In a Pie In The Sky exclusive, we discovered Sony's secret plans to make NO games available at the September 9th US launch of the PlayStation. We managed to track down one of our sources at SCEA, and pestered him for more information about this startling discovery.

PITS - Can you confirm the rumor we've heard that there will be no games available for the PlayStation at the system's US launch date?

Source - Yes, that's right.

PITS - Why in the hell would Sony release a video game system without any games available for it?

Source - Well, you know how it is. We decided we wanted to give the Saturn a head start, let them sell a few systems. Since the PlayStation hardware itself is more aestheticaly pleasing than ANY of the games currently available for the Saturn, we came to the conclusion that the only way to give the Saturn a fair chance would be to not release any software for a month or so.

PITS - What amazing, utter bullshit. You mean Sony isn't going to include any of it's system selling games such as Tohshinden or Ridge Racer at launch?

Source - Nah. We think it's kinda amusing actually. After all, people have been waiting for months for the PlayStation, they can wait a bit longer.

PITS - Well, when you finally get around to releasing some games for the PlayStation, what's first on the release list?

Source - We've currently got three games scheduled for release in October. Twin Goddesses, Mahjong Station, and about 1/12 of Arc the Lad.

PITS - What a ridiculous idea. Where in the hell did this insane idea come from?

Source - Well, we were reading usenet, and kept seeing people spreading rumors that this game wouldn't be available at launch, and that game wouldn't be available at lunch. They seemed very persistant these wild rumors, and, in fact, their rambling made up a large percentage of the traffic on the relevant Sony newsgroups, not to mention quite a number of non-Sony newsgroups. So, we're giving the people what they want.

PITS - Do you realize that most of what you read on usenet is complete and utter bullshit?

Source - Nonsense. After all, the text is sitting right there! It has to be true! Right?

PITS - Well, thank you for your time. Maybe you should stop reading usenet for a while.

Source: Right? It's true, right?

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