PS3 pics

shmack · Post by **shmack** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:15 am

... can be found here: http://www.filerushnews.com/gallery/album176/aai

details about the system itself are here: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16 ... 24681.html

From the pictures I saw I didn't really see where the various memory slots and HDD would go- I"m assuming that bit next to the drive flips up or something?

Anyway looks nice but I'm not convinced by the new controller design...

TheDarkOne · Post by **TheDarkOne** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:49 am

ROFL it looks like a fax machine... and the controller =

gimme dual shock 2 anyday

MegaManX · Post by **MegaManX** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:49 am

PLAYSTATION 3 SPECIFICATIONS

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 gigaflops

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-based 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)
SB2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

SYSTEM FLOATING POINT PERFORMANCE:
2 teraflops

STORAGE
--HDD Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
--I/O--USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
--Memory Stickstandard/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--Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
--ControllerBluetooth (up to 7)
--USB 2.0 (wired)
--Wi-Fi (PSP)
--Network (over IP)

AV OUTPUT
Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI out x 2
AV multi out x 1
Digital out (optical) x 1

DISC MEDIA
CD
PlayStation CD-ROM
PlayStation2 CD-ROM
CD-DA
CD-DA (ROM),
CD-R,
CD-RW
SACD Hybrid (CD layer),
SACD HD
DualDisc (audio side)
DualDisc (DVD side)
PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM
DVD-ROM
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD+R,
DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc
PlayStation 3 BD-ROM
BD-ROM
BD

Apparently from the article, the RSX Video processor is more powerfull then 2 GeForce 6800 Ultras.

Post by **Grey Fox** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:51 am

I hate the controller. It it's not broken don't fix it.

Abe · Post by **Abe** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:10 am

the system looks kinda funny, BUT STYLIS?H IN BRUSHED ALUMINUM IT IS LIKE MY RIMS YO
the black one is cool.
slotload is cool too, but makes it hard to jimmy, if you want to fake it out with a non non-swap bootdisk. also, is hell if it breaks. and it will, it's Sony.

anyway
wtf @ the controller. It's like, a normal controller, they've just pulled the ends out longer. is it supposed to rest on one's hips or something? jeez louise!

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:05 am

It looks as ugly as fuck and the controller looks uncomfortable and retarded but every time a new console is releaved I think pretty much that.
The only home console in the last 10 years that I haven't thought that about at first was the Gamecube actually

Plaztik · Post by **Plaztik** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:47 am

the controllers look ghey

the FFVII DEMO PRESENTATION looks absolutely sppogetastic!

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:50 am

So what fantastic games will this paper shredder play and why should I purchase it over the radiator?

fire2ash · Post by **fire2ash** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:26 am

www.gametrailers.com for spoogetastic trailers and what not

The FFVII demo was crazy, but what make me angry is how they tease us. I don't want all those crap offshoots, I want the REAL thing, the remake! I would do anything (ANYTHING) for a ps3 remake of it, c'mon they got the intro CG down

Although go back to its more animeish CG style, I don't mind the AC Cloud look, ,but I would prefer a more anime-ish (like the original FFVII) look, but oh well, who cares. I just want my spoogin' remake.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:28 am

Okay, so FFVII is NOT going to be on PS3... what is

And also, why have they seemed to rip off the Spiderman movie font? $:\$

man of txt · Post by **man of txt** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:32 am

Arent these used in the Autralian outback to catch Kangaroos?

fire2ash · Post by **fire2ash** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:35 am

Well there is still a possibility of it being remade on the ps3. Just currently there aren't any plans.
As for the spider man font, rofl thats what gamespy said. I dunno, I HOPE those are not the final desings. I think they need to keep the format the same as the old ps2 dualshocks, and update it with improved technology, and perhaps buttons. Maybe even implement a GUI like the Xbox is going to have for its Live.

