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| PlayStation 3 specs and photos revealed |
| Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 20:16 by Rich Kavanagh |
At a press conference held in California yesterday, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) revealed the outline of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment system, incorporating the world's most advanced Cell processor boasting super computer like power.
The PS3 combines state-of-the-art technologies featuring a Cell based processor (jointly developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba), graphics processor co-developed by nVidia and SCEI, and XDR type memory developed by Rambus Inc. It also adopts Blu-ray Disc ROM (BD-ROM) with a storage capacity of 54 Gigabytes, enabling delivery of entertainment content in full high-definition (HD) quality supporting resolutions of 1080p as standard, far superior to 720p/1080i (progressive scan/interlaced).
With an overwhelming computing power of 2 Teraflops, new graphical expressions that have never been seen before will become possible. In games, not only will movement of characters and objects be far more refined and realistic, but landscapes and virtual worlds can also be rendered in real-time. Gamers will literally be able to dive into the realistic world seen in large screen movies and experience the excitement in real-time.
In 1994, SCEI launched the original PlayStation, followed by PlayStation 2 in 2000. Over 13,000 titles have been developed now, creating a software market that sells more than 250 million copies annually. PS3 offers backward compatibility enabling gamers to enjoy games from both the PS and the PS2 platforms.
The PlayStation family of products are sold in more than 120 countries and regions around the world. With shipments reaching more than 102 million for PS and approximately 89 million for PS2, they are the undisputed market leaders for home entertainment.
Ken Kutaragi, President and CEO of Sony said,
"SCEI has continuously brought innovation to the world of computer entertainment, such as real-time 3D computer graphics on PlayStation and the world's first 128 bit processor Emotion Engine for PlayStation 2. Empowered by the Cell processor with super computer like performance, a new age of PlayStation 3 is about to begin. Together with content creators from all over the world, SCEI will accelerate the arrival of a new era in computer entertainment."
Sam Houser, President, Rockstar Games added,
"Each time SCEI launches a console, the video games business moves to the next level. With PlayStation 3 it looks as if it might be time for interactive entertainment to become, finally, the world's dominant artistic medium."
Sony also provided us with some high quality images of the new PS3. They are: Front 1, Front 2, Front 3, Front 4 and Rear.
Some of the specifications for the PS3 are:
• GPU RSX @ 550MHz - 1.8 Teraflops
• Sound Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM
• 256MB XDR Main RAM @ 3.2GHz
• 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @ 700MHz
• System Bandwidth RAM 25.6GB/s, VRAM 22.4GB/s, RSX 20GB/s
• 8x USB2 ports, Memory Stick, CompactFlash, 2.5" HDD slot
• 3x 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports
• Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth 2.0
• Support for up to 7 Bluetooth Controllers
• AV Output Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p HDMI using x 2 Analog AV Multi out ports and 1x Digital audio out (optical)
• The CD drive supports CD-DA, CD-R, CD-RW, SACD HD DualDisc, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-R, BD-RE
• CPU Cell Processor PowerPC-base Core @ 3.2GHz - 1 VMX vector unit per core, 512KB L2 cache, 7x SPE @ 3.2GHz, 7x 256KB SRAM for SPE, 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy - total floating point performance 218 GFLOPS
Preparations are under way for launch of the PS3 in the spring of 2006.
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| dude the ps3 looks so kool i would like the web site to say how much it will coast though sssssssswwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!
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| that is the most ugly consle ive ever seen |
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| The expected price is $400 |
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| The shiny curves are nice, but that grey panel under the slot loading drive is ugly as hell. really out of place on that shiny shell.
The XBox 360 looks to be cheaper then at $299 basic (or $360 with hdd), and will be out earlier too.IBM has to be seriously loving this use of their PowerPC chips in all the 'next gen' consoles.
Laffing all the way to the bank. The only true winner in all of this. |
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| Why 7 controllers and not 8 or 6? |
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| Nice, Specs, nice console, |
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| Hopefuly it won't be to ugly, and hopefully it won't look like something straight out of mac.... (xbox 360) OH and it cant play the new Zelda game can it?? |
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| Who cares what it looks like!!!!!!!!!!!!! With that kinda power and ram I couldn't care what it looked like. I'm already slobbering over it! I totally agree with the 7 controller thing , WHATs wit That?!?! |
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| It will look apart next to my George Foreman Grill ;^) Looks like it will knock XBUT for six!
FDS
Perth, Australia |
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| I have to agree I don't care one damn bit what it looks like.. it's going to blow Xbox outta the water... and I don't care if its 7 or 100 controllers as long as the damn things don't have cords.. but everyone has there own opinions |
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| Looks like an excellent console. I'm curious to hear what they are going to do towards the online world. XBox live really is in a class of it's own. I wonder if they'll decide they need to do something similar, or if they'll continue to push it off to the developers.
Rob
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| Looks just like the Sanyo 3DO M2!!! |
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| Oh my Goooooooooooooood! mmmmmmmmmmm station! :-) |
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| the ps3 is going to kill microsoft and nintendo |
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| haha the system may look mediokre, but you gotta check out the controller!!! LMFAO!! just because of the controllers appearance, it has persuaded me to NOT buy ps3....i mean seriously though, you look like a flippin homosexual with that massive thing |
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| specs (10/10), looks (6/10), pricing must not b more than $350 |
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| It's a shame that Sony decided to drop the new boomerang-style controller and instead please gamers that are resistant to change - it looks the same as the old one [old]. I think Nintendo seperated itself from Sony by making the biggest innovations and thereby taking a lot of risk. By innovations I don't mean throwing money at the latest technology available.
Still, that doesn't change the fact that Sony have the best 7th generation console [^] |
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