Sony Delays Launch of PlayStation 3D Display in Europe
While US gamers can already head over to their local electronics store and pick up the PlayStation 3D Display, it looks like gamers in Europe will have some waiting to do, as Sony has delayed the release of this hardware outside of North America.
Sony has been positioning this display as the affordable entryway into 3D gaming, with the package offering a 3D display, one pair of 3D glasses and a copy of the 3D-enabled title Motorstorm: Apocalypse. The hardware bundles comes at the affordable price of only $500/£410/€530, but the only issue is that the screen is quite small, measuring in at a measly 24 inches.
What’s unique about this display however, is the fact that two players can view the screen and see two different images, removing the need to split thr screen when two people want to play together on one screen.
So, what could this delay mean for European gamers? Has Sony been running into production issues? Has a lack of interest made Sony think twice about launching the hardware beyond the US? Amazon recently removed the release date altogether from their UK store listing, and Sony has not been able to provide a response to the delay. It looks like we’ll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, you can find out just what you are missing by reading our review.
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3 Responses to “Sony Delays Launch of PlayStation 3D Display in Europe”
Sometimes companies go in one direction and can’t pivot to go in another. Honestly, Sony is making a mistake by staying with active shutter glass 3D. I recently purchased a passive 3D LG LED and it’s superb in every way. The 3D image is indeed perceived as 1080p even though each eye is 540p. Our brains are better than we think and do a fantastic job of translating the image. The glasses are cheap, light, flicker free, and still look great . They are also about $10 a pair. Considering I got 10 included I don’t even need to buy any unless some break. That’s the way to go and Sony will have difficulty selling the active tech to young gamers if they stick with the active sets. My guess is it’s abandoned pretty soon for passive and a few years from now we get glasses free if they can develop a way to do it on wide angles. So far not yet. The sweet spot is way to small from what I’ve read.
SCREW IT!
I love sony, but WTH?
There isn’t a VITA mall travel in Europe,
We got the Welcome Back Package far later,
We get the VITA later (I know America does as well)
I don’t think we have a Qriocity/Video service (correct me if I’m wrong)
And now we can’t get our hands on the bloody TV.
WTH?
thats pretty sad I was avtually looking forward to this. this tv would be my first entrance into the 3d world