1980 being Harry Potter's Birthyear (short)

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 39546

~User "Harry Potter and the Ocarina of Time" Googol~ wrote:
> In the begining of GoF, (supposedly in 1994) Dudley's Playstation  
> is thrown out the window. However, the Sony Playstation was first 
> released in 1995. (And England tends to get video games later than 
> the rest of the world, not earlier.) Trust me on this, by the way, 
> I know my video games.
> 
> I don't, however, think that the 1980 chronology is completely 
> wrong. After all, 1994 and 1995 are pretty close. I think that the 
> whole matter is very delicate though, and that there is no purely 
> failsafe timeline theory. (This one is ideal for the time being 
> though.)
> 
> ~User "Harry Potter and the Ocarina of Time" Googol~

That's not exact: the earliest versions of Playstation (PSX) were 
available to the public -in Japan- about halfway through 1994. Some 
time ago, some other people calculated the times and found that the 
timeframe fitted - but was cut close. There were a few games 
available at the time, too (but no Mega-mutilator). The weakest spot 
is that, even though Vernom is the sort of person to get an expensive 
videogame machine from Japan for Dudley, I doubt no-one would throw 
it out of the window after a month of use. Then again, it does fit 
Dudley.

For the record, I would've prefered Harry being born in 1981, since 
it would mean he'd be my age, but I think that canon, although FLINTy 
in this matter, is definite enough to allow for the 1980 timeframe.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf