Sony Admits 'Overreaching' With Blur-ray

Oh my..sony finally admits the obvious. Thats really troubling...

Brenden D. Chase...

Boy this "Overreaching" buzz-word has got some legs doesn't it. LOL. It in
of itself is 'overreaching', don't you think?

Jonah Falcon...

My cat overreaches for its door-toy.

There's no doubt the decision to include a Blu-ray drive inside
PlayStation 3 is the primary source of Sony's troubles with
manufacturing machines. Despite launching a year after Xbox 360,
they're still running into issues, due to low diode-yields which delay
producing the drives. And while Sony doesn't deny the decision has cost
units, head of worldwide studios Phil Harrison rationalized to
pseudo-Major Nelson-esque-blog Three Speech that it's the right move.

"Yes, we have overreached in production of the Blu-Ray component -- I
can't deny that. But that's the price you pay for adopting brand new,
leading-edge technologies that will be future proof. We will resolve
those issues -- we are already catching up," he says. "We will continue
to catch up on the production, and as you know, we haven't changed our
full-year forecast of six million units, so we're only talking about a
ramp-up issue."

That doesn't do much for the tens of thousands who will be without a
PS3 this Christmas. The bigger question's whether the company can
really follow-up on their promise to deliver six million units
worldwide before the end of the year given their difficulties. And what
happens if Blu-ray doesn't catch on?

Android...

So what if Blu-ray doesn't catch on? (I'm assuming you mean as a storage
medium for movies, rather than games). If it doesn't catch on, PS3 owners
will still be able to play games that take advantage of increased storage
space...assuming developers give us such games. They aren't just banking on
it as the successor to DVD. Of course, if Blu-Ray movies don't catch on,
and developers don't bother taking advantage of the system, then the PS3
will be no different than the PSP. No one really cares about UMD movies
(too expensive, limited titles, can't watch on any other players) and so far
there have been few "must have" titles.

Rarely silent, this close to launch, SCEA told 1UP the following
regarding Harrison's brazen "overreaching" remarks:

The PS3 is packed with advanced technologies, such as the Blu-ray
Disc player, that have never been produced at such quantities. There is
a learning curve here to consider. If we would have just made a gradual
bump in our offering to PS2.5 it would have been easy to put millions
on store shelves at day one, but then we would have disappointed our
consumers who know Sony for developing systems that stand the test of

Jordan...

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Jonah Falcon...

Not this infant?

- Jordan

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