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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.
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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.