This was posted by a user named "CWM" in the German MAN!AC (multiformat print mag) forums. He recently was at a local Media Markt store (a large German retail store chain, comparable to Best Buy in the States) to buy a DS Lite and coincidentally listened to a conversation when a floor manager informed his staff members on recent news regarding the German (European?) PS3 launch. He heard the following:
- launch day on November 17
- ONLY the 599 version will be released "for the time being"
- PREORDERS ONLY will be supplied for the rest of the year, there won't be A SINGLE CONSOLE freely available on shelves until 2007 (at the earliest)
- preorders will be coordinated with Sony, everyone who preorders will be registered by Sony
- preorders start at the beginning of next week
Original link (for all of you who understand German):
http://www.maniac-forum.de/forum/pxmboard.php?mode=message&brdid=1&msgid=1267272
This guy is a reliable source, I don't think that he posts bullshit. I don't know if all this applies to Germany only or to Europe as a whole. But since Germany is Playstation country, I could imagine a similar situation even for the UK. Let the Sony hype train roll. Discuss.
- launch day on November 17
- ONLY the 599 version will be released "for the time being"
- PREORDERS ONLY will be supplied for the rest of the year, there won't be A SINGLE CONSOLE freely available on shelves until 2007 (at the earliest)
- preorders will be coordinated with Sony, everyone who preorders will be registered by Sony
- preorders start at the beginning of next week
Original link (for all of you who understand German):
http://www.maniac-forum.de/forum/pxmboard.php?mode=message&brdid=1&msgid=1267272
This guy is a reliable source, I don't think that he posts bullshit. I don't know if all this applies to Germany only or to Europe as a whole. But since Germany is Playstation country, I could imagine a similar situation even for the UK. Let the Sony hype train roll. Discuss.