"The target of 10 million units gives tremendous momentum to a platform," he said. "That is a target we are looking at that we think we can reach in quite a quick manner." He dismissed the belief that being first with a new piece of technology is a mistake saying that the Xbox 360 is "not the Dreamcast"; a console released by Sega in the late 90's that was overshadowed by Sony's release of the Playstation 2 console. Sony is hoping to release the Playstation 3 console in Spring 2006, but it’s not clear whether the Spring release will be Japan only, or if it will include Europe and the U.S.
Sony Computer entertainment Europe President David Reeves said he does not know when the PS3 console will be released in Europe but he'd like to think it will be around the same time as Japan. He also added that Sony is ready to battle with Microsoft for dominance in the next generation of consoles. Nintendo will also release it's next generation console, Revolution, late in 2006.
Source:
BBC News
Written by: James Delahunty @ 21 Jun 2005 22:50