Sony are planning to launch the PS3 worldwide in November, roughly alongside the Revolution's target launch date. More details inside...

The PlayStation 3 is a machine everyone who reads this site will probably be familiar with - so they can see how well it fares against the Revolution, or indeed as a potential purchase. So we only thought it fit to detail the new information about the console released today (and completely unbiasedly).

Evil Emporer of Sony, Ken Kutaragi held a hastily arranged press conference today, responding to a drop in share prices after rumours leaked the console would be delayed until late this year. Citing copy-protection-related delays with the system's Blu-Ray discs, he said the machine would now launch worldwide in November for an unspecified price.

The system will come with an upgradable 60GB hard-drive built-in (not as an optional extra as the Xbox 360 has). An online play system will be available from launch, free-to-use for "basic" access. The machine will, as expected, also be backwards compatible with PSone and PS2 titles.

Finally, Ken closed with a gem of 'wisdom', saying the system will aim to be "4D". That's right, four dimensional. From the 2D planes of the 8 and 16 bit eras to the 3D space of the PSone and PS2, the PS3 will now occupy both space and time. We will sure have our PS3 4D glasses ready...