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the Playstation Conference in Feb 2006 (in Japan) is likely to be the first
time actual Playstation3 games will be ready for the public to try out.

developers do not get real, completed PS3 development kits until December
2005

PS3 release is still slated for Spring 2006, but this is probably only for
Japan. I'm thinking U.S. release in early September 2006, much like
PS1 in 1995.