Mixed messages abound! While SCEA president Jack Tretton was quoted in a recent interview with Bloomberg as stating that the recent earthquake in Japan could possibly delay NGP production, pushing its eventual launch in US and European markets to next year, Sony Computer Entertainment spokesperson Satoshi Fukuoka has told Japanese newspaper Nikkei that he foresees no complications at this point in time.

“So far we see no impact from the quake on our launch plan,” stated Fukuoka.

Still, that doesn’t mean a worldwide simultaneous release is on the cards. He further notes that no official announcement was ever made for a 2011 launch outside Japan. It could be a case of damage control, or perhaps Tretton was simply mistaken.

NGP Release Going As Planned, Says Sony [IBTimes]

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