December 14, 2006
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Fan Blog Exposed
After a PSP “fan blog” was exposed to be a promotional site actually set up by Sony, the company has come clean with the following statement:
“Busted. Nailed. Snagged. As many of you have figured out (maybe our speech was a little too funky fresh???), Peter isn’t a real hip-hop maven and this site was actually developed by Sony. Guess we were trying to be just a little too clever. From this point forward, we will just stick to making cool products, and use this site to give you nothing but the facts on the PSP.”
This statement comes after swiftly-removed comments left in their hundreds on the blog expressed the readers’ displease with Sony’s ‘hip’ promotional effort.
Other gamers (yours truly) who’ve never stumbled across this PSP blog are wondering if this mea culpa is nothing more than sensationalized promotion. Hmmm…
More Delays for PS3 in Europe
Sony’s head of Worldwide Studios Phil Harrison said in an interview that he wouldn’t like to make any definitive statements PS3’s March ’07 European launch, but Sony quickly followed that up with a re-confirmation that PS3 is on track for March, 2007 across Europe.
High-placed industry sources see April as a more realistic launch time, but others say that a PS3 delay as far back as September, 2007 is now far more likely, pointing the finger of delay at “component shortages.” No surprise there.
“We’re 100 percent on track for a March release,” a UK Sony spokesman has said. Déjà vu all over again.
