Playstation 3 In the Works

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 1, 2002 @01:30AM from the bring-me-my-gta4 dept.

Kredal writes "The Independent is running a story about Sony's work on a new console, being built around online games, such as Everquest Adventures and Final Fantasy 11. No word on backwards compatability, but expect it to be the X-Box killer if it is." FF11 already has me lusting.

12 of 360 comments (clear)

Old PS2 Commercial by 1WingedAngel · 2002-05-01 01:34 · Score: 3, Funny

Only 6 more versions 'till the PS9 with inhalable spores that make you hallucinate the game!

Tim
damn-it!!!! by the_2nd_coming · 2002-05-01 01:40 · Score: 2, Funny

do you know what I had to go through to get my Wife to let be buy a PS2?

I told her that the console market is not like the PC market. Consoles stay around for a few years. I then pointed to the fact that the PS1 had been around since the early 90's.

now what the hell am I going to say to get this sucker!!!!

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1. Re:damn-it!!!! by Indras · 2002-05-01 02:09 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  now what the hell am I going to say to get this sucker!!!!
  
  Just buy it. Trust me, it's easier to get forgiveness than permission.
  
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2. Re:damn-it!!!! by jgerman · 2002-05-01 02:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Easy, pile up her shoes, add the price of them up, show that it's more than a Ps2, PS3, and PS4 combined. ;0
  
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ARR MATEY by ANY5546 · 2002-05-01 01:41 · Score: 1, Funny

So this means I have to shell out another $300 for the console but prolly $40 for a network adapter plus $50 per game plus online fees. I have to get another job, maybe sony is hiring beta testers?

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Re:This just in... by the_2nd_coming · 2002-05-01 01:43 · Score: 2, Funny

I can see it now,

the PS4 will be fully modular so that you can swap out an old part with a newr faster and better one. isn't that one of the cool things abot the Xbox? the Video card is removable?

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I hope it works ;-) by Linux+Freak · 2002-05-01 01:44 · Score: 4, Funny

I hope it works better than the PS/2 Linux kit I just got and have to RMA back to Sony. ;-)

My tongue-in-cheek experiences are available her for your reading enjoyment.
"expect it to be the X-Box killer"??? by Wakko+Warner · 2002-05-01 01:55 · Score: 2, Funny

Er, didn't the X-Box do a pretty good job of that all by itself?

(Wouldn't the PS2 be one, too?)

- A.P.

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this is a shock by tps12 · 2002-05-01 02:00 · Score: 5, Funny

I had no idea they were planning on making yet another console! I thought the PS2 was going to be the last, best one, and now I find out it's going to be obsolete!
I have been caught completely off guard by similar reports on slashdot in the past. Apparently, Apple is planning a G5 processor (as if the G4 weren't fast enough!), Microsoft is supposedly working on an operating system to replace XP, and the 2.5 branch will not be the last iteration of the Linux kernel.

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Re:Classics? by vena · 2002-05-01 02:11 · Score: 2, Funny

f your super nintendo, i'm rocking colecovision!
Earlier news by xenocide2 · 2002-05-01 03:13 · Score: 2, Funny

about the ps3 can be found here.

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Re:Keeping costs down and still beating Microsoft. by lys1123 · 2002-05-01 04:17 · Score: 2, Funny

Artificial Intelligence is lightyears away from Human Intelligence.

Have you ever actually PLAYED Everquest?

Steeeve shouts, 'DING! Level 2!'
Baddaz shouts, 'HELP'
Luzer shouts, 'SOW plz!!!'
Zippyshorts shouts, 'We can't help you if you don't give us your LOC'
Luzer shouts, 'SOW PLZ!!!'
Regdum shouts 'WTS Spiderling Silk'
Splattt shouts 'What Level are Kodiaks?'
Luzer shouts, 'I NEED SOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
Splattt shouts 'Can Anyone help me find my corpse?'