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Just to make a slight correction to your post:

PlayStation (Original PlayStation, or PS1) != PSX

THIS is a PSX:

http://www.ps3land.com/psx.php

Here's more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSX_(DVR)

Yes, it's older than a PS3 - but it's much more than a PS2, and virtually impossible to find in the US. You can find them once in a blue moon on eBay.

Here's the latest Motorstorm stuff:

http://www.theimageplace.net/uploads/3ad5a7da3f.gi f

http://www.theimageplace.net/uploads/75e17505fb.gi f

http://ruliwebfile.dreamwiz.com/mpeg3/tgs2006/ruli web_hdv_sce_ps3_motost.wmv

Ridge Racer screens 1080p 60fps:

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/735/7354 14/ridge-racer-7-20060926101953719.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/735/7354 14/ridge-racer-7-2006092610195189.jpg

PS3 games to be 60 dollars - so much for that FUD:

http://www.ps3land.com/article-687.php

Xbox 360 displays pulled from Best Buy in preparation for the PS3:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a293/msuman2k4/b bsps2006.jpg

One more month until the PS3 hits the shelves and all the anti-Sony FUD will turn to the usual bitterness about "Sony once again fooling gamers with teh Hype"...

After a bit of digging, I found a larger list of titles than the two Reuters mentioned. Apparently the full list isn't available?

• Devil May Cry 4
• Blade Storm: Hundred Years War
• Mahjong Taikai
• Coded Arms: Assault
• Fatal Inertia
• The Eye of Judgement
• Warhawk
• Gran Turismo Series
• Genji
• Formula One World Championship
• Heavenly Sword
• Everybody's Golf 5
• MotorStorm
• LAIR
• Resistance: Fall of Man
• Mobile Suit Gundam
• Ridge Racer 7
• Armored Core 4

Only two I'm interested in the entire list are DMC4 and AC4. Even so, neither are enough to make me interested in blowing $600.

They are sold on-line, through outlets like Amazon.com and Music Direct. You may not have noticed, but SACD is part of the Official PS3 Specs

Buy Sony's next-gen console, get HD audio and HD video play as a bonus. Works for me.

"How much will it cost?"
It will be around $500 with all the options. $400 bare. However, this is subject to change. Companies change their pricing up to the very last minute, and Sony is no exception. Rest assured though, it will be in line with all other next generation consoles. Sony is not stupid.

"Will it be backwards-compatible?"
Yes.

"solid plan or a road map for the PS3"
The solid road map is to produce the best gaming system they can, and plan on having that system out for 5 to 6 years; anything else is just a bonus.

"Why are they using blu-ray?"
Because of the increased storage of Blue-Ray and they love the additional copy protection it provides. Again, this system is set to be out for the next 5 to 6 years. Blue-Ray will be the standard format for HD, and they can leverage the PS3 to assure that. Also, Blue-Ray runs on Java and not Microsoft own language.

"What is the H-D plan for the PS3?"
It will support a HD but not require one.

"Why are they using bluetooth?"
The controllers can be bluetooth. Bluetooth works better for controllers than the 802.11X setup. The 802.11X was found to sometimes drop signal, and few things piss off gamers than poor controllers.

"What are their online plans?"
They will have an online service similar to Xbox live. This is somewhat new to Sony but remember that they do run some very large online games and will leverage that knowlege.

"Sony needs to get the public informed about the PS3"
They have, at E3 and other events. Like Apple, Sony gets a lot of press on what they "might" do.

Now the only thing that appears to be changing is the controller. The "bat-erang" as it has been called will probably be changing. Other than that the spec's have been set in stone for a while. We know the processing power, the graphics card, the output of the card (1080P, 1080i, 720p). We know that it will have a blue-ray disc. We have even seen some demos of games. We know that it uses a subset of OpenGL (not DirectX), so porting games to other non Microsoft systems should be far easier. In short we know a lot, just not the release date, nor the titles at launch.

A good site for news is:
http://www.ps3land.com/

Games just aren't as fun as it used to be.

I just realized why... I think it is time to grow up and have a real job, maybe get a girlfriend...

(*thinks about the future*)

Nah... It can wait PS3 and Nintendo Revolution...

and get yourself PSP or the Playstation 3 http://www.ps3land.com/.

65nm, 300mm wafer.

"Cell is going to be like IBM's Deep Blue integrated on one chip," said Ken Kutaragi, chief executive officer of SCEI, referring to IBM's chess-playing supercomputer, which is based on a massively parallel architecture.

"One Cell processor will have, say, 1 teraflops performance. One thousand Cells make 1 petaflops performance. Then 1,000 of these 1,000 Cells can combine.

"We are planning to create a processor architecture that makes this network connection possible. We will focus on processors. The day when processors can truly link together will surely come. This project is such a huge challenge," said Kutaragi.

Seems pretty damned focussed to me. The Cell chip looks to be well on schedule..

But I know what you mean; I'd like to have one next week, too. How much do you think a prototype Cell chip would cost?