Tuesday, May 9th 2006
Playstation 3 Details and Launch Date
According to the Sony's official announcement of Playstation 3, the console will ship worldwide in early November 2006. There will be two versions of Playstation 3, one with a 20GB hard drive and one with the 60GB hard drive. On November 11, 2006, Sony will start selling the "lower-end" Playstation 3 for 59,800 Yen, or about $530 USD. This PS3 will feature a 20GB hard drive, gigabit Ethernet and Blu-ray reader. This version of PS3 will not feature integrated 802.11b/g and HDMI output. The 60GB Playstation 3 retail price with HDMI, WiFi and card reader will be around $599 USD. Both consoles will use the new wireless controller which will allow up to seven players multiplay game. Sony will also feature a "SingStar Store" in the marketplace that will allow users to purchase music from Sony directly. Music can then be transferred onto the PSP or played on the PS3. Click on the source page for more information.
Source:
DailyTech
37 Comments on Playstation 3 Details and Launch Date
#1. A die shrink which will make the 360 cooler and cheaper
#2. More games will be available when the PS3 comes out
#3. Games will take better advantage of the hardware, as dev's will have been working with it for over a year
#4. It's been out longer, and many customers on the fence will have bought the available 360 instead of the "sometime late 2006" PS3
#5. The one year time the 360 will have been out probably means Halo3 will be ready to be released alongside the PS3. MS probably would have released halo 3 even if the thing came out 5 months earlier, but with the ps3 coming out in november, I doubt the game will be nearly as rushed.
The PS3 is a console that's gonna be made for the future not for today. Many people don't look for awesome graphics, just gameplay they say. You can't judge the gameplay of the games right now because you can't play them but you can judge the graphics, and the PS3 have the better ones.
BTW: I'm pretty sure the word "shit" only has four letters. :p
btw bebobsa, the ps3 has great graphics, still people are still programming for the xbox gpu so there knowledge or level of ability to code an engine for it is still behind we will see better and better graphics as aTi's revolutionary GPU is fully tapped and understood better by programers and content designers.
BTW when I play elder scrolls oblivion the game freeze when I access the inventory. Someone know if this is normal?
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umm grow up get a life and go away before a mod deletes your account.