Sony President Ken Kutaragi confirmed that the Playstation 3 (PS3) has been delayed, at a press conference in Tokyo earlier this week. Kutaragi additionally confirmed that the gaming console will ship with an upgradable 60GB hard drive pre-installed with Linux, according to in-depth coverage at 1up.com.

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The announcement confirmed PS3 delay rumors that spread earlier this month, in the wake of a Merril Lynch financial report on Sony.

The PS3 will be among the first consumer computing devices to make use of the Cell processor co-developed by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba. In addition to running Linux from its hard-drive, the PS3 is expected to be available with various Linux-based productivity packs that turn the game into a computing appliance for special applications such as digital video editing.

Additionally, the PS3 will have network interfaces, and will avail users of network-based services such as “matchmaking, messaging, rankings, friends lists, voice/video chat, in-game shopping, and game downloads,” according to 1up.

Lots more details about the upcoming PS3 can be found in the full 1up story:

 
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