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Sony To Unveil PSX All-In-One Device Next Week

Posted by simoniker on from the praying-to-the-white-god dept.

Thanks to Forbes/Reuters for the news that Sony will unveil its PS2-based, all-in-one PSX game device to the public next week. According to the article, "The PSX, which packs a TV tuner, DVD recorder, hard-disk drive, and the Playstation 2 game player into a single white box, will be unveiled at the CEATEC Japan 2003 industry show... near Tokyo, on Tuesday." Consumers may be seeing the PSX sooner, rather than later, since "Sony plans to launch the machine in Japan before the end of this year, and in Europe and the United States early next year", but unfortunately, "a spokesman for Sony said on Friday the exact launch timetable and pricing were yet to be decided."

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  1. Cute. by drosselmeyer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does it have a kitchen sink too?

    Seriously, this is interesting, but I can't help but wonder if there's a future in such appliance-like combo devices. Unlike the honest-to-god simple game consoles, which survive through their software, these seem to go obsolete much quicker.

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  2. Re:Its a good idea in theory by BigDork1001 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You bring up a good point. You already have a PS2. A lot of people already have a PS2. So is there really all that much of a market for this? Not only that, this will more than likely be more expensive. Will that hurt sales? I'm not so sure this will be a big seller.

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  3. So ... did Sony just ruin its Christmas market? by torpor · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I mean, if its not going to be available until next year, who is going to buy a PS2 these days?

    Bone-heads ... its just like the short-lived days of MSX, oddly enough.

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  4. The name by Kethinov · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's been said already in previous discussions, but I still can't get over how stupid Sony is to name it the "PSX".

    Playstation 1 was called PSX for short.
    Playstation 2 was called PS2 for short.
    The Playstation X is going to be called PSX for short.
    And nobody saw this as a problem?

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