Europe PSP Launch May Be Delayed

By Ed Oswald | Published February 4, 2005, 11:26 AM

A source within Sony has said there is a good chance that Sony's PlayStation Portable unit may miss its late March target for release in Europe. Publicly, Sony is denying any delay in the launch, only saying that the PSP will ship "in the spring." Sony yesterday announced a March 24 release date for United States gamers.

"There's a possibility that the launch could be delayed," the source told Reuters. If Sony's new portable is delayed, it would be the second time the launch date has been pushed back. The PSP was originally slated to debut in Europe during Christmas.

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Why do the Americans get it 1st? They are just lame Microsoft loving XBox gamerz...

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Of course, you could take a trip here to America to get yours--

IF... you pass our terrorist investigation & we grant you a visa.

An easier alternative might be to fly to Japan instead-- to Sony Headquarters. Go to their Executive Dining Room & cook 'em up something nice like Suk Mi Wong. Who knows, you may impress them enough to get you a free PSP-- the European version too: Pingue Sans Pantalons.

Best of luck to you!

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I think that the original idea was that we got it at the same time as the Americans but the delay was only on European shipping so they can't make the 24th March release date over here.

Please don't slate the xbox, I find that having twice the processing power of the PS2 makes for smoother games and the superior graphics chip makes the graphics infinately better.

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ummmmm.... don't japan gets it first?????

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