FBR analyst: N.America PS3 launch possible in 1Q 2007 & bad for the industry

[Karma]

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Yet more aspersions were cast on Sony's purported spring PS3 launch today, as Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst Shawn Milne issued an industry update to investors saying Sony's clearly going to miss its spring window for Japan. He added that the Japanese release might miss the summer as well, and North American gamers may not be playing the system in 2006 at all.

According to Milne, a North American PS3 release in the first quarter of 2007 would cause weakness in the industry and a poor fourth quarter for 2006.

Friedman Billings Ramsey industry analysis at Gamespot

The good = increased X360 market share & increased competition for PS3 good for consumer; no-one wants a Sony monopoly
The bad = slowing game industry dependent on PS3 early release bad for consumer; no-one wants Sony to fail

hmmmmm

[pyro_dragun]

Sony also can't afford to fail...

[Squirell_MaSTeR]

In my opinion, Sony is going to lose a lot of the US market to Microsoft if they take that long.

[Karma]

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Originally Posted by Squirell_MaSTeR

In my opinion, Sony is going to lose a lot of the US market to Microsoft if they take that long.

Ya think so?

[FearNo1]

Glad I got my 360 Premium! :cool2: