I feel very sorry for the Europe and Australlian people.
Never trust SONY ever. They lie a lot.
I definetly want 2 or 3 years of warranty for ps3 because we are paying $500-600 worth of system.
Some of the features in PS3 are dumb.

by charles117 (See profile) - September 9, 2006 1:38 AM PDT

However, I did put down a deposit on the $600 PS3 through FYE. Their pre-order policy is that you get a kind of number, based on when you pre-ordered it. When the store gets the PS3, it is set aside for you to pick up, up to however many they get.

So if I was number 11 to pre-order and they only get 10 then I'm out of luck and will have to wait till the second shipment. However if they get 12 then mine will be sitting there waiting for me to pick it up.

However, as with many other places, they will likely only hold it for a day or 2 before releasing it to the next person in "line".

I just wanted to see how many people I could get upset with my original comments. Its funny to see how much a stupid device can upset people. People, there are more important things in life than playing video games. Get out a little bit and enjoy life! Meet a girl (or a guy, whatever your preference).

Video games are not the end-all in life

Peace!

by techmonkey (See profile) - September 7, 2006 1:44 PM PDT

Sony has been dishonest too many times and I'm not pleased with it. Their betrayal to Nintendo for video gaming, arrogance towards customers, and overestimation of itself, etc. This could be the end to the great PlayStation if they continue their harsh ignorance...The more they lie, the less I will trust them. Highly-inspired PS2 and the PSP is too overrated, PS3 should be better. Despite this serious issue on the PS3, I am sure they will eventually succeed on the long run and history proves it. Microsoft will do its best to beat Sony PlayStation 3 with its Xbox 360 but they won't win. Analysts are overpredicting and overexpecting the capabilities and progress of the upcoming PlayStation 3. Those senseless overestimates hugely disappoint me and other fans still waiting. As I can see by far, I give away most of my hopes to the Wii. Please understand this opinion because I believe it is true.

by Eexpert (See profile) - September 6, 2006 9:10 PM PDT

Lets see hear sony getting sued for Tax evasion there is no units in production and anything thats says sony is over priced. I'll sick with my 360 and the Wii heres to GAERS OF WAR and ZELDA .

by swcarr21 (See profile) - September 6, 2006 8:49 PM PDT

They're just so cocky thinking that they can launch the console at the date the claimed, and I'm not even sure if they can ship 2 million units. Oh well that's Sony for you.

by dat1asiandude (See profile) - September 6, 2006 8:34 PM PDT

First, there was a delay because of Blu-ray and now there's a delay because of... Blu-ray. Sony has put so much gamble into this "not-ready-for-the-spotlight" technology that in so doing it gave Microsoft's Xbox 360 a gaurenteed increase of at least 20% market share in consoles. All that for a technology that is still all hype and no promise. So dumb. No matter... while I was hoping for a PS3 I've been enjoying my 360 since November and will keep right on enjoying it for another 6 months or so when PS3s finally start showing their face in stores. No need to hurry now since I've got a console at least as good, if not better (360 will probably have 5-10 X the amount of titles as PS3 by the time they launch the console; 360 games keep slowly but surely getting much better in graphics, gameplay, etc, with each passing month, etc., etc.). Right on, Sony! Seems you can't do anything right lately...

by mouseclick (See profile) - September 6, 2006 6:14 PM PDT

Hello no this is the same company that said that they will be able to do a world launch better that Microsoft. This is also the same company that said that they would do a 2 price console like Microsoft, but guess what they did it anyways and this is the same company that started this format war when know one really wanted it and now it looks like because they wanted to switch to blue ray it looks like it killing them in the end. Everyone knew that they would make it in time and the fact that they haven’t started production on the systems yet this news doesn’t come as a surprise to me.

by firestarter (See profile) - September 6, 2006 11:38 AM PDT

I've been assured that I will get a PS3 the first time around (confirmed through the store selling them). I'm actually not in any hurry to get it. It will come out when it comes out.

However, considering a shortage this season, I may just turn that around and throw it up on ebay...for a price!

Any takers?

by techmonkey (See profile) - September 6, 2006 10:51 AM PDT