Sony Playstation 3 to be Unveiled May 16

Ferrago says Sony have announced that the Playstation 3 will now be the first of the next-gen consoles to be revealed to the world. After Microsoft announced that their pre-E3 conference schedule, it was only a matter of time before Sony announced that their own event would kick off just before their competitor’s. Sony plans to reveal the PS3 to the assembled press at 15.00 on May the 16th, a scant three hours before Microsoft goes before the world with the first unveiling of the Xbox 2.

The distance between these two essential events, both to be held in the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles, is going to cause some headaches for the attending media, with the journey time between the two locations raising the possibility that Sony could drag their show out to disrupt the timing of Microsoft’s party. Of course, Sony would never do such a thing intentionally. Even before the machines have been revealed, the next-gen console wars are off to a vicious start.

No to be outdone, Microsoft plans to upstage Sony by unveiling their next-gen console, the Xbox 2, three days earlier on a half-hour MTV global broadcast hosted by Elijah Woods on May 12.