This is what an article in Digitimes an Taiwanese paper says that Sony Computer Entertainment Asia' s Corporate Managing Director and Senior Vice President, Tetsuhiko Yasuda says " Sony has not finalized the specific timeframe for the PS3 launch, as well as pricing.The company aims to launch the PS3 at the same time throughout Asia. Sony does not regard Xbox as a competitor,Rather, the company may even consider working with Microsoft to develop games together." LOL..I cannot imagine under what circumstances this would happen.