Playstation 3 Officially Unveiled!
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<div class="IPBDescription">pre-slashdot slashdot post!</div>It's not on slashdot yet, but I figured you guys would want to know ahead of time. ;D
According to Gamespot, the <a href='http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16/news_6124681.html' target='_blank'>Playstation 3 has been unvieled</a> at a sony pre-E3 conference today.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->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." <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Backwards compatibility! Blu-ray! wooo :D
p.s. rumor has it that Metal Gear Solid 4 footage (which is a PS3 title) will be shown at this E3! :O :O :O
According to Gamespot, the <a href='http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16/news_6124681.html' target='_blank'>Playstation 3 has been unvieled</a> at a sony pre-E3 conference today.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->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." <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Backwards compatibility! Blu-ray! wooo :D
p.s. rumor has it that Metal Gear Solid 4 footage (which is a PS3 title) will be shown at this E3! :O :O :O
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Un-expected'd!
Seriously, did that even need to be mentioned?
PS3 is meh. I can't really get excited over a PlayStation for some reason. They have no 1st party oomph.
And X360 will be laughable now that definentley Nintendo, and most likely Sony will be developing online network strategies, which basically blows Microsoft's only advantage to ****. Those specs look primed to kick X-Box squarely in the nuts. And I'm happy. God damn **** seem to try to rip off everything Dreamcast, and I hope their death's more painful than Sega's.
EDIT: As an addendum, the one thing they didn't do that Sega did was probably one of the smartest things to do, which is make a keyboard/mouse combo available for purchase. This made the DC ports of QIII:A and UT kickass. But they've confirmed that the keyboard won't be for control, which is sorta stupid.
If MGS4 is a PS3 launch title, I'll be buying a PS3 at launch.
If Ninja Gaiden 2 is a launch title (slim chance), I'll be buying a X-Box 360 at launch.
No Revolution games have been announced or implied so I can't wager as to what their launch titles will be. Hopefully they learned their lesson from Gamecube's lackluster launch titles...
Looks like <i>somebody</i> hasn't played enough GTA.
1) My PC
2) PS3
3) Xbox 360
4) Revolution (yea, right)
I was hesitant, but the combination of the best hardware and backwards compatability just might sell the whole idea to me. I mean, there are tons of great PS2 games I never got a chance to play and here they are, along with compatability for all my old PSX games that have been sitting around since it broke. Einhander flies again!
IGN has posted a gallery of <a href='http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614619/imgs_1.html' target='_blank'>PS3 system pics</a>.
Looks like crap IMO, but pay attention to the HDMI connections on the back! YAY :D
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<a href='http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614665p1.html' target='_blank'>Next GTA will be a PS3 launch title</a>! Guess I'll be buying one then. :P
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Update #3!
<a href='http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614661p1.html' target='_blank'>PS3 to support 1080p</a>! :O Good lord now I'm gonna have to buy another $3,000 TV :( :(
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Oh, I have. I actually own 3 and Vice City. Sure they're fun, but the missions are completely boring and without them, there's nothing to do but kill people and run of the police. Which becomes boring to me.
Also, they're on PC with added perks[What I have them for].
IGN has posted a gallery of <a href='http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614619/imgs_1.html' target='_blank'>PS3 system pics</a>.
Looks like crap IMO, but pay attention to the HDMI connections on the back! YAY <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Update #2:
<a href='http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614665p1.html' target='_blank'>Next GTA will be a PS3 launch title</a>! Guess I'll be buying one then. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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It looks like a fridge.
But what the hell is with their obsession with vertical stand. Well it looks pretty cool, but also looks like just another generic electronic device on the TV shelf.
You don't like Megaman X4/X5, Metal Gear: Solid, FFVII or Castlevania: Symphony of the Night? Gtfo. :P
God, I want to see Linux running on these things... (Meaning the XB:360 and PS3)
What's so advantagious about the cell processor? The 360 has a tri core PPC precessor, clocked at the same speed as the PS3's cell cpu.
The both look premosing, and I want both of em.
And I think it looks cool, GG sony <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
*edit* Oh, watch gta6 be just a small engine update -_-
They sell too much for the little effort they put into vice city and san andreas :/
Sony develops boomerang controller! Now when you're seriously **** off at a game and chuck your controller across the room, it comes <i>RIGHT BACK TO YOU!</i>
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Sony develops boomerang controller! Now when you're seriously **** off at a game and chuck your controller across the room, it comes <i>RIGHT BACK TO YOU!</i>
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Stole my joke.
Sony develops boomerang controller! Now when you're seriously **** off at a game and chuck your controller across the room, it comes <i>RIGHT BACK TO YOU!</i>
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That's one ugly controller. Uglier than N64 controllers, uglier than original Xbox controllers.
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Amazing.
then again all controllers do... to me...
thats what it is! its to get more a female audience!...
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Seriously though my only complaint is the fact I can't stack anything on it. :|