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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Yongsta - Monday, May 16, 2005 - link
"To show off the PlayStation 3's graphical brawn, Sony showed several game demos, including an Unreal 3 tech demo of what appeared to be Unreal Tournament 2007. In what must come as a relief to developers, Epic Games' Tim Sweeney was on hand to vouch for the PS3, saying it was "easy to program for" and that Epic had received its first PS3 hardware two months ago. He proved the tech demo was real time by showing it again and by manipulating the camera and zooming in.However, Sweeney's words were only the beginning. Later, Sony trotted out a whole host of publishers that are backing the PlayStation 3. And in the process, it confirmed several games for the console. Hideo Kojima introduced Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4, Capcom showed off Devil May Cry 4, Namco unveiled Tekken 6, Polyphony Digital trotted out Gran Turismo 5, SCEE showed off a brutal section of the next Killzone, and Rockstar Games mentioned that a Grand Theft Auto would be released for the console."