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PS3 Production 'In Full Swing'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-mean-a-thing-if-you-aint-got-that-swing dept.

1up is reporting on comments from Phil Harrison, saying that the PS3 is in full production mode. There are apparently already 10,000 devkits out there, and something like 100 games in the pipe already for the console. From the article: "Sounds pretty much like the usual rah-rah, go-team kind of stuff you'd expect to hear before a major system launch, but mentions of third-party support become far more interesting when you learn that many folks, both within Sony and without, are apparently 'scared of the wrath of Phil Harrison,' according to a Guardian source. Are third-party developers as excited and supportive as Harrison would have us believe, or are they just scared of receiving a Sony-flavored beat down?"

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  1. FUD Turns To Bitterness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ah yes, the approaching launch of the dominant console. Dark days for fans of other consoles. The heady days of wild and uncontrolled FUD driven by burning hate from previous defeats in the console marketplace turn to bitterness as it becomes clear that once again the months and months of FUD have been for naught.

    What was 'teh PS3 is Doomed!' from the Dreamcast/Xbox/Xbox 360 fanboys becomes 'Sony is once again fooling people with teh Hype!' as those very same 100+ million console players go out and buy PS3s...

    It's like sitting in a theatre and watching the same movie over and over again...

  2. Amazing Console by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The $499 PS3:

    1080p BluRay movies over component
    BluRay Live support - additional dynamic content updates and information for movies
    DLNA compliance - http://www.dlna.org/home/
    1080p Games over component
    Free online play for all non-MMORPG titles - confirmed over and over again by Sony
    Full backwards compatibility for all PS1 titles
    Full backwards compatiblity for all PS2 titles - PS2 chips included in the PS3
    Linux
    Online movie and music store
    Webbrowsing and other desktop apps
    Tilt controller
    Every single developer that supported the PS2 onboard with their games for the PS3
    All parts of the system except the HDMI port are upgradeable
    Harddrive upgradeable with stadard store bought drives

    For 100 dollars more you get:

    60 gig harddrive
    WiFi
    HDMI

    Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo, Ratchet and Clank, that Naughty Dog Jungle Game, Lair, Heavenly Sword, God of War...

    Internal power supply.
    The PS3 is supposed to be as quiet as the new model PS2 - very quiet.

  3. Re:Zonk - Are You...Crying? by Valthan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If by suicide watch you mean sit there with some popcorn and watch him commit it while munching and laughing...

    --
    --Valthan