Sony not committing to simultaneous PS3 launch

A SCEE spokesperson says that Sony has made no commitment to launching the PlayStation 3 simultaneously in the US and Europe, despite comments made by SCEE boss David Reeves this week. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe head of corporate communications Nick Sharples said that the company was "definitely not" committing to a simultaneous release at this point in time.

"Traditionally, it's gone Japan, then the States, then Europe — not just on our console, but on other games consoles and on other consumer electronics," Sharples said. "So he's making the point that personally, his role is to make sure that we get it into Europe absolutely as soon as we can. It's certainly not meant to imply that there will be [simultaneous] day and date, or anything like that."