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Sony Announces a Super Playstation 2, the "PSX"
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."
Anyone foresee this problem?
120GB HDD + DVD-R/RW + Mod Chip = a PS2 that will make copies of it's games for you.
If you add into the equation the multimedia via internet connectivity, it sounds like you've got a multi-purpose piracy machine.
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I couldn't find anywhere that it included i.Link?Firewire. I find it hard to believe that Sony would make a multimedia product that didn't have a port or two
Maybe I just need to brush up on my Japanese.
ya ya ya. Yawn !!! PSX adds 120GB,blah,blah,... PSX looks more like XBox than PSX. Follow the leader.
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The 120gig Harddrive is nice. Anyone know if this is the size for the HD they announced this year at E3 for existing PS2s?
What with PSX being the code for the original PlayStation format, isn't this going to get a little confusing?
Or is that only a British thing?
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of all these products that have an X in their name. Just count me out; I won't be buying one.
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Irritating, isn't it?
I think it is a good idea, I would like a combined console, sat. reciever, tv recorder in one package. One could fear that such a box would be too expensive, but couldn't that be solved by making it so you could upgrade it with the diffent features.
Another problem would be the TV recording feature, I fear that it would not be available in my country to get tv listings for it. It could be solved by having a subscription service that was independent of the manufacturer of the box. But I guess they wouldn't do that unless the company that makes the box got a percentage of the subscription fee. Well, the possibilities are endless..
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Microsoft have been outdone by far. Well done Sony.
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It's about time they put a Memory Stick slot on those things. Sony put them on everything else they make.
I hope they move to using Memory Sticks for saved game storage, instead of having to buy another special card for the next console. It never made sense to me that on one hand, they're pushing these things as your personal magic solution to portable storage, then not use them on one of their biggest products.
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The articles state that the PSX would probably come out in the US in 2004. Given that the next generation of consoles is slated to arrive in 2004-2005, it seems strange that they would spend extra money on a redesign of the PS2 instead of putting their resources into the PS3.
The possibilities seem to be 1) This machine is a test bed for many of the technologies they plan to put in the PS3, and they want to use the PSX as a dry run, 2) They plan to come to market late with the PS3, and this is a stopgap measure, or 3) They're morons, and are spending all of this money to release a dated gaming system (with nifty bells and whistles) just as consumers have started salivating over the next generation.
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So, will this PS[X2] play DVD's - or will it suck in playing DVD's like the PS2[1] sucked in playing DVD's?
Maybe they name it PSX to confuse people...
"Hey, my PSX doesn't play DVD's properly!"
Sony: "Did you say PSX? Do you Mean PSOne or PS1 or PS2 or just PSX which can be PSOne, PS1 and/or PS2 which is now PSX"
"Uhm.. nevermind. I'll just keep saying that it can play DVD's. So my friends can throw shit at me..."
I'll get the emulator as soon as there is one available. Until then I'll stuck with my Gamecube which is considered FUBAR by those ELITE-SZENE-MAGIC people since the Nintendo stock quotes dropped slightly.. THEY know what makes a video game fun.. It's the producers stock quotes.
XBox fan: "Hey, Nintendo lost money! Soon it's bye, bye Nintendo and Gamecube... YOU suck..."
PS[2X] fan: "Yeah.. DIE nintendo..."
GC fan: (doesn't recognize them.. still busy playing Metroid Prime)
Maybe this is the Japanese name and they'll rebrand it for us western folks for which the original Playstation was usually called the PSX. Maybe it'll become the PS2X or something? Myself I like the name PS2 Extreme (pronounced Playstation tooooo Extreme).
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One has to wonder how they intend to use the enhanced features. It seems to me that this configuration is a toy for technophiles, and little more. With the mix of technologies, it looks like they're trying to merge a PS2 with a PVR.
