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PlayStation 3 Unveiled
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.
That's because it's been *years* since they've been in the technological lead.
Has Nintendo EVER been in the technical lead?
The PSP is technically far superior to any Nintendo portable including the DS. Nintendo's ARM processors don't even have the power to natively decode MP3.
The Gamecube is a much weaker machine than the Xbox or the PS2, if you go by their respective spec sheets.
Ditto the N64 when compared to the PSX or Saturn.
A lot was said about the "Mode 7" hardware rotation and scaling of the SNES, but its CPU clock was half of that of the Genesis. Sega used this "blast processing" advantage to just do graphics effects in software.
The NES had weak graphics capabilities compared to the Sega Master System.
And, most tellingly, the original GameBoy was an underpowered piece of crap compared to the Lynx, the Game Gear, and the TurboXpress. 2-bit grayscale? You've got to be kidding me. And yet, because they had the best games and the best battery life, they dominated the market.