The good news for US and Japanese gamers is that Sony PlayStation 3 will go on sale in the US as planned in November. The bad news for Europeans, Asians and Australians is that, because of Blu-ray manufacturing problems, they will have to wait until March 2007 before they can get their hands on a PS3.

According to Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi, mass production of the Blu-ray laser diode will be delayed by about a month, which will set back the assembly line of PS3 consoles.

As all PS3 watchers know, the Blu-ray high definition video player is a key feature and major selling point of the PS3, so Sony is anxious to get it right.

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