Gamespot recently had a chat with Australia’s top Xbox executive, Microsoft’s David McLean, who provided his company’s perspective on the big news of the PlayStation 3 launch delay in territories outside of Japan and the US–specifically, the console’s delay from November 2006 to March 2007 in Australia. He stated that the delay didn’t catch him or anyone else at Microsoft by surprise. In fact, McLean brought up on further to discuss his thoughts on Sony’s upcoming launch.
According to McLean, “[The PS3 delay] doesn’t surprise me–and it further wouldn’t surprise me if this product wasn’t seen in March next year either. We have always been comfortable with our strategy for Christmas irrespective of Sony. We are completely unsurprised by this situation. We have actually been a little surprised at how surprised other people have been.”
Sony didn’t make any statement regarding their competitor’s views, but suffice to say, it would be unlikely for them to publicly share these opinions. Advanced Media will continue to watch the fallout of the PS3 launch details and will update you on any further news.
