PS3 launch: This was waiting
We cha♏rt the PS3 story from E3 2005 to this week's Euro launch
September 2006
Sony's slo-mo, boxing ring advert 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:released this month might have been promising super-gaming, but we were all too busy weeping as our worst fears were realised and PlayStation 3's release in Europe 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:was delayed until March 2007. Oh, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:there'd be no HDMI cable bundled in the box, either. Still, at least Kutaragi would come to the rescue 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:at the Tokyo Game Show with some incredo-game news? No? Oh God...
October 2006
Finally! We had a PlayStation 3 in the office, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:all powered up 'n' stuff. Meanwhile, Sony's Europe peeps were busy 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:explaining how gutted they were about the delay, while stressing that it would 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:definitely, definitely be released in March. We also got to see 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the first of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:40 downloadable games promised for the PlayStation Network, although more pressing was our discovery that the Sixaxis battery 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:wasn't replaceable.
Above: The 'This is Living' promotion spawned a legion of spoofs, handily collated by website澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ThisisWaiting.com
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Back to the Network, and info suggested that online gaming would definitely be free, though there'd be plenty 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:to spend your (real cash) money on. Try not to clog up the hard drive too quickly, though, as it can also be used 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:to speed up load times.
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November 2006
More controller grumbling this month, because we discovered you 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:wouldn't get a USB charging cable with each new Sixaxis you buy. But this disappointing news was lost as the PS3's launch in America turned the country 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:into a wholly disturbing place. Even more so than usual, that is.
December 2006
Just in case we'd forgotten, as the year ended Sony restated that PlayStation 3 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:could be upgraded, meaning that we wouldn't have to go through all this nonsense again for 💧the PS4 unt⭕il at least 2010. Small mercies, and all that.
Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications of🔴ficer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we stil🀅l look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games.