breaking news: playstation 3 announced

Dark Lord

well the PS3 is currently being unvield at a sony E3 pre-confrence. heres everything thats known about it so far.

taken from gamespot and IGN

Offical name - Playstation 3 (PS3)

Will use BLU-Ray

Backwards compatible all the way back to the PS1

Memory - slots for Memory Stick Duo, a SD slot, and a compact flash memory slot. It will also sport a slot for a detachable 2.5 inch HDD.

out of the box, it will support 7 Bluetooth controlers and 6 USB slots for peripherals.

Tech Specs - Product name: PLAYSTATION(R)3

Logo: PLAYSTATION(R)3

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: HDD 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 Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller: Bluetooth (up to 7)

USB2.0 (wired)

Wi-Fi (PSP(R))

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(R) CD-ROM

* read only PlayStation(R)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(R)2 DVD-ROM

PLAYSTATION(R)3 DVD-ROM
DVD-Video DVD-ROM, DVD-R,
DVD-RW, DVD+R,
DVD+RW

Blu-ray Disc: PLAYSTATION(R)3 BD-ROM
BD-Video BD-ROM, BD-R,
BD-RE

right now thats all thats known. no pictures have come out of the conference yet.

*more new info.

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 manipulating the camera and zooming in.

what appears to be the first real picture of the PS3

BiGBrOwNPimpsta

since i havent newsposted in a while due to not being one anymore, here is the news we all wanted to hear. and thank god it is running more than 2 times more teraflops than xbox 360

LOS ANGELES--Today saw the second of the big three console makers announce their next-generation platform. At its pre-E3 press conference, Sony Computer Entertainment gave the world its first look at the PlayStation 3, as it now is officially called.


The name was not unexpected, since Sony had been running an extensive teaser-ad campaign prepping the public for the PlayStation 3. The company had laid a blanket of posters around the Los Angeles Convention Center, site of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (aka E3). Bus stalls and billboards around the convention center proclaimed "Prepare for Chang3" in the distinctive PlayStation font with partial shots of the Dual Shock controller's square-circle-triangle-X buttons.

Sony also confirmed the PlayStation 3, will use Blu-Ray discs as its media format. The discs can hold up to six times as much data as current-generation DVDs. It will also support CR-ROM, CDR+W, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R formats. It also confirmed the machine would be backward-compatible all the way to the original PlayStation. It will also have slots for Memory Stick Duo, a SD slot, and a compact flash memory slot. It will also sport a slot for a detachable 2.5 inch HDD somewhat similar the Xbox 360's.

Out of the box, the PS3 will have the capability to support seven Bluetooth controllers. It will also have six USB slots for peripherals--four up front and two in the back.

Sony also laid out the technical specs of the device. The PlayStation 3 will feature the much-vaunted Cell processor, which will run at 3.2 Ghz, giving the whole system 2.18 teraflops of overall performance. It will sport 256mb XDR main RAM at 3.2 Ghz, and have 256MB of GDDR VRAM at 700mhz.

Sony also unveiled the PS3's graphics chip, the RSX "Reality Synthesizer based on Nvidia technology. The GPU will be capable of 128bit pixel precision, 1080p resolution, some of the highest HD resolution around. It also has over 300 million transistors, larger than any processor available commercially today. It was manufactured using the 90nm process with 8 layers of metal. The RSX is more powerful than two GeForce 6800 ultras, which would cost rough $1000 if bought today.

The PlayStation 3 will also sport some hefty multimedia features, such as video chat, internet access, digital photo viewing, digital audio and video. Sony Computer Entertainment head Ken Kutaragi introduced it as a "Super computer for computer entertainment


Source: Gamespot

Dark Lord

sorry man, beat ya too it. look down 1 thread.

pr0digal jenius

:merge:

Dark Lord

ohhhhh it comes in 3 colors



that black one looks very sexy. i think thats the one ill get.

ehehehehe Gran Turismo 5 was just confirmed, and apparently in a working form.

Necrosis

Hold it here so both consoles are PowerPC based?

Dark Lord

hmmm, looks like all 3 consoles will have some form of powerPC in it. only... the cell kicks major ass.

BiGBrOwNPimpsta

you beat me to it by a few seconds! god damn it

the controller looks terrible!

pr0digal jenius

they better pull an XBox and have a console refresh out soon

swatX

no PS3 isnt based on powerPC. the cell precessor is completely built from ground up!

BiGBrOwNPimpsta

it sounds like a tank from these specs, ppl are complaining its weaker. they dont know what the specs mean thats why

Dark Lord

the console, i like. the controller, not so much so.

Dark Lord

im looking at some screens friom the next GT5 that they say are from the ps3, but sure dont look like it.

