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Sony to brief on PlayStation business Wednesday
Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:18 AM IST
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it would hold a briefing on its PlayStation video game business on Wednesday, but declined to give details.
Sony Computer Entertainment President Ken Kutaragi will attend the briefing to be held in Tokyo at 3:00 p.m. (0600 GMT), the company said in a statement.
Sony said in late February it was still aiming to launch the next-generation PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console in spring, but added the launch could be delayed if industry specifications for some of the technology were not finalised soon.
A spokesman for Sony´s game unit declined to comment on whether it will announce a delay to the launch of PS3.
PS3 will be competing with Microsoft Corp.´s Xbox 360, which went on sale last November, and Nintendo Co. Ltd.´s Revolution, which is expected later this year.
Shares in Sony were up 1.08 percent by midday. The Nikkei share average was up 0.11 percent.