PS3 in November

[DS]

It was confirmed today that Sony had delayed the PS3 launch until November, at which time they will launch worldwide. The Xbox 360 did the same thing but Sony says they plan to avoid the shortages.

Some key notes of the conference:

PS3 released in November, before Thanksgiving for all territories.
It will come with an Xbox Live like service called the Playstation Network Platform.
The Playstation Network Platform is planned to be free.
It will use a 60GB hard drive that has a Linux based OS in it.
Sony is telling developers to make games as if the PS3 has the hard drive installed.
They are unsure if the PS3 will come with hard drive or if you'll have to purchase it.


Here (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6145972.html) is a link to it all.

[Dave Youell]

Yesssssssssssssssssss

Japan and USA's loss is my gain! Precious PS3 before Xmas

Tome for me to get loads of pre-orders ready for Ebay

Bwhahahaha!

[Kalyx triaD]

It was confirmed today that Sony had delayed the PS3 launch until November, at which time they will launch worldwide. The Xbox 360 did the same thing but Sony says they plan to avoid the shortages.

Some key notes of the conference:

PS3 released in November, before Thanksgiving for all territories.
It will come with an Xbox Live like service called the Playstation Network Platform.
The Playstation Network Platform is planned to be free.
It will use a 60GB hard drive that has a Linux based OS in it.
Sony is telling developers to make games as if the PS3 has the hard drive installed.
They are unsure if the PS3 will come with hard drive or if you'll have to purchase it.


Here (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6145972.html) is a link to it all.

Details on Online Service (IGN):

March 15, 2006 - Sony Computer Entertainment's answer to Xbox Live is at last coming into light. While previous comments from company executives were unclear on the matter, company president Ken Kutaragi today assured members of the press, 3rd party companies and investors that the PS3 would be seeing a service similar to Microsoft's.

The service, which is currently going under the working name of "PlayStation Network Platform," will see its service kick off at the PS3 launch in November. Basic service will be free of charge initially, although it should be noted that Kutaragi did not comment on what exactly constitutes "basic service." Business will take place on the open internet, suggesting that the service will be more open than Xbox Live.
The service will offer full support for Online title development, providing necessary functions and services for commerce and community. Sony made note of some of the major features that all Online titles will be able to access:

Communication/Community:
Voice/Video chat
Messaging
Lobby/Matchmaking
Score/Ranking
Friend list/Avatar
Game data upload/download

Commerce:
Shop (accessible from inside games)
Content Download
Micro Payment
Subscription
Entitlement (user access rights) management

Account:
User Registration
Login ID/Handling of name issues

Sony didn't announce an Xbox Arcade style game download system, but it did state that games will be bootable from the hard disk, noting this as part of the commerce opportunities for the system.

Sony Computer Entertainment will take care of investment and operation of a commonly used infrastructure. However, SCE will be allowing licensees to connect their own game servers to the network. SCE's network, with data centers throughout the world, is being developed in conjunction with Sony Online Entertainment.

Kutaragi's comments from today's PlayStation Business Briefing in Tokyo set the framework for a hefty Online system on Sony's next generation beast.

[AareDub]

When the consoles were all announced last year and everybody was making a big fuss, I was more impressed by the PS3. However, after a year of no news, delays, etc, I've lost all insterest in it. I've got the "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude now. If it hits shelves in Nov and it has all the features they're promising, good for them.

[Team Sheep]

Tidy, now I can get it just in time for my Birthday.

[DS]

I believe the PNP will be better than Xbox Live simply because of what Sony has at its advantage. For example, they could make some of Sony Pictures trailers exclusive to the PS3 (Spiderman 3 is what I was thinking of). Not to mention they have been working with Macromedia on a Flash Lite that could be in every hard drive that would allow you to download any flash game you wanted onto your PS3 and pretty much make your own Xbox Live Arcade.

I'm kind of worried about this hard drive thing but if they do decide to not bundle them I can see it turning out like the 360 and have two different bundles.

I'm disappointed there was no price anouncement but the rest excites me.

[Funky Fly]

60 gigs is pretty big for a console hard drive, I think. The 360's is 20gb. Overkill, much?

I mean, are game saves aren't very big, and how much music do you really need for your custon soundtrack? I know there's probably things like downloadable games and extra maps for FPS games, but come on. They're just driving up cost unnecessarily.

[el fregadero]

Yeah, my laptop has less than 40 GB on it and I still have about 9 or so left. That includes all my music and porn, and there is no way I have games taking up more space than those two things.

[DS]

It's big because it's meant to be used as a media center. So that way you could download or store your videos, tv shows, movies, music, games, etc.

[Funky Fly]

Well fuck. Just make a PS3 for launch. After that go ahead and release the ridiculous "media centre" version with all the knick knacks and dood dads that syncs up with every electronic item in your house for an inflated price.

I mean they already did it with those limited edition "special color" versions of the PS and PS2.

[Kane Knight]

When the consoles were all announced last year and everybody was making a big fuss, I was more impressed by the PS3. However, after a year of no news, delays, etc, I've lost all insterest in it. I've got the "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude now. If it hits shelves in Nov and it has all the features they're promising, good for them.

I'm having trouble getting excited over any game systems this gen.

[Kane Knight]

60 gigs is pretty big for a console hard drive, I think. The 360's is 20gb. Overkill, much?

I mean, are game saves aren't very big, and how much music do you really need for your custon soundtrack? I know there's probably things like downloadable games and extra maps for FPS games, but come on. They're just driving up cost unnecessarily.

If the whole "bootable from your hard drive" thing is legit, I can almost guarantee you that the 60 GB will start to seem small, especially with the size of BluRay discs.

Larger disc space=more size of everything, including saves. Remember, the size difference between the PS1 and PS2 saves was pretty big, in a jump from 2 GB games (The largest I saw was three discs) to a 9 GB max. The larger the game, the more information you need to save, the larger the files, even if not booting from the disc.

[Funky Fly]

I'm aware of the game save issue. When you say booting from the hard drive, do you mean that the game you buy is an install disc and the actual game is on the PS3? Because I have a PC for that.

[Kane Knight]

I'm aware of the game save issue. When you say booting from the hard drive, do you mean that the game you buy is an install disc and the actual game is on the PS3? Because I have a PC for that.

I'm betting you also have several options instead of a "media center."

[Joey Slugs]

is it still going to cost around $800?

[Blitz]

is it still going to cost around $800?

Actually the new price is $3500.

[Kalyx triaD]

The week 360's came out people were buying them for $900 and more in some places.

The fools. Even if the system had great launch games and I had the money I wouldn't pay that amount. And for Madden no doubt...