Just when we thought the NGP news machine was winding down for the day, Sony’s head honchos took to the floor in Tokyo to fill in the gaps and clarify some of the details of their launch presentation.
Jack Tretton, CEO of Sony America, spoke at length to Engadget and one of the interesting things he had to say was related to the launch period of Sony’s new hand-held. The presentation alluded to the fact that the NGP would be in stores in time for Christmas, as a release window of ‘Holidays 2011’ was mentioned.
However, the devil is in the detail as Tretton said “I think our goal is, we would get at least one territory out by the end of holiday 2011.”
He added that they were keeping this deliberately vague because they want to make sure they wouldn’t run into production problems in a similar way to the parts shortages that dogged production of the PS3. Whilst this may be good news for buyer’s wallets, it could of course mean bad news for gamers hoping to find the device in their Christmas stocking.
Lets hope the regional delays aren’t as lengthy as the original PSP which was launched in Japan in December 2004, March 2005 in the US, but not until September 2005 throughout PAL territories. Sony went on to say “We probably won’t have a clearer image until fall rolls around, sometime after E3”.
SpikeyMikey23
I would like it to be available for christmas, but I can wait.
Charmed_Fanatic
Being for xmas would be a great selling point, so fingers crossed
icuyesido
I certainly hope it’s out this year, no real reason, I just want it as soon as I can possibly get it!
ElGuason
thought so