Ruslan74
9th May 2006, 07:14 AM
Grab the whole enchilada here (http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/705/705806p1.html) or read below for a merciless copy & paste job. :p
Major News Update #1: New Controller
New Dual Shock Controller offers 6 degrees of freedom by working much like the Nintendo Wii controller! This is amazing news for the PS3. However, because of this technology the controller will no longer feature any force feedback/rumble lark.
IGN (http://revolution.ign.com/articles/705/705870p1.html) has a good article online that explains what the Playstation 3 controller allows you to do in a game, and what it does not allow you do. Well worth reading.
Major News Update #2: Pricing Revealed
Sony announced the pricing for the system. A PS3 equiped with a 20gig HD will retail for $499 while a PS3 with a 60gig HD will retail for $599. Two million units will ship at launch, 2 million by the end of 2006 and an additional 2 million will ship by March 2007. I smell Ebay whoring...
Major News Update #3: Launch Date Announced
The World Wide launch of the PS3 will take place on November 17, 2006 in North America, Europe and Australia.
Major News Update #4: PS3 Specifications Listed
The full PS3 Spec sheet has been released. You can find it in the news post following this one or by clicking here.
Major News Update #5: No HDMI on the 20gig version?
IGN is reporting that the 20gig version of the PS3 will not have HDMI. If true, I think that will change a few opinions of the system.
Every PlayStation 3 will ship with a hard disc drive.
World Launch will be in November of 2006. One news report says Nov 17 for North America, Europe and Australia.
More tha 10,000 developer kits for the PS3 have been shipped and final kits are shipping now.
17 Million PSP's shipped so far.
100,000,000 PS2's shipped so far, they expect 10 million more to ship.
Over 1 Billion PS2 games shipped.
Sony said they will support the PS2 for many years to come.
The new controller no longer has Force Feedback, as it was killed for the six-axis sensing system.
Update 1:
Sony shows off Gran Turismo HD in 1080p.
Phil Harrison shows off the E-Distribution for the PS3 and talks about PlayStation Cards and other methods of handling money transactions.
SingStar PS3 is shown (karaoke game) and it allows online music downloads as well the ability for people to upload their performances.
Various games are shown so far such as Genji 2, Heavenly Sword (said to look awesome), Formula One, The Getaway, Lair.
Update 2:
Few more games shown such as Monster Kingdom, Afrika and Golf.
Phill shows off a couple of new games (no titles available)
Ted Price shows off "Resistance: Fall of Man" a Call of Duty type game set in an alternate universe where no World War 2 happened.
Update 3 (6:23):
Demo's for the following games shown:
Coded Arms Assault, Assassin's Creed, Gundam, Ridge Racer 7, Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway, Tekken 6, Armored Core 4, Sonic, Virtua Tennis 3, Virtua Fighter 5 , John Woo Presents Stranglehold, Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War.
Update 4 (6:36):
EA Shows off NBA Live and new Tiger Woords games and of course, many new details making use of the PS3's power are highlighted.
EA also announces that 10 games are in development, including Madden, Need for Speed Carbon, Army of Two, Medal of Honor Airborne.
Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII shown.
A realtime(?) Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer is shown and some people shit their pants.
Update 5 (6:44):
Kuturagi shows off the new PS3 controller which pretty much looks the same but has some new features... that result in the crowd shitting their pants again because the new controller acts just like Nintendo's Wii Controller!
Major News Update #1: New Controller
New Dual Shock Controller offers 6 degrees of freedom by working much like the Nintendo Wii controller! This is amazing news for the PS3. However, because of this technology the controller will no longer feature any force feedback/rumble lark.
IGN (http://revolution.ign.com/articles/705/705870p1.html) has a good article online that explains what the Playstation 3 controller allows you to do in a game, and what it does not allow you do. Well worth reading.
Major News Update #2: Pricing Revealed
Sony announced the pricing for the system. A PS3 equiped with a 20gig HD will retail for $499 while a PS3 with a 60gig HD will retail for $599. Two million units will ship at launch, 2 million by the end of 2006 and an additional 2 million will ship by March 2007. I smell Ebay whoring...
Major News Update #3: Launch Date Announced
The World Wide launch of the PS3 will take place on November 17, 2006 in North America, Europe and Australia.
Major News Update #4: PS3 Specifications Listed
The full PS3 Spec sheet has been released. You can find it in the news post following this one or by clicking here.
Major News Update #5: No HDMI on the 20gig version?
IGN is reporting that the 20gig version of the PS3 will not have HDMI. If true, I think that will change a few opinions of the system.
Every PlayStation 3 will ship with a hard disc drive.
World Launch will be in November of 2006. One news report says Nov 17 for North America, Europe and Australia.
More tha 10,000 developer kits for the PS3 have been shipped and final kits are shipping now.
17 Million PSP's shipped so far.
100,000,000 PS2's shipped so far, they expect 10 million more to ship.
Over 1 Billion PS2 games shipped.
Sony said they will support the PS2 for many years to come.
The new controller no longer has Force Feedback, as it was killed for the six-axis sensing system.
Update 1:
Sony shows off Gran Turismo HD in 1080p.
Phil Harrison shows off the E-Distribution for the PS3 and talks about PlayStation Cards and other methods of handling money transactions.
SingStar PS3 is shown (karaoke game) and it allows online music downloads as well the ability for people to upload their performances.
Various games are shown so far such as Genji 2, Heavenly Sword (said to look awesome), Formula One, The Getaway, Lair.
Update 2:
Few more games shown such as Monster Kingdom, Afrika and Golf.
Phill shows off a couple of new games (no titles available)
Ted Price shows off "Resistance: Fall of Man" a Call of Duty type game set in an alternate universe where no World War 2 happened.
Update 3 (6:23):
Demo's for the following games shown:
Coded Arms Assault, Assassin's Creed, Gundam, Ridge Racer 7, Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway, Tekken 6, Armored Core 4, Sonic, Virtua Tennis 3, Virtua Fighter 5 , John Woo Presents Stranglehold, Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War.
Update 4 (6:36):
EA Shows off NBA Live and new Tiger Woords games and of course, many new details making use of the PS3's power are highlighted.
EA also announces that 10 games are in development, including Madden, Need for Speed Carbon, Army of Two, Medal of Honor Airborne.
Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII shown.
A realtime(?) Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer is shown and some people shit their pants.
Update 5 (6:44):
Kuturagi shows off the new PS3 controller which pretty much looks the same but has some new features... that result in the crowd shitting their pants again because the new controller acts just like Nintendo's Wii Controller!