Sony Announces a Super Playstation 2, the "PSX"

Posted by michael on Wednesday May 28, 2003 @01:09AM 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."

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Re:Memory Stick by Alan+Partridge · 2003-05-28 02:33 · Score: 0, Troll

that's LOSE

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Re:2005 in Europe... by I+Love+Soup · 2003-05-28 04:04 · Score: 0, Troll

Hello? Forgetting Mobile phones and their technologies?
Americans are still using what, styrofoam cups and strings?

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Re:Odd decision by RoLi · 2003-05-28 04:24 · Score: 0, Troll

What about 4) the 5 year old PS2 design is vastly superior to the 20 year old x86 design with extra graphics chips on top and they can wipe the floor with the XBox by just rising the clockrate and still make money on the hardware?
Actually, CPU-speed is no primary concern. For most people - normal people, not nerds wanking over benchmarks - the PS2 is already good enough for anything that can be shown on TV-resolution.
I'd rather have a nice silent PSX @ conservative 500MHz (about twice as fast as the PS2) than a loud, running hot XBox monster.