longer free run in the market. If any
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| | competition from the other manufacturers,
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| proof of the ravenous demand consumers
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| | Sony's marketing machine is clearly
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| have for PS3 is needed, the prices being
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| | running at full steam. This will be a
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| charged by profiteers offering pre-orders
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| | launch to remember.
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