PlayStation 3: Welcome Chang3!

Although not officially confirmed yet, below is the first PlayStation 3 picture unveiled! LOTs more to come on this shortly....and to quote from GamersReports.com and also GamesAreFun.com:

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The PS3 will ship in March, 2006 in JAPAN (earlier than what a lot of people thought before) and there will be 2 versions of PS3, but only the first version will be shipped next March, (at a price range of $299-399) with a read only Blue-Ray, and as mentioned a 120 GB hard disk capacity. The second version of PS3 will ship some months later, ( 399-599$ ) with a writer Blue-Ray, a 400 GB hard disk, for the main purpose of recording TV digitally. Specs and info:

• 1 CELL running at 4 GHZ, providing 256 GFLOPS power (1 PPE, L1 cache 32 KB, L2 cache 512 KB, and 8 SPE each one having 256 KB).
• there is 2 I/O ( input/output ) on CELL, to communicate with other parts of the console, the first I/O of the CELL has the main purpose to communicate with the unified shared (between the CELL and the GPU) XDR Ram memory ( from RAMBUS) at a 50 GB/s bandwidth ( 4 * 64 MB = 256 MB of memory )
• The second I/O is called FlexIO ( flexible input/output ) and this allow the CELL to communicate with the next generation NVIDIA GPU at a 76.8 GB/s bandwidth ( this GPU with 190 million transistors will run at a 600 MHZ, with a 32 rendering pipelines, associated with 16 MB of Toshiba Embedded DRAM of 256 GB/s bandwidth)
  
  The CELL will help the GPU in creating advanced physics for particle effects.
• retro compatibility with PS1 ( emulated by the CELL ) and PS2 ( emulated by the CELL )
• a Hard Disk of 160 GO, Ethernet port ( no modem this time ), wireless, USB2 port, and a flash stick memory duo-pro support.
• the controllers will not so much differ from those of PS2, with the main difference that they will be WIRELESS, and with better analog buttons and more varied vibration effects.
• If the first CELL IBM produced prototypes are using 90 nanometer technology, the first SDKs containing the CELL that developers will receive after 2 months will be produced with this technology, but the CELLs that will be used on PS3 ( and later SDKs ) will be produced with the 65 nanometer technology, allowing sony to decrease the costs of PS3, and to tackle the problems of HEAT.
• The PS3 will ship on MARS 2006 in JAPAN ( earlier than what a lot of people thought before ) there will be 2 versions of PS3, but only the first version will be shipped on mars 2006, ( at a price range of 299-399 $ ) with a read only blue-ray, and as mentioned a 120 GO hard disk capacity. The second version of PS3 will ship some months later, ( 399-599$ ) with a writer blue/ray, a 400 GO hard disk, for the main purpose of recording TV digital programs.

Date of releasing the PS3 on USA and Europe hasn’t been determined yet by sont but its believed that the PS3 will ship between July and October 2006 in USA and in late 2006 in Europe.

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http://www.ps2nfo.com/news/PlayStation_3.jpg


http://img227.echo.cx/img227/2185/ps3reklame2sp.jpg

Looks totally fake, but it does look good. Mabey concept art, i dont know.

Looks a bit too much like a VCR or DVD player IMO...

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Originally Posted by mike45450

Looks a bit too much like a VCR or DVD player IMO...

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Probly where there going with it. Think of it as a midea device, rather then a console. ;)

what the feck is that metal toblerone thing?

plus i doubt consoles will ever write discs :ermm:

Updated with more info

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PS3 will ship between July and October 2006 in USA

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FUCK

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

what the feck is that metal toblerone thing?

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You gusse is as good as mine.

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

plus i doubt consoles will ever write discs :ermm:

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Rumor is that the xbox 360 will have Dvd Burner. That was blurted out in a interview, i dont trust the source tho. Ps3 might do it to compete.

if that really is the ps3 im not sure i like the design, but the idea of the control pad being cordless sounds great to me, no more tangled cords :P

shame how long we have to wait for the fucker though, i guess with all these new features it should be well worth the wait, the recording from Tv function is just the coolest thing ever!! :O

Im gonna have to get this imported, i cant wait that long. LOL Theres to big of a gap, from when they get it to when we do. It will probly be region 0 too.

who is this Chang III and why should i welcome a stranger into my home?

also i don't think they would change the controller, i think the current one is just about perfect, except for people with small girlish hands, like my sister, that big girl pants

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Originally Posted by DarthInsinuate

who is this Chang III and why should i welcome a stranger into my home?

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Change with a 3 replacing the E :P

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Originally Posted by asmithz

Im gonna have to get this imported, i cant wait that long. LOL Theres to big of a gap, from when they get it to when we do. It will probly be region 0 too.

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i think i'll have to get it imported too, i can imagine it would cost an abolute bomb though u reckon?

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Originally Posted by Azzz

i think i'll have to get it imported too, i can imagine it would cost an abolute bomb though u reckon?

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Well the PSP was $400+ to import before it came out. It is no $250 not that it is here. They get it first, but they also have to deal with the price and bugs. So i would say $500-600 to import it.

All next-next gen consoles are having wireless controllers as standard right?

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Originally Posted by mike45450

All next-next gen consoles are having wireless controllers as standard right?

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Not sure about Nintendo's but yes all will be. Xbox 360 and PS3 is confirmed yes. Again they have to, to compete.

As i thoght

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Originally Posted by yattaman from ps2nfo.com

Those pictures have been floating around for months. They are clearly amateurish, fan produced concepts. The supposed PS3 unit itself is based upon a Sony Blue-Ray concept recorder shown over a year ago at a Japanese electronics show.

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http://img83.echo.cx/img83/6389/sonyblueray6vp.jpg

nintendo had them on launch as an option last time :snooty:

Thnks god thats not the ps3

cant wait till everything comes out, there'll be somuch competition.

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New pics on GameSpot...though i dunno if it's fake or not. Look kinda fake to me...the text looks like spider-man font :blink:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05...24681.html?q=1

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Originally Posted by mike45450

New pics on GameSpot...though i dunno if it's fake or not. Look kinda fake to me...the text looks like spider-man font :blink:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05...24681.html?q=1

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Nope there real, just look at the pics in the E3 thread http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showt...&goto=lastpost

Theres some shots of it on the floor of E3.

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Originally Posted by asmithz

Im gonna have to get this imported, i cant wait that long. LOL Theres to big of a gap, from when they get it to when we do. It will probly be region 0 too.

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I woudl too 1 problem

the games id buy here wouldn't work there NTSC im PAL!

I'm getting mine tommorrow I got connections.

getting what ?

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Originally Posted by Gre1

I'm getting mine tommorrow I got connections.

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make pics :01:

I was lying I can't believe yall believed me.

This is the PS3 pic that they are now releasing:



http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/ar...920450-000.jpg

I think PS3 will be better than Xbox 360, I saw the game graphics for PS3 in E3...n they were lookin way better than 360.....

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Originally Posted by sameer0807

I think PS3 will be better than Xbox 360, I saw the game graphics for PS3 in E3...n they were lookin way better than 360.....

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i concur.

but graphics dont necessarily make a game good (doom3 cough cough, ok bad example that game was pretty fun.....).

ghost recon 3 for the xbox360 looks insanely good and is 10x better than the games i've seen so far on the ps3. the only "good" game i've seen so far on PS3 is Killzone 2, god, it's real time too :w00t:

that picture is a billboard right?

wtf, what picture?