Price Revealed:
May 17, 2005 - According a an article published in the May 17th edition of Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, the PlayStation 3 could be one of the most expensive mass-market videogame consoles ever created. Officials from Sony apparently told the newspaper that PlayStation 3s would sell in Japan for less than 50,000 yen each. That translates to about $465 US dollars.
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We don't know much, but Sony promises that Grand Theft Auto Next will be a PS3 launch title. This information comes from some people at the Sony E3 2005 press conference currently in progress, but we've yet to confirm the report with our own editors.
Apparently, there will be a PlayStation P2P Online Service, although just how this works is unclear as of right now.
According to Hirai, PlayStation 3 (now confirmed as the official title, apparently) will feature dual HD outputs. The supplied controllers are wireless, as stated earlier and use Bluetooth as a connection. These last 24 hours on batteries. The PSP will be a major bonus for PS3 owners. You can have remote access to your PS3 from your PSP, and you can even use a Wi-Fi connection within PS3 to use your PSP as a controller for a PS3 game. PlayStation 3 also features a built-in network cap.
Currently, a realtime demo of the Unreal 3 engine is being shown, running from a PS3.
The nVidia-powered graphics are twice as powerful as a GeForce 6800 Ultra.
PlayStation 3's hardware has gotten a little more detailed. The main CELL processor included will run at 3.2GHz, and feature 7 SPEs. The nVidia GPU will run at 700MHz, and there will be a 256MB XDR RAM stick included with the PS3, running at 3.2GHz. PS3 will have robust multimedia support, including: video chat, internet access, digital photo viewing, digital audio and video playback. There are quite a few slots on the PS3, including: Memory Stick Duo, a SD slot, a compact flash memory slot, Compact flash slot, 2 HDMI outputs, 1 A/V multi out, 1 SPDIF optical output, and 1-gigabit Ethernet built in port. This is all in addition to what was previously announced.
It's just been confirmed that the PS3 will have a detachable 2.5 hard drive, six USB ports, a memory stick slot, and seven bluetooth wireless controllers.
Kaz Hirai has taken the stage, beginning his speech with 190 million PS2s sold. 2 billion software sales Hirai then began speaking about PlayStation 3... It features the CELL processor as previously reported, and also features a Blu-Ray Disk drive, running at 6x. Backwards compatibility with both PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games has also just been confirmed. Hirai also stated that PlayStation 3 runs at twice the speed of Xbox 360. The PlayStation 3 console is capable of reaching 10 Terraflops of processing information.
