quit spinning things. It says, what it says. i know your about to search on google to try to back up your art of spinning
Yep. http://www.jeux-france.com/news15148_la-playstation-3-autour-de-500-euros.html Via Google's Translator: It says, what it says. Of course, you can keep believing what you want. Whatever makes you feel better.
thanks for clearing that unknown up. i do...feel much better. Thanks! go rest your fingers for a bit you've done more than enough...
They could do what Nintendo is hinting and add USB (or Firewire) support to connect to a hard drive of your own choosing. It'll never happen though....
I've thought of that, but it kind of messes up the "Linux on every HDD" idea I would think (how would I get Linux, or the PS3 version of Linux, on my HDD?). Maybe some other issues too if the HDD is still required but not included.
I'm sure some sort of formatting is possible if any harddrive could be used....much like using another harddrive for a hacked Xbox.
Rumor: The PS3 will not have an Xbox Live style online service. [True] Just like the PS2, individual games can have their own online multiplayer modes, but it's up to game publishers to run the servers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rumor: The PS3 will cost at least $500. [Maybe] Sony's been hinting at a high price tag all along, but they could be buttering fans up to hit that $299 sweet spot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rumor: We won't see it until Holiday season 2006. [Still pretty likely] Sony CEO Howard Stringer was quoted on CNN.com as saying the PlayStation 3 launches in Japan in March and in the U.S. a year from now, but CNN later pulled the quote, which apparently came from an anonymous source. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rumor: Used games won't work in the PS3. [Bogus] This rumor was based on an old patent filing from Sony describing technology for locking out used software, but there's no reason to think it'll ever be implemented in a Sony product, much less the PS3. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rumor: The American PS3 will play Japanese games. [Hopefully] Hardcore gamers love importing titles from Japan - too bad they won't play on most U.S. game consoles thanks to "region coding." DVDs are the same way, with players and discs locked to specific countries. The current buzz is that the PS3 will lump the U.S. and Japan into a single region, meaning imported games will play in your PS3 console.
Did you want to discuss those topics? Or were you just wanting to add some PS3-related articles (although a little old) into a PS3 thread?
Make sure you read some of these older threads if you want info on stuff like the PS3 online service and the worldwide November release date they announced last month: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=110533 http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=110251 Most, if not all, of those topics have been discussed before on the BBS. If there's something in particular you want to talk about, mention it specifically. Those topics are all over the place and rely on slightly outdated info, so it is hard for me to discuss them in general.
This is just the usual 'let's drop a crazy price out there and let them go nuts' strategy. Sony watches, and waits, and notes whether or not it gets a negative backlash. That way, when they announce the real price - which under most circumstances would seem way too f**kin' much - all of us are duped into thinking "Well, now that's not as bad". Out of curiousity, what leads you to believe it would be the best BD player? Certainly that wasn't the case with the DVD players last go around. I mean, true, they have a bigger hand in BR than they did in DVD obviously, but if you're trying to pack so much high cost stuff into the system - and still let it be reasonable - it doesn't seem logical the player would be the best out there. Those are the ones that'll be retailing for 800-1000 bucks.
The PS3 will output video in 1080p and use HDMI 1.3. Most BR players that I've seen only support 720p/1080i except for the Sony BD player (~$1200 IIRC) and the Pioneer Elite BD player (~$1800). As for HDMI 1.3, I don't think it will be finalized until the summer IIRC, so most of the early BR probably players won't have it. I think I may have read that a Panasonic player might be released in the Fall with HDMI 1.3 support, but I'm not sure. Then it depends on if you want to call the other features part of the gaming features or part of the BD player features (WiFi media hub; online services; support for MMC, CF, and MS formats and maybe USB storage devices; HDD with Linux; etc.). To me, that makes it certainly one of the best BD players available, if not the best. And again, all at a fraction of the price. I doubt there was any extra cost in doing so either. The PS3 can already output games at 1080p, so Cell shouldn't have any problem handling a 1080p stream of a movie (or even quite a few of them). The HDMI 1.3 would be more of a time issue than a cost issue, and with several BD companies (including Sony) wanting to put their players out in the summer, they don't have the luxury of waiting.
is Blu-Ray a done deal? it would suck if the industry decides all of a sudden to support HD-DVD and you buy a PS3 for the Blu-Ray
Considering both formats have yet to launch, it is probably too early to call either one a done deal. I think Blu-ray is as close as you can get given the situation, but things could certainly change. However, I would think that if HD DVD were to gain the support of the industry, it would probably take a while (companies like Panasonic, Disney, Samsung, Fox, Dell, and of course Sony seem deeply entrenched in the Blu-ray camp). I suppose if worst comes to worst, you still have some movie support from a large portion of the movie industry as well as a console that uses 50GB discs.
uh thats all good and dandy, but out of pure curiosity... how many people actually own tv's that can support 1080?
Not many HDTVs support 1080p, so obviously not many people own a TV capable of displaying games/movies at 1080p. However, starting this year, it seems like HDTV manufacturers will start to flood the market with 1080p displays to go along with all this media that can be displayed in 1080p. There were like 40+ 1080p displays at CES IIRC, and some are even somewhat affordable (well, affordable by HDTV standards). I know there were some Samsung models for around 3K and under; there was even one 42" DLP set for around $1500 IIRC, although it was made by a lesser known company. I think those models were set to launch late this spring or sometime in the summer, just in time to go with someone's new HD DVD/BR player. Even for those that don't have a 1080p display, they'll probably end up getting one eventually (especially when SED, CNT, OLED, etc. TVs come around in the next few years). IOW, this could be a form of future-proofing, kind of like people who might buy BR movies for their PS3 even if they don't have a HDTV (assuming they're in the same price range as DVDs).
