Retail giant Best Buy has listed Halo 3 as being released on November 16, 2006 for the Xbox 360. Yeah. That's this holiday. Right before Black Friday. Say, that just also happens to be one day before the North American release of the PlayStation 3! How 'bout that.
H3 willnot come out before 2007. Gears will be on top for at leastr a year. I do not really expect to even see a PS3 on store shelves untill 2007 either. But we will soon see.
If Bungie believes people will bye HALO 3 and ignore bying the PS3 they are making a huge misstake, HALO isn't that popular in Europe and absolutely not popular in Japan, I'm from Europe so I know, If HALO 3 releases in 16 November, PlayStation 3 will sell out those 2 000 000 consoles availbe for the US launch, so it will not make a difference, you will still have tp pre-order to get a PS3, because there are so manny that wants it!
you guys think they would launch halo3 and gears of war to compete with each other?
i don't see it.
Earliest Halo 3 will come out i reckon will be Q3 2007.
PS3 launch however i do not believe will happen this 2006. They must start manufacturing at August latest, just when 360 started production. However, most of problems had been solved by Microsoft by late May, all except the finalized graphics chip in mid-july allowing manufacturing to begin. PS3 on the other hand has many unfinished BIG issues like keeping it cool, fitting it in a damn PS3 case!
Stabilising the cell to run at a suitable clockspeed, avoiding system bottlenecks, sorting out their online service. It is pathetic how Sony has all these issues so late till the deadline; but i supposed you can't really trust a Sony deadline.
All this would be OK if they weren't pushing for a worldwide release. But they are and even worse, including Australia, so expect two things from Sony this year.
1. Laughable shortages (way worse than 360 shortages.
OR
2. A delayed worldwide launch till Feb 2007. I bet i am right.
Halo 3 will probably be released Q1 2007. And as far as the PS3 being launched around Novemeber wordlwide, well that will be pretty much on paper becasue they cant afford to delay it again. I can't imagine the lengths you would have to go to to actually get a one on launch. I Spent 19 hours outside of bestbuy to get my 360 on launch after having got a preorder in march with gamestop which they couldent fulfill. So I am very pleased that i have no interest in the PS3 whatsoever.