PlayStation Meeting Report: PS3 hardware, dev kits, new games

No_Style · Jul 22, 2005, 10:16 PM

TOKYO--This week at Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation Meeting, company president Ken Kutaragi appeared on stage to discuss further information on the current status of the PlayStation 3, and gave a glimpse of some new titles in development.

Kutaragi started out by reconfirming that the PS3 will be backwards-compatible with PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games and support high-definition TVs. "We're looking at a life cycle of 10 years with the PlayStation 3. We're currently shifting from standard TVs to HD TVs," said Kutaragi. "But in the next couple of years, most flat-panel TVs will be full HD. We're releasing the PS3 with full HD features from the start so that consumers won't have to buy another version of the console in the future. For the same reason, we're using Blu-ray as the PS3's disc format."

"I'm aware that with all these technologies, the PS3 can't be offered at a price that's targeted towards households. I think everyone can still buy it if they wanted to," said Kutaragi to a mostly Japanese crowd. "But we're aiming for consumers throughout the world. So we're going to have to do our best [in containing the price]."

Then Kutaragi issued a somewhat ominous warning. "I'm not going to reveal its price today. I'm going to only say that it'll be expensive," he stated.
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No_Style · Jul 22, 2005, 10:16 PM

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Then Kutaragi issued a somewhat ominous warning. "I'm not going to reveal its price today. I'm going to only say that it'll be expensive," he stated.

ie: Start saving your pennies.

Rest of the article is chalked full of PS3 dev goodies.

qballshalls2002 · Jul 23, 2005, 04:02 AM

10 years is a long time.

Dark Lord · Jul 23, 2005, 04:52 AM

10 years for its life cycle.... thats an eternity in a technological lifetime.

to point out the extreme diffrences....
9/30/94 - the release of doom2

8/03/04 - doom3

that is a huge diffrence of what can happen in 10 years time. i dont see how they can hope to future proof the tech. 10 years, when they can barly do 5 right now.

SecretAgentMan · Jul 23, 2005, 06:27 AM

10 year life cycle for a Sony over hyped, over priced product? LOL!!!

Microsoft and Nintendo will do things the right way.

pr0digal jenius · Jul 23, 2005, 03:32 PM

I also heard Sony is developing some "glasses" based off the recently de-classified retinal projection equipment the air force has been using for a while. I think if anyone can pull off a 10 year lifespan, it's sony, but it'll be tough, and in all honesty, they'd better go ahead and make the GPU upgradeable if they wanna go that route.

Jul 22, 2005, 10:16 PM	#1
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	PlayStation Meeting Report: PS3 hardware, dev kits, new games TOKYO--This week at Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation Meeting, company president Ken Kutaragi appeared on stage to discuss further information on the current status of the PlayStation 3, and gave a glimpse of some new titles in development. Kutaragi started out by reconfirming that the PS3 will be backwards-compatible with PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games and support high-definition TVs. "We're looking at a life cycle of 10 years with the PlayStation 3. We're currently shifting from standard TVs to HD TVs," said Kutaragi. "But in the next couple of years, most flat-panel TVs will be full HD. We're releasing the PS3 with full HD features from the start so that consumers won't have to buy another version of the console in the future. For the same reason, we're using Blu-ray as the PS3's disc format." "I'm aware that with all these technologies, the PS3 can't be offered at a price that's targeted towards households. I think everyone can still buy it if they wanted to," said Kutaragi to a mostly Japanese crowd. "But we're aiming for consumers throughout the world. So we're going to have to do our best [in containing the price]." Then Kutaragi issued a somewhat ominous warning. "I'm not going to reveal its price today. I'm going to only say that it'll be expensive," he stated. _______________ Read More/Source: GameSpot __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

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Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	10 years for its life cycle.... thats an eternity in a technological lifetime. to point out the extreme diffrences.... 9/30/94 - the release of doom2 8/03/04 - doom3 that is a huge diffrence of what can happen in 10 years time. i dont see how they can hope to future proof the tech. 10 years, when they can barly do 5 right now. __________________

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qballshalls2002 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	10 years is a long time.

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SecretAgentMan DriverHeaven Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 98 Rep Power: 0	10 year life cycle for a Sony over hyped, over priced product? LOL!!! Microsoft and Nintendo will do things the right way.

Jul 23, 2005, 03:32 PM	#6
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	I also heard Sony is developing some "glasses" based off the recently de-classified retinal projection equipment the air force has been using for a while. I think if anyone can pull off a 10 year lifespan, it's sony, but it'll be tough, and in all honesty, they'd better go ahead and make the GPU upgradeable if they wanna go that route.