Although the numbers were balanced by the end of the generation, the truth is this Microsoft He hit the table very hard Xbox 360. The console made a decisive move in anticipation of the launch PS3as it entered the market on November 22, 2005. in North America.
It wasn’t until November 11, 2006 that Japanese players were able to go into stores to get their hands on the system. Sonybut that wait time has already hurt the company. However, why was there such a huge difference?
The answer was given by Phil Harrison, who was the executive vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, and later the vice president of Google, during a conversation with IGN. “What has really slowed down hardware production is the small component. It was the laser diode in the Blu-ray drive. It was a component of about $0.05“explains the person in charge of the schedule that the PS3 managed.
As with the production of the Xbox Series X/S and PS5, component shortages were vital to the mass production of the PS3. Sony included such a key technology as Blu-ray, and this part was absolutely necessary for it to work.
“In this particular case, going from a red laser to a blue laser was actually quite a complex change in how the unit’s optical head worked. It was a bit of physics and a bit of chemistry combined because you’re basically making a crystal. And they just couldn’t do enough.”
Harrison admitted that the launch had “later than you would like”, although in the end the system managed to sell 87 million units worldwide.
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