Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Sony Announces a Super Playstation 2, the "PSX"

Posted by michael on from the it's-all-about-the-X dept.

Doctor_No writes "Sony has announced a souped-up Playstation 2 in Japan. The machine, named the "PSX", comes with 120GB hard drive and a DVD+/-RW for recording videos and DVR features much like Sony's Cocoon. The machine will be released sometime in 2003, and come with a service that offers multimedia content such as video and music through internet connectivity. If you live in Japan, it will also come with a BS tuner; which is a Japanese Satellite Broadcast tuner. The new machine also boasts a real-time OS, USB 2.0, Memorystick slot, and a connection with Sony's Portable handheld, the "PSP". UBS Warburg has an article here, but these two Japanese sites offer better information (albeit in Japanese); Watch Impress, ZDnet Japan. Here is a rather large PDF presentation."

28 of 425 comments (clear)

  1. BS tuner by bobba22 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In my line of work, I wish I had one of those.

    1. Re:BS tuner by Xytras · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, in almost any type of work, you really need a BS tuner to be able to talk to the upper echelons

  2. Re:RIAA/MPAA Nightmare by Soporific · · Score: 5, Funny

    All they need to do is bundle Kazaa with it.

    ~S

  3. Imagine by cscx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of Playstation 2's!

  4. Guesstimated timeline: by xYoni69x · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. PSX, the Playstation 2 with 120GB HD, DVD+/-RW, USB 2.0 and more, is released.
    2. A modchip is released.
    3. Linux is installed on it.
    4. Everyone slowly realizes it's really a computer. YOU GUYS!!!

    --
    void*x=(*((void*(*)())&(x=(void*)0xfdeb58)))();
    1. Re:Guesstimated timeline: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      Consoles aren't computers. Consoles are better than computers. With a console I don't have to go out and buy a brand new $300 video card every six months to be able to play the latest games.

      Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go out and buy the newest $500 console so I can play the latest games.

  5. to hell with RTFA - I WANT one!! by tnak · · Score: 4, Funny

    This just became my number one desire in the world. Even above a job. Even above sex with another person. Even above a job having sex with another person

    1. Re:to hell with RTFA - I WANT one!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Please report to the tattoo parlor to have a giant "L" tattooed to your forehead immediately. Despite the low probability, Central Control is very worried that otherwise you might accidentally breed.

  6. gulp by boogy+nightmare · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time for a cold shower...

    i have never seen anything inhuman that sexy (in fact sexier then some females.. trust me)

    --
    Kingdom of Loathing (www.kingdomofloathing.com) Addicted is me
    1. Re:gulp by NerdSlayer · · Score: 4, Funny

      i have never seen anything inhuman that sexy (in fact sexier then some females.. trust me)

      Okay, because I've never seen a "female" in real life before, I'll take your word for it. I hope one day to meet one of these "females" that I've heard so much about.

    2. Re:gulp by NerdSlayer · · Score: 1, Funny

      Oooh... show me some sexy ladies like these:

      hottie

      You know what I love best about belly shirts? A big fat belly sticking out underneath it.

      a) those bitches are fat.
      b) she obviously kisses like a horse.
      b) goth is out.
      c) no, really, goth was out 4 years ago
      d) Anthrax isn't fucking goth.

      In summation, you are a nerd, and so are all of your nerd friends. Your SQL doesn't make sense, nor is it funny.

      Step into the 21st century. Give me your address and I'll send you some glowsticks and blow pops. Half of your friends dress like raver kiddies anyways.

  7. Good naming strategy by worst_name_ever · · Score: 5, Funny
    First Playstation: PSX
    Second Playstation: PS2
    Third Playstation: PSX

    I can't wait to try out the new "PS2" when it's released in 2005!

    --

    In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
    1. Re:Good naming strategy by Ralph+Wiggam · · Score: 2, Funny

      They should call it the PSX2, PS22, or maybe PS2II.

      -B

    2. Re:Good naming strategy by eht · · Score: 2, Funny

      well OS X v10.2 was already taken

    3. Re:Good naming strategy by MikeFM · · Score: 3, Funny

      As sexy as everyone seems to think this unit looks maybe they should call it the PS XXX?

      --
      At what price learning? At what cost wisdom? The price is a man's peace of mind, and the cost is his life.
  8. a BS tuner? by mr_luc · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you live in Japan, it will also come with a BS tuner;

    It gets Fox News?

  9. no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    i buy all products solely on the basis of whether or not, and how many, x'es are in the name.

    you insensitive clod?

    1. Re:no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I only do that when it comes to movies. XXX is usually better than just X.

  10. apt-get PSX also announced by Debian+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny
    Huzzah for Sony! If you scroll right down to the bottom of their press release page, there is a small paragraph about the inclusion of apt-get for PSX being included in this new PlayStation machine. Basically this will allow you to easily install the latest GNU-games on your PSX. I have it on good authority that at least 3 titles are being prepared for distribution in the apt-get PSX format.

    Bruce Peren's Splinter Cell
    Cast out by his former employers, long-time Debian zealot Bruce Perens must adopt covert tactics and GNU/skill to get back into HP headquarters and retrieve his beloved Debian coffee mug. Untold dangers await the player as they stealthily guide rogue agent Perens back through the corridors of his seedy past. Special end of level Carly Fiorina shoot-out scenes!

    Resident Evil 3: Will the Last Debian User Turn Out the Lights?
    A suspense zombie thriller. The player creeps around a deserted town, awaiting the foretold coming of the next stable release of Debian. Years of empty lonely gameplay awaits!!

    Medal of Honor: Installation Assault
    World War II themed shooter, based around the hard-fought text installation of Woody and 'automated' hardware detection routines. Play as either the Allies or Nazis, as you try and install Debian on a Panzer IV tank, a Mustang fighter, or the gas chamber control panel at Auschwitz!

  11. But what I wanna know is... by mjtiernan · · Score: 5, Funny

    does it play games?

    1. Re:But what I wanna know is... by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 2, Funny

      CAFFEINE FREE DIET Coke?

      Wouldn't it just a be a lot simpler, cheaper and nutritionally beneficial to just drink water?

      --
      That was classic intercourse!
  12. Fox News by Tighe_L · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fox news tells it like it is, you just don't want to hear it.

  13. PSX : Confusion on eBay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can already see people selling PSXes on eBay, taking advantage of the name confusion.

  14. It has a lot of features by digidave · · Score: 3, Funny

    but what they don't tell you is that it doesn't play games anymore.

    --
    The global economy is a great thing until you feel it locally.
  15. "...it will also come with a BS tuner." by PSaltyDS · · Score: 3, Funny

    You mean this thing brings in slashdot?

    :-)

    My employer made me use this OS, what's your excuse?

    --
    Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. - Geek's corollary to Clarke's law
  16. Re:Memory Stick by BJH · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmmm... an "Overrated" mod for an apology... that's just so /.-like.

  17. Re:English Translation... by xmutex · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is thanks with I send you to unto that the Babel links provided are here from you copied.

    --

    jack's bicycle is music to my ears
  18. Re:RIAA/MPAA Nightmare by warmcat · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm not sure if or what Japan's version of the MPAA is.

    I believe they are known as the Yakuza