Playstation 3 Unveiled!

[Stoo]

Xbox is just that same chap.. The big players such as EA etc just want safe money, not risky innovation.

[Allen]

I think I'll be going Xbox360 after being a loyal PS man I'm just fed up of sequels and my PS2 has been hardly touched for the last 3 years.

Heh...

Fifa Streets, Fifa 2005, Fifa 2004, Fifa 2003, Fifa 2002 etc...

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 etc...

The list goes on. Plus it happens on all consoles and platforms really.

[autopilot]

I think it looks ace but I'm not sure I like the PS3's new Pad design. It looks too big (but still nicer than the Xbox 360 one IMO). What I want to know is how are they powered? I suspect the increase in size is to house the batteries, but how heavy will it be? I don't like heavy controlers. Also, will it be rechargable i wonder? I don't see why a rumble motors can't be in there though.

Full spec's here (not that anyone really understand the implications just yet and it not comparable to the 360 processor/grx yet anyway)...

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 GFLOPS

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- base 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)
SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance
2 TFLOPS

Storage
Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1

I/O
USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick standard/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 2.0 (EDR)

Controller
Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP)
Network (over IP)

AV Output
Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

Disc Media
CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

[Tarffie]

Sony also appear to have dropped Firewire i.Link :/ hmmm

They did that a while back either during a new revision of the PS2 or when the PStwo was released.

I must say, the games are looking really tasty especially Killzone, I-8, Vision Gran Turismo and Formula 1.

[ajbrun]

I'm not sure on the looks of the controllers. They look completely different from previous playstations. I assumed they'd keep the design roughly the same. I know they're wireless now, so they're bound to look slightly different, but the "arms" look a bit too long to me.

[Auran]

I'll get both, but will go PS3 first as it's backwards compatable. Not sure about controllers, but will be happy as long as they improve the analogue stick - which are poor compared to X-box at present.

Agree as well that the big players have been playing it safe with games, just releasing sequels. Don't mind it when they release an upgraded version to go on a new machine e.g. Tekken Tag for PS2, but annoys me when they make small tweaks to existing games and then release them with loads of hype

[Stoo]

I've got a sneaking suspicion that they will actually better comfort-wise than the PS2 Dual Shock pads..

[Dorza]

looks like a quality bit of kit, but its too big.

[Stoo]

It's still smaller than an X-Box

[Atomic]

It's still smaller than an X-Box

Not realy hard tho!

Im not keen on the new pads, look a bit pap compared to the old ones.

[jonneymendoza]

Ooooh, that looks tasty! Far, far better then the Xbox IMO. Controller looks a bit naf though...

Thanks Stoo.

what the hell does IMO mean?

[Dooms]

In my opinion


^^ note that is not my opinion, just stating what IMO means.

IMO Xbox360 looks alot nicer.

[autopilot]

what the hell does IMO mean?

It's forum shorthand for "In My Opinion".

[Allen]

what the hell does IMO mean?

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=25908

[scotty6435]

I'm sorry but how can people say the Xbox 360 is ugly when that oval monstrocity of a console is planed to actually be released!?
Still, looks like it'll kick some a**, I just want to see some new Xbox images

[Nick F]

looks tatsy, think I will be getting this along with the xbox 360.