Sony drops Router Functions from PS3

astrokid writes "Well, it has begun. Sony announced that the PlayStation 3 will no longer act as a home network router. How long before more news trickles in about the downgrading of other features?" From the GI.biz article: "Whether that means the bank of network ports on the back of the box has actually been reduced to a single port is not clear, however, as the company has previously hinted that it has other plans in mind for the multiple network ports."

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[All_Star25]

This is why it's not always a good idea to throw a list of all the features a gaming console will have too far ahead of its release date. When you make a bunch of claims ahead of time and then are confronted by issues, it's time to eat some crow.

Re:Why?

[daVinci1980]

Yes, but that seems like a case of the right hand not knowing what the left is doing.

Sony has already eloquently solved the problem of bringing together multiple gaming units and wanting to play games together.

The PSP has wireless. Ad hoc doesn't even require any setup. Don't give me 3 gigabit ports on the back. Give me one (if you must) and wireless access.

And anyone who tells you that there is any appreciable lag in wireless connections is full of crap. This is the pingout from my linux box back to my desktop, which is connected across an 802.11g connection:

PING 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2) from 192.168.1.1 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.877 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=1.00 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.855 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=0.858 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=5 ttl=128 time=0.845 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=6 ttl=128 time=0.874 ms

--- 192.168.1.2 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% loss, time 5006ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.845/0.885/1.003/0.058 ms