::::::OFFICIAL PLAYSTATION 3 THREAD::::::

Smooth Lou · Post by **Smooth Lou** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:59 am

So there's already ads up for the PS3, and it's not coming out til 2006.

WHAT THE FUCK.

Anyhoo, E3 starts tomorrow, and we're gonna start hearing a lot about this bad mammo-jamma, so please, put it in here. Specs, pics of the hardware, pics of the software, etc. We don't need 4 million threads on the same thing, right? Right.

SeaTownBlues · Post by **SeaTownBlues** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:41 pm

At least they know their target audience.

Welcome, Chang.

slimebucato · Post by **slimebucato** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:54 pm

You thought it was coming out this year?

agent b · Post by **agent b** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:55 pm

Metal Gear Solid 4 is all but confirmed for PS3

http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/news/defaul ... ionid=1585

slimebucato · Post by **slimebucato** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:58 pm

Holy fuck I can't wait to see what the new Metal Gear is going to look like (even though I didn't like MGS3 all that much). This one is supposedly going to actually star Solid Snake.

Sucks that Kojima isn't heading it, but I trust he put it in good hands. What has he been up to, though, if he isn't making a new Metal Gear?

Smooth Lou · Post by **Smooth Lou** » Mon May 16, 2005 1:00 pm

SeaTownBlues wrote:At least they know their target audience.

Welcome, Chang.

Funny.

curiouscharles · Post by **curiouscharles** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:56 pm

i'll be watching livewire e3 press conferences on my snazzy ign insider tonight, so i'll keep you posted on what the big 3 have to say

Smooth Lou · Post by **Smooth Lou** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:57 pm

I think Sony's press conference is set for tomorrow (Tuesday May 17) evening.

MD · Post by MD » Mon May 16, 2005 3:15 pm

U R NOT E.

curiouscharles · Post by **curiouscharles** » Mon May 16, 2005 3:26 pm

Smooth Lou wrote:I think Sony's press conference is set for tomorrow (Tuesday May 17) evening.

nope, it's today at 4pm PST.

agent b · Post by **agent b** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:24 pm

Official specs:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16 ... 24681.html

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 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 and feature 2.18 teraflops of 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 lager 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."

Smooth Lou · Post by **Smooth Lou** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:46 pm

agent b wrote:
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 lager 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.

Maybe we aren't red e.

agent b · Post by **agent b** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:51 pm

first images?

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:52 pm

7 controllers? I wonder why 7........

oh by the way

Useff · Post by **Useff** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:01 pm

The real deal, perhaps?

Useff · Post by **Useff** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:05 pm

Smooth Lou wrote:
agent b wrote:
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 lager 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.

Maybe we aren't red e.

This is not particularly surprising. If you marketed the graphics chip from any of today's systems as a video card at the time the console came out, their price would be a lot higher (assuming that it retained the exact same performance in a PC).

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:44 pm

I hope the Spider-Man font is temporary

Useff · Post by **Useff** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:51 pm

^ Same. It's not the absolute final design and the system's dropping in 2006, so I'm sure that they have some aesthetic tweaking to do.

Move Free · Post by **Move Free** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:05 pm

i love video games

this is great

Dwight Strawberry · Post by **Dwight Strawberry** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:10 pm

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/748/7484 ... 86162.html

Useff · Post by **Useff** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:15 pm

slimebucato · Post by **slimebucato** » Mon May 16, 2005 10:36 pm

God damnit I love life.

slimebucato · Post by **slimebucato** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:00 pm

I haven't been floored yet, hopefully tommorow I will be. I still think it's too early for a new generation of consoles.

Hiphopapotamus · Post by **Hiphopapotamus** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:14 pm

SoulClap · Post by **SoulClap** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:23 pm

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/748/748466/imgs_1.html

Useff · Post by **Useff** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:25 pm

^ Those have to be rendered. Right?

Hiphopapotamus · Post by **Hiphopapotamus** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:33 pm

Hiphopapotamus · Post by **Hiphopapotamus** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:35 pm

the controller threw me off a bit but it looks a little tacky. i'd have to hold it to make any rash judgements

slimebucato · Post by **slimebucato** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:37 pm

^ that's not real

edit: maybe it is. god damn what an ugly/uncomfortable looking controller

Useff · Post by **Useff** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:39 pm

ChristPuncher wrote:^ that's not real

You sure?