PlayStation 3 delayed in Europe and Oz until 2007

PS3 News | PAL launches officially delayed.

The official PlayStation 3 site in the UK has confirmed that the PS3 has been delayed in PAL regions including Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Australasia until March 2007. The system will launch as planned in November in North America and Japan. Sony claims the reason is because there has been a delay in the production of blue laser diodes, part of the PlayStation 3's Blu-ray disk drive.

If you're thinking of importing, then the games will (allegedly) be region-free, but the Blu-ray movies will be region coded. This news comes only weeks after Sony Australia assured us everything was on track. The official date for PAL regions has yet to be determined.

We'll have more information on this as soon as possible. Please feel free to post your comments in our forums - we're sure there's bound to be a lot of disappointed readers. Nintendo will be releasing the date that the Wii will be available in a few weeks. Here's hoping it isn't the same situation with the Wii.

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125 Comments

838 La

5 years ago

Who didn't see this coming?

VOOK

5 years ago

<insert fanboy lol am rofl statement>

Wii is going to own Australia this christmas if Nintendo play there cards right.

D.Dark

5 years ago

The Wii is generally trying to increase it's chance of being first while aiming for second and this delay was very expected.

Qbert

5 years ago

This is dissapointing, but like La said, it isn't really a surprise.

Nick

5 years ago

What good launch games are there anyway?

David

5 years ago

Harvey Norman will be pissed. They've probably already spent millions on the TV ads for the 'November 17' PS3.

The thick plottens...

LeonJ

5 years ago

LOL, all I can say is, told ya so

Luke

5 years ago

Personally i'm pretty disappointed but I will now devote more cash to the Wii i guess...

LeonJ

5 years ago

Look at it this way, at least a decent game will (should) be on the way.

I'm upset because PAL regions are getting screwed over again, but personally, I'm happy to sit back and watch and see how the PS3 goes. If the Wii gets delayed, then I will be crying!

But really, I'm not sure why anybody thought we'd get it in Novemeber. I mean 4 million (maybe even 2) worldwide? Yeah right...

Infested Jibbs

5 years ago

Luke

5 years ago

It seems like this decision was made before anyone at Sony Aus/Europe was informed, just yesterday Sony launched the UK PlayStation 3 site...

ZNMS

5 years ago

I feel so good, yet so dirty right now.

Jeremy

5 years ago

hehehehe, no biggie, probably wasn't going to buy it in November anyway, just means i can devote my cash to my february trip

might even be able to get a decent tv during that time as well ...

James

5 years ago

What's worse? Not knowing the launch date (Wii) or having it delayed (Xbox 360 & PS3). I'm suddenly feeling less antagonistic toward Nintendo for not revealing the date so far.

Frozencry

5 years ago

..Ouch.

Jeremy

5 years ago

if Wii gets delayed (delay without an original release date?

), all hell would break loose on these forums

Luke

5 years ago

Wii better come this year, i have $1k to drain now

This is an outrage..

arbok

5 years ago

u're are such an embarrasment sony!

theory

5 years ago

I've come out of hiding to say one thing - HA!

(I'll be back in Oz next week)

thebigm

5 years ago

Bad news for those looking forward to picking up one, I don't really mind either way, seeing as I wasn't going to be getting one till 2007 at the earliest.

Ellegarden

5 years ago

Lack of HD-movies might be the answer, not a single Blu-ray player or movie on the market in UK atleast.

Personally I dont want to move to next gen consoles, none of them have substance they're all pretty lousey.