New PSP delay fears prompted by Activision comments

Dom · Aug 19, 2004, 07:54 PM

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has told investors that he doesn't believe that the PSP will launch in North America until Q2 2005, prompting fresh fears that the arrival of Sony's forthcoming handheld console will slip once again.

Kotick's statements - which could place the launch of the PSP as late as June 2005 - were reported in a note from American Technology Research analyst P.J. McNealy, who said that it is "at best a 50-50 proposition that Sony will make its scheduled holiday 2004 Japan launch."

Any delay in Japan would push the North American launch of the console out of the March quarter - and consequently out of Sony's 2005 fiscal year - and would also have a knock-on effect on the European launch of the hardware.

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Source: GameIndustry

Aug 19, 2004, 07:54 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	New PSP delay fears prompted by Activision comments Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has told investors that he doesn't believe that the PSP will launch in North America until Q2 2005, prompting fresh fears that the arrival of Sony's forthcoming handheld console will slip once again. Kotick's statements - which could place the launch of the PSP as late as June 2005 - were reported in a note from American Technology Research analyst P.J. McNealy, who said that it is "at best a 50-50 proposition that Sony will make its scheduled holiday 2004 Japan launch." Any delay in Japan would push the North American launch of the console out of the March quarter - and consequently out of Sony's 2005 fiscal year - and would also have a knock-on effect on the European launch of the hardware. Read More... _________________________ Source: GameIndustry