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We headed right to playstation.com, figuring we'd get the official word on the matter. Sadly, the "News and Media" section of the site was lacking in relevant information, so we decided to hit the streets, figuratively speaking that is. We thumbed through the Yahoo! Directory and located the Sony PlayStation 3 category. Although the console is not yet on shelves, there are already four sites devoted to it. According to the first site, Playstation 3 Forums, look for the latest version of the mega-popular gaming system sometime in 2005. For those of you who simply can't wait that
long, the site even features a photo of the system rumored to have leaked out of Sony, though we can't vouch for its authenticity. We wanted to see if we could pinpoint a tentative release date, so we worked our way through the other sites in the category. As you might expect, the actual release date is a topic of much discussion and is hotly anticipated by hardcore gamers. The best information we could find came from a handy introduction to the yet-to-be-released console we found on the PS3 Insider message
board. It states: The fact of the matter is that no one really knows, but we can make an estimated guess using what we do know. There will be a demo of the Cell in March 2004 and mass production of the Cell by Sony will begin the second half of 2005 (Toshiba predicts their mass production to begin early 2005). All these facts point to a release date of either late 2005 or early 2006. So there you have it. All we can say is patience is a virtue. In the meantime, you'll find plenty of like-minded games to swap rumors, speculations, and other tidbits with on the numerous PS3 message boards on the Net.
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