PS3 positioned to have successful launch!

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Mark Rein: PS3 in 'Better Place to Launch' than 360
Outspoken Epic Games VP says Sony is ahead of the game.
by Patrick Klepek, 07/26/2006 20 of 22 users recommend this story.
When Perfect Dark Zero didn't show in playable form at last year's E3, many wondered if Microsoft was truly in a position to launch in November with reasonably polished games for Xbox 360. They managed to keep their word (and with two Rare games, to boot), but Epic Games' VP Mark Rein believes Sony's actually positioning themselves for a much better launch than Microsoft experienced.
"Developers were just getting final PS3 hardware [around E3], which is a long time before ship," said the Gears of War developer in an interview with Eurogamer TV. "Developers did not have finished Xbox 360 hardware last year at E3. So Sony's actually maybe in a better place vis-a-vis Microsoft in relation to launch."
On the flip side, Microsoft has spent a year tweaking their plans and preparing for Christmas 2006, while Sony will be working through launch pains this holiday season. Though Sony's launch numbers may end up more successful than Xbox 360's, Microsoft has the advantage of squashed supply issues, second generation game releases (albeit many of the multi-platform ones are arriving on PS3, too), and an established, proven and respected online service already in place. Whether any of that matters in November, though, remains to be seen.

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