nVidia expects no PS3 cash this quarter

That means the PS3 won't launch until at least the end of financial quarter, which ends in April.

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Dean Takahashi, the gaming writer at the San Jose Mercury News, scores his second gaming scoop of the week after listening in on nVidia's quarterly corporate conference call. He noticed that nVidia says they don't expect any royalties from Sony in the current financial quarter, which ends in April.

And since nVidia built the graphics chip used in the PS3, they'll collect a piece of every sale. That means the console won't launch before the end of April, anywhere.

We've also heard from Next Generation that the PS3 is scheduled for a September launch in both the U.S. and Japan, which stands to reason based on the scant evidence we have so far.

Source: PS3 Week