[Tech] La presentazione della PlayStation portatile slitta al 2005

Inizialmente Sony contava di fare arrivare sul mercato la versione "handheld" della sua PlayStation, la PSP, entro la fine del 2004: ora sostiene che l'obiettivo verrà - forse - rispettato per il solo mercato interno (cioé giapponese).



Il motivo del ritardo del rilascio di PSP sugli altri mercati (in particolare USA e UE) sarebbe da ricercare nella necessità di fornire una adeguata dotazione di software (giochi) già al momento del lancio del prodotto.

Expectations are high for the PSP, already touted by PlayStation guru Ken Kutaragi as "the Walkman of the 21st century" for its ability to play games, movies and music.



Analysts said the financial impact of the delay would be limited for Sony, whose game unit generated 16 percent of group revenue and almost half its operating profit in the three months to December 31.



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Sony Computer Entertainment of America spokeswoman Molly Smith said Sony was now looking to launch the PSP in North America by March 2005. An SCE official in Japan said it was also targeting an early 2005 launch for Europe.



The company had said previously that it aimed to release the new machine in the U.S. and Europe sometime this year.



"We want to ensure that the product launch is really well supported and that the development community will have time to optimize content," Smith said. "The portable space is a new domain... and we want to ensure that when this thing is launched that we are able to demonstrate what this thing can do."

Fonte: Yahoo! News.