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1 Million PlayStation 3s Shipped
The word from Gamasutra is that Sony is boasting 1 million PS3s shipped. They hope to have 6 million units out the door by the end of this year. This came from Sony's CES press conference, which only touched briefly on their new system. Hints were, though, that they'll be rolling out an IPTV system for many of their consumer electronics via the Xross GUI already in use on the PSP and PS3. From the article: "According to the company, the majority of new Sony televisions -- starting with several Bravia flat-panel LCD TVs this spring -- will accept an attachable module that can stream broadband high-definition and other Internet video content with the press of a remote control button. The module will be available this summer, and content will come from sources including AOL, Yahoo! and Grouper, now part of Sony Pictures Entertainment, as well as Sony Pictures itself and Sony BMG - however, none of this streaming video content has yet been confirmed for the PlayStation 3."
> Until the end of March I'd say.
Hardly. The 360 was still not available in decent quantities even then in 2006. No one is writing it off anymore in the US market.
> And if it can't get the games, it'll probably end up like the GameCube..making games for it's core audience, but little beyond that.
You're aware, aren't you, that Sony's "core audience" is defined by about a hundred million PlayStation 2 consoles? Sheesh. I'm one of those PS2 owners, and I'm holding out on the PS3 for myriad reasons (the lack of a hit game being the main reason -- Resistance just isn't my type of game), so I think Sony might have some bumps in the road for the PS3 too, but it's a little early to be writing the obits.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
Of course, like the monkeyman says, it's about "developers! developers! developers!" It's not like Sony is chasing those third party developers away these days, is it? Given the amount of A-list development studios they own outright, they can hardly produce less content now than from the PS2 days. Actual industry relations stories that shed light on that sort of thing would certainly be more interesting to hear than the fanboi spew that hasn't really changed its tune since the 80's, but I'm not holding my breath to see slashdot's editorship rise to that level.
As for GT "defining" the PS2: that's a curious choice. Most people I talk to think of JRPG's when the PS2 is mentioned.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.