Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "JohnT" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: No PocketStation release? ARGH!!!!!!!!! Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:44:04 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 45 Message-ID: <7kr33o$qpv5@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <7jms0d$rqe11@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <376197d2.317104@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <7k0sr1$hn73@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <7kqg26$qpv4@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <3770DAD1.A003F29F@dma-design.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.56.106.143 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 I'm sure a huge company like Sony can surely increase production to meet demands. Granted it could take a little while to get up to the production rate they need for a worldwide release but I am sure they would not drop a successful product despite huge demands for it. That is just not the way any company works. JohnT Brian Baird wrote in message news:3770DAD1.A003F29F@dma-design.com... > JohnT wrote: > > > > The info on Special Reserve's web site just says that Sony have delayed the > > PocketStation's release in Europe and USA. I quote.... > > > > The European and US launch of the much anticipated PocketStation has been > > delayed by Sony. > > It was hoped that we would see it before Christmas but that is looking > > increasingly unlikely. > > We'll bring you more news as we receive it. > > > > I will of course have to check Sony's site ;) But if they are dropping it's > > release over here despite it doing so well in Japan I would be very annoyed > > as I for one was looking forward to seeing what Ridge Racer Type 4 uses it > > for ;) No info in the game's manual! :( > > It's a success in Japan - but they can't make enough of them. They're > coming out in a trickle of releases - not enough to supply even a > 'moderate' demand. If Sony released it worldwide with the amount they're > currently able to manufacture, there'd be /nothing/ available in the > shops - there just aren't physically enough of them to release over > here... > > -- > > Brian @ DMA > > [ All opinions & views are my own, not DMA's, yadda, yadda, yadda ]