I think Online play is absolutely necessary for this upcoming generation.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:40 am

man of txt wrote:Arent this use in the Autralian outback to catch Kangaroos?

STRUTH!

fire2ash · Post by **fire2ash** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:44 am

They should at least make the D-Pad not so seperated.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:47 am

fire2ash wrote:They should at least make the D-Pad not so seperated.

That's pretty much how the Playstation has always been, though.

fire2ash · Post by **fire2ash** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:52 am

True. The design is still crappy, lets leave it that. Shit I got to go to bed, all this ps3 news has had me up all night, err morning.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:14 am

I very much doubt I'll be using the d-pad much anyway.

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:14 am

fire2ash wrote:www.gametrailers.com for spoogetastic trailers and what not

The FFVII demo was crazy, but what make me angry is how they tease us. I don't want all those crap offshoots, I want the REAL thing, the remake! I would do anything (ANYTHING) for a ps3 remake of it, c'mon they got the intro CG down :) :)
Although go back to its more animeish CG style, I don't mind the AC Cloud look, ,but I would prefer a more anime-ish (like the original FFVII) look, but oh well, who cares. I just want my spoogin' remake.

Umm..that wasn't CG.

That was all rendered in real time. Hell FUCK yeah.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:35 am

As rumored, it will also have Wi-Fi connectivity to the PSP, which can be used as a remote screen and/or controller.

Using a handheld console as a controller? Now that's innovative

Plaztik · Post by **Plaztik** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:51 am

Garbo wrote:
fire2ash wrote:www.gametrailers.com for spoogetastic trailers and what not

The FFVII demo was crazy, but what make me angry is how they tease us. I don't want all those crap offshoots, I want the REAL thing, the remake! I would do anything (ANYTHING) for a ps3 remake of it, c'mon they got the intro CG down
Although go back to its more animeish CG style, I don't mind the AC Cloud look, ,but I would prefer a more anime-ish (like the original FFVII) look, but oh well, who cares. I just want my spoogin' remake.
Umm..that wasn't CG.

That was all rendered in real time. Hell FUCK yeah.

shit...that was phat

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:12 pm

That controller.

the 3rd child · Post by **the 3rd child** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:38 pm

CONTROLLERANG!!!

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:44 pm

If angry gamers throw away the controller when they lose, will it come back to hit them ?

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:02 pm

Entr0pi3 wrote:If angry gamers throw away the controller when they lose, will it come back to it them ?

Genius!

man of txt · Post by **man of txt** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:22 pm

Entr0pi3 wrote:If angry gamers throw away the controller when they lose, will it come back to hit them ?

You've worked out the hidden feature of their new controller!

Henchman #2 · Post by **Henchman #2** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:09 pm

Damien wrote:Okay, so FFVII is NOT going to be on PS3... what is

And also, why have they seemed to rip off the Spiderman movie font? $:\$

Yeah, I was more interested with that than the actual console itself. My only idea is that since Sony owns the movie franchise, they can reuse the font.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:12 pm

So it is exactly the same font then?

Why would they want to use it though

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:20 pm

Here's another one

Lol it's so big

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:21 pm

Which one should I buy to live in then?

Henchman #2 · Post by **Henchman #2** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:40 pm

Damien wrote:So it is exactly the same font then?
Why would they want to use it though

I can only assume. I guess they got too lazy to create a new font...

Brody · Post by **Brody** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:30 pm

The hardest thing to do is pick your favorite color!

