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PS3 Showing At Taipei Game Show

Posted by Zonk on from the maybe-something-new-even dept.

Gamespot reports that Sony will be devoting a quarter of its booth to the PS3 at next week's Taipei game show. The question is, will there be anything new? From the article: "It hasn't been disclosed whether Sony is planning something similar [to 2005's E3] with the Taipei Game Show, or if the console will finally appear in a playable form. Sony's appearance at 'the other TGS' comes just one month before Microsoft launches its Xbox 360 in Taiwan on March 16."

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  1. Maybe this'll be what we're all waiting for... by twilightzero · · Score: 3, Informative

    At the rate they're going, IBM's going to be shipping their Cell blade servers sooner than Sony ships the PS3, which is ironic in that the PS3 is what the chip was originally designed for...

    On the other hand, if they're devoting 1/4 of their booth to this, it's probably going to be something bigger than "Look, here's a new trailer!". Given the size of booth that a giant worldwide conglomerate like Sony will have, 1/4 of it would be ridiculous overkill for just trailers.

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    1. Re:Maybe this'll be what we're all waiting for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      Ignoring your misuse of 'ironic'...

      The PS3 has always been on a Spring 2006 release schedule. That schedule hasn't changed for the past five years.

      Cell was in no way specifically designed for the PS3. It has been know for a long time that IBM was going to be the first company to put out Cell based products. Actually Mercury beat them to it, no one saw that coming.

      The entire aerospace and defense industry is rapidly moving to Cell based system. There are over 200 companies working with IBM right now on developing Cell based products. Media, medical, and visualization are the main areas. The performance leap Cell chips give for their price cannot be ignored.

      Any other misinformation you have?

  2. Yes, and? by djSpinMonkey · · Score: 5, Insightful
    This seems like a non-event. I mean, did people really expect Sony to go to a trade show and, what, not mention the PS3 at all?

    In other news, the forecast for this evening is: dark, with intermittent light toward morning. Details forthcoming.

  3. Re:Next Gen Is About To Begin by masklinn · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Heh, talk about dreamwalking.

    They're using a mere 1/4th of their booth in a video game show (you know, a place where they're supposed to demo the future of the video industry, what else are they going to demo if not the PS3, PS2? no way. This means that they only have the PSP, half their booth for the PSP and 1/4th for some PS2 game doesn't tell "PS3 inc" to me) for their future console and you think it'll be ready to ship in 3 month?

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  4. Finally, confirmation... by Control+Group · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...that all the best presentations are given by Taipei personalities.

    No, I'm not sorry.

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  5. Re:Next Gen Is About To Begin by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 2, Funny

    "[...] can't find a single 360 on the shelves anywhere in the entire state of New Mexico."

    "What the hell backwater swamp do you live in?"

    Hey, if you believe this guy, I have some swampland in New Mexico to sell you...