Playstation 3 In the Works

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.

Comments

PS2.5?

[SanLouBlues]

It darn well better be backwards compatible, or they'll piss off a lot of developers. And the majority of the world that doesn't have broadband . . .

This just in...

[Drakino]

...companies around the world work on new products, and many focused on the same market as previous products. More news on this odd occurance as we get more.

But seriosuly, if noone expected Sony to do anything to move to the PS3 some day, they don't understand buisness much. And online is the future by what everyone is saying, so makes sense.

With more and more gamers playing consoles, expect some expectations of faster upgrades and such to start occuring.

Backwards Compatability

[foondog]

I sure hope that Sony continues to make systems that are backwards compatable. I think that really gave Sony a major edge over the Nintendo Game Cube. Games are really expensive and it's nice to be able to continue playing the games on newer systems. Otherwise you either don't play the older games anymore or you have several systems connected in a giant mess to your TV. It might prevent Sony from using media that has more data on it, but I think they would be more successful keeping with a backwards compatable system.

FoonDog

Price Drop on PS2

[thryllkill]

Maybe I didn't see it anywhere in the realm of video gaming news, but they should really consider dropping the price of the PS2 here in America before they try getting people hyped for the next thing that is probably 3 years down the road anyways. Sure I shelled out $300 for the thing, but a lot of my friends who are not as "Hard core" a gamer as I have frequently complained about the price. They are just not willing the shell out that kind of cash, and rightly so.

Also maybe Sony should take their time and develope a quality console that will meet the needs of the gaming public, even if it takes a few extra months to a year. They have already demonstrated their market dominence over the superior (hardware wise) machines of their competition. Points to consider, make it easier to program, anti-aliasing (!!!), ditch the 2 controller model (multi taps suck, four controller ports on board is great), for that matter peripherals on a console suck.

I look forward to the PS3, but please, take you time and give me something remotely worth the ammount money I am going to have to drop on this thing (and the ammount of time I am going to have to spend in line to get the damn thing on launch day)...