News of the day - PS3
LOS ANGELES--Sony Computer Entertainment announced PlayStation 3 pricing and specific availability information and showed off the final version of the console's controller at a glitzy press conference held at Sony Pictures Studios here Monday.The PS3 will come in two configurations: one version with a 60GB hard drive that will cost $599, and a second with a 20GB hard drive that will come in at $499, SCE President Kaz Hirai said.
Those prices are significantly higher than Microsoft's Xbox 360, which has two versions, one with a built-in hard drive that costs $399 and another with no hard drive that retails for $299.
The PS3 is certainly a big technological leap over its best-selling PlayStation 2, which Sony said Monday had recently topped 103 million units sold.
The PS3, which is based on the Cell processor, will play CDs, DVDs and include a Blu-ray drive. It also includes built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, as well as ethernet compatibility. Further, it includes Dolby digital surround sound functionality and supports high-definition video up to 1080p.
The console also can run up to seven wireless controllers at once, and all PS3s will come with a built-in hard drive, either 60GB or 20GB.
Finally, it supports USB, Sony memory sticks, secure digital (SD) and CompactFlash.
In addition to announcing pricing, Sony also said the PS3 would hit store shelves in North America on Nov. 17, six days after its Japanese launch on Nov. 11. Meanwhile, Sony also unveiled for the first time the PS3's controller. Visually, the controller looks much like that of the PS2, though it is silver rather than black.
2 Comments:
strange....no one is interested in the playstation!!!!
No comments on the 'most wanted gizmo of the decade?'
Now thats what I am talking about.
In inclusion of the PSP, the IPhoto, the Powerbook (not the macbook pro), a nice looking harley, a nice house, some good speakers, a nakamichi amp, a few labs thrown in for kicks and a good projector, this is the ONLY other thing I want to own.
I'd be more than glad if this were made the grand prize for the Question of the Week contest (not that I am much of a contest person, but anyways) and I am all for "to hell with the t-shirt prize".
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