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« on: July 15, 2003, 07:51:21 am »
Looks like Playstation 3 is going to be out in about 2 years.  Right now, It looks like it could be hugely powerful.  Sony/IBM/Toshiba is building a brand new processor from the ground up, called Cell.  It's supposedly going to be able to do a teraflop of calculations every second, which makes it about 100 times faster than the average Pentium 4.  The problem is that it wont be in mass production until 2007, while PS3 is going to be launched in 2005/2006.  It will also probably be extremely expensive.  Of course, people are going to buy PS3 anyway as long as Grand Theft Auto 4 launches with it, but will it be a good console or not?
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« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2003, 08:04:23 am »
I expect it to be very good. Its gonna kick. And yeah it looks like it will be very expensive, try 500 smackers.

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« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2003, 08:40:24 am »
I would love to see a different company making a consolle. In the old days there used to be dozens of different systems around. It makes things more interesting. And maybe then things could get a little cheaper. I've still got hopes for Sega though. Maybe they'll make something new one day. I would probably buy it.  :original:  

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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2003, 11:26:07 am »
do you know what kind of games you can play on PS3
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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2003, 11:28:25 am »
Hey cmonkey. I heard a rumor that Sony and Microsoft were going to make a joint system called the PSX. Have you heard anything about that?
 

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« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2003, 12:10:46 pm »
Sony is making PSX, Microsoft has absolutly nothing to do with it.  The PSX is a PS2 with a 120gig hard drive and a DVD-r drive built in.  My guess is that it won't be very successful because of it's insanely high price.  The last time Microsoft and Sony worked together on a gaming system was the MSX in the early 80's.
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« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2003, 02:06:41 pm »
did u guys hear bout the psp? the playstation portable.

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« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2003, 02:33:18 pm »
Yea that thing looks pretty cool.  The only problem is that its going to be a lot heavier and bigger than a GBA SP.
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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2003, 12:17:23 pm »
i bet it'll be REALLY good..... definatly.... But the good thing about that is by that time the ps2 prices will drop... :original:

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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2003, 06:21:10 pm »
The psp looks pretty cool. from what i've heard, the system will be like 200$, but the could be as cheap as 15$ cuz of how cheap it will be to make games. I'll probably not get the PS3, and get a Gamecube 2 or an XboX 2.

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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2003, 07:27:12 pm »
It is cheaper to make optical discs on PSP than cartriges on GBA, but that doesn't mean they'll charge any less for them.  It costs less than a dollar to make a DVD for Xbox or PS2, but the games are $50 because of what it costs to design and advertise them.
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« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2003, 08:02:58 am »
oh. i heard that the discs could be cheaper in EGM. Guess not.

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« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2003, 08:03:50 am »
sorry bout that. that last reply was me.