Sony has revealed that its BDP-S1 Blu-Ray disc player will now be launching in mid-August, and not later this month as previously suggested - with electronics giant Pioneer also announcing a delay for its own player.
According to the Sony Style website, the BDP-S1 will now ship “on or about August 15, 2006.†The USD 1000 player was originally given a June 30th launch date, which was later changed to July.
You can read more at gamesindustry.biz.
Now I dont really care when these things come out because theres no fucking way I'd ever spend $1000 just to play a fucking movie no matter how nice it looks. Who are they trying to kid here?? THis must be some sort of lame move my Sony to make people think the PS3 is a better deal but who remembers the issues PS2 had with playing DVDs? I certainly remember the old 'Unable to read disc' messages half way through a film.