Official Playstation 3 Thread

[jerryhussain]

PS3 is being shown at a Press Conference right now.

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PS3 is being shown at a Press Conference right now.

is any site streaming it? i know gamespot does, but i have to sign up and pay for live.
hope it's done quick, gamespot replays it.

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http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05...s_6124681.html


article from gamespot, posted 3:43 Pacific, press conference at 3pm....says is releasing 2006, also says it will use Blu-Ray.

[jerryhussain]

Updated first post with specs. Cell processor running at 3.2GHz can perform twice the floating point operations compared to Xbox 360 ? But no details on the GPU with only 256MB.

[Fantaz]

[numb555]

LOS ANGELES--Today saw the second of the big three console makers announce their next-generation platform. At its pre-E3 press conference, Sony Computer Entertainment gave the world its first look at the PlayStation 3, as it now is officially called.

The name was not unexpected, since Sony had been running an extensive teaser-ad campaign prepping the public for the PlayStation 3. The company had laid a blanket of posters around the Los Angeles Convention Center, site of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (aka E3). Bus stalls and billboards around the convention center proclaimed "Prepare for Chang3" in the distinctive PlayStation font with partial shots of the Dual Shock controller's square-circle-triangle-X buttons.

Sony also confirmed the PlayStation 3, will use Blu-Ray discs as its media format. The discs can hold up to six times as much data as current-generation DVDs. It will also supporrd CR-ROM, CDR+W, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R. It also confirmed the machine would be backwards compatible all the way to the original PlayStation.

Sony also laid out the technical specs of the device. The PlayStation 3 will feature the much-vaunted Cell processor, which will run at 3.2 Ghz and feature 2.18 teraflops of performance. It will sport 256mb XDR main RAM at 3.2 Ghz, have 256MB of GDDR VRAM at 700mhz, a detachable 2.5 inch HDD slot, six usb 2.0 ports, Memory Stick Duo, a SD slot, a compact flash memory slot, Compact flash slot, 2 hdmi outputs, 1 av multi out, 1 SPDIF optical output, and 1-gigabit Ethernet built in port

The PlayStation 3 will also sport some hefty multimedia features, such as video chat, internet access, digital photo viewing, digital audio and video. Sony Computer Entertainment head Ken Kutaragi introduced it as a "Super computer for computer entertainment."

WOW!!!

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nothing about wireless controllers? or wireless capabilities either.

[Sgt_Strider]

nothing about wireless controllers? or wireless capabilities either.

I think the gamespot article mentioned the support of bluetooth.

[Sgt_Strider]

I don't know what games you buy but I have never paid $70 for a game since the Super Nintendo days. Since the media went optical, the game prices have held pretty steady around the $59 or less pricetags. PC games are in that vicinity too. The only advantage I can see with PCs is that you can do many things with 'em. But since the 360 has the ability to support kb+mouse (hopefully the devs support these), then the complaint that consoles are horrible to control with FPS/strategy becomes moot plus since it's HDTV, then you get the standard resolution that PC gamers play at and on a bigger monitor/TV. I don't see PCs catching up until the multicore CPUs are in plentiful supply and even then, how much are you gonna spend upgrading it in a year's time for that fancy new videocard, new motherboard, different type of RAM, new CPU, etc.
If by kiddy games you mean GTA/Halo2, then I'm not sure what games you've played on consoles recently ...

lol I remember paying $91 CAD for Goldeneye after tax.

[numb555]

lol I remember paying $91 CAD for Goldeneye after tax.

Street Fighter 2 was $119 when i got it on the SNES, boy those were the days!

[jerryhussain]

[JayPatel]

1080P Support!!

Holy Crap

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wow, it looks big...and the font looks like the SPiderman writing
I like the multiple colors, specs seem decent. Is there going to be a marketplace interface similiar to x360, i'd love to know whats new.

[TheGame]

Here's a couple of more pictures:

http://www.jaygoland.com/anothercastle/ps3.jpg

http://img2.kult-mag.com/photos/00/0...00570926_2.jpg

EDIT: same as below

[jerryhussain]