A New Age
The PS3 is a pivotal turning point for Playstation. It will incorporate vast potential in media components and Blu-ray DVD. The PS3, or the Cell, is slated to come out Spring 2006. Now for those of you wondering if the price tag is going to be bigger than a gucci hand bag at Sachs..Well see for yourself.
A Sub 40,000 Yen price has been mooted by Japanese website, Impress PC Watch, indicating that PS3 will be priced at the same level as both PS1 and PS2 at launch.
Both the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 launched at 39,800 Yen (294 Euro at today's conversion rates) when they arrived in the Far East, while the Xbox and the GameCube both launched at lower prices - 34,800 Yen (257 Euro) and 25,000 Yen (185 Euro) respectively.
Now, a report over at Impress PC Watch is indicating that Sony Computer Entertainment has cited a price point of less than 40,000 Yen for the PS3 launch in conversations with its business partners.
That would certainly seem to indicate that the traditional 39,800 Yen price point could be adhered to, and would bring the console in significantly lower than the 50,000 Yen (370 Euro) price point quoted by Japanese newspaper Mainichi Daily News last week.
(As reported by Gamespot and Playstation 3 Portal)
Also it is reported that the PS3 is not a video gaming system (completely) here you take a look and tell me what you think:
Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi has revealed the true purpose of PlayStation 3, further explaining the functionality of the console and its place in home entertainment. Speaking to Impress PC Watch, the SCE boss boldly stated that PS3 "is not a game machine", going on to proclaim that Sony has "never once called it a game machine". According to Kutaragi, the machine is to be an "entertainment supercomputer" that, unlike other computers, which are invariably built primarily for other purposes, is designed to deliver the best all-round entertainment experience yet seen. "PCs that are currently available have been created as work tools," Kutaragi explains. "They've begun selling computers with media playback capabilities, such as the Media Center PC, but those just imitate the functions of home electronics. It's not like those machines have been created solely for entertainment. "On the other hand, PS3 has been created as a computer for entertainment. Entertainment refers to a lot of things, and not just to games. PS3 will be able to provide powerful functions for all forms of entertainment." Kutaragi also explains that PS3 is the product SCE has been building up to over the years with the release of its previous machines. "We haven't been creating our PlayStations for the sake of games," he explains. "Our belief, and the motivation behind running our company, has been to [apply] the power of computers to entertainment and enjoyment. "We equipped the original PlayStation with a 3D graphics chip, and we equipped PS2 with the Emotion Engine. PS3 isn't designed to lean towards games. It's not a computer for children. In the sense that our goal has been [to design] a computer that's meant for entertainment, you could say that the original PlayStation and PlayStation 2 had existed as steps towards PlayStation 3. "PS3 is the product we have been aiming for since the establishment of SCEI."
Source:
Gamesradar
And thats the way the Microsoft (EVIL) cookie crumbles!!
A Sub 40,000 Yen price has been mooted by Japanese website, Impress PC Watch, indicating that PS3 will be priced at the same level as both PS1 and PS2 at launch.
Both the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 launched at 39,800 Yen (294 Euro at today's conversion rates) when they arrived in the Far East, while the Xbox and the GameCube both launched at lower prices - 34,800 Yen (257 Euro) and 25,000 Yen (185 Euro) respectively.
Now, a report over at Impress PC Watch is indicating that Sony Computer Entertainment has cited a price point of less than 40,000 Yen for the PS3 launch in conversations with its business partners.
That would certainly seem to indicate that the traditional 39,800 Yen price point could be adhered to, and would bring the console in significantly lower than the 50,000 Yen (370 Euro) price point quoted by Japanese newspaper Mainichi Daily News last week.
(As reported by Gamespot and Playstation 3 Portal)
Also it is reported that the PS3 is not a video gaming system (completely) here you take a look and tell me what you think:
Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi has revealed the true purpose of PlayStation 3, further explaining the functionality of the console and its place in home entertainment. Speaking to Impress PC Watch, the SCE boss boldly stated that PS3 "is not a game machine", going on to proclaim that Sony has "never once called it a game machine". According to Kutaragi, the machine is to be an "entertainment supercomputer" that, unlike other computers, which are invariably built primarily for other purposes, is designed to deliver the best all-round entertainment experience yet seen. "PCs that are currently available have been created as work tools," Kutaragi explains. "They've begun selling computers with media playback capabilities, such as the Media Center PC, but those just imitate the functions of home electronics. It's not like those machines have been created solely for entertainment. "On the other hand, PS3 has been created as a computer for entertainment. Entertainment refers to a lot of things, and not just to games. PS3 will be able to provide powerful functions for all forms of entertainment." Kutaragi also explains that PS3 is the product SCE has been building up to over the years with the release of its previous machines. "We haven't been creating our PlayStations for the sake of games," he explains. "Our belief, and the motivation behind running our company, has been to [apply] the power of computers to entertainment and enjoyment. "We equipped the original PlayStation with a 3D graphics chip, and we equipped PS2 with the Emotion Engine. PS3 isn't designed to lean towards games. It's not a computer for children. In the sense that our goal has been [to design] a computer that's meant for entertainment, you could say that the original PlayStation and PlayStation 2 had existed as steps towards PlayStation 3. "PS3 is the product we have been aiming for since the establishment of SCEI."
Source:
Gamesradar
And thats the way the Microsoft (EVIL) cookie crumbles!!
posted by Clandestine at 8:18 PM
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We'll see.
Reports I've read say that the internal "guts" of the PS3 that was on hand at E3 weren't the real internals that will be used in the final product.
Tricksy they are . . .
Side my side comparisons reveal similar systems all around. I keep reading conflicting reports on whether or not the 360 will have HD capability.
One thing most analysts agree on is that Microsoft offers Xbox Live which trounces the Playstation equivalent; mainly due to the fact that Xbox offers more multiplayer games.
Also, I think it will be interesting to see if Xbox allows backwards compatbibility. They've mentioned that they will allow it with some games and not with others. Pretty crappy if you ask me.
And of course . . . the irony of all of this is that the 360 is based on the PowerPC processor, which is utilized in current Apple G5s. Yet, Apple just announced two days ago that they would be switching to Intel chips.
Microsoft to an Apple chipset. Apple switching to a chipset readily used by Microsoft.
Has the world gone mad?
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