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George Bain, SCEE development support manager, gave an interesting speech and Q&A session at O'Neill's "Irish" Pub in London last night. The IGDA event was hosted by recruitment agency Mary-Margaret, and Scazza from Neowin.net reported back on what was said.

Bain responded to recent reports that the PlayStation 3 will be delayed. As was said in Tokyo by Kei Sakaguchi, Bain reassured the public that Sony was still aiming for a Spring 2006 launch window.

He also reiterated that the PlayStation 3 will support dual 1080p screens. How this will be used is yet to be seen, but what's certain is that very few consumers will actually have two 1080p compatible televisions in the near future.

At the past few events where the PlayStation 3 and its controller have been on display, the glass case has always had a notice saying 'Conceptual Design'. Bain has now confirmed that the console and controller have not been finalised.

Unfortunately, Bain had to refuse to answer many questions, on the grounds that it was a public event. But he did suggest that DevStation, also taking place in London, on 1 and 2 March, would be where developers would be given more detailed information.

However, DevStation is not open to the press, and so gamers may be forced to wait till Phil Harrison's keynote speech on 22 March to hear any further details on the progress of PlayStation 3.

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