Sony PS3 Release Date in Question

What Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer didn’t say at the recent Consumer Electronics Show about Sony’s PlayStation 3 video game console spoke volumes about the key product’s timetable, analysts said.

Although Sony had a prominent location on the showroom floor at the annual convention, the company showcased televisions and portable music players, while the PlayStation 3 was tucked behind glass in the back of its booth. Sony offered only non-playable, demonstration versions of a limited number of games.

Analysts now expect the product’s US launch in the second half of 2006, although Sony may get a Japanese version out during the ‘Spring 2006′ launch window that the technology giant first predicted last year.

Forbes