U.S. and Asia to get PS3 first

Looks like Europe will have to wait a whole 4 months before ther PS3 makes its way over here.

The PlayStation 3, Sony’s first new game console in six years, is scheduled to debut in Japan just over a week from now on Nov. 11. Then it will hit stores in North America on Nov. 17. It was originally scheduled to go on sale in Europe and Australiasia at the same time but Sony postponed the launch in those regions until March 2007 because of component shortages that meant it wouldn’t have enough consoles ready in time.

I sense a few extra-loaded suitcases coming back from HK around Christmas ;). More on it here