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SNYder
29th May 2003, 06:05
http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1054176020
Mr Jones
30th May 2003, 09:04
Speaking of interesting uses for a playstation..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2940422.stm
Merlin
30th May 2003, 10:54
Sweet, but only in Japan for the time being it seems.

Originally posted by Mr Jones
Speaking of interesting uses for a playstation..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2940422.stm
Damn, that's going to void their warranties...
Mr Jones
30th May 2003, 11:29
While I applaud Sony's ideas, and would quite like one of those sitting under my TV, I can't help but wonder "why now?"

The PS2, while being the most popular dog on the block is undoubtedly miles behind in the game playing hardware department, it was under specced and old when it was launched, what was that like 3 years ago now?, I've certainly had mine for 18 months at least.

Shouldn't Sony be turning their attentions to the "next" next generation conlose?, the PS3 or whatever they want to call it. I read persistent rumors of a late 2004 early 2005 launch date for any new machine, does that mean this new PS2 will be hitting the european shores just as a new box goes on sale in Japan? and even so, why launch a new machine now in Japan that might only have a relatively short life span if a new machine is waiting in the wings?.

I would love to see Sony throw all their research might into the PS3 and totally obliterate the opposition, right now this looks like an attempt by Sony to catch up with some of the X-box's tricks, and maybe throw in a few new one's of it's own.

/we so need a games dedicated forum on here, shall I ask admin if we can have one?
SNYder
30th May 2003, 12:12
PS3 will appear in 2005.

Here's some very good info on the Playstation 3 and the amazing technology being used in it.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2120395,00.html

While the processor's design is still under wraps, the companies say Cell's capabilities will allow it to deliver one trillion calculations per second (teraflop) or more of floating-point calculations. It will have the ability to do north of 1 trillion mathematical calculations per second, roughly 100 times more than a single Pentium 4 chip running at 2.5GHz.