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PlayStation 3 To Debut at E3 2005

Posted by Hemos on from the showing-the-world dept.

Yorrike writes "According to the BBC, Sony are planning to officially reveal the PlayStation 3 at the E3 Expo in May 2005. They're obviously not wanting to be outdone by Nintendo, who announced the same plans for the GameCube successor, as well as Xbox 2's rumored debut around that time. Looks like E3 2005 is going to be a biggy." Worth noting that's not the ship date, but when people will see it.

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  1. Re:New Gamecube? by Wild+Bill+TX · · Score: 5, Informative

    I thought Nintendo was going the same route as Sega which was not to release any more consols?

    A while back, Nintendo's Satoru Iwata declared, "When we withdraw from the home game console, that's when we withdraw from the video game business."

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    Audioscrobbler
  2. Misleading, it's sooner than that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative
    News from Dengeki including a powerpoint slide from the actual presentation:
    link

    Sony is planning on announcing its new system before the end of (FY) 2004, and unveiling a playable prototype at E3. Looking forward to it!

  3. Re:Rambus scuttlebutt? by inkdesign · · Score: 5, Informative

    Fraid not brother,as PS3 will use RAMBUS memory.
    http://www.ps3insider.com/modules.php?nam e=News&fi le=article&sid=122
    (XDR on Schedule for Mid-2005)

  4. Re:Oh fun by hawkbug · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, I know 3 people with PS2s that ended up not working, and it has nothing to do with modding. It has to do with watching dvds on them. The damn lasers in the PS2 are worthless, the new models are better, but the old ones are horrible. First gen PS2 was a huge pile of crap in a lot of ways (it was noisy and the laser sucked to name a few). After a while, these PS2s quit loading DVD based PS2 games and DVD movies. The still seem to load CD based (blue backed games) without issue in most cases, even though the laser is extremely noisy when loading blue games. Enough evidence for you? Don't get me wrong - I own a PS2, and will also own a PS3. Why? Backwards compatibility. Xbox won't have it, Nintendo never has it, so PS3 it is.

  5. This is why you are wrong by neflite · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think you forgot to mention that those games 90% of the time ARE the best games of their time. Of course, this is only opinion. But, if you go to gamestats and check Highest Rated top 10 list, three of them are ZeldaX and MarioX, and two are in the top three. This has to show for something. Oh and also look at Most Wanted top 10.. Is it that hard to believe that Zelda (as of reading it now) is #1?

  6. Re:News Update? March 2005 release date by maddogjt · · Score: 3, Informative

    Check your article again, PSP not PS3. They will have their new handheld out by March 2005, but I would be very suprised if we saw PS3 before mid-2006, especially in the US.