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/713/713809/imgs_1.html

but the one thing i did notice is that its got atleast a 16 car race (15 cars viewable, 1 in the front pit you cant see but is being worked on)

my guess though is there just useing most stuff from gt4 to test out bugs and what not while the high res items are still in the works.

WillyBurz

Holy shit that's an ugly ass controller, and the bottleneck will show it's ugly head somewhere...Remember it's a sony, it'll either over heat, or have a large ass bottleneck.

Plus it looks like those ugly ass RCA directv receivers that were out a couple of years ago! Is RCA in on the design team?! ha ha

No_Style

To me: It's not the look of the controller.. it's how it feels in your hand. The GC controller looks funky to me, but it feels great for most games. As for bottleneck of "screw up", I think it's going to be in the wireless controllers.

I just read the GS article about how Unreal 3 Engine demo was running smooth as silk on the PS3, so to say it's "weak" is a definite understatement. I knew these upcoming consoles were going to be on par or better than what we have currently on the realm of PCs, but this is ridiculous.

I better be able to get a multi-core CPU before the X-Box 360 hits stores!

Anyways, despite all this console hardware hooplah, I'm looking forward to all these upcoming titles like: MGS4, GT5, Fight Night (for PS3), Project Gotham 3, Halo 3, Tekken 6, Soul Calibur 4 (Not announced but can safely assume), DMC4 and oh so much more~!

Dark Lord

i tried to figure out the dimensions of the controller and console.

i figured the analog sticks where probably the same size as the ps2, so i used that to base the measurments of the controller. it comes out to 5 1/2 inches tall, 6 3/4in wide, looks like its a little smaller then a dvd box.

for the console, i used the cd drive. comes out to be 9 1/2 tall and ~6 wide, kinda hard to tell with the angle its on.

Drakon

That maybe true, but can you upgrade the hardware components for those consoles? Newer and better pc components always come out in a matter of months...

Anyways, the console itself looks nice, though it's hard to tell how large it is compared to the old and new PS2. I do like the different colors, but I like the black model the most. The controller i'm feeling iffy about, although I do agree with No Style about the feel of it rather than the "looks"...

ut2k4wikichici

my Fav. controller of all time is a OLD PS2 Black Daulshock ! nothin beats DUALSHOCK!!!

as for these Consoles when the finaly do come out all the fuss and discrimination towards pc will be over because people will be missing high compasity HHDs that will probably serface the same time as these Next Gen consoles

I carnt wait untill PCs once again kick consoles in the ASS!!!

Dark Lord

found 8 mins worth of in game footage from the confrence this afternoon.
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/tekken6/media.html.

holy hell, GT5 looks amazing in motion. the stills they had do it no justice.
AND thers 20+car races this time around, finaly some real competition.

*just found another 8 min clip of more next gen games

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/i...ter/media.html

@/2ct!<

im not a big fan of the controllers, especially the bluetooth part, rf seems more stable less latency, etc.

Falstaff

tellin all yall...SONY will have 80 percent market share and soon...
they produce a superior product...

Lakevren

..


I feel like throwing the controller like a boomerang.


Wheeee!
Seriously, what is with the extra length?

PS2 controller didn't feel right. The Xbox Controller-S (not the behemoth. The second version, which is smaller) felt... great. Perfect actually. Especially since the analog was on the upper-left.
Trying to play GT4 with the analog on the lower left felt awkward, so I just used D-pad. Trying to play Forza with the analog felt natural and easy.

Oh and PS2 controllers felt a little... crappy. Sometimes the buttons would stop working all together. and the PS2 D-pad? Holy crap I hate it. Where's the diagonal D-pads? That's why I liked the Gamecube and Xbox controllers WAY more than the PS1 or 2 controllers.

Man, did innovation die on the controllers, for both Xbox and PS. They felt like there was nothing more to innovate.


God those are ugly controllers. I'm gonna have nightmares.

Also, exception for the screenshots, the trailers look all... pre-rendered. I'm not believing trailers until I see actual in-game footage without the photoshop make-up.
I used to download like every trailer out there until they started masking the crappy stuff so much to a point that the graphics between trailer and in-game is so far out of proportion.

And the GT5 screens... either the jpg compression sucks, or I'm seeing crappy AA.

Vasot

PLAYSTATION 3 SEEMS LIKE THE WINNER

It's wayyyy more capable from Xbox360 so that means that will have Better looking games

PS3>XBOX360

The only bad is the Boomerang like Controller



Right now i am probably more enthusiastic of buying a PS3 from a XBOX360
Now it's all about of what games these consoles will support

Microsoft has been beaten to their own game...