the playstation logo lights up red

I think the fact that the MGS4 team has so much time in their hands to be making all these trailers makes me suspect that maybe MGS4 will be available at launch. wouldn't that be great?

could be that you can touch it and go into the future....

you don't have to be a fanboi to like the news. This site is ghetto.

Wasnt it announced during Leipzig that sony have now started production.

But then again, we are talking about a comany that comfortably makes 1,000,000 psp's per month. With the multiple factories making PS3's and the fact that some of the production is being outsourced for the first time, it shouldnt be a problem

the cell processor runs at 5 ghz

if the cpu is changed, that would ***** up everything becasuse devs only have like 3 months to finish a game that uses less than 3.2ghz

Wasn't there talk about it being a location-free hub?

That would be very cool... my PSP would suddenly become alot more used

...iiiiitt's Riiiiiiiiiiiiid ge Raaaacer!!!

- iPod Integration

- Free copy of Gran Turismo HD included in the hd...

- Price drop

- PS3 Eyetoy new movement detection (developed by an Israel company... its been mentioned b4...)

the suprise is that there was never really gonna be a ps3 and that everything was just a trick... that would suck

Word is that Sony will announce a settlement with Immersion and the inclusion of Immersion's advanced haptics with the PS3. Force Feedback Lives!

even if it's old and overused, to see it reappear sometimes is just too funny, lol.

nocomment

it might come with a broken xbox 360. and 2$

My guesses are rumble,new launch game,new list of upcoming games, eyetoy, and maybe a price cut?? It's not impossible. I would love to hear from Sony that they're making a sequel to The Legend of Dragoon :P. I love that game.

Ok, I reckon it's either:

1) Linux (which we already know about)

2) LocationFree Hub (which was only talked about but never confirmed)



What it probably won't be:

1) Voice control (seriously guys, what's the point? You have a wireless controller! "RIGHT, RIGHT, DOWN... I said DOWN!!... DOWN, SELECT.... SEEEELLLEEECCCT ... ")

2) Free Online access (Because that's already been made clear)



What I'm trying to keep in mind is what they've said recently... they aren't turning it on at the game convention because of the secret weapon... so, it must be something which is obvious when you turn it on for the first time... possibly a menu icon they've only recently unlocked for the final production stages.



Final thought, how about a link to www.ps3updates.com?!?! hehe

its mac os stupid

and custom themes for the xmb

Sony did have a final prototype version of the PS3 at leipzig convention. And when asked to turn it on sony said they wouldn't because of some secret. So I believe it has something to do with the interface or the OS or something along those lines...

Does anyone here actually have a clue about preordering, or are all you saying that it can't be a price drop because of that talking out of your a**es? You preorder at a certain price and put money down, but when you pick up the system/it ships, you're charged the final retail price. You can preorder a unit at one price and then have it change, and you pay the new price. Amazon.com says that every time you preorder something from them! I'm not saying that I think it's a price drop that they're keeping secret, but your reasoning for it not being one doesn't make sense.

I'm definitely late in the game, but screw it, I have stuff to say anyway. There's no way it can be homebrew support because Sony's stand on that is clear with the PSP. They just released Firmware 2.81, for example, and this time they explicitly said it was because of a "security" issue regarding the running of unsigned code through the image viewer (an exploit developed by the homebrew community shortly before). If they're not going to use it to fight the DS (a system to which their product is CURRENTLY losing), they won't use it against the 360.



I also doubt an Apple partnership because Apple makes its own hardware, while Sony makes computers that use Windows. Also, Sony and Apple are competitors in the fields of portable media players (PSP/mylo vs. iPod) and online media stores (Connect cs. iTunes). A partnership between Sony and Apple for something video game related is no more likely than a partnership between Sony and Nintendo for something not video game related: they may not be competitors in the field in question, but they're not friendly. And unlike Sony's computers, it's not going to be Windows for the same reason. The only reasons Sony is still using Microsoft's OS for their comps are that it's been going on much longer, there isn't much of a choice (Linux and such can be used on any existing OS and again Apple only supports its own hardware for Mac), and a different method would only hurt both companies.



So what is it? There's really no frame of reference for something amazing that you'd see immediately when turning on the system. A new interface isn't an unbelievable feature, and I've already ruled out the two big operating systems. There's certainly nothing revolutionary or exciting about a new logo or lights on the system. Then again, Sony also touted the motion-sensing capabilities of the PS3 controller as a huge, revolutionary advantage despite similar technology having been used by Microsoft in a game controller 8 years ago and revealed with more features by a competitor shortly before Sony's announcement.



But maybe that's where we should look for speculations: like it or not, Sony clearly steals (feel free to substitute a different term if you're offended) technology and ideas from other companies (motion sensing from Nintendo, two price plans from Microsoft, rumble technology from Immersion). I've yet to hear a valid argument proving that Sony revealing their price plans and motion sensing after their competitors did the same things was just a coincidence that occured because Sony had the ideas first but unluckily didn't say anything until after other companies stole and released them. I haven't heard an argument at all that the Immersion lawsuit was a mistrial.



I say this not to bash Sony (I'll save that for somewhere else) but to reveal a pattern that may help us predict what Sony's planning. Though most mentions of this have been jokes, I'm going to have to give my vote to downloadable games. Microsoft started it with Xbox Live Arcade, Nintendo put their own edge on it by releasing new and classic games on the Virtual Console, and there's already been word that Sony foresees a future of downloaded games only.