More PS3 Details Revealed?

Posted Feb 4, 2006 at 10:07AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags:

Jak_The_Man, An active member from US Playstation forums, has posted a short article after reading the latest PlayStation Magazine. The information contained is very interesting...

PS3 will have online service that goes beyond Xbox live
PS3 will be a DVR (Digital Video Recorder)
It will be able to connect with the PSP
There are a lot of games being worked on for it right now in the US (a lot more then what people know about)
The final PS3 dev kit is a lot faster than they thought (according to the developer)
The PS3 will have an iTunes type service to let you download Hi-Def movies, music, etc
The PS3 will take the media center functionality the 360 has even further
PS3 will serve as a location free player for the PSP, means you can watch the DVD’s that you have in your PS3 on your PSP (from anywhere in the world), or any other video files you have on your ps3, though this is still only being planned.
PS3 will be able to send its files straight to the PSP from anywhere in the world, and it can also control its DVR functionalities
Firmware updates will add more functionality, much like with the PSP
The Blu-ray Player functionality doesn't cost as much as a stand alone player because the Cell and RSX can take care of a lot of the stuff the PS3 will need to do to be able to read the disks
Fall release date for PS3, no release date for online service, but expected to launch with the system

If all the items mentioned above are true, I should say that worths the wait! But wait... the price was still not mentioned...

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Comments

# more ps3 details revealed — Guest 2006-02-03 21:49

well, magazines like US Offical Playstation dont tend to lie. so id say this is very good news.

# mistake — Guest 2006-02-03 21:53

sorry, PSM not us opm.

(i wish they stuk with the blogger-comment system)

# the scan — Guest 2006-02-03 22:03

make the scan bigger so we can read it plz

# ... — Guest 2006-02-03 22:26

"Firmware updates will add more functionality, much like with the PSP"

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww w ****!

This probably just destroyed all chances of me getting a PS3.

# well — Guest 2006-02-03 22:27

Sorry, someone fix the system please

# Nice — Guest 2006-02-03 23:08

With continuous firmware updates sony has once again found a system to minimize piracy. i doubt any mod chip will be so dynamic that it will be able to mask itself none the less fool the ps3 into thinking its a different version.

Sony has finally found a nearly fool-proof way of making mod-chips useless. I guess we cant thank the PSP as being the test subject for this constant firmware update. I know the xbox had firmware updates but they were pointless and didnt accomplish anything.

DVR, Blue-Ray, PS3 games, if they price it at 500 bucks its still a bargain.

# Games? — Guest 2006-02-04 00:57

I want to know about the games!..lol...and how much the online servicewill cost.

A fall release sounds gooooood.

# If this is true? — Guest 2006-02-04 01:43

Then 500 bucks is looking better and better. I want to hear some offical things for sony released to all major companys and the public. I don't want to start beliving this until then. Great, now if something on here doesn't happen, the mag is going to get balmed and people are going to wonder where those features are, and why didn't sony do it. Its hard not to like all of these "ideas". And firmware does have its ups and downs, as long as the ups out weigh the downs this time.

# There are two Pages. — Guest 2006-02-04 03:55

This is the first page to the article.

http://www.justplaystation3.com/ps3-images/PS3%20Press/Pulse%20Magazine%20-%20Feb,%2006%20-%201.jpg

# release — Guest 2006-02-04 05:31

Fall release for Japan? That would suck...Hopefully it is Spring release for Japan and Fall release for U.S.

# Worth The Wait — Guest 2006-02-04 06:17

Wow, this was worth the wait. With more time that passes, they add more features and functionality. Its is better this way than for them to rush a half made system.

I will be waiting for the true next-gen system this fall. :)

# I likee — Guest 2006-02-04 06:39

looks and sounds pretty good to me.

# Firmware Updates — Guest 2006-02-04 09:03

Firmware updates....is good and yet bad.

I thought it was obvious that they would have these firmware updates for the PS3. They may find a way to eventually bypass all this firmware stuff thourgh a good modchip, remember the PSP is a lot different to create a mod-chip for than the PS3.

Overall I think I will probably wont be able to enjoy the firmware updates that much (since most of the features will be online stuff)due to my slow connection speed of 20kpbs (yeah slower than a 56k modem). And I am sure they will make the developers have their firmware update on each game...which can be good and bad...it all depends on what you want to do with your system.

# Errors — Guest 2006-02-04 09:06

sorry about the triple posting got some bad errors

# Don't get all excited yet.. — Guest 2006-02-04 14:49

We all know sony is known for overhyping a system. Microsoft actually produces. I think I will stick with my 360 until I actually play a ps3.

# Look at what sony promised us for the ps2. — Guest 2006-02-04 14:57

http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/january04/nextgenconsoles/

"Out of the three major manufacturers, Sony's been either the best or worst about releasing info about its next-gen console -- it depends who you ask. As you might recall, its pre-release claims for the PlayStation 2 and its "Emotion Engine" processor were outlandish and extreme. "You can communicate to a new cybercity," PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi told Newsweek. "Did you see the movie The Matrix? Same interface. Same concept. Starting from next year, you can jack into The Matrix!" Ridiculous, of course, but lots of people ate it up in 2000. "

# Firmware updates aren't foolproof... — Guest 2006-02-05 13:41

Regarding the previous comment, I don't think having firmware updates will completely stop piracy. So what if they release a new firmware, I just won't upgrade. I personally wouldn't be using it to play online (thats what I believe my computer is for) so if it is not connected to the Internet, the only other way to update firmware is in new titles that I purchase.

Of course, having it automatically update itself would probably introduce a new set of problems, namely backwards compability. A newer firmware might break older games for the same system...

I was initially going to get a PS3 when it first came out, but after reading this I think I will wait and see for a while first.

# Uhm.. — Guest 2006-02-06 02:38

I want official details.

# Woopitydo — Guest 2006-02-07 15:09

More hype. More BS. Whats the use of a system that has all these features, but can't even play games half as good as the 360. Unless of course you think a device that connects to your PSP and has USB ports is something revolutionary.

lmao

I suggest your guys hold on to your money until we actually see a working console. Otherwise, all this fantisizing and hyping will only get the better of you.

# woopitydo is right — Guest 2006-02-07 17:20

i think this is some of the most acurate feture info to be released yet they have been hinting at some of these features for a long while look at the crazy 1000$ japanese super ps2 (psx i think) has alot of this stuff already out. and as for hype any system that has to make up a name with a 3 in it so they dont feel inferior has some hype issues of its own. half as good wheres that come from? ya a dvr that is also a true hd play back and can connect with my portable viewer anywhere and beem my shows to me ya that sounds pretty revolutionary to me i realy dont think any other company will have a home electronics device that even compaires to the ps3 for a few years

# do you have to pay to play online? — Guest 2006-02-10 04:17

there not going to make us pay to play online like the xbox360 are they? if so i don't care how much it cost I'm staying away from the ps3, you shouldn't have to pay to play online no matter what, for one your already doing that with your isp.

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