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PlayStation 3 Unveiled

Posted by Zonk on from the psp-and-bluetooth-and-boomerangs-oh-my! dept.

The PlayStation 3 was unveiled yesterday afternoon in a press conference at Sony Pictures Studio. The event was full of beautiful demonstrations, specifications, and talk of the games of tomorrow. The machine is certainly impressive, with backwards compatibility, support for up to seven Bluetooth controllers, multiple HD signals, and intimate interactions with the PSP. Coverage, screenshots, and specs available from 1up.com, Gamespot, Joystiq, NYT, Voodoo Extreme, Gamespy, BBC, GamesIndustry.biz, Engadget, Anandtech, Kotaku, Gamasutra, and CNN Money. The only downside I see so far? The controller. Update: 05/18 21:35 GMT by Z : Gamespot has up a comprehensive look at the console based on what is known so far.

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  1. So.... by mattmentecky · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is it just me or did both PS3 and Xbox360 designers try really hard to make a console in the vain light of iPod popularity?

  2. Re:Missing Christmas? by Dogers · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Sony never really planned to have the PS3 out this year, so why would something be wrong?


    Hurrah! Continuing in the past Sony successes..

    PS2, hardware died early
    PSP, crappy button and dead pixels
    PS3, TBA
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    I am a viral sig. Please copy me and help me spread. Thank you.
  3. Clash of the titans by inherent+monkey+love · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    With as much money as Microsoft is throwing at this effort, its interesting to see how well they're not doing. Sony beat Microsoft out of the gate with the PS2 and essentially captured the market (arguments about how much nicer the XBox is than the PS2 aside, Sony still sold 2098309548230958 more units). Now they announce a little later, but with a product that looks like an nerd's wet dream.

    It's a nice example of what happens when you have high quality engineers being thrown at a problem instead of big huge piles of money.

  4. Re:Sony SDK ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Please stop being yet another mindless idiot:

    "Sony is notorious for having bad SDK's for their hardware"

    "Although it's unclear what the Xbox or PS3 SDK is like, my guess is that Xbox 360 dev kit is going to be easier than the Sony one, simply because it's what Microsoft does; make software and programming tools."

    Uh, no it's not. It's just unclear to some random idiot like you.

    Go back to Usenet or teamxbox or where ever the fuck you get the garbage you're parroting here.