Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:40 pm
Latest PS3 News!!!
Kei Sakaguchi, a Sony spokesman in Tokyo says : "There is no change in our original plan to release the console in spring 2006''. Joe Osha from Merrill Lynch said that Sony may start selling the Playstation 3 in Japan in autumn by late 2006 and early 2007 in the U.S.
"Given the increasing competition from Microsoft and Nintendo, Sony can't afford any delays that may help its rivals get ahead,'' said Taiji Yoshida, who helps oversee $6.7 billion at Yasuda Asset Management Co. in Tokyo.Merrill Lynch mentioned that the PS3 might sum up to $900 after the manufacturing process due to the Blu- ray high-definition DVD format and the faster Cell chip. The Playstation 3 retail cost would be twice as much as Microsoft`s Xbox 360.
Microsoft loses about $153 on each Xbox 360, which retails for between $299 and $399, researcher iSuppli Corp. said. If old rumors are kept true and the PS3 sells at $500, they would be losing $400 per console.
Sony shot back pretty quickly against this report, showing to everyone that they won`t let the anyone push around rumors ! However it seems to me that they denied the delay rumors, but nothing about the manufacturing cost of $900. Does this hint us that it can be true?
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While Sony maintains that they're going to release the PlayStation 3 this spring, the entire industry, including financial analysts, developers and publishers, says that there's no chance that the console will release anytime before the fall season. Now you can add one of Sony's major component providers, Nvidia, to the list of those who say that the PlayStation 3 will not make it this spring. During Nvidia's latest financial conference call, Nvidia CEO, Jen-Hsun Hwang, noted that the company would not receive any royalty payments during the current quarter (which ends in April) from the company's RSX chip, Sony's PlayStation 3 graphics engine.
"Graphics chip maker Nvidia reported today that it doesn't anticipate any royalties from Sony during the current fiscal quarter which closes at the end of April. In a conference call, Chief Financial Officer Marv Burkett made the statement. Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO, said that he couldn't talk about the schedule for the PlayStation 3. He said that Nvidia's RSX graphics chip for the PS 3 is done and the company has production silicon for it.
However, since Nvidia won't be collecting royalties on the chip this quarter, that suggests that Sony isn't going to be producing machines during the months that close at the end of April, 2006. That suggests that Sony won't be shipping the PS 3 anytime soon, despite its comment last May that it would ship in the spring of 2006."
While this bit of factual information pretty much nails the PlayStation 3 as being late, Sony still refuses to back down from their spring release target.
"Given the increasing competition from Microsoft and Nintendo, Sony can't afford any delays that may help its rivals get ahead,'' said Taiji Yoshida, who helps oversee $6.7 billion at Yasuda Asset Management Co. in Tokyo.Merrill Lynch mentioned that the PS3 might sum up to $900 after the manufacturing process due to the Blu- ray high-definition DVD format and the faster Cell chip. The Playstation 3 retail cost would be twice as much as Microsoft`s Xbox 360.
Microsoft loses about $153 on each Xbox 360, which retails for between $299 and $399, researcher iSuppli Corp. said. If old rumors are kept true and the PS3 sells at $500, they would be losing $400 per console.
Sony shot back pretty quickly against this report, showing to everyone that they won`t let the anyone push around rumors ! However it seems to me that they denied the delay rumors, but nothing about the manufacturing cost of $900. Does this hint us that it can be true?
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While Sony maintains that they're going to release the PlayStation 3 this spring, the entire industry, including financial analysts, developers and publishers, says that there's no chance that the console will release anytime before the fall season. Now you can add one of Sony's major component providers, Nvidia, to the list of those who say that the PlayStation 3 will not make it this spring. During Nvidia's latest financial conference call, Nvidia CEO, Jen-Hsun Hwang, noted that the company would not receive any royalty payments during the current quarter (which ends in April) from the company's RSX chip, Sony's PlayStation 3 graphics engine.
"Graphics chip maker Nvidia reported today that it doesn't anticipate any royalties from Sony during the current fiscal quarter which closes at the end of April. In a conference call, Chief Financial Officer Marv Burkett made the statement. Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO, said that he couldn't talk about the schedule for the PlayStation 3. He said that Nvidia's RSX graphics chip for the PS 3 is done and the company has production silicon for it.
However, since Nvidia won't be collecting royalties on the chip this quarter, that suggests that Sony isn't going to be producing machines during the months that close at the end of April, 2006. That suggests that Sony won't be shipping the PS 3 anytime soon, despite its comment last May that it would ship in the spring of 2006."
While this bit of factual information pretty much nails the PlayStation 3 as being late, Sony still refuses to back down from their spring release target.
