An executive working for has cast further doubt on the PlayStation 3's freshly revised launch schedule, telling the press that he doubts whether the next-generation console will be ready to hit PAL regions in March 2007. last week shocked the gaming world by announcing the of the system in and Australasia, once again enraging the region's gamers that feel they're treated as secondary in importance to gamers in North America and Japan.

Regional director for Australia David McLean told GameSpot that the delay "doesn’t surprise me. And it further wouldn’t surprise me if this product wasn’t seen in March next year either.” Ouch. "We have always been comfortable with our for irrespective of Sony. We are completely unsurprised by this situation,” he added. McLean went on to add that he was taken aback by the surprise surrounding the delay, which comes two months before the originally proposed worldwide debut of the system.

“It would have been nice for people to really contrast what the had to offer versus Sony this Christmas, so the vapourware aspect could go away,” McLean concluded, twisting the knife one last time. More on this as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge

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