Spiner · Post by **Spiner** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:03 pm

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Helmholz · Post by **Helmholz** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:23 am

TheDarkOne wrote:and the controller = gimme dual shock 2 anyday

Word, man. That thing looks terrible, like the old PSX third party controllers from Nyko or some shit. Then again, before PSX came out I thought that those controllers looked uncomfortable (especially the D-pad), and I loved it.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:19 am

We can only hope that it's a lot more comfortable than it looks... why would they make it uncomfortable anyway

Who knows what goes through the minds of these crazy Japs though

Kakeru · Post by **Kakeru** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:49 pm

I was up all night watching TechTV... I mean.. G4's (:cry) coverage of E3. The Xbox 360 stuff was decidedly shit. And I'm not talking about the games, I'm talking about that extra Xbox live shit. WTF was that? Honestly... I was severly unimpressed. The PS3 on the other hand was fucking amazing. I may have to pick one of those things up when it get's released next year.
I might have been equally impressed with the Revolution had there been more information. Oh well. There's still some time left. I really want to see what the controller's look like.

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:40 pm

Nintendo Revolution is nothing special. It is far from revolutionary. The design looks like something someone whipped up in photoshop, and quickly made a model of for the sake of having something to show at E3, just because Microsoft and Sony were going to unveil theirs.

Nintendo claims that the Revolution console is 2-3 times as powerful as the Gamecube.

Microsoft claims that the Xbox360 is 10-13 times as powerful as the original Xbox.

Sony claims that the Playstation3 is 35 times as powerful as the Playstation2.

So if there's anybody you should be completely underwhelmed by, it's Nintendo. All the features they announced in the conference, like connectivity with the internet and backward compatibility...it's like they're just struggling to play catch-up with Microsoft and Sony this upcoming generation.

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:55 pm

PS3 wishlist - please don't break

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:29 pm

Joei wrote:PS3 wishlist - please don't break

That's a bit of wishful thinking

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:08 pm

Garbo wrote:All the features they announced in the conference, like connectivity with the internet and backward compatibility...it's like they're just struggling to play catch-up with Microsoft and Sony this upcoming generation.

Quite true. But if the possibility to download and play old games for free proves true, I'll be a happy old school gamer

(cause now, that's backward compatibility)

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:13 pm

Nintendo need to stop offering the same old NES games on every console they make. It's not interesting anymore.
Maybe a full back catalogue (well, at least 20 games in one) and an emulaot but I don't want to play Excitebike, Mario Bros, or Donkley Kong Jr again... evar! No matter what machine it's on!

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:43 pm

According to Nintendo's website

Revolution will have downloadable access to 20 years of fan-favorite titles originally released for Nintendo 64, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and even the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

I don't care about NES games, but SNES

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:46 pm

Why "even" the NES?
As if that's the biggest surprise of the lot.

I'm buying a Revolution to play Clu Clu Land and Golf.

Mitsurugi CP · Post by **Mitsurugi CP** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:40 pm

Crash 'N' The Boys Street Challenge on NES for the win.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:47 pm

Come to think of, I don't think Metroid has been released for at least a week.
People might start to forgrt how short it was

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Thu May 19, 2005 3:34 am

Entr0pi3 wrote:
Garbo wrote:All the features they announced in the conference, like connectivity with the internet and backward compatibility...it's like they're just struggling to play catch-up with Microsoft and Sony this upcoming generation.
Quite true. But if the possibility to download and play old games for free proves true, I'll be a happy old school gamer :D (cause now, that's backward compatibility)

Where did you hear that it was free? You're going to have to pay for your games.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Thu May 19, 2005 7:42 am

Hmm, yeah, I guess I got confused with the multiple sporadic info. One of the online services at least is supposed to be free. Probably online gaming (for first party games) then.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu May 19, 2005 7:57 am

I wouldn't put Donkey Kong Junior Maths on my Revolution, even if it was free.
Animal Crossing was and always will be the best NES retro compilation

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Thu May 19, 2005 8:03 am

Animal Crossing

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu May 19, 2005 8:21 am

Animal crossing

fire2ash · Post by **fire2ash** » Thu May 19, 2005 9:14 am

Ahh Garbo, I didn't know it was rendered in real time. Cloud looked ACish to me, coolness indeed.
Wow, even more of a teaser than before, now I'm hungry for a remake, But enough of that. Ps3 looks sweet, but after Live, I really hope they get with the online program.