If they're smart enough to do this in the PS3, and maintain backward compatibility with PS2 and PS1, they have a strong entry into the next generation. The PS2 grabbed a lot of sales because it combined a gaming console with something many people didn't have yet, but wanted - a DVD player. This next time around, they could do that same thing with a PVR, but only if Microsoft and Nintendo don't do the same thing first. Sony stole that DVD player/game console market because they were the first to market. Microsoft offered the same functionality (albeit hamstrung out of the box), but most of the people who could be coerced to buy a game console because it would also net them a DVD player had already bought a PS2.
The more I think about it, the more this looks like a proof of concept to beta test the convergence of these technologies. This PSX is a niche product at best, but it will give them a change to iron out technical issues with the PVR/console combination so the can comfortably launch the PS3 with all of this plus a new core for the console part.
The DVD burning functionality is also an interesting cross-over play when combined with the memory stick slot - it adds a new audience. It Sony can bundle the right tools in there, users will be able to pull the memory stick out of their digital cameras (and digital videocams in the mid-term), and burn those images to a DVD. The possibilities are broad, but signs point to this being an R&D product that will be sold to niches to cover some of the R&D costs.
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As a guy in Ireland with Sky Digital satellite TV, it is scary to compare the quality of Fox News, Sky News and the BBC.
Somehow, Sky News manages to be better than Fox News, despite being the same parent company (also the same company as Al-Jazeera, BTW...), but BBC news is so far superior it makes either look like a joke.
You americans don't seem to realise the sheer amount of propaganda you are spoon-fed. Sure, the BBC is hardly propaganda-free, but compared to Fox, it's amazing.
Here is what I think the US machine will be like:
1. The main unit will be somewhat bigger than today's PlayStaton 2. It will use the successor to the Emotion Engine chips found on the PS2 and will have up to 512 MB of internal RAM, with 128 MB dedicated to video memory.
2. In the main unit, there will be for base units with a 120 GB hard drive, with options for up to 320 GB hard drive. They will connect to the mainboard using Serial ATA connections.
3. Also in the main unit, there will be a standard DVD recorder drive that supports the Sony/Philips DVD-RW standard, plus eventual upgrades to blue-laser optical recorder drives that can record up to 50 GB of data on a single disc.
4. The main unit will have Sony MemoryStick support for up to 2 GB MemoryStick units.
5. Finally, the main unit will sport I/O connectors for game controllers and keyboards using USB 2.0 connections, an 100-BaseT RJ-45 Ethernet connector, and IEEE-1394b connectors support connect speed twice that of today's IEEE-1394 connections. Video outputs include 480i composite video (RCA connector), S-video (S-video connector) and component video (three RCA connectors); the component video connections can be set for 480p, 720p, and 1080i output to both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio high-end CRT's and projection TV's. It may even sport a DVI digital connector and IEEE-1394b output selection for connections to future TV's that use digital video inputs for video.
6. Through a short IEEE-1394b connection, you can buy a TV tuner unit that support current NTSC analog and ATSC digital broadcasts through over-air, cable TV and direct-broadcast satellite connections. Imagine something like DirecTiVo, but with the ability to record two programs simultaneously; Sony will use its DirecTV and TiVo licenses for such a box.
In short, Sony will have what amounts to a true home entertainment center box in at most a stackable two-box unit, one that can be your DirecTV tuner, record DirecTV broadcasts, create your own DVD discs (and eventually home-made blue-laser optical discs), play PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and "PlayStation 3" games, and surf the Internet at broadband speeds. Sounds like a great idea, if only to reduce the amount of clutter for your home entertainment center.
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1) Sony uses an innovative design. The 128Bit-64Bit multi-core emotion engine is something new and optimized for gaming and 3D. XBox' design on the other hand is just a x86 plus graphics chip. This design is a lot more efficient and streamlined than XBox' brute-force-high-clockrates design.
2) Sony's PSX will be usable as a computer, XBox will never be. Why do you think the XBox' USB connectors are incompatible on purpose? Because a) XBox is sold below cost and MS doesn't want people to use it for anything other than gaming and b) Dell, HP, etc. would be pissed if MS would start to take over their market.
Sony's PSX will be a great success. It will be cheap enough and can do everything Joe-Average wants to do (Games, web-browsing, EMail, possibly wordprocessing).
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