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Sony Discusses Plans for the Playstation 3
1+1trouble writes: "Gamespot is running an article outlining some rough features of the PS3. There isn't much to be said yet, but you can certainly see where Sony is going with it. I wouldn't be surprised if they struck some kind of deal with Tivo. From the sound of it, one can hardly tell if it will be a gaming console at all." I still don't have a PS2, why am I caring about the PS3, huh? I need my Tekken Tag! Curse CowboyNeal!
Certainly any statements about Playstation 3 are for the same purpose as the initial tiny 'leaked' tid-bits of the PS2 way back when -- hype. The hype machine stole Dreamcast sales from Sega, because of those people waiting for a PS2. So Sony wants to have the hype on PS3 early so that even some people will think twice before they buy a Microsoft X-Box 2.
However I am not surprised they would start on the PS3 right away, since they have the lifetime of the PS2 to design it. It's not like the video card industry. In order to stay competitive (the release cycles are insane for video cards) companies like Nvidia and ATI are forced to sometimes have three teams working on three separate products -- the next chip, the one after that and the one after that. In order to have a release every 5-6 months or so, they don't have the luxury all the time of building on previous chips all the time. So several teams have to work concurrently to get that chip out and stay competitive.
shouldn't they be more concerned about getting playstation 2's out, inexpensive, and available? it's still hard to find them. that's a major problem with game consoles, and how the PC has them beat-manufacturers are always too many generations ahead in thought. screw the PS3 for now. Sony should worry about making the PS2 the console they promised it to be.
If my experience with the PS2 is any indication (buy PS2, realize all the games suck, buy Dreamcast, achieve happiness), I should be a lot more excited about Sega's next console than Sony's. Sony may know how to hype (how the hell did they figure out how to hype the PS3 before anyone has a PS2?), but Sega figured out how to release a good console with great games. Screw the hype-- I'm going with the one I enjoy more.
One of the main contributors to the development of PS3 is a committee from Iraq, who shared their opinions on what they would like to see in the next release of this powerful console. Some of the requested features include self-guiding missiles support, stronger console casing, able to withstand the rugged military life, as well as an Arabic interface.
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The PS3 is total vapourware beyond any vapourware ever seen before in the console business. I mean the PS2 just came out! And you are critical of Microsoft for hyping their Xbox that's coming out in six months? THE PS3 PROBABLY WON'T BE RELEASED FOR SIX YEARS!! You talking heads at slashdot need to get your heads out of your asses and stop promoting your anti-Microsoft agenda AND JUST REPORT THE NEWS! You guys are worse than CNN.
MrX
That really isn't much of an article. Ok, so there's plans for the Playstation 3 that seem to involve it being able to do everything from downloading music to landing the space shuttle from the privacy of your own home.
Well, yeah. Of course they're going to say that. Like every other company in the world they don't want to look like they've got nothing in the pipe so they come out and announce their newest product, which isn't even really designed yet, will be able to do everything imaginable.
"Hey, don't buy the XBox, in a year or two we'll have a system that can actually categorize your porn for you! None of that tedious self-sorting."
It's nothing. There's no specs, there's no hard information, there's nothing. Not even really worth reading.
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