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With the XBox 360 officially launched and the Nintendo's Revolution still under wraps, the anticipation game for Sony's next-generation PlayStation 3 console has reached a fever pitch. With no official word from Sony itself (other than the words "in Spring 2006" on their PlayStation web site), analysts worldwide have been trying to pin down an actual date.

Namco Bandai's president, Takeo Takasu, has come right out and said it: "without any announcements so far, the spring release is impossible." While developer kits have shipped and third-party companies are working on putting together the first round of games to coincide with the release of the platform, the status of the final hardware itself is very much in question. Sony has only shown empty shell mockups at recent trade shows such as CES and the Taipei Game Show.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060308-6345.html

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