Sony's next console unveiled

[Cloud121]

Sony's next console unveiled

Product name: PlayStation 3

Logo: PLAYSTATION®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

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 2.0 (EDR)

Controller

Bluetooth (up to 7)

USB 2.0 (wired)

Wi-Fi (PSP)

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 CD-ROM, PlayStation 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 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

I'm not saying "Wow..." about the specs... Just look at the damn pictures.

As for games, all that needs to be said is this... Warhawk... Dear god... Finally... Ten years and finally a sequel...

Reserving mine tomorrow. 🙂

 

[Dud]

Sony's next console unveiled

That was a wise move to make the controller double as a boomerang. There are always kangaroos hopping by as I'm playing games; when this comes out I'll have somehing to whack them with. That will teach those damn kangaroos to interupt me while I'm playing various rehashes of tired old PlayStation games.

I really hope those new games that they announced along with this (Killing Day, Fifth Phantom Saga) are good, I'm not looking forward to five more years of sequels.

 

[Cloud121]

Sony's next console unveiled

I'm not looking forward to five more years of sequels.

That's all it is so far.

 

[Dud]

Sony's next console unveiled

Originally posted by RolfWrenWalsh@Mon, 2005-05-16 @ 10:01 PM

That's all it is so far.

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Pretty much, I'm still reeling from that hideous controller to look too far into the games. Why would they completely change something that is almost perfect the way it is?

 

[Cloud121]

Sony's next console unveiled

Change is good. I would've gone nuts had they recycled it again.

As for all the sequels... Warhawk will own all and is all that matters to me. As long as Singletrac (or whatever they're called now) is doing it, as they did the original way back in 1995. 🙂

 

[Dud]

Sony's next console unveiled

Originally posted by RolfWrenWalsh@Mon, 2005-05-16 @ 10:12 PM

...As for all the sequels... Warhawk will own all and is all that matters to me. As long as Singletrac (or whatever they're called now) is doing it, as they did the original way back in 1995. 🙂

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Incognito is developing it, not whatever the hell they are called. We'll have to wait and see [if they do a good job]...

 

[schi0249]

Sony's next console unveiled

Man, those boomerangs, i mean controllers look hideous. And I thought the original xbox controllers sucked. I had a MS sidewinder with a similar shape. Pure crap. Sony sure is banking on blue ray however. They are gonna be taking a huge lose if they sell this for $300. Even MS decided to drop HD-DVD support.

 

[racketboy]

Sony's next console unveiled

Yeah I'm not quite sure what they were thinking with the controllers.

And the console seems overly curved on the top.

But I have to say I'm liking it more that the XBox 360, but not nearly as much as the Revolution.

 

[SAG26]

Sony's next console unveiled

Boomerangs, lol. Ya those controllers look horrible! Very uncomfortable and look to big and awkward for little kids to use.

 

[M3d10n]

Sony's next console unveiled

That controller looks like a PS2 controller after a few hours inside a microwave.

 

[MasterAkumaMatata]

Sony's next console unveiled

Who here thinks the design of the PS3 looks like a coffin when viewed horizontally? That certainly was my first impression. :lol:

 

[Berserker]

Sony's next console unveiled

Haha, very true. Man, what happens if you get angry and throw your controller down in front of you? Probs kill someone with points like that. Hmm they're gonna make a loss if they don't get their target audience secured...Sony don't really seem to know who they're aiming the PS3 at.

No matter to me, Revolution all the way =D