PS3 may be delayed until 2007 in Amerrrica

[PaulG]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16/news_6124681.html?q=1

 

[WhirlwindMonk]

That FF VII tech demo...I swore my allegiance to the PC. I also swore that I would not decide to buy any system until they are all tried and tested and I see the final game selection. But that just made me change my mind. I MUST HAVE IT!!!!

 

[PaulG]

Do yourself a favor and check out the Killzone 2 video. The explosion and smoke effects are out of this world!!! Also, what do you guys think of the design of the console?

 

[Ichigo Giroro]

Hahaha, the controllers are...strange looking, I wonder if they will be comfortable in the hands? The color and design on the outside of the box looks pretty impressive itself, I really want to test a game on it T^T

 

[Veiled Viper]

The design is pretty sharp,if I say so myself!Wonder if the 360 will come in more than 1 color?

 

[Lithium Hobo]

The controller looks like a bat-a-rang. Also, the design of the console looks kinda ripped from the Xbox 360.

 

[Veiled Viper]

Curious to see how that controller will feel.Might just slip out of your hands.

The controller looks like a bat-a-rang. Also, the design of the console looks kinda ripped from the Xbox 360.

 

[Quantum_Man]

Aw man if they actually re-released FF7 for the PS3 I might actually give in. I'm in the same exact boat as Whirlwindmonk! I've swore sole allegiance to my PC, lol. Can you imagine what the Summons would look like with those graphics!?!?! :faints:

 

[PEANUT]

Design looks sharp?

I reckon it looks ugly! It looks like a cross between an old VCR player in the 80's and a breville toastie maker! And the controllers look like a rip-off of the Microsoft Sidewinder pads for the PC.

Hopefully that wont matter if the machine is powerful.

 

[Felron]

Does anybody else think it looks kinda like a printer?

 

[MJ_Avalanche]

I think it looks like a George Foreman grill, personally.

PS3 + XBox360 Designs = Uninspired, tired, lame, and just to blah for my tastes. Props if you like it. I don't.

 

[Veiled Viper]

Kids.

 

[MiccyNarc]

I don't care what the system looks like really. Watch the videos (especially the rubber ducky in bathtub demonstration) then pass judgment.

 

[skysthelimit]

Sony also unveiled the PS3's graphics chip, the RSX "Reality Synthesizer," which is based on Nvidia technology. The GPU will be capable of 128bit pixel precision and 1080p resolution--some of the highest HD resolution around. The RSX also has 512MB of graphics render memory and is capable of 100 billion shader operations and 51 billion dot products per second. It also has more than 300 million transistors, larger than any processor commercially available today. It will be manufactured using the 90nm process, with eight layers of metal. The RSX is more powerful than two GeForce 6800 Ultra video cards, which would cost roughly $1,000 total if purchased today.

That's the only paragraph I needed to convince me

 

[WhirlwindMonk]

Aw man if they actually re-released FF7 for the PS3 I might actually give in. I'm in the same exact boat as Whirlwindmonk! I've swore sole allegiance to my PC, lol. Can you imagine what the Summons would look like with those graphics!?!?! :faints:

*drool*

 

[ravendta]

Yeah, personally I don't think ANY console designs from the past few generations have been very pleasing to the eye. But I don't buy a console to stare at the unit, I buy it to play the games.

Anyone else notice that, not only does Sony have the bat-a-rang controller, but they also have the SpiderMan font for the logo?

 

[ik_spreek_nederlands]

Yes, the playstation 3 has finally been revealed!!!
PLAYSTATION 3 SPECIFICATIONS

CPU: Cell Processor PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
--1 VMX vector unit per core
--512KB L2 cache
--7 x SPE @3.2GHz
--7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
--7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
--*1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
--Total floating point performance: 218 gigaflops

GPU RSX @ 550MHz
--1.8 TFLOPS floating point Performance
--Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
--Multi-way programmable parallel Floating point shader pipelines
--Sound Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-based processing)

MEMORY
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
System Bandwidth Main RAM-- 25.6GB/s
VRAM--22.4GB/s
RSX-- 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

SYSTEM FLOATING POINT PERFORMANCE:
2 teraflops

STORAGE
--HDD Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
--I/O--USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
--Memory Stickstandard/Duo, PRO x 1
--SD standard/mini x 1
--CompactFlash(Type I, II) x 1

COMMUNICATION
--Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
--Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
--Bluetooth--Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
--ControllerBluetooth (up to 7)
--USB 2.0 (wired)
--Wi-Fi (PSP)
--Network (over IP)

AV OUTPUT
Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI out x 2
AV multi out x 1
Digital out (optical) x 1

DISC MEDIA
CD
PlayStation CD-ROM
PlayStation2 CD-ROM
CD-DA
CD-DA (ROM),
CD-R,
CD-RW
SACD Hybrid (CD layer),
SACD HD
DualDisc (audio side)
DualDisc (DVD side)
PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM
DVD-ROM
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD+R,
DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc
PlayStation 3 BD-ROM
BD-ROM
BD

 

[Isidore_AK]

Must have PS3... :drool:

 

[gweneviere]

lol, I was going to say that the font looked like spiderman, then it slipped my mind. I wonder why they did that. It's so obvious, I would think that they would want their own font for their console. But if nothing else, it generates buzz, so maybe that was the motivation.

 

[MJ_Avalanche]

Kids.

Kids who grew up on the almighty Nintendo, thank you very much.