Posted by axxxr
This is the official Sony Playstation 3 thread!!..So lets have all the hot gossip here.
forget that top picture..that was the concept here is the real deal!
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Posted by axxxr
PlayStation 3 turns up on Amazon Japan. Just not for sale.
Perhaps it’s more than a bit premature, but Amazon Japan has the PlayStation 3 listed up on their website at least year or two before it’s supposed to be actually for sale. They’re not exactly taking pre-orders, and there’s no information on pricing and no pics or details we didn’t already know, but that didn’t prevent a few precognitive individuals from already posting up their reviews.
Posted by shyam335
Im waiting to see the performance of ibm-sony 's 'cell' in it. Also grab one when available ;-) .
Posted by BlackBauer24
This machine WILL be awesome, i just hope that the games released for it are not all just rehashed old PS2 tittles with improved graphics. however seeing the likes of Gran Turismo 5 running on PS3 would be an impressive sight, especially on broadband.
Posted by methylated_spirit
Wow it looks like a space-toaster! The ps2 is a quality piece of kit, so i'm expecting big things from this puppy
Posted by Chazzer3
Cool, this looks great, especially the looks! And the controller plug looks very thin? (One of the first things I noticed!) This should be brilliant especially since all games, (Good ones that is), coming out on the Ps2 now have to be on Dual Layer DVD, and Push the console to the Limit!
Can't wait!
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Posted by Scorchio
Well its about time they replaced there ps2 antique! Has anyone played Driver 3? Most of the time the slow down is awful. I wonder what kind of spin sony will come up with in the coming months? Remember all the hullabaloo over what was dubbed the "Emotion chip"? Everyone lapped it up as if it was something special when the whole time, it was just a fancy name for a very basic processor! Hopefully sony will put 4 controller ports on the PS3.
Posted by methylated_spirit
I hope the controller isnt changed too much, its one of the best things about the playstations. Its brillliantly designed imho. Maybe another "L" and "R" button, would add more scope for games.
Posted by mad4mobiles
4 controller ports is the thing they need to inclue in the next playstation, cause xbox have got it right
Posted by 50Cent
yeah, but there arent too many 4 player games out there for the PS2.
i suppose the demand would grow if the PS3 had 4 ports
Posted by BlackBauer24
I think it will be very interesting to see if the BDA (Blu-Ray Disc Association) does indeed grant Sony the abillity to incorporate the drives for the playing or recording of BLU-RAY discs on the PS3. However i'm not sure whether Blu-Ray will really take off as DVD-ROM is hugely popular worldwide.
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Posted by methylated_spirit
Think it will have bluetooth?
Posted by maddav
I'm sure i read somewhere that it's confirmed to have Blu-Ray, as for bluetooth though...
Posted by Chazzer3
It's definitely Blu-Ray, can't wait for it!
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Posted by axxxr
Sony's PlayStation 3 will not appear until 2006 at the earliest, the company tacitly confirmed today.
The company's joint announcement with IBM and Toshiba that the PS3's processor, 'Cell', will be detailed at February 2005's International Solid State Circuits Conference focuses on the chip's features. However, it also notes that Sony plans to "commercialise" Cell-based products in 2006 and confirms that Cell will be used in the company's "next-generation computer entertainment system".
That timeframe follows IBM's plan to begin limited Cell production at its East Fishkill, New York 300mm wafer fab in the second half of 2005. In the past, IBM has pointed to an H1 2005 production start.
It's a schedule that's by no means at odds with what Sony has said so far. Cell is due to be unveiled mid-Q1 2005, and the PS3 is expected to be formally announced before the end of Q1 2005, when Sony's 2005 fiscal year comes to a close. You wouldn't expect Sony to talk about PS3 until Cell was complete, so those two events are clearly in sync.
PS3 is expected to make its first public appearance at the E3 show next May, just after Sony begins shipping first-generation console software development kits (SDKs), which are likely to be software-only offerings given IBM's production scheduled. Sony's roadmap calls for a second-generation SDK to appear October 2005, which will presumably ship alongside early hardware, again given IBM's H2 production run.
Such a schedule would give developers a good shot at offering software for the console early to mid-2006, which is when the console is likely to appear.
Posted by methylated_spirit
Looks like they're going to make a song and dance about the processor again...remember the "emotion engine" hype? Turned out to be nothing but an average processor.
Found this pic: Looks like a real model, not computer generated...
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Posted by ADT0079
And to think i just bought a PS 1 :-)
Posted by parsnip
About how everyone likes dvds and blu ray disks might not catch on. a while ago nobody had heard of dvds and everyone liked cds. so blu rays will probably catch on
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Thats is just one of the many concept designs for the PS3 and by no means the end product!...The final production model will be a lot different to this.
Posted by Linkinpark17UK
I personally don't think blu-ray will be as popular as DVD as 3 hollywood studios have already backed a rival format HD-DVD and do you remember what happen with betamax?
Posted by vanquish
and then blasted microsoft will come along with an amazing, but ugly, over priced and huge console that beats it and wins first prize - always happens.
most ppl i know are like 'the xbox graphics are mint', and they forget that it looks like a fisher price toy and is just crap!!!
die microsoft die!
