Speaking to Reuters, the SCEE president said: “It’s rather like taking a bottle of soda water and we’ve shaken it so hard over the last six months that when we take the cork off, it’s just going to explode,” he said.

“That’s a better way at looking at it than to say the delay is disappointing. It’s not – it’s really been beneficial for us. We’re going to get it right.”

Reeves also justified the cost of PS3 by mentioning the machine’s ability to play Blu-Ray discs, its internet browser and the PlayStation Network in the video interview

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