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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. too many mirrors... by HTL2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    guess we wont be taking any servers down on this article...

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    1. Re:too many mirrors... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'll enumerate.
      1, 2, 3, 4, 5,...Is that good enough for you. Sorry I'm trolling

  2. Re:Boomerang by bosz · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think it is shaped that way, so that if you get really mad because you lost for the 100th time, you can throw the controller away and it will come back to you as a boomerang. You don't have to get up anymore to get te controller.

  3. The Controller..OMG by cOdEgUru · · Score: 5, Funny

    The top five reasons why Sony might want to rethink the controller design:

    1) Players would use it as a boomerang to exact revenge on their opponents outside the realm of the PS3

    2) A certain religious group might object to the "crescent" shaped design and might get their panties in a knot.

    3) The controller ends up being a tool to massage your pressure points and used less for gaming

    4) Female Players take it further and use it to simulate two spots at once. Oh goody!

    5) It looks like one of those guns in Battle Field Earth

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    1. Re:The Controller..OMG by FunWithHeadlines · · Score: 5, Funny
      "Hmm, just curious... What two spots do women need to simulate? :-)"

      The centers of the brain that are stimulated by chocolate and shopping. Of course. Why, what were you thinking?

  4. Re:Why 7? by killmenow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why not 6, Blake? Why not 6?

  5. Re:The controller by xxavierg · · Score: 5, Funny

    that is a really disturbing post. perhaps "girlfriend" or "wife" or "partner" instead of sister would make it a little less...uhh...wrong...

  6. Re:Controller by Gudlyf · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard each controller comes with a utility belt, a 300-lb. zipline and gas pellets.

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  7. Another acceptible response... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...would be "my hot, lesbian, identical twin sister".

    1. Re:Another acceptible response... by vasah20 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Seeing how pasty and beareded alot of us Slashdotters are, I think we're better off with just a "hot, lesbian sister".

  8. Re:Microsoft vaporware by John+Miles · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cool, the PS3 supports 1080p... the obvious irony being that only Bill Gates can afford an HDTV display device that can handle 1080p.

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  9. Re:Like the XBox controller by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    my hands ache from trying to squeeze something so small.

    Ahem.

  10. Re:The controller by Ruis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did they design this controller so that when you got mad at the game and chucked the controller that it would come back to you?