Posted by Aled
Well hopefully it will have built in wi-fi and an ide controller (pref. with a harddisk caddy). But knowing sony they'll be expensive add-on extras
Posted by methylated_spirit
vanquish im sorry to disappoint you but the x-box kicks the ps2's arse whatever way you look at it. The x-box is what the ps2 should have been in the first place. Now sony, for the first time ever in the console market, find themselves not as pioneers, but playing catch-up, and having to copy the x-box with things like hard drive, 4 controllers, etc. to stay in touch.
Posted by plasmadog
hmm... maybe my girlfriend will read about it and buy me one!!
Posted by ADT0079
here are a couple the first one looks like a winner i think it is the new design they have in mind
some controller Ideas
Posted by Dj Boyi
Looks like meths is talkin out of his arse :-l u should get ur facts straight. Ps2 came out b4 the xbox,and u should know how quickly technology progresses over a short period of time. Duh,check the age differences b4 u compare! ;-)
Posted by Davo_169
do you reckon that you will still be able to play PS1 games on it.
and do you reckon they will let you use PS2 memory cards because when i got my PS2 the memory cards were still like $75AUD and i was just planning on using my PS1 memory cards but the bastards ripped me off and didnt let me:(.
Posted by methylated_spirit
am i talkin out of my arse? i know the ps2 came out first, but does that mean its better than the x-box? The technology was there when the ps2 wasmade, why didnt they include it?
Posted by Davo_169
because they didnt need to.
microsoft rushed into making the xbox and put all the latest shite into it, which resulted in lesser quality(hardware, not graphics). while playstation took more time to realease to make sure it was top quality gaming machine, which it is.
Posted by BOSSHOGG
How ironic is that last post?
Posted by Davo_169
yeah im just dribbling shite and trying to show a minor fraction of any intelligence, which i obviousely didnt so im just gonna crawl into a corner and pass out now.
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Who said Ps2 was better? I was just stating a fact that u should know already,thats why your talking out of your arse.
And us Ps2 users dont pay for online gaming either.
As for playing PsOne games,yes! Ps3 will be backward compatable with PsOne and Ps2 games
Posted by Aled
Why is it every time theres a playstationn thread it always gets hijacked by xbox users going on about how xbox is better etc. etc. Jealous cos ps2 is more popular so more ppl to swap games etc. with? I don't own either but given the choice i'd say a silver ps2 or slimline looks much more stylish in your high tech living room. Although the clear xbox looks pretty trick.
Posted by methylated_spirit
I do not have an x-box. I have a ps2. Facts are facts. I love my ps2, it is great, but that does not change the fact that x-box is simply a better console.
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Posted by Ing. FijoK
I have one question yet: Do you know some web site where are cheats on PS2? If yes please PM me it. Thanx
Posted by methylated_spirit
what game are you looking for cheats for?
davo, that post made no sense whatsoever. Theres your hat trick!
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Posted by Aled
the ability to play ps1 games was attractive to those who already had invested in them, same will go for ps2->ps3 upgraders. However I can see the next ps/xbox going more in the direction of complete home entertainment systems with HD video recording and mp3 etc, maybe even dvd writing, in a smart looking package which won't look out of place next to your tv/hifi, with wireless controllers.
Posted by methylated_spirit
Yeah, integration is happening more and more. Dont see why consoles will be any different. It will be a good move, it will appeal to a larger span of customers.
Posted by BOSSHOGG
The playstation generation....style over substance. Aleds post proves it. I believe it was a egg at the xbox that started it all. Sony already have the psx out in japan(a ps2 with built in dvd writer and hd recorder and multimedia stuff), but it's a huge failure. The tecmo boss has already voiced his concerns about sony taking their eye of GAMING and trying to go into the home appliance market with the ps3.
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Sony already make home appliances dont they?
Posted by BOSSHOGG
Lol! Taking the ps3 into the home appliance market with all these unneeded non gaming extras.
Posted by Aled
Sorry, but thats a load of rubbish. How are they unneeded? Go buy an atari2600 and play asteroids all day if you don't like progress. Is 3d needed to play games? or full motion video? what about dance mats? eye-toy? steering wheel controllers? You could say none of them are needed to play games, but they're nice to have as extras. And as for style over substance, so what? There's nothing wrong with being stylish, unless you want to live in a tacky looking heap.
Posted by BOSSHOGG
Err...i fail to see how a dvd writer and hdd television recorder are needed on a gaming machine. How is that a load of rubbish? The failure of the psx in japan goes to show this too.
Posted by Ing. FijoK
One more: What´s price on PS3?
Posted by milay
is there an antispated eta on this?
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Put it this way, dont count on getting one for next xmas.
Posted by axxxr
EA Games reveals The screens for the PS3 and Xbox2!
Via: Games Radar Article
Posted by mmsman
the porsche loks awesome but the football players look a little over the top, i mean they look almost as good cg!
Posted by milay
yeh, the porche sure does look good