PS3 Release Delayed

Sony has cancelled the spring release date for the Playstation 3 (PS3). Full article here.

Quick Summary:

• Sony has delayed release of the PS3 until November.
• Ken Kutaragi, Sony's president, cites copy protection and other standards for the Blu-ray high definition DVD drive as the reason for the delay.
• The PS3 will be released at around the same time in Europe, Japan, and North America.
• The release is around the same time as that of the Nintendo Revolution.

My $0.02: I can see delaying the release for performance issues, but there's no use in delaying for "copy protection". No matter how long you work on preventing bootleg copies of the disks from reaching the market, someone will figure out the process and publish it on the internet. Since Blu-ray is new technology, it needs to get a high level of market saturation as soon as possible or else Toshiba's HD-DVD will take over. I don't care if HD-DVDs can only hold 30 GB and Blu-ray can hold 200 GB. Usually, the next generation technology formats that is common first wins. Also, I think a year is a long time from the Xbox 360's release date. The space of time gives the 360 time to take hold.