Neowin.net reports that the hopes and dreams of rabid PlayStation fans worldwide were realized for a short while last weekend, when the Bloomberg news service reported a Taiwanese manufacturer source was saying that the PlayStation 3 will come out this year, two years ahead of Sony's previous schedule. Unfortunately?judging from Sony's comments today?the source was full of it.

According to the report, Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, one of Sony's chief PS2 manufacturers, was set to begin production of the first PS3 test units at the start of next month.