Sony Introduces Playstation 3, to launch in 2006
by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 16, 2005 9:12 PM EST- Posted in
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Playstation 3 Storage and Outputs
The PS3 will support a number of optical storage media, but fundamentally the PS3 will be a Blu-ray machine.
The PS3, like the Xbox 360, will feature a removable 2.5" HDD. No word on size.
The Playstation 3 will also have a two port GigE router according to the presentation, as well as built-in Wi-Fi 802.11b/g.
The PS3 will support up to 7 controllers using its internal Bluetooth controller (compared to Xbox 360's 4 controller support). The implication is that PS3 will use Bluetooth wireless controllers by default.
You will also be able to connect to the PS3 using a PSP over a WiFi connection.
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AnnihilatorX - Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - link
#37"why 7 controllers? "
Because the Cell has only 7 SPE units :P
cryptonomicon - Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - link
HOLY SHIT SONprobedb - Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - link
Finally maybe consoles that I'll buy :) I hope they do 1080i over component and not just HDMI or we're screwed!Cdeck - Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - link
i had a feeling the ps3 would smoke the xbox 360. ms's only hope was to get theirs out early.any word on sony's online gaming? free? not so free? hardwired to your bank account like ms?
ElFenix - Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - link
37 - if you count the number of controllers in the PS3 connectivity picture on page 3 you get 8. one of them is connected with a solid green line rather than the dashed blue lines of all the others. as the USB stuff is marked with green lines, i guess this is just a wired USB controller. as the controller is blue like the rest, i guess maybe each controller could be wireless or plugged in.sprockkets - Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - link
why 7 controllers?seems the only way one is going to be perhaps better than another console another is due to physics processing.
by the time it's ready to be made, they might as well make the cell processor on a 65nm process.
dual gbe and other stuff does make for a lot of potential, at least for networking in the house.
Jynx980 - Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - link
Very nice pictures of the demos. Its gotta be tough to get a decent shot in the pit.Any word if the games have to support 720p like the Xbox 360?
Xajel - Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - link
WOW...nice introduction anand
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bob661 - Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - link
Wow. I wasn't expecting this. How about those Unreal shots?Pythias - Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - link
Aw! Did i hurtems widdle feewins?